Shinonome Kazune

**Shinonome Kazune** (東雲和音) is the leader of Sotokanda Literature High School’s electronic music club in the Akiba area, as well as the school’s student council president.

## Quote

**Season 1**

"I'd like to make the electronic music clubs in Akiba more lively. Won't you help me?"

**Season 2**

"Don't worry too much about it."

## Background

Her family owns an arcade, and she is famous within Akiba for her gaming skills, although she is a considerably skilled DJ as well. She enjoys having control over things, but she also thinks of others and is willing to take action when necessary. In reality, she likes cute girls, regardless of whether they are 2D or 3D.

## Appearance

Kazune, like the other girls in the club, wears her school uniform and a black jacket with accents in her image color, blue. It also has patterns which closely resemble the buttons of a *particular console.* Accessory-wise, she wears a hair clip and a keychain on her jacket. Her boots are black with white laces, and she wears black tights.

## Personality

### Fondness for Girls

Kazune's love of girls has reached an out-of-the-ordinary level, and her various eccentricities have been shown in novels and 4komas. Examples can be found at:

* Before Reina transferred to the school, she had hidden goods, pictures, and videos of beautiful girls in the Denonbu club room. This was also the reason why she was initially against reviving Sotokanda's Denonbu, as she was using the club room as a storage room for her arcade game cabinets and hot women merch collection.
* In one early 4koma, she had pictures of Reina in a bikini on her phone.
* She spots food on Reina's cheek, wipes it off and immediately puts it in her pocket.
* When it unexpectedly rains, she hides her own folding umbrella to go under Reina's umbrella with Futaba. Furthermore, she goes out of her way to get between the two of them, holding an umbrella between them.

## Relationships

* Hidaka Reina: the center of Akiba's Denonbu. Since Kazune is a logical and intelligent type of girl, she thought she could do anything if she wanted to. However, through her activities with Denonbu, she came to realize that she was no match for a intuitive, genius type like Reina when it came to mastering a single field, in this case DJing. When she shared this concern with Reina, she was able to grow in her knowledge of the value of not being obsessed with scores and recognizing one's own good qualities just as important as recognizing the good qualities of others.
* Kayano Futaba: the rookie of Akiba's Denonbu. She admires Kazune, who does everything with aplomb. She is Kazune's childhood friend, but Kazune did not know about her other personality until the STACK BATTLE for Futaba's joining. She often makes remarks about Kazune's odd behavior.
* Minakami Hina: a member of Harajuku's Denonbu. Hina is a famous illustrator and is very popular online. The first time she meets Hina she expresses her disappointment that Hina joined Jingumae Sando High School instead of enrolling at Sotokanda, since Sotokanda has a big otaku population among its students and she would have a lot of opportunities and popularity as an artist in Akiba rather than Harajuku. In Harajuku, almost everyone's main interest is in fashion. Kazune admires Hina's art and is a fan of her as an artist.
* Seto Mitsuki: The No.2 of Shibuya's Denonbu. Like Kazune, her DJ style is to stick to a pre-arranged set list, but she has a natural talent for music and is very stoic. She is willing to sacrifice everything for the sake of music. For this reason, Kazune rates her as her upper compatible.

## Etymology

* Shinonome (東雲) is a old word meaning the time dawn sky gradually brightens in the east. The kanji "東雲" also can be read as "east cloud".
* Kazune (和音) can be split into Kazu (和), which means "harmony" or "peace", and Ne (音), which means "sound". When the kanji "和音" is read "waon", it means "chord".

## Trivia

* The Shinonome family's arcade is named Fardraut, which is a reference to the Namco game *Xevious*.
* She became the student council president so she would be granted access to all of the students' personal information within the school, which would give her the ability to browse on the students she is interested in, as well as the opportunity to interact with cute students from other schools.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Denonbu Novel Part 1, Akiba Edition
2. ↑ Denonbu 4koma Vol.7
3. ↑ Yuruonbu 4koma Vol.92
4. ↑ Yuruonbu 4koma Vol.122
5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 Denonbu Novel Part 1, Shibuya Edition

## Shinonome Kazune

* Current
* Season.1

### Image Color

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