Grandpa Sunomiya

> "*You have become strong. [...] Though I do not remember ever teaching you to swing your sword in the nude...*"
> ― The President's grandfather to his granddaughter[source]
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Grandpa **Sunomiya** (須ノ宮, *Sunomiya*) is a background character of the *Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro* manga series. He is the grandfather of the President and her younger cousin, a very stern and serious kendo instructor, owner of his own dōjō near the city's shrine, he teach his older granddaughter said discipline since an early age.

His first name is currently unknown.

## Appearance

The man is a thin, tall and angular build old man well into his sixty but surprisingly well shaped - supposedly due to rigorous and intensive trainings - with short, straight white hair whose slightly longer bangs fall on the sides of his face, and a dry face topped with a white goatee. His eyes, like those of many other characters, are never shown.

He was only seen wearing traditional Japanese clothing.

## Personality

The man seems to be a very stoic, stern, no-nonsense and wise but also extremely patient individual, with an habit to speak in an extremely calm and didactic manner. He shares the general disciplined attitude with his granddaughter Sana and proved to be very proud of her, expecially regarding her continuous progress in kendo, despite seemingly more than a little skeptical about her nudist tendencies.

## Biography

### Early life

The man was born in Hayama, Kanagawa, where he worked as a kendo instructor eventually opening his own dōjō close to the city's shrine. At some point in his life he met a woman, married her and had at least two sons; one of which, after reaching adulthood, became very wealthy, married and had a daughter, Sana, thus making the man and his wife grandparents, albeit due to his son's and daughter-in-law's busy work, it was mostly he and his wife who raised their granddaughter.

Three years after his first granddaughter's birth, his second son has a daughter too, Hana, making him and his wife grandparents for the second time.

### Story arcs

#### Overlooking his granddaughter training

One afternoon, after his granddaughter finished practicing kendo naked in her yard, the man complimented her and she replied that she managed to became strong only due to his teaching. After this, he noted that he never told her to swing her sword in the nude, to which she replied that to experience the force of nature with one's body is to strengthen one's self.

## Trivia

* The surname Sunomiya is composed by the kanji for "ought, by all means, necessarily" (須, *su*) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮, *miya*), divided by the katakana syllable (ノ, *no*), thus being literally translatable "tempe of necessarily".
* Given that he seems to be as tall as his granddaughter (171 cm) his height could be estimated as approximately 170 cm.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, The Town in Which Nagatoro-san Live.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Side Story 10, page 2.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Official Fanbook, Main Character Introduction: President.
 Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Chapter 83, page 19.
5. ↑ Don't Toy With Me, Miss Nagatoro: Side Story 10, page 1-2.