Yuuko Masaka

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**Yuuko Masaka** (真坂 結子, *Masaka Yuuko*) is a minor character in the *Hige wo Soru. Soshite Joshikousei wo Hirou.* series. She was Sayu Ogiwara's close friend and classmate at Asahikawa Dairoku High School back in Hokkaido where she was often the victim of bullying by other girls who were jealous of her due to her beautiful looks, which later led her to kill herself by jumping off the roof of her school, leaving Sayu distraught.

The aftermath of her death caused further strain between Sayu and her mother who believed that Sayu was the one who drove her friend to suicide. Being constantly blamed for her friend's death led Sayu to leave home and became emotionally unstable.

## Appearance

Yuuko was a young high school girl who was considered to be attractive by many boys (that led to many girls to torment her out of jealously) with chest-length black hair that is tied low twin pigtails by two blue hair ties with square bangs hanging over her forehead while she has neck-length hair strands hanging on either side, hazel-brown eyes, round glasses, there were freckles were present on her cheeks and she was possibly the same age as Sayu Ogiwara at the time.

She wore the Asahikawa Dairoku High School uniform and it's distinctive ribbon.

## Personality

***Note: This section is under construction and revision.***
## Background

Yuuko was second-year high school student at Asahikawa Dairoku High School where she and Sayu Ogiwara were close friends and was in the same class.

After Sayu rejected a confession from a member of the basketball team, a girl in their class who liked the boy decided to get revenge. However, realizing that getting revenge against Sayu directly could backfire, she and her friends decided to go after Yuuko instead. Sayu did her best to defend Yuuko and help her deal with the bullying, but Yuuko, feeling like she was burdening Sayu couldn't take it and she called Sayu to their normal sport on the roof, only to explain her own frustrations before jumping off the building, ending her own life right in front of Sayu.

## Relationships

### Sayu Ogiwara

Yuuko and Sayu were close friends and classmates at Asahikawa Dairoku High School in Hokkaido. Sayu was extremely distraught at the fact that Yuuko took her own life and the aftermath of her death caused further strain between Sayu and her mother who believed that Sayu was the one that drove her friend to do it. Every time Sayu remembers Yuuko, she feels nauseous.

Sayu partially blamed herself for Yuuko's death, knowing that Yuuko was getting bullied because of her and one of her reason for committing suicide was to stop burdening Sayu. It wasn't until after returning to her school with Yoshida that she was able to forgive herself and properly come to terms with Yuuko's death.

## Etymology

* The name **Yuuko** means "tie, bind" (結) (**yuu**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Yuuko's surname **Masaka** means "real, genuine" (真) (**ma**) and "slope, hill" (坂) (**saka**).

## Trivia

***Note: This section is under construction and revision.***
## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 *Light Novel Volume 4, Chapter 3*
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 *Light Novel Volume 4, Chapter 4*
3. ↑ *Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 6*