Sakura Airi

Biodata

Feature	Information
Name	Sakura Airi (佐仓爱里)
Alias(es)	Shizuku; the blog idol “Shizuku” 93
Gender	Female
Affiliation	Class D; Yukishin Society 49 58
Occupation/Role	First-year student; blogger and online model under the Shizuku identity 93
Status	Active 120
First Appearance	Chapter 40 40

Background / History

Airi initially keeps herself isolated at school. She avoids attention by wearing glasses, tying back her hair, neglecting fashion, keeping her gaze lowered, and hunching her back; she has few interactions with classmates and no close friends at the start of the story 41.

Away from school, she maintains the online identity Shizuku, a blog idol who posts photographs of herself and presents herself as a model. Her habit of carrying a digital camera stems from this work, though she keeps the identity private until revealing it to Tanaka Yukishin and Karuizawa Kei 42 93.

Appearance

Airi deliberately presents herself inconspicuously in daily life, contrasting sharply with the polished online image associated with Shizuku 41 93.

• Pink hair, usually tied into a ponytail 51.
• Wears glasses and avoids fashionable styling to keep from attracting notice 41.
• Often lowers her eyes, hunches her posture, and grips her bag or camera when nervous 41 93.
• Regularly carries a digital camera 43 65.
• Is described by Tanaka as beautiful after the stalking incident 46.

Personality

Airi is shy, withdrawn, and especially uncomfortable with eye contact and direct conversation. She distinguishes this from social anxiety, explaining that she simply dislikes interacting with others; nevertheless, her fear of attention leaves her prone to panic and self-doubt 41.

She is also cautious rather than blindly trusting. When Tanaka first offers help, she suspects an ulterior motive and rejects what she assumes is a clichéd pickup line. His detailed account of Goto Hitori and the proof that Hitori exists eventually persuade Airi to confide in him 41 42.

Despite her timidity, Airi displays considerable courage when someone is in danger. She agrees to serve as bait for her stalker, confronts Yamamoto Ichiro, and later intervenes to stop Tanaka from continuing his assault on him 44 45. Her kindness also makes her willing to protect Tanaka, even offering to compromise her own innocence by supporting a false self-defense account 45.

Abilities & Skills

Photography and Image Editing

Airi is an attentive photographer who keeps a camera with her and uses it both for her blog work and to record events around her.

• Runs the Shizuku blog identity, which relies on photographs of herself 93.
• Manually adjusts color temperature while sorting photographs rather than relying on automatic retouching 79.
• Records Tanaka’s exchange with Horikita Suzune without drawing attention to herself 54.
• Captures photographs of the altercation between Sudō Ken and three Class C students, creating potentially decisive evidence 93.
• Her camera is also exploited during Yamamoto Ichiro’s stalking of her, leading Tanaka to identify it as the likely means by which Airi was being tracked 43.

Equipment / Items

• Digital camera — Used for blog photography, casual documentation, and recording incidents at school. It is later connected to Yamamoto’s stalking and contains photographs of Sudō’s altercation 43 93.
• Camera memory card — Contained the Sudō incident photographs until Tanaka crushed it and instructed Airi to delete the originals 94.

Relationships

• Tanaka Yukishin — Classmate, protector, and Airi’s love interest. He helps expose her stalker, rescues her from Yamamoto, and becomes the person Airi relies on most. Her feelings develop into love, though she remains hesitant to confess directly 42 45 119 121.
• Karuizawa Kei — Close friend and Tanaka’s girlfriend. Kei initially reacts possessively to Airi’s feelings, but later encourages her to act on them and openly raises the possibility of both girls being with Tanaka in the future 65 79 117.
• Hasebe Haruka — Friend and confidante. Haruka sees through Airi’s “I have a friend” framing, helps her acknowledge how deeply she loves Tanaka, and encourages her to be sincere about those feelings 118 119.
• Yamamoto Ichiro — Stalker and employee of the school electronics shop. Obsessed with Airi’s Shizuku identity, he follows her, calls her “Shizuku,” and attacks her after she lures him into a secluded alley 44 45.
• Chabashira Sae — Homeroom teacher whom Airi initially approaches about being stalked; the attempt does not resolve her situation 42 48.

Story Role / Major Arcs

Stalking Incident

Airi begins feeling watched wherever she goes and becomes visibly exhausted from the persistent fear. After reporting the matter without results, she accepts Tanaka’s help and tells him about the stalking 40 42 48.

Following Tanaka’s plan, Airi leaves herself exposed while he follows discreetly. Their investigation identifies her camera as the likely tracking point and leads them to Yamamoto Ichiro, the electronics-shop employee who had previously handled it 43 44.

Airi lures Yamamoto into an alley, confronts him, and is injured when she falls while trying to defend herself. Tanaka intervenes before Yamamoto can assault her, then severely beats him until Airi physically stops him 44 45. The incident is subsequently treated as righteous action and self-defense by school security, though the Student Council scrutinizes the pair’s prior movements 47 48.

Joining the Yukishin Society

After the stalking incident, Airi joins Tanaka’s Yukishin Society. Through the club, she becomes more familiar with Karuizawa, Matsushita Chiaki, and the girls around Kei, moving beyond the isolation that had once made her nearly invisible in Class D 49 58 108.

Sudō Evidence

Airi secretly photographs the altercation between Sudō Ken and three Class C students. When the dispute becomes significant, she reveals both her Shizuku identity and the images to Tanaka and Kei, but does not want to give the evidence to Horikita Suzune 93.

Tanaka instructs her to keep the photos private, then destroys the memory card and orders the originals deleted. Airi ultimately follows his decision despite her initial alarm at losing the evidence 94.

Feelings for Tanaka

Airi’s gratitude toward Tanaka gradually becomes an obvious crush. Kei recognizes it early and alternates between teasing, warning, and encouraging Airi to take initiative 49 65 79.

Kei’s disclosure that Tanaka intends to build a harem leaves Airi overwhelmed and uncertain. After confiding in Haruka, however, Airi recognizes that she loves Tanaka “very, very much” and resolves to face those feelings rather than hide behind indecision 117 119. As of Chapter 121, she still has not acted on that resolution 121.

Notable Quotes

“I like him very, very much!” 119