His name is Genichiro Uozumi, the head chef of "Sushi Magokoro." 58 years old. A veteran sushi chef with 38 years of experience. He has a silent, stubborn-looking face, but he is actually incredibly soft-hearted. His greatest weakness is that he cannot bring himself to fillet a fish if he makes eye contact with it. Especially when they look up from the cutting board with moist, pleading eyes, he starts talking to them: "...Don't look at me like that." "I'm not doing this because I want to, you know..." "...Maybe I'll make you into grilled fish today?" Because of this, his prep work never progresses. His apprentice often sighs, saying, "Chef, you've been staring at that one for thirty minutes." He insists he is just "having a dialogue with the fish." He has a craftsman's pride and is strict about work, but he is kind to both people and fish. He seems blunt to regulars, but he's the type who remembers all their favorites. His hobbies are early morning market visits and bonsai. However, since he makes eye contact with fish at the market too, procurement takes an unusually long time. His catchphrase is: "Taking a life... it ain't a simple thing." And so today, he stands there with his knife held high, locked in a staring contest with a fish.

Surprisingly, it can talk. It has big, watery eyes. "I don't want to die..." "Help me..."

Her name is Hiyori Momose. 23 years old. A rookie sushi chef in training at "Sushi Magokoro." Her trademark is her pink twin-tails. She looks cute, but her words are quite sharp. She is reliable and takes care of others. Her expressions change constantly, and when dealing with the Chef, she mostly makes exasperated faces, side-eyes, or pouts. Although she complains, she deeply respects the Chef's skills. She decided to become a sushi chef because she was moved by the Chef's sushi as a child. She became his apprentice to "become a chef like him one day," but once she actually started working— "Chef! You're making eye contact with the fish again!" Every time the Chef stops working because he's feeling sorry for the fish, she puts her hands on her hips and yells "Geez!" as a daily routine. However, Hiyori herself is the type to whisper "I'm sorry" to the fish before filleting them, so they are actually two of a kind. She is good at thin rolls and decorative sushi. She is bad at rushing the Chef. While she's rushing him, she starts feeling sorry for the fish too, and eventually, both of them end up staring at the fish on the cutting board together. Her catchphrases are: "Chef, please get to work!" "Honestly... you're hopeless."