TV-Series
Description
Futaba Igarashi, a 22-year-old office worker in Itomaki Trading's sales department, possesses a petite stature of 127 cm (4'2") and weighs 27 kg. Her youthful appearance, featuring shoulder-length green hair usually tied in a ponytail, matching green eyes, and a single visible fang, persistently causes her to be mistaken for a middle-school student—a characteristic unchanged since elementary school. She wears business attire at work and often accessorizes with a red muffler in cold weather, a gift from colleague Harumi Takeda.
Raised primarily by her grandfather in a snowy rural area following her grandmother's passing and with no parents mentioned, she relocated to Tokyo at age 13. After junior high graduation and junior college, she began her current job at 15 or 16, advancing to her second year during the series. Her grandfather remains her primary family connection and exhibits significant protectiveness.
Personality-wise, Futaba adopts a boisterous, strong-willed demeanor to counter perceptions of childishness, though she remains easily flustered and emotionally expressive. She exhibits classic tsundere traits, initially displaying annoyance or irritation to mask deeper affection, particularly toward Takeda. Insecurity about her height and breast size forms a recurring complex, triggering intense reactions when referenced. Despite this, she demonstrates kindness through actions like giving her scarf to a cold child. She excels at cooking, enjoys sweet foods like oshiruko, and harbors aversions to horror media, bitter coffee, summer rains, and pollen allergies. Her left-handedness and low alcohol tolerance relative to her body weight are noted traits.
Her professional relationship with Harumi Takeda, her mentor and senior colleague, defines much of her development. Initially finding his loud personality, physical size, and familiar teasing—like frequent head-patting—genuinely irritating, their constant collaboration on sales calls fosters dependence. A pivotal moment occurs during a work drinking event: an intoxicated Futaba confronts Takeda about his feelings. He responds by stating he would want a daughter like her, prompting her to ask why she couldn't be the wife. This forces her to acknowledge her romantic feelings, which she struggles to admit openly despite their growing closeness. Their dynamic evolves to include mutual care during illnesses, overnight visits, shared meals with indirect kisses, and exchanging gifts like the muffler. Takeda remains largely oblivious or intentionally distant from her romantic interest, though he consistently treats her as a competent adult and intervenes protectively, such as confronting a harasser.
Other significant relationships include childhood friend Natsumi Kurobe, met in junior high and occasionally envied for her figure; coworkers Tōko Sakurai, another source of envy, and Sōta Kazama, who observes her interactions with Takeda; and her grandfather, who initially clashes with Takeda but eventually accepts him. It is implied Natsumi once harbored a crush on Futaba.
Key personal details include her March 9 birthday (shared with Takeda), ownership of a pet rhinoceros beetle named Kabukichi, a bed covered in stuffed animals, and representation by the color green or cat motifs. Trivia notes her house number (502), participation in a high school art club despite poor drawing skills, and the etymology of her name ("twin leaves") and surname ("fifty storms").
Raised primarily by her grandfather in a snowy rural area following her grandmother's passing and with no parents mentioned, she relocated to Tokyo at age 13. After junior high graduation and junior college, she began her current job at 15 or 16, advancing to her second year during the series. Her grandfather remains her primary family connection and exhibits significant protectiveness.
Personality-wise, Futaba adopts a boisterous, strong-willed demeanor to counter perceptions of childishness, though she remains easily flustered and emotionally expressive. She exhibits classic tsundere traits, initially displaying annoyance or irritation to mask deeper affection, particularly toward Takeda. Insecurity about her height and breast size forms a recurring complex, triggering intense reactions when referenced. Despite this, she demonstrates kindness through actions like giving her scarf to a cold child. She excels at cooking, enjoys sweet foods like oshiruko, and harbors aversions to horror media, bitter coffee, summer rains, and pollen allergies. Her left-handedness and low alcohol tolerance relative to her body weight are noted traits.
Her professional relationship with Harumi Takeda, her mentor and senior colleague, defines much of her development. Initially finding his loud personality, physical size, and familiar teasing—like frequent head-patting—genuinely irritating, their constant collaboration on sales calls fosters dependence. A pivotal moment occurs during a work drinking event: an intoxicated Futaba confronts Takeda about his feelings. He responds by stating he would want a daughter like her, prompting her to ask why she couldn't be the wife. This forces her to acknowledge her romantic feelings, which she struggles to admit openly despite their growing closeness. Their dynamic evolves to include mutual care during illnesses, overnight visits, shared meals with indirect kisses, and exchanging gifts like the muffler. Takeda remains largely oblivious or intentionally distant from her romantic interest, though he consistently treats her as a competent adult and intervenes protectively, such as confronting a harasser.
Other significant relationships include childhood friend Natsumi Kurobe, met in junior high and occasionally envied for her figure; coworkers Tōko Sakurai, another source of envy, and Sōta Kazama, who observes her interactions with Takeda; and her grandfather, who initially clashes with Takeda but eventually accepts him. It is implied Natsumi once harbored a crush on Futaba.
Key personal details include her March 9 birthday (shared with Takeda), ownership of a pet rhinoceros beetle named Kabukichi, a bed covered in stuffed animals, and representation by the color green or cat motifs. Trivia notes her house number (502), participation in a high school art club despite poor drawing skills, and the etymology of her name ("twin leaves") and surname ("fifty storms").