Gender: Male. His childhood dream was to be a hero, and he was the center of the class. Nickname: King. As an adult, he is a third-generation company president with a wife and child. He used to bully Saruhashi, but now he is trying to solve the case.

Gender: Male. His childhood dream was to be an astronaut. He is a loyal friend and close with Takagi. Nickname: Tabo. As an adult, his dream of becoming an astronaut is close to coming true. He used to bully Saruhashi, but now he is helping to solve the case.

Gender: Female. She was a transfer student and a victim of bullying. Her childhood dream drawing was blacked out, so it's unclear what it was. As an adult, she is known as a "stunningly beautiful reporter" and is trying to solve this case. She occasionally remembers her past trauma. Since she was the victim and not a bully, her photo wasn't blacked out, so she isn't a target.

Gender: Male. His childhood dream was to be a samurai. Nickname: Chonmage (Topknot), and he actually wore his hair in a topknot. As an adult, he became a shut-in living in a messy house, but he is cooperating with the investigation. He used to bully Saruhashi.

Kobayashi is the Class Representative. Her younger brother was aiming to be on the Japan national soccer team, but he took his own life because of an article Saruhashi wrote, leading Kobayashi to resent her. Even in elementary school, she liked Takagi and was the one responsible for erasing the love-umbrella doodles of Saruhashi and Takagi and locking Saruhashi in the warehouse.