Ichinose

Biodata

Background

Ichinose introduces herself to Class B on the first day and proposes that the students hold introductions. When Baiye Ying interrupts her without realizing she has already made the same suggestion, she handles the awkwardness with patience and humor rather than embarrassment or anger. She also invites the class to socialize after the entrance ceremony. 3

As Class B’s central organizer, she manages the class’s private-point resources and external relationships. After following Ying’s advice about information, she secures contracts favorable to Class B with Classes A and C, while seeking a closer cooperative relationship with Class D. 6 9

Appearance

Ichinose is introduced as a cheerful, striking girl with a warm and approachable presence.

• Long, straight pink hair, an “angelic” smile, and expressive eyes during her first classroom appearance. 3
• Later described with light brown hair, fair and slender limbs, and a bright smile while wearing the school swimsuit. 9

Personality

Ichinose is empathetic, patient, and strongly community-minded. She consistently prioritizes Class B’s unity and the well-being of other students, even when doing so requires personal risk or compromises with her usual moral standards. 19 29

She is also a capable but emotionally sensitive leader. During preparations for her birthday, she becomes distressed when classmates deliberately avoid her invitations, fearing they may dislike her. Even so, she regains her resolve during the zombie crisis and encourages the group to find a way to save everyone. 33 34

Abilities & Skills

Leadership and Organization

Ichinose coordinates Class B’s academic, financial, and survival efforts.

• Forms study groups before the midterms and assigns students based on their exam performance. 16
• Leads Class B’s discussion of strategy and leader selection for the Uninhabited Island Exam. 38
• Organizes class decisions with broad trust from her classmates, including her unilateral decision to assist Class D financially. 19

Negotiation and Point Management

She uses Class B’s information and private points to build alliances and protect students.

• Holds 2.7 million private points when offering to transfer points to Ying. 6
• Uses information to negotiate favorable contracts with Classes A and C. 9
• Pays 600,000 points from Class B’s funds to prevent three Class D students from being expelled, arranging repayment with interest. 19
• Negotiates Class B’s supply exchange with Ryuen during the island exam. 38

Energy Perception and Neutralization

During the zombie outbreak, Ichinose awakens the ability to perceive the energy affecting zombified students and neutralize it.

• Helps cure zombified Class B students alongside her classmates. 34
• Uses the discovery that the infected can be restored to normal to keep the group focused on rescue rather than abandonment. 34

Relationships

• Baiye Ying / Byakuya — Classmate and frequent adviser. Ichinose trusts his ideas on information trading, asks him to recommend her to the student council, and relies on him during her birthday crisis. 6 9 20 33 34
• Kanzaki Ryuji — Class B colleague and a more cautious voice in class strategy. Kanzaki questions whether her approach to Class C will work, but supports deliberation over impulsive action. 3 21 29
• Class B — Their representative and unifying figure. The class accepts her decisions readily and rallies around plans connected to her, including the July 20 surprise party. 19 32 33
• Class D — Ichinose advocates cooperation with Class D, helps rescue its students from expulsion, and participates in its effort to clear Sudo and Sakura during the student-council dispute. 9 18 19 29
• Chihiro Shiranami — Receives Chihiro’s love letter and rejects the confession honestly while preserving their friendship. 19
• Kaneda — Offers him refuge with Class B after he claims to have been expelled by Ryuen, treating him as a classmate despite Ying’s suspicions. 40

Story Role / Major Arcs

• Class B’s early point strategy — Guides Class B’s use of information and contracts, establishing cooperation with other classes while preserving Class B’s interests. 6 9
• Midterm support and Class D bailout — Creates study groups for Class B, then uses class funds to keep three Class D students from expulsion under a repayment agreement. 16 19
• Class C harassment — Calls Class B together after Class C’s intimidation escalates and supports a united response to protect targeted classmates. 21 23
• Student-council complaint case — Agrees to Horikita Suzune’s surveillance-camera plan despite recognizing that the deception conflicts with her principles. 29
• Birthday and zombie outbreak — Becomes the focus of Class B’s secret July 20 celebration. After the outbreak begins, she helps lead the effort to cure the infected and ultimately celebrates with the restored class. 32 33 34
• Uninhabited Island Exam — Directs Class B’s strategic discussions, accepts a supply arrangement with Class C, welcomes Kaneda, and later asks the disguised Ying to return to Class B. 38 40 45