Yoshimoto Shizuka

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## Name

**Yoshimoto Shizuka** (好本 静 *Yoshimoto Shizuka*) is a main character and is Rentarou's 3rd girlfriend. She is a 1st year, class 4 student at Ohananomitsu High School, sharing a class with Rentarou, Hakari, Karane, Nano and Meme, and is a member of the student library staff.

## Appearance

Yoshimoto Shizuka is really cute and petite. She is 16-year-old girl with fluffy, waist-length hair that is charcoal-blue in color. Her petite size tends to cause people to think she is a young child, despite being the same age as Rentarou and the other classmates.

## Personality

Shizuka is rather timid especially given her rather quiet or mute voice which makes her rather distant from other people. However, ever since she met Rentarou she has become braver, even willing to sacrifice her own safety to help Hakari out. She is also the most modest of Rentarou's girlfriends as she refused to peep on him when he was taking a bath and even tried to stop them from doing so.

## Abilities

Shizuka is the weakest and frailest among the girls. Her petite body is so light that a gust of wind is sometimes strong enough to blow her away and always get drowned while trying to swim at the water pool without swimming tube. However, combined with her cuteness, she is able to make these her strong point. Like in Chapter 16, where Shizuka's cuteness and frailty was able to defy the natural instinct of Hahari's dog.

## History

For a long time, Shizuka had trouble communicating with people verbally. The origin of this issue is still unknown, but to overcome it she uses books to replace talking to people, and because of that she got bullied a lot in her middle school.

The problem was so severe that at one point even her mother hit her and tried to make her speak.

To avoid talking to people most of the time, in high school she joined the library staff where she could continue reading books without talking to anyone.

One day, Rentarou, Hakari, and Karane went to the school's library to search for some books. While the two girls looked for cooking books, Rentarou tried to find something to read himself. He then met Shizuka when she reached for some books on a high shelf. After the soulmate shock, they have a short conservation and Rentarou asked Shizuka about book recommendations. She found a lot of books for him but because of the library's rules, Rentarou could not borrow them. Shizuka then gave him her personal favorite novel, which Rentarou finished in one night.

The next day, Rentarou returned the book to Shizuka and noticed that she prepared the next volume for him. They then had a talk in which Shizuka explained her difficulties in communicating. Rentarou borrowed Shizuka's book again and in one week, he converted it into digital format.

Rentarou then suggested Shizuka install a text-to-speech app and use it to talk with people using the book's content. The first thing Shizuka said with the app was that she loved Rentarou, which he accepted. Then Rentarou introduced Shizuka to Hakari and Karane, officially making her his 3rd girlfriend.

## Etymology

* **Yoshimoto** (好本) uses the kanjis for "to like, to love" (好き) (**suki**) and "book" (本) (**hon**).
* **Shizuka** (静) means "quiet" (静か)(**shizuka**).

## Trivia

* Shizuka first appeared in the first chapter behind Rentarou right before he met Hakari and Karane.
* Shizuka has kissed and been kissed by Rentarou at least 13 times as of Chapter 135
* Shizuka was the first character to clearly see Rentarou's private part in Chapter 21. She implied his thing is huge.
* Shizuka is the first girl to kiss Rentarou solo (Rentarou's first kiss was with Hakari and Karane at the same time)
* Shizuka's birthday is on November 1st. This is recognised by the Japanese Anniversary Association as "Book Day (本の日)(Hon no hi)", as the number 1 looks like books on a bookshelf.

## Gallery

To see Yoshimoto Shizuka's gallery, click here.