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Description
Hirotaka Nifuji is a 26-year-old office worker, tall at 184 cm, with fair skin, violet eyes, and short bluish-black hair parted in the middle. His extreme nearsightedness necessitates high-spec black glasses for basic visibility. He wears a navy blue suit and purple tie at work, switching to casual long-sleeved shirts and track pants at home.
Born March 20th (Pisces), Hirotaka displays a kuudere personality: outwardly stoic and emotionally reserved, yet internally expressive. He rarely smiles or shows overt emotion, maintaining a deadpan expression. This reserve stems from natural disinterest in social interaction and a preference for solitude, not trauma. Despite this, he possesses strong observational skills and loyalty to close individuals. His reserved nature contrasts sharply with his text-message style, which features frequent emoticons and expressive language.
Hirotaka is a hardcore gamer, specializing in FPS, fighting, and action games, declaring he "would die without games." His exceptional proficiency is humorously rated at 53,000/10 in manga stats. He dominates MMORPGs with godlike avatars and exhibits intense gaming focus, sometimes forgetting to eat or rest. While competitive, he avoids trolling. His gaming obsession occasionally triggers self-doubt, like questioning if hobbies hinder personal growth during an amusement park date, though he resolves these internally.
His background centers on a longstanding affection for Narumi Momose, dating back to elementary school. They bonded over shared thunderstorm fears—Hirotaka's stemming from a lightning strike erasing game saves. As a teen, he pierced his ears and started smoking to impress Narumi after seeing her then-boyfriend with piercings; he later regretted the piercing but became addicted to smoking. They reunite as adults at work, where Hirotaka is a systems engineer alongside Narumi, Hanako Koyanagi, and Tarō Kabakura. After drinks, he invites Narumi to be his girlfriend, and she accepts. Their relationship evolves with Hirotaka supporting her fujoshi interests, assisting at Comiket, and participating in her cosplay photoshoots despite his reserve.
Hirotaka transitions from boyfriend to husband, proposing to Narumi. They marry, she takes his surname, and they later have a son. Hirotaka quits smoking after the child's birth. As a father, he plays video games with his son, who consistently loses to him. Sketches depict Hirotaka balancing gaming with parenting while Narumi works on doujinshi.
His relationships extend beyond Narumi. He has a younger brother, Naoya, seven years his junior, whose cheerfulness and sociability contrast with Hirotaka's introversion. Though outwardly indifferent, Hirotaka privately worries about Naoya and supports his relationship with Kō Sakuragi. With coworkers Kabakura and Koyanagi, he maintains a reliable bond, frequently joining them for drinks. He also forms an unexpected kinship with Kō due to shared gaming proficiency and quiet natures.
Trivia includes his pierced ears (though he wears no earrings), high alcohol tolerance, thunderstorm phobia, and preference for voluptuous figurines—a point of contention with Narumi. He keeps few friends due to disinterest, not dislike, and exhibits minor quirks like enduring physical discomfort (e.g., blisters from new shoes) without complaint.
Born March 20th (Pisces), Hirotaka displays a kuudere personality: outwardly stoic and emotionally reserved, yet internally expressive. He rarely smiles or shows overt emotion, maintaining a deadpan expression. This reserve stems from natural disinterest in social interaction and a preference for solitude, not trauma. Despite this, he possesses strong observational skills and loyalty to close individuals. His reserved nature contrasts sharply with his text-message style, which features frequent emoticons and expressive language.
Hirotaka is a hardcore gamer, specializing in FPS, fighting, and action games, declaring he "would die without games." His exceptional proficiency is humorously rated at 53,000/10 in manga stats. He dominates MMORPGs with godlike avatars and exhibits intense gaming focus, sometimes forgetting to eat or rest. While competitive, he avoids trolling. His gaming obsession occasionally triggers self-doubt, like questioning if hobbies hinder personal growth during an amusement park date, though he resolves these internally.
His background centers on a longstanding affection for Narumi Momose, dating back to elementary school. They bonded over shared thunderstorm fears—Hirotaka's stemming from a lightning strike erasing game saves. As a teen, he pierced his ears and started smoking to impress Narumi after seeing her then-boyfriend with piercings; he later regretted the piercing but became addicted to smoking. They reunite as adults at work, where Hirotaka is a systems engineer alongside Narumi, Hanako Koyanagi, and Tarō Kabakura. After drinks, he invites Narumi to be his girlfriend, and she accepts. Their relationship evolves with Hirotaka supporting her fujoshi interests, assisting at Comiket, and participating in her cosplay photoshoots despite his reserve.
Hirotaka transitions from boyfriend to husband, proposing to Narumi. They marry, she takes his surname, and they later have a son. Hirotaka quits smoking after the child's birth. As a father, he plays video games with his son, who consistently loses to him. Sketches depict Hirotaka balancing gaming with parenting while Narumi works on doujinshi.
His relationships extend beyond Narumi. He has a younger brother, Naoya, seven years his junior, whose cheerfulness and sociability contrast with Hirotaka's introversion. Though outwardly indifferent, Hirotaka privately worries about Naoya and supports his relationship with Kō Sakuragi. With coworkers Kabakura and Koyanagi, he maintains a reliable bond, frequently joining them for drinks. He also forms an unexpected kinship with Kō due to shared gaming proficiency and quiet natures.
Trivia includes his pierced ears (though he wears no earrings), high alcohol tolerance, thunderstorm phobia, and preference for voluptuous figurines—a point of contention with Narumi. He keeps few friends due to disinterest, not dislike, and exhibits minor quirks like enduring physical discomfort (e.g., blisters from new shoes) without complaint.