Tsuchimi, Rin

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Rin Tsuchimi is a seventeen-year-old high school student and the male protagonist of the series. In the game, he is the character the player controls. Kaede notes that Rin's primary virtue is his kindness. This trait serves as both his greatest strength, since the girls are drawn to him for it, and his greatest weakness, as demonstrated later in the series by his indecisiveness and desire to make everyone happy, which often ends up hurting them instead. Rin tends to show little initiative when interacting with the girls around him, largely due to the abuse he suffers from male classmates over his perceived relationship with his childhood friend, Kaede. However, he begins to spend increasing amounts of time with both Lisianthus (Sia) and Nerine after their arrival and starts to develop feelings for them. Regarding Kaede, he views her solely as a childhood friend. When others suggest that he and Kaede would make a good couple, Rin either dismisses the idea or states that it is strange to think of it that way. This distance between them is partly caused by the dark past shared by Kaede and Rin.