NO.178ANIMEOOTDShizuka Kusunoki
NO.178ANIMEOOTDShizuka Kusunoki
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Shizuka Kusunoki
Shizuka Kusunoki
Kusunoki's Flunking Her High School Glow-Up ↗ / 2022
First-year high-school student learning to make friends
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ABOUT Shizuka Kusunoki / 01—0601First appearance and background
Kusunoki is introduced by her full name in chapter 1 of Mitsuki Mii’s manga, shared by its creator on October 21, 2022, before the first Japanese collected volume in January 2023. At the opening she has just entered her first year of high school and shares a class with Shizuki.
02Personality and appeal
Attention does not make conversation easy for her. She struggles to connect, yet takes the initiative to ask Shizuki for friendship. Mii describes the pair as sharing a past while wanting different new lives: he hopes to blend into the class, while her changed appearance brings conspicuous attention.
03Story journey
Manga volume 5 spoilers: the class plans a play for the school festival, and Kusunoki is unexpectedly given the lead. Despite her fear, she accepts it as a chance to make friends and become less dependent on Shizuki. Her growth takes shape through such deliberate choices.
04Relationships
Mild volume 2 spoilers: after a dodgeball tournament, Hebikawa offers Kusunoki friendship. Kusunoki welcomes a female friend but worries that this will end her arrangement with Shizuki, which was supposed to last only until she found someone else. She asks to keep spending time with him because their bond matters to her.
05Versions and visual identity
The anime design unveiled in July 2026 has long pink hair, pink eyes and side-swept bangs. A yellow-green blazer goes with a white shirt, red tie, dark pleated skirt, short black socks and white lace-up sneakers. A TV adaptation has been announced; the official pages checked on October 8, 2026 do not give a broadcast date. Page illustrations are unofficial AI-generated fan art based on this announced anime design.
06Fan interpretations
Original fan interpretation: Kusunoki’s most meaningful change is learning to say what kind of connection she wants. Keeping an existing friendship and trying a frightening performance give her fresh start substance beyond appearance.
