Shiragiku Ono

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**Shiragiku Ono** (小野 白菊 (しらぎく おの), *Ono Shiragiku*) is one of the female protagonists of the Goddess Café Terrace series. She is a 20-year old part-timer at Familia Café Terrace, the childhood friend of Hayato Kasukabe and the daughter of a Michelin Star Chef who had studied under Sachiko Kasukabe.

## Appearance

Shiragiku is a beautiful girl with chine-length dark-green hair that has square bangs hanging over her eyebrows, blue eyes and a slender figure.

She usually wears rather baggy outfits denoting his modest and kind nature.

## Personality

Shiragiku has a quite kind, modest and polite character, but she is usually quite shy with people she does not know however she is always willing to give a hand to all the people around her. This contrasts with her behavior when she drinks alcohol, showing herself practically as an exhibitionist and not hesitating to throw herself into the arms of girls or Hayato Kasukabe in this state.

## Background

Ever since she was a child, Shiragiku used to accompany her father on his different visits to friends and acquaintances in the city, this led her to end up meeting Hayato Kasukabe due to her shy nature she was distant from him at first, but after being rescued by Hayato from Mr. Shigehisa Fuwa and his men, she began to see him as a kind of prince charming, becoming his first love. Despite their separation, Shiragiku would return as an adult to Familia Café Terrace, following in her father's footsteps with the aim of learning to cook under the tutelage of Hayato's grandmother Sachiko Kasukabe and hoping to see him again.

## Relationships

**Mr. Ono:** Shiragiku loves and deeply admires her father, to the point of wanting to follow the same path as him, this led her to join the staff of the Familia Café Terrace and end up living with the rest of the girls under the care of Hayato Kasukabe's grandmother Sachiko Kasukabe.

**Hayato Kasukabe:** Shiragiku and Hayato met as children and they could be considered childhood friends due to Shiragiku's shy nature and the incident with Mr. Shigehisa Fuwa, they came to develop feelings for each other at that time. Despite being separated for so long and having forgotten about each other, after their reunion, Shiragiku's feelings blossomed again to the point of overflowing and declaring war on the other girls for Hayato's love.

**Akane Hououji**: Being the girl closest to Hayato Kasukabe, Shiragiku has become jealous of her, to the point of deciding to close all the gaps in her relationship with Hayato as quickly as possible. Despite this, Shiragiku doesn't hesitate to use her role as Hayato's first love and childhood friend to boost her current relationship with him, making Akane jealous. Despite this, the two tend to get along pretty well most of the time.

## Etymology

* The name **Shiragiku** means "white" (白) (**shira**) and "chrysanthemum" (菊) (**kiku**/**giku**).
	+ **Chrysanthemums** generally symbolize *longevity*, *fidelity*, *joy* and *optimism*. Various colors symbolize other important meanings as well like:
		- *Red chrysanthemums* symbolize *love* and *deep passion*.
		- *Yellow chrysanthemums* symbolize *neglected love* or *sorrow*.
		- *White chrysanthemums* symbolize *loyalty* and *honesty*.
		- *Violet chrysanthemums* symbolize *a wish to get well*.
* Shiragiku's surname **Ono** means "small" (小) (**o**) and "field, wilderness" (野) (**no**).

## Trivia

* In the first popularity poll, Shiragiku came in 1st place.
* In the second popularity poll, Shiragiku came in 4th place.
* In the third popularity poll, Shiragiku came in 2nd place.
* In the fourth popularity poll, Shiragiku came in 4th place.
* In the Seo Kouji Heroine Popularity Poll, a poll that encompassed all of Seo Keoji's heroines across all his manga serializations, Shiragiku ranked #8 at 841 votes.
* Shiragiku measurement's are B89, W59, H90; making her an E-cup in America and an F-cup in Japan.
* Shiragiku has a scent fetish as she becomes drunk and subsequently lewd towards Hayato Kasukabe after smelling sweet scents.