Asano Ichinose

* Uniform
* Cooking

Asa-tan (by Kiyoshi Akimoto)

Asano-san (by the Watanabe Brothers)

Meat bun boy (by Shiramori Kotone)

Bibi (Pet cat)

**Asano** is a meat bun loving third-year who helps around the library during lunch-break and after-school. He also participates in club activities such as the Cooking Club and a small "Nap Club" that he made with some of his friends.

## Backstory

Asano is a very average student at school, he plans to work after graduating high-school because he need to help his mother financially. He only excels at the subject he likes, such as English Literature and Art. In junior high-school he was bullied simply because he fell for someone of the same sex. He doesn't understand what he feels most of the time so he tried to keep it to himself as he sees 'this feeling' as something pleasant but low in priorities.

At home he lives with his mother who struggles with Bipolar and his beloved cat, a lean calico named Bibi. Asano cares deeply towards his mother and he does everything to keep her safe and well. He learns to calms her when she is having a relapse and helps with daily chores.

He wanted to be better at cooking, that's why he joined the Cooking Club. Cooking is difficult for him sometimes, at some point he even did 10 attempts just to cook an edible omelette.

He is originally from the coast, he loves sleeping on a sunny summer afternoon.

## Appearance

He is a slightly chubby guy, he usually slumps his back due to his bad habit. His skin is a bit tan because he's from the coast. His hair is brownish red colored, and he has a mole under his left eye.

At school he'd usually wear his shirt untucked, and his tie untied but looped to give an illusion that he tied it properly.

During cooking club, he'd wear an basic black kitchen apron.

Outside school he's pretty much a t-shirt and jeans guy, and he wear a yellow hooded jacket. He usually tops it by wearing a worn-out black sneakers or a baby blue flip flops.

## Personality

He is very calm, cheerful, and forward. Most of the time he just goes with the flow of everything and tries to enjoy every moment. He can be very vocal with what he wants, or if he wants something. He is not the type who holds back, so people might find him as someone who is extremely rude or flirty.

He has a habit of teasing people and he likes anything that he thinks cute. Its really difficult for him to get scared at this point because he has been put in situation where he cannot show fear or get scared. He is also very patient and he usually just gets very quiet when he is scared or angered.

## Relationship

### Haru Stafford

Haru used to sit close to Asano during their second-year. Asano was interested in talking to him because he always find him playing games during self-study hours. They ended up in the same class again during third-year and Haru have been helping Asano on his cooking journey. He would pop in to the Cooking Club sometimes to help Asano with tasting. Asano really enjoys talking to him and he always thinks that Haru is a really cool gamer guy.

### Venus

Venus used to talk a lot with Asano because she tends to borrow books about psychology at the library. They'd spend their time talking about psychology and random thoughts at the library. He looks at Venus as a very kind and generous person, despite knowing how delinquent-like she was during their first-year.

### Kiyoshi Akimoto

Kiyoshi sit close to Asano from the start of their third-year. He used to watch Kiyoshi practice his archery, without knowing who he was before. He finds it to be interesting to be able to know him closer. He looks at Kiyoshi as someone who's very elegant, fierce and careful. He even thinks that Kiyoshi is a rabbit in his previous life due to his soft hair.

### Tsukito Watanabe

Tsukito is a second-year that happens to visit the library a lot to borrow books for the Tutoring club. Asano finds him to be very snappy and full of energy. He'd tease him every time he gets a chance to do so just for the sake of seeing him flustered. He means no harm in doing so, he just feel warm every time Tsukito is flustered. Tsukito will try to be mean and it would only backfires at him. Asano learns about his situation and wanted to help without it being too obvious because Tsukito will take it as Asano pitying him.

### Florence Watanabe

Florence is Tsukito's older brother and Asano's third-year classmate. He got introduced to Asano by Tsukito to help Asano with cooking. Asano looks at him as someone who is easily disoriented at first, but soon after he understand what is going on and tries to understand him a bit better. Asano admires him for being a good brother despite the situation he's in.

### Miura Megami

Miura is a second-year that happens to be friends with Asano. He and Asano are the founder the 'Nap Club' and they have been hanging out on Friday right after school hours is finished. Asano is very fond of him because Miura reminded him of Bibi, his pet cat.

### Asano's Mother (Kimiko Ichinose)

He is very close to his mother. He really appreciates and respects his mother's effort in raising him, and wished to returns all the kindness she gave him. He tried his best to help his mother through her mental struggles. Even though the neighbor says awful things about his mother, he smiles at them telling them that she is fine.

### Bibi

Asano and Bibi has always been best-friend ever since Asano took her home when she was just a baby kitten. She is a very playful cat, and she wouldn't stop waking Asano from his nap because she wanted to play with him. Asano's mother called her little sister, and treats her like a baby. She has been helping his mother as a therapy animal.

## Trivia

* Asano's favorite food is the cafeteria steamed meat bun, he likes it because its sweet and savory.
* Asano can't tie a tie, so he just loops it.
* It takes him 10 attempts to cook an edible omelette.
* He is very fond of cute things.
* It's really hard to make him blush, so a blushing Asano is a very rare sight.
* He is still confused with how he feels towards people, so he keeps it to himself.
* His favorite season is Summer.
* His favorite flower is Hydrangea.
* His hobby includes reading random wikipedia pages, drawing, and sleeping. He is okay at drawing.
* His writing looks like a child's writing.
* He was locked in the toilet once during his second-year, but realized he actually locked the door himself from the inside.