NO.182ANIMEOOTDAnzu Hoshino
NO.182ANIMEANIME OOTD / CHARACTER ARCHIVE
Anzu Hoshino
Romantic Killer ↗ / 2018
High school heroine resisting magical matchmaking
AI-assisted illustrations · Not official anime stills








Anzu already appears in Wataru Momose’s 2018 web-manga submission version of Romantic Killer, before its Shonen Jump+ serialization began on July 30, 2019. A high schooler content with games, snacks and her cat, she becomes the unwilling subject of Riri’s magical matchmaking project.
Her first instinct when Riri engineers a romantic moment is to find a way around it. Annoyance, disbelief and outrage play openly across her face, turning storybook encounters into comedy. Her resistance has a concrete aim: getting back the games, chocolate and cat that Riri has taken away.
Anime story spoilers: fleeing a cockroach at home, Anzu takes refuge in a park, only to be caught in heavy rain and encounter Tsukasa. After daily life develops into a shared household with Tsukasa and Junta, she gets a job to spend less time at home and evade Riri’s schemes, but still ends up on an unexpected date.
Tsukasa Kazuki is the school heartthrob, Junta Hayami her athletic childhood friend, and Hijiri Koganei a haughty rich boy. Each brings a different complication to Riri’s plan. Anzu’s close friend Saki also matters: mild spoilers, when Saki’s unruly brother drives her from home, she turns up at Anzu’s house, giving the comedy a place of everyday refuge.
This page follows her school-uniform look in the 2022 Netflix anime: long reddish-brown hair drawn back at the crown, swept bangs, loose wavy side strands and red eyes. A pale-yellow short-sleeved collared shirt with a chest pocket accompanies a loosely worn red tie. Wide eyes and outspoken expressions complete the look. Page illustrations are unofficial AI-generated fan art based on this anime design.
Original fan interpretation: Anzu treats “How do I want to live?” as a question that deserves an answer. Games, chocolate and her cat give substance to her refusal of an imposed romance. Welcoming friendship into that same life suggests that knowing her own wishes can coexist with making room for other people.