Arthur Pickles. Age 15. A fairly handsome exchange student from America. He is on the baseball and basketball teams, and is also known for his intellect. He speaks with a notable New Yorker accent, but aside from that has a good mastery of the Japanese language. Emi Maeda, age 17. A second year student with black hair, cut unfashionably short, and hazel eyes. She doesn't particularly stand out, appearance wise, and the hair is actually a bit of a turnoff. She's a member of the student council, and a decent archer. Hanase doesn't like her, but that doesn't mean much. "Gregory": unnamed student portraying Gregory in the drama club's production of Romeo and Juliet. He is apparently infected with the evil whatever. Hinata Nakajima, age 31. A fairly pretty teacher with wavy, shoulder-length brown hair and brown eyes. She's single and, as rumors have it, desperate. She's usually nice, but if she loses her temper she's known to take it out on students. Junko Ichimaru, age 16. She's a quiet, reserved girl from a poor family. She shows promise as an artist, but her presence in the school isn't tolerated by the wealthier students. Keigo Yamada, age 16. A member of the kendo team, he's a sore loser. He's strong on offense but has very little skill at defending himself. Hanase kicked his ass in session one. Koki Fumawara, age 47. The teacher in charge of the drama club, and also the self-appointed director. He likes it when plays go as he envisions it and hates when students try to improvise. He forced Chisato to keep rehearsing even when ill, until she passed out, in session one. He says "Cut" a lot. Michi Kinoshita, age 15. A short, very pretty girl with long, straight brown hair and a hair band. She's got brown eyes, like most Japanese people. Michi is also in the drama club with Chisato. Everyone who knows her knows her dream is to be a real actress. But they also probably know she has little talent. Michi plays Juliet in the school production of Romeo and Juliet, but can't get her lines right. She seems *very* attached to Chisato. She looked after Chisato after Chisato fainted during rehearsal in session one. Mitsuru Takaoka. Age 15. A fairly tall, athletic and good-looking boy. He's got neck-length, black hair and green eyes. He's on the soccer team and is known as generally being a good guy. But he's constantly being admired by girls, knows it, and doesn't seem to like it. Rumor has it that he's gay, but there doesn't seem to be strong evidence supporting this. He's also known for frequently getting into fights with Isamu Kobayashi. He hates Isamu. Isamu hates him. But Shinju's got a crush on him at the moment. He apparently secretly fights evil with a katana. Or else he just fights stray animals with a katana, if the pound employs Ronin. He saw Isamu produce a sword from his hand, which surprised him, but possibly because he thought it wasn't supposed to be *Isamu* who got that power. All this is from session one. Naoko Nishimura, age 16. She's above average height and has almost black eyes behind her glasses. She's got short black hair with red streaks. She's known for being fairly cynical. Naoko is a friend of Chisato's, if you get past the biting commentary. She was not encouraging of the triple date that brought Chisato, Shinju and Natsumi together with Isamu, Shin, and Youji, and turned down Natsumi's offer to join that outing. Since she avoided demon rat attacks, that proved a wise move. Ah, the heady days of session two. Natsumi Hatagami, age 16. She's a pretty girl who's always in on the latest trends and fashions. She frequently "helps" people stay as up to date on what's hot and what's not as she is. Her hair is parted down one side with a small braid, and dyed purple. Her eyes are blue, achieved through the miracle of contacts. Natsumi is a friend of Chisato's. But since Natsumi didn't give a damn when Shinju left the triple date, it's possible that Natsumi's friendship isn't worth much when the chips are down. She and Youji were going to go out on a date together, but ended up making it a triple with Chisato, Isamu, Shin, and Shinju. When corpses and giant demon rats made an appearance, Natsumi passed out like a total wuss, in session two. Isamu thinks Natsumi is trying to look like an anime character, but thinks she's cute. Ryoma Shibara, age 15. He's a messy-haired freshman who recently transferred to Izumo from Hokkaido. He's not particularly bright, and is extremely gullible. He also seems to have no skill at anything, not even kendo. But if there's one thing he has, it's optimism. He's also on the archery team. He sucks there too. Ryoma seems to have latched onto Hanase, and sometimes follows her around like a puppy, praising her victories and providing unappreciated honest commentary on her screw-ups. It may even be love, the poor bastard. Hanase treats him with disdain. Ryu Hazuki, age 17. A handsome senior and captain of the kendo club. He excels at the sport and is always enthusiastic when talking to people about it. Unfortunately, he seems to have little personality outside of the sport; anything non-kendo is non-important in his eyes. Shin Kotohoki, age 15. A tough guy with a haircut that spikes upwards in the front, presently dyed red. He stands with his hands in his pockets and severely bad posture, and currently has his grey eyes fixed on Mitsuru. Shin is a friend of Isamu's. He went along on the triple date but departed with Shinju, in session two. Shinju Mimura, age 16. An attractive girl with a noticeably large chest. She's got long hair in slight curls and purple eyes. She's known around school as... well, to put it mildly, interested in guys. She used to date Youji and currently has a crush on Mitsuru. She went along on the triple date but departed when she saw her ex-boyfriend, heading off with Shin, in session two. Youji Sano, age 16. Another tough guy with closely cropped hair and large muscles, and much taller than Shin. He has a reputation as a womanizer. Youji is a friend of Isamu's. Youji and Natsumi arranged to go out on a date, and ended up expanding it to a triple date with Shin, Isamu, Chisato, and Shinju. But then came the horrible demon rats and corpses and Youji ran away. Brave, brave sir Youji. That was session two. Yukiko Oda, age 16. Shoulder-length black hair, black eyes. She's tall and muscular. Not unattractive, but not really all that appealing, either. She recently came to Izumo from a small fishing village and is somewhat intimidated by city life. Yukiko is a friend of Chisato's and plays the Nurse in the school production of Romeo and Juliet.