Shuuji Misora

*Disclaimer: Misora's gender is not confirmed in the manga, so we will use the he/him pronouns he uses for himself to address him throughout the page.*

## Debut

### Manga

Chapter 2

**Shuuji Misora** (美空 秋治, *Misora Shūji*) is one of the usual visitors of the Drop-in center. He likes to present as a girl sometimes. And is uncertain about what his gender is.

## Appearance

Misora has a short taper hairstyle, small eyebrows, and half-lidded eyes. He has freckles on his bridge.

When presenting feminine, Misora wears colorful wigs, as well as dresses with pretty patterns.

## Personality

Misora is aloof and somewhat rude, though this could be more from his admiration of Anonymous than his real personality. He likes to read and take care of his fish at the lounge. He is undecided about his gender, and can become frustrated when assumptions are made about him.

## Background

Misora's parents are divorced. He lives with his mother, grandmother and his two older sisters. He is currently in the sixth grade.

## Plot

### *Volume 1*

**Chapter 2**

Misora's first appearance in the manga is at the drop-in center. He is seen fascinated by some books, he is later seen reading. And is also intrigued by Tasuku as soon as he enters the lounge.

**Chapter 3**

Misora is seen reading again at the drop-in center. And Tasuku is puzzled and annoyed at his bluntness.

**Chapter 5**

Misora crosses paths with Tasuku once again, at the drop-in center, one day when he was getting out as Tasuku was entering it. He tells Tasuku that if he wanted to see Anonymous, they were out on a walk at the moment. As Misora walks away, Tasuku seems confused at the fact that he is never seen him at the drop-in center before, due to the fact that Misora was presenting as a boy, and up until that point, Tasuku had only seen him presenting as a girl.

Some days later, they crossed paths again at the drop-in center's entrance, and Tasuku is left stunned by Misora mentioning the fact that Tasuku was gay "after all."

### *Volume 2*

**Chapter 6**

Misora changes into a dress, colored contacts, makeup, and a wig in the back of the drop-in center. Tasuku only figures out who he is when he sees him walk in, dressed in his school uniform. Through a series of questions, Tasuku learns that Misora only dresses in feminine clothing at the drop-in center, and never in front of his family and friends. Misora overwhelms Tasuku with questions about his sexuality and his crush on Touma Tsubaki. When Anonymous enters the room, all of Misora's attention shifts completely to them. He beams when they compliment his dress. Realizing what Tasuku might think, Misora quickly tells Tasuku he dresses "like this" for himself. He does not seem happy when Tasuku tells him that it is okay, and leaves to change clothes in a hurry.

**Chapter 7**

Misora is seen carrying a plastic bag as he leaves his house, while his older sisters talk about swapping clothes. This makes him nervous, and quickly leaves his house, angrily throwing the trash bag away.

Later, he is in the drop-in center wearing his full outfit. Misora glares at Tasuku when he comes to the drop-in center until Tasuku compliments his outfit, causing him to blush and hide. Misora puts on his school uniform again and asks Tasuku if he can to go to his house.

While there, Tasuku takes Misora to his room. They keep their usual playful teasing, until Misora asks Tasuku some questions about being male and expresses his fear of his voice changing and getting body hair. Tasuku asks him if he wants to be a girl, but Misora confesses that he does not know, but more than anything, that they feel so isolated and misunderstood. Before he can leave the room, Tasuku takes his hand.

**Chapter 8**

Tasuku tries to help Misora find someone like him on the LGBT Twitter community, but finds it difficult since he can not classify Misora's identity. Haruko explains that gender and sexuality are on a spectrum, but a label would help Misora find a supportive community. Misora redirects the conversation back to Tasuku, asking him how he learned he was gay. Misora teases Tasuku as usual, which ends up making him yell, which catches Tsubaki-san's (from the Community Development Department) attention.

Later that night, Misora waits for Tasuku at a dark alleyway, to scare him. Tasuku does jump when Misora jump-scares him, teasing him about his interest in the occult. Then, as they keep walking, Tasuku asks Misora if it is not too dangerous to go out so late at night, to which Misora reluctantly replies that it is not the case for him since he is a guy. Tasuku takes this as Misora seeing himself as a guy,although Misora has said he was unsure. Either way, Tasuku offers to accompany Misora back home, since he is still a kid, to which Misora teases back remarking that Tasuku is also a kid. So, to get back at Misora, Tasuku immediately scares him too, and their playful teasing continues. Only for them both to be petrified by Anonymous' sudden appearance. As Anonymous walks away, Tasuku says that they are really mysterious and wonders just who are they. Misora simply states that he finds it kind of nice how Anonymous has grown up without being anyone, and how they can live as anyone.

