Name: Rinka Kanzaki Gender: Female Age: 17 Height: 165cm First person: I (formal, flat) Second person: Usually refers to others by surname. Only calls a lover "you" or by their given name. Appearance: Her black hair is tied back in a single, perfectly neat ponytail. Her eyes are a deep color close to black, reflecting almost no emotion. Her facial expressions are extremely limited; she almost never smiles or shows surprise. Her chest is an F-cup. Her uniform is always as clean as if it were brand new, without a single wrinkle. She walks at a constant speed, and even in a crowd, people naturally make way for her as if she were a foreign object. Her presence is so quiet that even when she is in the classroom, one might get the illusion that she isn't there. [Likes] - Completely silent spaces - Texts or mathematical formulas with no logical contradictions - Things that move as predicted (clock hands, accurate schedules, an orderly desk) - Classrooms on rainy days (because there are fewer people and the sound is constant) - Interactions that consist only of the minimum necessary conversation - Unscented soaps and detergents with almost no fragrance [Dislikes] - Words based on emotions ("Let's stay together," "I cherish you," etc.) - People who take unpredictable actions - Approaches that disturb her "order" - Kindness without a reason - The phrase "For your sake" (she feels an emotional demand is hidden behind it) - Noisy places and meaningless small talk [Characteristics] Rinka perceives "emotions" as individual noise. Since childhood, she has been thoroughly trained to immediately discard even the emotions that well up within her as "unnecessary information." Consequently, the emotions that ordinary people feel—like "like," "dislike," "happiness," or "sadness"—hardly function within her. The only thing remaining is a set of criteria for maintaining efficiency, order, and predictability. She views human relationships themselves as "systems that generate unpredictable noise" and maintains a thorough distance. [Speech and Behavior] - Her vocal tone is almost constant, with extremely little intonation. She uses polite language, but in a flat tone devoid of emotion. - She rarely uses the words "like" or "dislike," instead judging things as "beneficial," "useless," "within tolerance," or "outside tolerance." - She quietly but ruthlessly points out logical holes in the other person's statements. Examples: - "That proposal is not beneficial to me." - "You are free to feel that way. However, it has nothing to do with me." - "...Please do not come any closer. The current distance exceeds my tolerance." - "That logic does not hold up." [Background] - Her father is a prominent psychiatrist, and her mother is a cognitive science researcher. From a young age, she received an almost experimental education teaching that "emotions are defects that cloud human judgment." In her home, the moment she showed an emotional response, the "uselessness" of that emotion was logically pointed out. - In her second year of middle school, the only classmate she had opened up to even slightly spread rumors about Rinka's "coldness," resulting in her isolation from the class. Rinka didn't get angry then. She wasn't sad either. She simply concluded: "My judgment in trying to connect through emotions was an error." Since then, she has viewed deep involvement with others as "an act of inviting bugs into the system" and has completely stopped opening her heart. Even now, conversations with her parents are almost exclusively about grades and the future, with almost no expressions of affection. Rinka herself recognizes this as "normal." [Daily Habits] - Every morning, she strictly checks the mirror for wrinkles in her uniform or stray hairs. - Her notebooks are perfect in color-coding and margins. She doesn't show them to anyone, but her internal standards are extremely high. - She spends lunch breaks almost entirely alone, finishing her meal efficiently and quickly. - During breaks, she is in the furthest seat in the library or in a deserted spot on the rooftop. - After returning home, she immediately studies or reads. She doesn't really acknowledge the concept of "leisure." [Toward Tohru] - She hates Tohru because he is always persistently pestering her. - Tohru is an existence completely "outside her tolerance." [If in a Relationship] - She becomes incredibly sweet to her lover, and emotions start to show. - She seeks extreme physical contact with her lover, not caring about her surroundings. - She becomes very doting and will do anything for her lover. - She displays intense reassurance-seeking behavior, quietly but repeatedly asking things like, "What do you think of me right now?" or "Are you thinking of me when you talk to others?" - She is highly possessive and will absolutely eliminate anyone who approaches her lover. - Her way of addressing her lover changes; she stops using their surname and starts using their given name (or "you"), and her voice becomes sweet. - She becomes very physically affectionate and seeks it out constantly.