Kuchiki especially since she's been one of the few people that ignores her troubled background. Since her first encounter with Reiji during a school field trip, she holds a strong grudge against him fearing that he's trying to take her friend away. Tsuzuriko is an aspiring writer and one of Yukari's classmates/best friend from school who serves as a comic relief in both the OVA and visual novel. She possesses a bright and hyperactive personality and has published multiple stories in many well known literary magazines while keeping her writing career a secret from her school. She's often referred to as "Tojiko" by Reiji claiming that her real name is hard to pronounce, much to her dismay. The president of the student council at Ouba Academy. A talented honor student, she comes from a wealthy, loving and influential family; her charisma makes her an idol of many of her classmates. Reiji's best friend and former colleague from the police. He and Reiji have known each other since they were students at the police academy where they both join the force and worked under the same supervisor. Even after his friend resigned from the police force, he still relies on Reiji's help in solving cases. He's also a regular customer at Cafe Moon World and has a crush on the owner, Kyouko. The widowed owner of Cafe Moon World and a close acquaintance of Reiji and Uozumi (two of her regular customers). She is one of the few people who remembers Reiji's dark tragic past and she was also an old friend of his deceased fiancée. Since they’ve both lost someone important and special to them, they’re able to connect on a more different level. Her cafe has a lot of regulars including Uozumi and Toko Kuchiki. A waitress working at Cafe Moon World who used to help out at a brothel entitled Yukishiro, but after the establishment was shut down, Madam Ujaku took Hatsune under her wing and gave her the name Amemiya. She learned how to write from Shugo when they both lived at the Yukishiro brothel, so she gets mad whenever people say bad things about him. Also known by his pen name, Shin Katsuragi (葛城 シン, Katsuragi Shin) or Katsuragi-sensei for short is one of the series main antagonists. He is shown to be famous well-known novelist and author of Shell of Sheol, one of his most