Sasahara Minami

> *“See, I didn’t even know you before this, and you didn’t know me. We only have a relationship where the school festival is concerned. We’re not friends.”*
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**Minami Sasahara** (ササハラ ミナミ *Sasahara Minami*) is one of the main protagonists of *PINEDUSU (Manga)*. During the duration of the manga, she was a student at Azuma Saijiki High School in classes 1-2 and 2-1.

## Appearance

Minami is a slim girl of average, if not slightly short, height and is generally known as plain-looking in her first year, but grows to be regarded by her classmates as rather pretty by her second year. She has dark brown hair about shoulder-length, with the front pulled back with a clip, and two longer pieces of hair on the sides of her face. Her eyes are cornflower blue, and rather narrow. At home, she typically goes without the hairstyle and pushes the front part behind her ears, or wears it in a short ponytail similar to Kageyama Yui's.

She normally wears the sweater alternative to her school uniform. The school uniform has a dark cream colored sweater, a collared cotton shirt, and a navy blue, pleated mini-skirt lined with white at the bottom. She wears dark blue socks lined at the top with white that reach up to the mid-thigh, and navy slip ons. When attending the monthly club representative meetings with the student council, she wears the uniform with the blazer instead of the sweater.

Outside of school, Minami wears loose and simple clothes, mostly large shirts and shorts or leggings. She also is strangely fond of cartoon socks that go up to the mid-shin. Her skiing outfit when on the school trip is a long, large, dark purple jacket and black cargo pants.

## Personality

Minami has a very sharp and logical personality, and lives in a rather self-centered world of her own. She's honest to the point where it may be a fault at some points — she has issues with reading the emotions of others and can end up saying things that hurt their feelings. Minami typically only thinks of herself, her problems, and the best way to solve them for herself. She lives in a world where the most important thing is her success and she doesn't see social norms as a barrier to get there. A good example of this is her first meeting with Kajiura Shouhei.

She's rather mature and doesn't talk much unless she's around friends, like Ayumi Rio, or unless she's talking about something she's passionate in. Though in public she seems very put together, to her friends, she becomes snarky and competitive. Minami is generally a shameless person because while she cares about what people think of her, she doesn't care enough about her classmates to care what they think. To people like teachers and her parents, Minami cares a lot.

Though smart in academics, Minami is lost when it comes to emotional intelligence, though her blunt nature and her policy of full honesty can be very refreshing to the students at a school where drama is very common. Despite the occasional tendency to say something rude, Minami doesn't have any enemies or rivals that she's made by herself. She's not charismatic and as such doesn't draw much attention, but most of her classmates would like her once they met her. When compared to people like Hozumi Harukaze or Tsukiyama Manabu, she doesn't have the same charm or attraction, but her top skill is her good cooperation and agreeability.

She has friends, but they are few and far between. Minami is friend*ly*, but still classifies as isolationist. Her lack of a filter for her words can sometimes be a good thing, but when she doesn't think before she speaks, she ends up saying a lot of cruel things or asking inconsiderate questions. No one necessarily hates her, but she's hurt a lot of feelings, and lots a lot of potential friends. Though she likes to be alone, Minami is an extrovert, and while she craves time with people, she's very picky about who she spends her time with.

## Trivia

* Minami likes to drink things more than she likes food. Her favorite consumables are coffee and soda, but she loves all kinds of fruits and berries.
* Minami is a member of the History Club.
* Minami hates abstract learning methods and prefers to learn alone.
* She always likes sitting by the windows.
* She's left-handed.
* She's afraid of dogs and other large animals, but likes cats.
* Minami has a 4.0 GPA.
* Minami's sexuality is one of the few unknown sexualities in the entire manga.

## Navigation

 Year 2
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