Despite her initial disinterest, she gradually grows to rely on Usa and falls in love with him without even realizing it. Aside from an avid attraction to traditional clothes, she greatly likes the cream puffs sold at a bakery by the station of which only thirty pieces are for sale each day. Painfully reticent, she is often expressionless but is prone to outbursts of emotion when something amuses, moves or embarrasses her.

Often staying in the library where Usa saw her first, she loves reading books and becomes quite oblivious to her surroundings when she is engrossed at it.

She is the daughter of the legal owner of Kawai Complex a fact that she often brings up when a resident crosses the line. Ritsu Kawai ( 河合律, Kawai Ritsu) Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa Ritsu is a second year student at Usa's school and is the second resident that Usa meets.

Although he initially balks at the idea of rooming with dysfunctional person, he decides to stay at the Kawai Complex and quickly adjusts to its residents' behaviors. Having grown up surrounded by his parents' eccentric friends, Usa feels that unique individuals tend to gravitate to him resulting in what he considers a disastrous three years in middle school where he gained a reputation for handling odd people. He agrees to stay anywhere, as long as he could live on his own in peace and quiet. After a series of misunderstandings, including Usa's belief that Ritsu has developed feelings for a classmate and her thinking that he is kind to her out of pity rather than genuine caring, the two eventually become a couple towards the end of Usa's second year in high school.Ĭharacters Kawai Dormitory Kazunari Usa ( 宇佐和成, Usa Kazunari) Voiced by: Yūichi Iguchi Usa Kazunari is a high school freshman whose parents had to move away for work. As the series progresses, Usa and Ritsu gradually become closer friends, and the pair's feelings for each other grow stronger. Surrounded by these people, Usa finds his daily life neither peaceful nor boring. Ritsu, the senpai he admires, also lives in Kawai Complex, as do a few other 'unique' individuals: Shirosaki, his novelist, masochistic roommate Mayumi, a beautiful, buxom office lady who has terrible luck with men and Sayaka, a sly and predatory college student. His mother makes him stay at Kawai Complex, a boarding house that provides meals for its residents. Thanks to his parents' job transfer, high school freshman Kazunari Usa finally gets to enjoy living on his own.

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