Minami, Reiko

南令子

She was a middle school teacher and the object of Sakaguchi's affection. She taught at a local middle school where Sakaguchi was studying, which suggests he had been a repeat student there for quite a long time. She later moved back to Tokyo after Sakaguchi, in a fit of drunken stupidity, forcefully dragged her into one of his misdemeanors that eventually got him arrested. This also inadvertently jeopardized her reputation as a teacher at the town's middle school. Despite this, she forgave him and did not file any charges against him. She still sees hope in him, in spite of his rowdy behavior.