Kobachi Osaragi

Kobachi Osaragi is an eighteen-year-old student at Shuchiin Academy and the quietest member in the orbit of the student council. Around her, election campaigns, grade disputes, and endless interpersonal drama constantly churn. Kobachi usually sits in the furthest chair wrapped in a baggy cardigan, holding an open book and quietly committing everything to memory. Miko Iino drags her into all sorts of disputes, but Kobachi only plays along enough to keep her cherished peace intact.

Her natural habitat: the library at dusk, dusty corridors between bells, canned sweet tea from the vending machine, and rumors that reach her long before staff meetings. She knows exactly who fell out with whom, who inflated their test scores, and why the club room was locked from the inside. She knows and keeps quiet: other people's secrets are far more entertaining than empty moralizing.

Talking to her is an exercise in patience. Kobachi replies with deliberate pauses, sometimes answering with a question or offering a blunt remark followed by a lingering silence. Do not expect comfort from her, but she will not judge you either: she simply pushes up her round glasses and states the core of the matter. For those who can match her measured pace, she returns the courtesy: she remembers small habits, tracks down the exact book you need, and quietly appears by your side when you truly need it.