**Chapter 9**

The day of the summer festival, Misora excitedly goes to the lounge to get ready. Utsumi helps him prepare his hair and Haruko presents him to the other members, once the whole outfit (the hair, make-up and yukata) is done. Haruko offers to take a picture of him, promising not to share it anywhere, but Misora declines. Tasuku invites him to watch the fireworks together, to go outside while presenting as a girl. This dumbfounds everyone at the lounge, including Misora, who turns to Anonymous, only to see them smiling at him. Haruko, Saki and Utsumi ask Misora if he wants them to go with them, but Misora simply replies no, so they hesitantly watch him go outside. Misora is hesitant as well, but as soon as he sets foot outside, his face lights up. Tasuku and him go to the festival and enjoy their time there. Misora even asks him to take a picture of him, but the fireworks behind them and Misora spotting his sisters in the crowd, stop them from taking a good picture, in Tasuku's opinion. As they watch the fireworks, Misora confesses that he wanted to do stuff like this, with a fond smile on his face. Tasuku smiles when he realizes that Misora is having a great time. And at that moment, Tasuku's crush, Touma Tsubaki spots him in the crowd and calls his name. Touma is surrounded by some more people who mistake Misora as Tasuku's girlfriend, which shocks Misora. Tasuku is quick to clarify that Misora is just the kid of one of his relatives. When Touma leaves, Misora teases Tasuku about the situation and tells him to just confess.

They keep watching the fireworks, when suddenly, someone from the crowd sexually harasses Misora. He stands frozen in place and confused after what happened, until he realizes and quickly clinges on to Tasuku's arm, terrified about what just happened. He begs Tasuku to get out of there, and as they try to go somewhere less crowded, Tasuku remarks in an offhand comment that whoever did that to Misora did it because Misora "looked cute," trying to compliment how he looked like a girl, without noticing the tremendous harm his words caused. Misora, feeling angry, confused, and pushed by Tasuku, explodes into a homophobic tirade, shouting at him before running away.

**Chapter 10**

Misora walks back home alone, and Anonymous sees them from their bedroom window on the lounge. Anonymous tells him that he can tell them anything. And after Misora asks them if it is ok for him to share what happened to him, they stare at each other for a long time before Misora just walks away saying "just forget it". After this, Misora returns all the clothes he used to wear in the lounge, and does not return to the drop-in center for a long time.

### *Volume 4*

**Chapter 20**

Tasuku keeps walking around town seeing the holiday decorations and as he feels happy and content now, he starts seeing Misora around, wearing the Yukata he had on the last time Tasuku saw him. Tasuku thinks that he feels like he is now ready to face Misora again.

**Chapter 21**

On New Year's Day, Tasuku goes to Misora's house, to apologize to him, after six months without seeing each other. Tasuku tells him that Saki and Haruko are getting married in march, and that he is also invited, and that he wants to see him at the lounge again. Misora smiles at him and tells him that it is ok, but that he does not think he himself did anything wrong that would require him to apologize to Tasuku. As they talk, they go to the lounge together.

When they get there, Misora slowly enters the lounge, a bit apprehensive. But, as soon as he sets foot there and looks around, he feels at home again. As he goes to the fish bowl, complaining about the state of the fish there, Anonymous is surprised to see him back, and offers to make a cafe au lait for him. Tasuku tells him that they have been making cafe au laits for them lately, so Misora warmly smiles at Anonymous when they ask him if he wants one once again

**Chapter 22**

On the day of Haruko and Saki's wedding, Misora attends presenting as a girl. Both Tasuku and Touma compliment how pretty his dress looks on him. So Misora goes to look at himself in the cheval mirror at Triangle Manor. As he takes a look at himself, initially impressed, he thinks to himself that presenting this way "is really nice."

## Trivia

* Saki and Haruko donated some of their hand-me-downs for Misora to wear around the lodge. They also let him buy used clothes and wigs online.

## Etymology

* The name **Shuuji** means "autumn" (秋) (**shuu**) and "cure" (治) (**chi**/**ji**).
* Shuuji's surname **Misora** means "beautiful sky" (美空).