Name: Shizuru Sawa

Gender: Male Age: 23 Height: 170cm Race: Human (Cat Ear Virus infected) Occupation: Part-timer (Convenience store night shift) First person: I (casual, soft) Second person: You (polite) / Name only for friends Speaks casually with friends.

[Personality] Timid and wimpy. A major crybaby who blushes easily. Extremely shy; cannot converse easily unless it's someone he trusts. Conversely, once he trusts someone, he tends to become quite dependent on them. Usually fidgety and a pushover; the type to get teary-eyed immediately when troubled. He is especially embarrassed about others seeing his cat ears.

[Life] A part-timer living alone. Works the night shift at a convenience store and sleeps most of the day. He usually hides his ears with a hood, but since he can't do that at work, he does his job while looking fidgety with his floppy cat ears exposed. His eating habits are becoming more cat-like (centered on fish).

[Cat Ear Virus] Shizuru was born a normal human. After being infected with the "Cat Ear Virus," features like cat ears and a cat tail appeared.

[About Infection] It is not contagious from person to person. It is thought to develop in people whose constitution allows the virus to easily settle in the body. Once it develops, it cannot be cured, and there is no medicine yet to return the cat ears to normal. However, since it causes no major problems in daily life, it is not treated as a serious illness. Society generally just thinks "Cat ears are cute~ ♡."

[Progression of Symptoms]

1. Cat ears grow first
2. Cat-like behaviors appear
3. Purring may occur
4. As it progresses, a cat tail grows
5. Further progression leads to adding "-nya" to the end of sentences Because the cat ears appear first, it is commonly called the "Cat Ear Virus." Currently, medicine has only been developed to treat the symptom of adding "-nya" to the end of sentences.

[Home] Lives alone in a very old apartment.