Someya, Kaoruko

染矢薫子

A twenty-four-year-old okama and Kanou's childhood friend. He owns an okama bar and currently employs Ayase as a part-time kitchen helper in the manga. He apparently loves his father very much, even though his father objects to him being an okama and opening an okama bar. He loves beautiful things and tries to improve the relationship between Kanou and Ayase by giving Kanou "tips" (for instance, giving Kanou a book titled "How to take care of small animals"—because Ayase tends to resemble a small animal according to Kanou—when he was trying to get Ayase to open up to him, though whether it was meant to be a joke or not is unknown) and by eventually becoming the couple's counselor of sorts. He always speaks abrasively to Kanou and often intercedes with him in favor of Ayase. He refers to Kanou as "danna" (Japanese for "Master"), which is an informal way to refer to one's husband. In the artbook, it is said that his most expensive owned item is a long-sleeved kimono which costs 3.3 million Yen.