Hime Gotō, a 10-year-old with fair skin and straight black hair trimmed by short square bangs, possesses bright green eyes that lose their sparkle in adulthood, hardening into a weary gaze. The daughter of manga artist Kakushi Gotō, she grows up oblivious to his profession, shielded by his careful efforts to hide its mature themes. Kind yet guarded, she balances diligence with a steadfast avoidance of conversations about her family’s past—especially her father’s hidden career and the unexplained absence of her mother, presumed lost in a maritime tragedy.

Her bond with Kakushi anchors her childhood, defined by shared affection and his elaborate charade of normalcy. She chooses his company over peers, their closeness evident in quiet routines. When classmates or her teacher, Ichiko Rokujou, probe about her mother, Hime deflects with humor or evasive resilience, masking vulnerability behind quick wit.

Years later, at 18, a coma-inducing accident strips Kakushi of his secrets, thrusting Hime into a storm of revelation. His concealed career and the haunting void of his unconsciousness clash with her memories of childhood innocence. Inheriting artistic instincts from her Kabuki-affiliated grandfather—a man at odds with Kakushi’s unconventional path—she tentatively explores manga creation, her early scribbles whimsically clumsy yet earnest.

Beneath her subdued adult demeanor lies the weight of unresolved threads: her mother’s vanished fate, her grandfather’s silent disapproval, and the fragile truth of her father’s double life. As timelines interweave across media, her story oscillates between youthful simplicity and the somber unraveling of legacy, tracing her evolution from a girl skirting painful truths to a young woman navigating the scars of sacrifice and the quiet complexity of love.