Nozawa

**Nozawa** (野沢, *Nosawa*) was an art teacher employed at Houshou Private High School.

## Appearance

Ms. Nozawa was a tall fair skinned young woman with long brown hair and brown eyes. She wore a light blue track jacket with light blue stripes on the sleeves, a black miniskirt, and black heeled boots, as well as square black-rimmed glasses.

## Personality

Not much is known about her other than that she was extremely controlling, as shown by her reaction when Marika Chuujou opposed her plan, as well as when Nozomi Aoyama sided with the latter. She was not above blackmail, as she forced Nozomi to model nude in exchange for her not telling anyone about the girls shoplifting. Despite this, she's capable of empathy, as she was genuinely concerned when she saw Mutsumi Oribe soaked from being bullied.

## Background

Not much is known about Ms. Nozawa's past except that at some point, she caught Nozomi shoplifting, and blackmailed her into being a nude model for her art class. At one point, she and Nozomi were walking down the hall when they saw Mutsumi, soaked from head to toe; Ms. Nozawa tried to ask her what happened, but Mutsumi didn't answer and she was forced to drop it.

## Chronology

Sometime after washing up on Little East Island after the plane crash, Ms. Nozawa met up with Marika, Nozomi, Kasumi Momosaki, Takeshi Minowa, Kayo Suzuki, Emiko Miyazono, and Ryou Usui.

The group found out about the large insects, and Marika said they had to get to a safe place to await rescue. Ms. Nozawa disagreed, claiming that if the insects couldn't find them, then neither would rescue, and said they should stay out in the open so the rescue team could find them, with Emiko and Takeshi agreeing. Nozomi sided with Marika, and Ms. Nozawa backed down; she left, saying she would be looking for food, and had Nozomi come with her. She brought the girl to a cliff and demanded to know why she sided with Marika; when Nozomi fumbled with her answer, Ms. Nozawa began groping her, bringing up how the honor student was a petty thief and had to do whatever she demanded, lest she be expelled. She had her strip, and began assaulting her, only to be pushed off the cliff by Marika.

Ms. Nozawa survived the fall, but ended up in a nest of giant Ixodidae, who swarmed her, completely covering her face. She was encountered later by Mutsumi's group, and began walking towards them, presumably for help. The sight of her face and body covered in ticks caused Mami Miura to begin screaming, which attracted the attention of nearby ticks. With no way to save her and needing a distraction, Mutsumi struck her with a stick and knocked her down, the vibrations of which alerted the ticks, which swarmed her.

## Etymology

* **Nozawa** is a surname. It means "wilderness" (野, *no*) and "marsh" (沢, *sawa*)

## Relationships

### Nozomi Aoyama

Ms. Nozawa caught Nozomi shoplifting and used that incident as leverage to garner her cooperation in various lewd activities. She is shown to expect Aoyama's loyalty, as she punishes her for siding with Marika in an earlier argument. Ms. Nozawa treated Nozomi like a slave and used her often for her own sexual pleasure, which ultimately led to her death at the hands of Marika.

#### Marika Chuujou

Marika was Ms. Nozawa's senior at Houshou Private High School. Ms. Nozawa had little respect for her senior, causing the two to butt heads on the island. Ms. Nozawa was indirectly killed by Marika after the latter witnessed her harassment of Nozomi, pushing her off a cliff, leading to her attack by the Ixodids.

## Trivia

* In the anime, Ms. Nozawa is shown writhing and screaming as the ticks swarm her.
	+ There's also an extra scene which shows her hand sticking out of the tick pile.