Sara Agawa

**Sara Agawa** is a deaf student, studying ASL in her spare time. She is a second-year student. Sara was made by **PastelCookies**, a sign student in Helping Hands, a community of signing students and deaf members.

## Extra Info

### Relatives

Grandmother(Ohta)
Mother (Noboru)
Father(Tetsuya)
Aunt (Okimi)
Interpreter(Isamu Hamaguchi)

## Appearance

She has dark cinnamon colored hair that treads down her shoulders. She wears light pink, circular glasses above sky blue eyes. On a casual day she will fashion a turtleneck sweater and some not-ripped jeans. Her skin is slightly tanned, but fairly brushed with white. She also bears quite an excessive amount of freckles. Sara stands at 5'4, and is just at an average shape of body.

## Personality

Communicating is very difficult for Sara, so she will often bring a notepad and a Sharpie with her. She easily gets flustered and embarrassed by friends who tease her due to her innocence. Ridiculing is very easy because she has a hard time understanding mature and sexual jokes or innuendos. When she does wear a hearing aid, she is happy to communicate to anyone. Sara usually looks bubbly and cheerfully on an average day, doing child-ish things such as play with kid's toys and reading fables. She even hoards plushies in her school bag.

## Backstory

Sara has been deaf since birth. However growing up wasn't that difficult for her. Her father introduced her to his massive book collection, the biggest library in their home. Sara spent most of her childhood in that library, making her reality in fiction. She always pretended that she was a magical princess in despair, or a sneaky fox hiding in the bushes. When she was old enough to attend school, she continued to pursue knowledge. Hopefully she will make a few friends, or even something more.

## Relationships

Ohta Beppu: Her mother's mother, Ohta is probably the closest person to Sara other than her imagination. She developed hearing issues when coming into old age, so when Sara was born, Ohta had a chance to teach. Sara grew up with someone like-minded, a figure to tell her stories and introduce her to fables.

Noboru Agawa: Sara's mother was disconnected after birth, she had so many expectations for her young girl. It wasn't just from her child's loss of hearing, but how she never grew up. Sara became a child in a young adult's body, a girl stuck in fantasy. Noboru pushed her daughter to be more mature, to pay attention to the real world and not to be stuck in books. Sara often avoids her mother, and dinner is very difficult in the evening. Even if she had a great day at school previously.

*She should be bringing home a man anytime soon, not bringing home stuff animals! -Noboru to her husband, Tetsuya.*

Tetsuya Agawa: Has and will always be proud of his daughter. Tetsuya spent day and night supporting Sara, no matter what. When she was young she would sit in his lap and he would trail his finger along the words; reading together in silence. He would try so hard to learn JSL for her, and often sought his mother-in-law to do so. He would try to learn during work too! The bond between him and Sara makes them inseparable.

His wife has started to ignore him, tired of all the arguments between them. Sara is aware that the two are not on good terms, and that they argue when she is not around.

Niko Akasaki: One of Sara's only friends, they bond over stuff animals. (wip)

Edward D. Evans: Sara considers him a friend, but she really shouldn't.

*What is he doing with his hands- Oh! Is he trying to learn sign for me?*

## Trivia

* She is fluent in JSL, Japanese Sign Language, as it is her main way of communication.
* Very rarely does she wear a hearing aid, but people really don't speak to her anyway.
* Giving her a cute stuff animal will make her squeak in happiness; her love and trust is instantly guaranteed.
* Her name, Sara, is pronounced (saw-rah) even if it appears like a Western name.
* She spends too much money on claw machines for plushies.
* Sara really loves animals but her mother never allowed any pets in the household.