Yuko Gushiken

Yuko is a first year student who is known for being brash and informal yet a talented artist. She doesn't take school seriously so she's also known for being a bad student.

## Appearance

Yuko has brown hair, amber eyes and tanned skin. Her hair is usually tied back into two pigtails, but she can also be seen wearing buns or a regular ponytail. She is quite tomboyish and will always intentionally reach or break the limits of the dress code. When wearing a skirt, she'll wear leggings underneath. She'll also wear a yellow apron to art class/club. Any accessory of hers is most often just a jacket or sweater.

Though she hates girly things, she loves wearing bright colors. Outside of school, she'll just wear hoodies or sweatshirts that are vivid or neon. She used to dye her hair brightly in her younger years, but eventually stopped after endless nagging by her parents.

## Personality

Many peers are driven away by her personality. Her confidence and high-energy often comes off as rude and her bluntness can even be offensive at times. She's very straight forward and doesn't sugar coat her words at all. Some may call it insulting, while she'd just call it honesty. She is hard to keep up with both in conversation and on feet. Although she won't hesitate to share any of her thoughts on pretty much anything, she finds it hard to open up personally, especially since she doesn't have many close friends or people she trusts completely. Inside, she is quite lonely, but this doesn't show at all. She comes off as someone who knows what she wants and won't let anyone else get in her way.

## Backstory

Yuko was born with ADHD. Due to this, she has struggled in school immensely to the point where in the present day, she hates school and learning altogether. To add onto that, her parents were always expecting her to be a successful person and a good student. This pressure was especially tough on her because she's an only child, so the weight of her family's success was always on her. She was very stressed as a kid, always crying or afraid of something going wrong. She felt she was useless since she wasn't getting the grades her parents wanted, but was forced to keep educating herself.

As she grew up, she figured it was just impossible to live up to these expectations, and stopped caring. After that, life became a lot easier for her. She was satisfied with whatever grades she'd get and stopped listening to what her parents had to say about it. She developed a passion for art, specifically painting, and became very skilled at it. Pretty much all her insecurities washed away; now she's just a confident girl who will say and do whatever she pleases at the expense of having a bad reputation.

   It's her first year of high school and she's so ready to hold grudges against any teacher or student who wrongs her.

## Trivia

* Some of her hobbies include painting, playing video games, running/jogging, and taking photos.
* Despite her size, she's actually quite strong, at least more than the average girl. She's also extremely fast.
* She fits the tsundere trope rather well.
* Her first name Yuko (優子) roughly means "excellent child," while her surname Gushiken (具志堅) means "strong-willed."
* She feeds the stray cat(s) in her town.

## In-Game (A/N)

      Yuko is not an official character, but I thought she would be a cute concept of a rival to Setsuna Haichi. Physical combat or a hasty murder attempt would be difficult against her strength and her speediness, while it would be easier to outwit her or catch her being absent-minded. Perhaps another tactic of taking her out would be to emotionally manipulate her and take advantage of her trust. This would be difficult, however, as she isn't too trusting and you can easily ruin her view of you by saying or doing the wrong things. She will hold a grudge against you if you dare interact too much with Senpai, which may lead to you being on her radar; she may stalk you or try to do little things to ruin your day or you reputation (for example, spilling paint on your clothes in attempt to embarrass you). If you choose to get on her good side and succeed, she will open up to you and regard you as a character of trust. At this stage, it is easy to eliminate her as a rival. You can either ruin her chances of being with Senpai by flirting or getting close to him/her, emotionally breaking her, or you can choose to kill her while she's vulnerable in your care. Just some ideas! <3