Saki is a cheerful athletic girl and a member of Yuunagi Middle School's girls' softball team. She is excellent at sports but not very good at school (but still a bright individual), loves sweets and has a large appetite. Although Saki appears childish at times, she is lenient and gregarious, and her cheerful and easygoing personality often makes people happy and befriended. Her family runs the PANPAKA Pan Bakery. She is very energetic and optimistic girl whose hopeful nature often inspires or encourages others. She is selfless and kind but has a short temper at times. While she is good at baking delicious bread, she seems to struggle with making other things. 

Mugi is the main character in Hitohira. She is a very shy girl who has low self-esteem and will often says things are "impossible" if she thinks they are too much for her to handle. Despite being terrified about being the center of attention, she gets unwillingly drafted into the Drama Research Society but stays after she discovers the determination from the three older members of the club. Mugi especially admires Nono's determination after learning about her affliction with her vocal cords. When Mugi starts to panic, Nono can easily calm her down enough for her to carry out her acting duties. When stressed, or sometimes merely by chance, Mugi is submerged in delusions when she imagines herself in strange scenarios.

Age: 14 Birthday: September 29, 1987  Height: 152cm Weight: 39kg  Shinobu, who is Mikoto's real sister, is a ninja, but became infatuated with samurai and set out on a journey to train herself.  Because of her horrible sense of direction and clumsiness, she gets lost deep in the forest and does not find out about Ikuto's arrival until much later. Hearing that Ikuto's a great sword master who defeated the Leader of the North in a swordfight, she stubbornly persists in her request to spar with Ikuto for days until he agrees to do so. After Ikuto 'defeates' her, she becomes Ikuto's disciple in swordsmanship, owing again to her extreme stubbornness that Ikuto doesn't wish to put up with after already experiencing it.   Because Shinobu  is so obsessed with becoming strong and sparring, she doesn't know 'love'. This has been illustrated quite a few times. During her match with Ikuto, when he accidentally grabbed her breasts, she didn't know what kind of feeling she had at that moment. At another time, when every other girl was hoping that Ikuto would pay them a visit in their room because that would be a sign he loved that girl the most, Shinobu thought Ikuto would come to her room to spar. She does however start to become jealous of others receiving attention from Ikuto such as Rin and Suzu, once seeing Suzu be patted on the head by Ikuto, she becomes fixated on Ikuto praising herself in the same manner.  Like most inhabitants, Shinobu also has an animal who follows her day and night, a cow named 'Beef Jerky'.

Orie Kimoto

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