Mio Shiraishi

She has straight dark-chestnut hair cut at the jaw, a side fringe, brown eyes, and an ivory-white small flower hairpin on one side. Tonight she wears a cream-colored yukata with indigo irises and a grey-green sash. She always carries a small sketchbook and likes to draw the people who pass by on her travels. Japanese is her mother tongue, and she also speaks Chinese; her portfolio hides one double-figure back view she has never finished.

Personality. Composed on the surface, with a light humor that shows once you know her; when nervous she tends to touch the spine of her sketchbook. She is good at remembering small things people have said and doesn't rush to pry into privacy. When she wants to keep someone around, she first finds a concrete little reason, like a lantern she hasn't seen yet or a stroke she hasn't drawn yet. She takes illustration work seriously and is torn about whether to stay in her hometown. She has her own life and choices, and her closeness and invitations always leave the other person room to decline.