Inu Chūseina

Inu's profile card.

Inu is a rival in *Heartbreaker: The Visual Novel*, and the antagonist of Episode 6.

Inu is Kouhai's childhood friend and most loyal companion, who transfers to Kareji to keep her safe.

## Appearance

Despite being Japanese, most of Inu's fashion sense comes from foreign trends learned on the internet. Inu has long hair that curls up at the sides similar to dog ears, with black & white striped scene extensions held in place by bone-shaped hairclips, and always wears a black choker with a metal link, plus black glasses with no upper frame. Inu is never seen without a pair of headphones and a walkman, and purple painted finger & toe nails.

In the Kareji uniform, Inu wears the skirt down at knee-length, shorts just above knee-length, and black & white striped knee-socks with a bone design on the fronts. Inu also wears full-length sleeves, and the standard Kareji gloves & shoes.

As a first-year, Inu has no badges on the tie, belt, or gloves.

For a casual summer outfit, Inu wears a black t-shirt with purple trims bearing the logo of a J-rock band, a pair of belts around the waist, a simple purple skirt and black panties. Inu also has black & purple striped thigh-high socks, black & grey boots with steel toe caps, and fishnet sleeves under black & white checkered wrist-warmers. A silver crucifix pendant completes the outfit.

Inu is not seen in casual clothes during winter.

## Personality

Alone, Inu lacks confidence and struggles to handle social situations, but is quick to aggressively jump to Kouhai's defence at the first sign of danger.

Having known her for most of their lives, Inu draws strength from Kouhai's friendship, and would do ***anything*** to make her happy.

Has a fiercely intense soul, and a strong passion for horror movies and dark / heavy music.

## Trivia

* Inu's given name in romaji is pronounced like the Japanese word for "dog", and the surname is pronounced like the Japanese word for "loyalty".
* The kanji for the Chūseina family's name comes from 仲 meaning "relationship", 清 meaning "pure", and 夏 meaning "summer". The meaning here was chosen specifically to refer to Inu & Kouhai's friendship, which began one summer.
* The kanji for Inu's given name comes from 衣 meaning "clothing", and 縫 meaning "stitch", suggesting Inu's clothes are home-made.
* Inu's fashion was a general mishmash of late-emo and early-scene, two styles that were closely related in the late-1990s and early-to-mid-2000s.

## Notes

* As with many parts of *Heartbreaker*, several "Japanese" names in this project were chosen using not only literal or phonetic puns, but also a variety & mixture of *-on,* *-yomi,* *nanori* etc. readings for kanji that would not be typically used for names in reality, a common technique in Japanese fiction; It is important to remember that *Heartbreaker* takes place in an alternate timeline that - while closely mirroring our own - contains several differences in its fictional history. Good-faith attempts have been made to create semi-believable names (with some artistic licence for fiction & entertainment's sake), but any suggestions for better names and / or kana & kanji should be sent to: AbyzouDev@gmail.com