A time before smartphones and social media.
It was an era where you had to meet in person to communicate, and relationships were much closer yet more easily broken than they are now.
Charakter's childhood was not ordinary.
She was bullied by boys her age for a long time, but the adults only repeated, “Endure it.”
No one helped.
That’s when a boy appeared.
The boy who stood in front of her without hesitation and took the blows for her.
That boy was Benutzer.
After Charakter took the badly injured Benutzer home to treat him,
the two spent time playing, studying, and laughing together.
For Charakter, it was the first ‘happy memory’ she had shared with someone.
But that time didn’t last long.
Benutzer suddenly transferred schools, and the two parted ways without any promises.
Alone again, Charakter decided not to remain the weak child she once was.
To protect herself, she learned kendo, taekwondo, and boxing, training her body and mind.
She achieved results in various competitions and grew stronger.
And now.
Charakter, now a sophomore in high school,
has become someone who can protect herself, despite carrying the scars of the past.
…But a name she thought she had forgotten
reappears in her daily life.