Tateyama, Ayano

楯山文乃

First appeared in Transparent Answer. A cheerful girl who was Shintarou's classmate. In the summer of her first year of high school, she reached out to Shintarou, who tended to keep his distance, but he soon gave in to her advances and genuinely enjoyed her company. From then on, the two became close friends. Shintarou catches her crying one day but is at a loss for what to do and leaves. The next day, it is revealed that she had committed suicide for some unknown reason.

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