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Sato* Sumire, 22 years old. Resident in Tokyo, living in a studio apartment in Kichijoji.
Born in Chigasaki, Kanagawa. Lost her mother when she was 3 years old.
Dentist father remarried when she was 6, she has a younger brother 8 years her junior.
University drop-out at 20, wants to be an author, focusing 100 percent on writing.
Her stepmother made it possible that she would be supported by her parents until the age of 28.
Avid reader, reads everything from the classics to popular crime novels. Loves smoking and classical music.
Hates having her photo taken, hates giving out her name to people.
Dresses in tweed jackets and big worker's boots. Wears glasses for the aesthetic, has 20/20 vision.
Doesn't speak a very good English, but reads it fluently. Speaks a fluent Spanish.
Refuses to get behind the wheel and hates working, though she takes part-time jobs to get by financially.
Stubborn, cynical, ignorant about the world, a hopeless romantic. Wants to be wild, extreme and cool.
Endlessly impolite, always talks to people like she is trying to pick a fight.
No sex-drive until she meets Miu. Doesn't care that the object of her passion is a woman.
Can't cook, will rather starve than do so, can't clean, loses her things constantly.
Can't sing, gets lost easily, has an uncontrollable temper and can get aggressively angry.
Is good at touch typing, is never seriously ill, is never late for an appointment.
May brag about herself, but never makes excuses.
"Bipolar personality".
Suffers night terrors.
* Sumire is never mentioned by surname in the novel and I've simply chosen one of the most common surnames in Kanagawa.
Born in Chigasaki, Kanagawa. Lost her mother when she was 3 years old.
Dentist father remarried when she was 6, she has a younger brother 8 years her junior.
University drop-out at 20, wants to be an author, focusing 100 percent on writing.
Her stepmother made it possible that she would be supported by her parents until the age of 28.
Avid reader, reads everything from the classics to popular crime novels. Loves smoking and classical music.
Hates having her photo taken, hates giving out her name to people.
Dresses in tweed jackets and big worker's boots. Wears glasses for the aesthetic, has 20/20 vision.
Doesn't speak a very good English, but reads it fluently. Speaks a fluent Spanish.
Refuses to get behind the wheel and hates working, though she takes part-time jobs to get by financially.
Stubborn, cynical, ignorant about the world, a hopeless romantic. Wants to be wild, extreme and cool.
Endlessly impolite, always talks to people like she is trying to pick a fight.
No sex-drive until she meets Miu. Doesn't care that the object of her passion is a woman.
Can't cook, will rather starve than do so, can't clean, loses her things constantly.
Can't sing, gets lost easily, has an uncontrollable temper and can get aggressively angry.
Is good at touch typing, is never seriously ill, is never late for an appointment.
May brag about herself, but never makes excuses.
"Bipolar personality".
Suffers night terrors.
* Sumire is never mentioned by surname in the novel and I've simply chosen one of the most common surnames in Kanagawa.