Izumi

IZUMI MORIYA

**Appearance**

Izumi Moriya is slightly taller than female Yuu, and much taller than male Yuu. She is tall, thin, and trim in body size and shape. She looks a bit anorexic, but actually is not at all. She is in excellent health. Izumi has a slightly angular face with full, but rounded cheeks. She has huge 'anime girl' eyes, pale green in color, that are slightly oval in shape, with the far ends tilted upward. She has bold, heavy, long eyelashes, but thin, narrow eyebrows. Her ears noticeably protrude outward from the side of her head, but that only adds to her enormous cuteness. Izumi's hair is shiny black, with white, sparkly looking highlights due to the glossy appearance of her hair. In front, her hair is parted in the center of her forehead, showing the middle of her bare forehead. Two sizable bangs begin at the top of her forehead, and curl downward, ending just above her ears. The back half of her hair is pulled back into a ponytail, tied with an elastic band, with the ponytail offset to the upper right side of her head. The ponytail reaches down to well below her 'wing bones'. She has a whitish and pale skin tone all over, like an anemic person, but as stated before, she is in good health. Izumi has narrow, droopy shoulders, long arms, and small, delicate hands. She wears a wide bracelet on her left wrist. She has a small 'A' cup bust, however, her chest looks almost flat when she wears loose fitting shirts and tops. A narrow waist, and slim, narrow, but rounded hips are standard for her body shape. She has long, trim, shapely, sexy legs, and small feet.

In the story, Izumi is only shown wearing her female school uniform. Overall, her appearance in her school uniform, as well as the way she wears it, gives off a slightly sloppy demure. The school uniform consists of a long sleeve dress shirt, with Izumi wearing it with the sleeves bunched up to her elbows. A men's style necktie is placed at the front of the shirt, but she wears it with the top of the shirt unbuttoned, and the tie knot slightly undone, and the tie hanging loose and always dangling. Below is an exceedingly short, wide pleated mini-skirt (if she moves around much, one can catch glimpses of her panties). Conversely, she wears her shirt not tucked into the mini-skirt, but left out, loose, and flapping. She wears above-the-knee knee socks, in a horizontal black and white striped pattern. Finally, she wears girl's white tie shoes, like Keds or Converse, or similar.

**Personality and Circumstances**

Izumi is the childhood friend of Yuu Kuwano. They have been together as close friends since they were little children. Through the years, as their relationship developed, Izumi became socially the dominate personality, with Yuu being the shy, reserved personality. Yuu is very opinionated, sometimes even scolding, ready to speak her mind at any moment, or at any situation. Much of her efforts are directed towards Yuu, and although she may come across as mildly annoying, she means well toward Yuu, and she has never caused Yuu major distress or heartbreak. Nevertheless, Izumi values her relationships, especially with Yuu. Izumi reminds 'male' Yuu frequently that he has to grow up to take care of her, also defend and protect her.

Izumi is occasionally devious. She will sneak girly magazines out of her older brother's bedroom, and give them to Yuu, for whatever reason. But such deviousness is tempered with her concern for the welfare of Yuu, and others. And proper interest in others implies that Izumi has self-confidence in herself and her abilities. Izumi has a strong sense of compassion. This can be seen from her insistence in seeing and encouraging female Yuu, even when Yuu's mother was of little help in pulling Yuu out of her doldrums and anxiousness. Izumi showed self-sacrifice and patience as she helped female Yuu to understand the first few social steps that Yuu needed to take after her Metamorphosis. Finally, near the end of the story, Izumi showed that she is absolutely devoted to her intimate friendship and girl-with-girl shipping with female Yuu. Such honest and forthright devotion is rare these days. She strongly implied to Yuu that Yuu should 'marry' her, Izumi, and spend the rest of their lives together.

**Trivia**

In the Japanese language, the first name "Izumi" is feminine, and means a cool, refreshing fountain or spring of water, giving off a healthful, invigorating stream of life-giving water.