Kikyo Kushida

Biodata

Power Progression

Background / History

Kushida tries to build a kindhearted image on the bus to school by finding a seat for an elderly passenger. The Perfect Life System assigns her the same objective, and Nangong Cheng completes it by offering his own seat. She introduces herself warmly afterward, but his cool response frustrates her 1.

At school, she presents herself as cheerful and eager to befriend everyone. Her system names Nangong her fated partner, prompting her to seek him out and exchange contact details, though she remains wary of the system and his motives. She also pursues contact with the socially distant Horikita Suzune 3 6 7.

Horikita’s suspicion of her friendly persona, Karuizawa Kei’s growing prominence, and Nangong’s attention to other girls intensify Kushida’s resentment. After venting alone on the rooftop, she is caught in an embarrassing situation engineered by Nangong. Her attempt to obtain leverage over him backfires, leaving them with compromising photos and an uneasy relationship that he calls an alliance of “accomplices” 18 28 29 30.

Kushida later helps bring Class D’s girls together for tutoring and a karaoke gathering. She cooperates outwardly with Horikita, but resents being made to invite her onstage for a duet and fears that Horikita may uncover her middle-school past. By Chapter 48, Kushida still refuses to acknowledge the accomplice relationship as a bond 41 42 43 48.

Appearance

Kushida is 155 cm tall and is described as cute and attractive. Her carefully maintained smile is central to the friendly image she presents at school 1 42.

• Distinguishing feature — She can keep smiling through irritation, jealousy, and direct suspicion from classmates 18 42 43.

Personality

Kushida craves approval and is highly attentive to how others perceive her. She can charm classmates and manage several conversations at once, but privately regards people with suspicion and vents anger she will not show in public. Exposure of her middle-school actions is an especially serious threat to the identity she has built 1 6 28 42 48.

Her feelings about Nangong are conflicted. She seeks the benefits tied to their system-designated connection, resents his distance and his closeness to other girls, and rejects his claim that he likes her unguarded self. She publicly denies romantic interest in him and privately sends him insults 6 30 43 46.

Abilities & Skills

Acting and social influence

• Beginner Acting is listed by her system as an innate ability, valued at 1,000 points 46.
• She maintains a sweet public persona even when angry and uses her broad social circle to arrange introductions and gatherings 7 13 18 41.
• Her ability to read social situations does not prevent Horikita and Nangong from questioning her sincerity 14 18 28.

Perfect Life System

• Completing assigned tasks earns points exchangeable for items and abilities; the shop shows possibilities including photographic memory, mind reading, and hypnosis 1.
• Kushida verifies that a purchase works by redeeming Stress-Relief Gum 2.
• Tasks can carry severe penalties: refusing a karaoke invitation task would publicly expose her middle-school past 42.

Equipment / Items

• Stress-Relief Gum — A system-shop item she redeems and tests 2.
• Digital camera — Given to her by Nangong; she later associates it with their compromising encounter 46.

Relationships

• Nangong Cheng — Her system-designated fated partner and the person she calls an accomplice. Their interactions mix mutual suspicion, leverage, resentment, and his claims of affection; she does not accept an accomplice bond 6 30 46 48.
• Horikita Suzune — A classmate Kushida wants to befriend publicly but distrusts privately. They clash over Kushida’s sincerity before cooperating on tutoring, and Horikita later attempts a more genuine friendship 7 18 41 42 43.
• Karuizawa Kei — A popular classmate whom Kushida views as a rival for attention. Karuizawa challenges her for interrupting a conversation with Nangong, though the two later help organize the girls’ gathering 25 28 41.
• Wang Meiyu — A classmate who accompanies Kushida to the café; Nangong privately warns Wang to beware of her 13 14.
• Yosuke Hirata — A fellow advocate for class harmony during a discussion about Class D’s future 18.

Notable Quotes

“Yes, now that you've taken photos like those, neither of us can do much to the other. But don't think that means you can control me.” 30