Kushida Kikyo

Biodata

Feature	Details
Name	Kushida Kikyo (栉田桔梗)
Alias(es)	Two-Faced Person; Handprint Sister; “Little Angel”
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Advanced Nurturing High School; Class D
Occupation/Role	Student; holder of a Diary Copy
Status	Active; advances into her second year at Advanced Nurturing 305
First Appearance	Chapter 2

Power Progression

Stage / Realm / Level	Chapter	Notes
Recorded Skill Profile	96	Her Diary status lists Two-Faced: 69, described as a masterful disguise, and Kissing: 36. She can spend Reading Points on optional Skills. 96
Angel Skill awakened	305	Allocates points to Angel, gaining wings and a limited healing ability. She discovers that the wings can be hidden. 305
Angel Skill development	306, 308	Continues investing toward greater strength and usefulness to Asakusa Toru; tests healing and begins maintaining her feathers. 306 308

Background

Kushida grew up believing that her appearance and above-average ability made her exceptional. As she encountered people who surpassed her in academics and athletics, that confidence became an intense inferiority complex. She sought a form of superiority that could not be easily defeated: gaining other people’s trust. 2 3

Her friendly persona became both her greatest skill and her burden. Maintaining everyone’s confidence in her created overwhelming pressure, which she released anonymously online. When her true feelings and the people around her were exposed, she used the trust she had cultivated to turn classmates against one another; the resulting conflict ended her middle-school life. 3

Kushida enters Advanced Nurturing determined to erase that past and begin again. The Diary’s immediate identification of her inferiority, superiority complex, and hidden malice makes her fear that this fresh start has already failed. Horikita Suzune’s presence is an additional threat because they attended the same middle school. 2 3

Appearance

Kushida deliberately designed her presentation to create an excellent first impression. Her posture, expressions, and mannerisms are carefully optimized to make her appear approachable, kind, and easy to trust. 59

• Maintains a bright, sweet public smile that contrasts sharply with her unguarded demeanor. 45 48
• Is considered notably attractive among the students at Advanced Nurturing. 59
• Her carefully rehearsed smile, speech, and micro-expressions are distinctive enough for Asakusa Toru to imitate them. 122
• Her angelic wings manifest only after investing in the Angel Skill; she can conceal them when necessary. 305 306

Personality

Kushida’s central drive is superiority. She wants to be admired, trusted, and envied, and she is deeply unsettled by people who outperform her or threaten the social image she has constructed. Her kindness is genuine as a practiced social ability, but it is also a means of obtaining information, loyalty, and influence. 2 24

Behind her “Little Angel” persona, she is blunt, spiteful, calculating, and capable of exploiting another person’s trust. When overloaded by others’ expectations, she becomes aggressive and seeks isolated places to vent, having lost faith in the anonymous outlets she once relied on. 46 57

Despite her cynicism, Kushida can recognize sincerity. Horikita’s earnest request for friendship confuses her because Kushida cannot detect any falsehood in it. She eventually accepts a role as Horikita’s “mirror,” offering harsh but direct observations rather than comforting guidance. 46 47

Her growing attachment to Asakusa makes her possessive and jealous, particularly toward Ichinose Honami and Karuizawa Kei. By her second year, she values power and the ability to stand beside Asakusa more than preserving the social network she once worked so hard to build. 147 193 305

Abilities & Skills

Social Engineering and Persona Management

Kushida excels at creating trust quickly and turning social sentiment to her advantage.

• Befriends most of Class D soon after enrollment and exchanges contact information with students in other classes. 22
• Uses concern, disappointment, and apparent selflessness to direct classmates against Horikita while avoiding open hostility herself. 24
• Draws out secrets by making others feel safe enough to confide in her. 24
• Is widely viewed as Class D’s “Little Angel,” giving her influence that even school authorities regard as difficult to confront directly. 115
• Can weaponize friendship with simple emotional pressure, openly describing friends as people who can be made to act through obligation. 48

Diary Copy and Reading Points

Kushida possesses a copy of Asakusa Toru’s Diary and can read its entries as they update.

• Reads information about the school’s rules, other students, and the Diary’s Skill system. 31 96
• Can allocate Reading Points to optional Skills. 96
• Uses the Diary as a continuing connection to Asakusa after his apparent departure from school. 305

Angel Skill

Kushida pursues the Angel Skill to gain security and become more useful to Asakusa.

• Manifests a pair of wings. 305
• Can hide the wings from public view. 305 306
• Possesses a small healing ability. 305 308
• Treats her wings as highly private and does not allow Horikita to touch them. 306

Relationships

• Asakusa Toru — Initially discovers Kushida venting on the rooftop, prompting her failed attempt to blackmail him with a false assault accusation. His recordings leave her vulnerable, and their relationship later becomes intimate, jealous, and possessive; Asakusa publicly confirms being involved with her. 57 58 61 193 279
• Horikita Suzune — Former middle-school acquaintance whom Kushida initially fears and hates. Horikita asks Kushida to become her friend and “mirror”; Kushida accepts the role while remaining sharply critical of her. 3 45 46 47
• Sakura Airi — Sakura deeply trusts Kushida, who publicly defends her from Yamauchi. Kushida later exploits that trust by inventing a false story about Asakusa to manipulate Sakura’s view of him. 97 101 102
• Ichinose Honami — A social rival whose “Archangel” reputation makes Kushida feel defeated and threatened. Kushida is jealous of Ichinose’s closeness to Asakusa. 147 193
• Karuizawa Kei — Rival for Asakusa’s attention. Kushida publicly stakes her claim to Asakusa when Kei’s relationship with him becomes known. 279
• Class D — Kushida is one of its most popular members and often acts as a mediator, but she is willing to place her own interests first; during the uninhabited-island exam, she secretly colludes with Asakusa while negotiating Class D’s request for help. 139 159

Story Role / Major Arcs

Exposure of the Two-Faced Person

The Diary identifies Kushida’s hidden nature shortly after she enrolls. When an angry message she sends is uploaded, she believes her past has been fully exposed and withdraws from school life in panic. Horikita later identifies her as both the Two-Faced Person and Handprint Sister. 2 31 42 45

Horikita’s Mirror

Horikita visits Kushida during her isolation and asks to become friends. Kushida rejects Horikita’s naïve assumptions but ultimately agrees to act as a mirror who reflects Horikita’s flaws, starting their strained friendship. 46 47

Rooftop Confrontation

After finding a rooftop she believes is private, Kushida vents openly and is discovered by Asakusa. She attempts to silence him through a fabricated assault allegation, but his recordings reverse the power dynamic and force her into a humiliating apology. 57 58 59 60

Entanglement with Asakusa

Kushida agrees to participate in Asakusa’s “psychological research,” initially treating physical closeness as a way to regain control. His refusal to act as she expects destabilizes her assumptions about relationships, and their connection gradually becomes personal and possessive. 61 62 63 66 82

Class D and Special Exams

Kushida remains a powerful social figure in Class D, speaking confidently during the VIP Exam when Horikita cannot. However, she is also willing to bargain with Class A through Asakusa, even when doing so compromises her classmates’ interests. 159 232

Pursuit of Angelic Power

After learning that supernatural powers exist, Kushida becomes dissatisfied with relying on social influence alone. She invests in Angel, gains wings and healing, and resolves to grow strong enough to stand beside Asakusa after graduation. 305 306

Notable Quotes

“You’re just stupid.”
— Kushida’s conclusion after acting as Horikita’s “Magic Mirror.” 47

“If Toru wants to lead everyone to heaven, then I’ll become an angel. If Toru wants to drag everyone down to hell, then I can become a demon too.” 331