Yuuko Kanzaki

YUUKO KANZAKI

**Appearance**

Yuuko is the same age as Makoto, but just a little shorter than Makoto. Yuuko has an average body size and shape for a teenager, a little on the thin side. Yuuko's has a round face, a rounded chin, and natural blonde hair with darker yellow highlights, worn with large bangs that cover the forehead and temples, and straight hair down to the 'wing bones'. Yuuko has somewhat narrow pale blue eyes, with dark eyelashes, and expressive eyebrows. The ears have been repeatedly pierced, and sport a wide variety of jewelry. They have a rather prominent, well developed bust. Yuuko has a pale whitish skin tone, even all over, with average shoulders, arms, and hands, however, long, trim legs and average feet.

Although Yuuko is agender, they wear the female school uniform, just out of habit, as Yuuko says. It is a white long sleeve dress shirt, with a fluffy, striped bow tie at the neck. It's worn with a gray pleated mini-skirt with two black stripes around the hemline. Black knee-high socks and oxford shoes complete the outfit.

In the flashback to an earlier time, Yuuko is shown wearing the typical female school uniform of a sailor suit with a pleated mini-skirt. For casual wear, Yuuko is shown wearing a t-shirt and female short shorts. Yuuko says that although they are agender, they wear female clothing, and present perceived as a female, as a matter of convenience and habit.

**Personality and Circumstances**

Yuuko always has a troublesome dilemma hanging over their head. Yuuko knows who they are, as far as gender identity (no gender/unknowable gender), but always finds that it is difficult to try and explain this to other people, let alone others understanding and abiding by that. Left to herself, Yuuko is an ordinary person, just trying to get through high school after being away from school for a while. Yuuko's good qualities and personality traits are there, however, it seems that Yuuko's less than desirable traits are always on display. Yuuko is sharp and quick with her opinions and understandings. This sets people aback, as they don't know what to expect of Yuuko. Miki, and her idiosyncrasies, are a trigger to Yuuko, causing Yuuko to become angry or frustrated about items of little or no consequence, or mundane daily happenings. Yuuko just wants to be liked for who they are, but comes off as sort of a rebel, showing defiance and an uncooperative spirit when they become frustrated or upset.

Yuuko has known Makoto since early childhood. Yuuko's loyalty to Makoto is hard and fast, 'set in concrete'. In fact. when quite young, Makoto confided in Yuuko, telling Yuuko that they are a girl inside. Makoto then came to know that Yuuko feels that there are not words or concepts to describe what her gender identity actually is. Yuuko was born perceived as a female, but discarded the female designation early on. However, Yuuko wears female attire, and wears the female school uniform at the high school that they attend. Yuuko says that they only do this out of habit, not because it is any indication as to her gender identity. Thus, Yuuko and Makoto make an almost perfect couple. Yuuko is 'no gender', and Makoto is bigender, changing back and forth between male and female. At least, each knows and loves the other as no one else can.

**Trivia**

In the Japanese language, the first name "Yuuko" is masculine, and means one who helps, gives assistance, repays with kindness on a vast, wide scale.