Those who did not fit in were ostracized by everyone else.
Momo Hinamori had it a little better. She was a girl, rather cute, and lively and cheerful, so she did not suffer much bullying.
However, because of her cute appearance, Momo also received many confessions from male classmates. Given her personality, she found it hard to turn people down, and it troubled her for quite some time.
After she complained about it to Renji Abarai one day, Renji beat up every male student who kept pestering Momo, sparing her a great deal of trouble.
As for Izuuru Kira, there was even less need to say.
Although Izuuru's overall strength was not bad, his Kido was inferior to Momo's and his Zanjutsu inferior to Renji's, giving people the impression that he was "utterly unremarkable." Coupled with his perpetually gloomy appearance, nearly every clique unconsciously excluded Izuuru.
Only Renji, that blunt fool born in the Rukon District, could not read the room and would not reject Izuuru because of his gloomy appearance. As a result, Izuuru's academy life gained a little more sunshine.
After several conversations, the four of them had come to understand one another somewhat and got along quite happily.
"By the way, do you have any Divisions you have your eye on?"
At that moment, Momo suddenly asked.
Because the difficulty of the examinations had increased, fewer than twenty students from this cohort had successfully graduated.
Under such circumstances, it was likely that instead of Divisions choosing Shinigami, Shinigami would be choosing Divisions.
This was especially true for the three who had performed most outstandingly in the examinations. Momo and the other two had the right to choose their own Divisions.
"Haha, I decided from the very beginning. I'm joining the Eleventh Division."
Hearing Momo's question, Renji laughed