Yoshino Somei/Relationships

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#### Renji Somei

Renji Somei is Yoshino's grandfather. She often refers to him as “gramps” or “grandpa”. Although she denies it, Yoshino and Renji seem to have a lot in common, such as when she was younger and how their actions almost always synced. Because Renji is often busy traveling for work, he is rarely home and has left Yoshino to be raised by Hotei and his men.

He regularly likes to tease Yoshino about her appearance, telling her to try harder on looking good and wear eye-catching make-up. He also likes to take credit for her good looks because of genetics. Renji was the one who advised Yoshino to stay at Tokyo for a year and get Kirishima Miyama to fall for her, string him along before dumping him. Yoshino felt that the advice he gave was trash.

Despite his care-free attitude, Renji is highly protective of Yoshino and had always left her to be in the care of someone he trusted such as Hotei and later Shouma. When Kirishima caused a large portion of chaos in order to deal with Ozu Kento, he also sent danger to the Osaka territory and led Yoshino to be targeted as well. This provoked Renji to beat Kirishima upon returning from his trip, warning him that although he would allow Yoshino to be in Kirishima’s care, Renji would not hesitate to execute him should Kirishima fail to protect her.

#### Akashigata Tsubaki

Akashigata Tsubaki is Yoshino’s cousin. They share the same grandfather while their parents (Somei Kyouske and Tsubaki’s mother) were half-siblings. Regardless of this, they have a very close, sister-like relationship and seem to get along well. Yoshino seems uncomfortable with Tsubaki’s fixation with their grandfather and would often get annoyed when Tsubaki reminds her that she looks so much like Renji.

Yoshino usually confides in Tsubaki about her problems with Kirishima and would often trust her advice on such things. Tsubaki was the one who helped Yoshino find a clinic willing to remove one of her kidneys and that she was the one who purchased it for 4 million yen. However, this was actually a lie and that Tsubaki only took 1500 milliliters of blood from Yoshino before lying to her about having one of her kidneys removed.

Tsubaki cares for Yoshino greatly and would go through great lengths to ensure her safety, even willingly threatening Kirishima that if he proved to be unworthy to be by her cousin’s side, Tsubaki will use every resource she has to hide Yoshino. Even using cosmetic surgery to look like her.

#### Miyama Kirishima

Kirishima Miyama is Yoshino's fiancé and later boyfriend. Although they met by unconventional means, it later became more awkward as Yoshino found Kirishima’s personality unsettling and robotic. It’s later revealed that Kirishima found Yoshino to be a disappointment as he was expecting her to be more cruel and abusive towards him.

He further elaborates that he wanted the type of woman that other women would envy and since Yoshino is neither, he concludes that she’d be of more use to him as a prostitute. Shocked and insulted by these claims, Yoshino planned to return to Osaka if not for her grandfather’s terrible advice. Regardless, she accepted the challenge and “sold a kidney” for 4 million yen, just to prove a point to Kirishima—this bold declaration would spark Kirishima’s obsession with her.

Yoshino sees Kirishima a nuisance now that he claims to love her. When asked by Hotei to describe him the words “masochist”, “playboy”, “man-whore”, “stalker” and “dangerous” were the first that came to mind but does admit that Kirishima has a great mental fortitude. She is often annoyed by his affections yet also feels frightened by the premonition of what would happen to her when Kirishima gets tired of her again. While Kirishima in turn saw Yoshino as someone who could understand him and genuinely seems to have feelings for her—or at least cares a great deal for her well being.

Yoshino stated that she developed paranoia because of Kirishima’s obsessive behavior to the point she could sense that he’s planning something such as when Shouma visited Tokyo and Yoshino was able to deduce that Kirishima had been tracking her movements.

Despite their initial problems, they do share some common ground as both are the grandchildren of respectable yakuza leaders and seem to bond over their respective experiences. As the chapters go on, they get to the point of being comfortable enough to have dinner, garden, shop and even commute to school together.

### Non Familial

#### Shouma Toriashi

Shouma Toriashi is Yoshino’s close friend and confidant having known each other since middle school. Shouma cares greatly for Yoshino and she in turn sees him as a precious member of her family. Yoshino is aware of Shouma's gluttony towards food and his apathy towards his surroundings and is often annoyed when he displays a lack of care or awareness such as not bringing a second pair of clothes while coming to Tokyo.

Overall, Shouma is viewed as a brother figure to Yoshino and is willing to protect her from any harm, especially Kirishima Miyama. Despite being older than her, Yoshino was credited to acting as the elder of the two. In turn, Shouma seems to rarely deny Yoshino’s requests as he came all the way from Kyoto to pick up the forgotten album in Osaka before traveling to Tokyo all in the span of a day or two.

They both share reservations with Kirishima, having the same opinion that he’s a psychopath, however unlike Yoshino who has more sentiment towards Kirishima, Shouma outright despises him—seeing Kirishima as a danger to Yoshino and was willing to take responsibility if Yoshino decided to go back to Osaka. In the Futari wa Taihen, it dived deeper into their relationship and how they first met. It’s later revealed that although Shouma doesn't have romantic feelings for Yoshino, he admits that he would not mind living the rest of their lives together.

#### Hotei Taketa

Hotei Taketa was Yoshino's main bodyguard and caretaker ever since she was a child. Yoshino sees him as a father-figure and seems to have a caring relationship with him. When Yoshino was a child, Hotei taught her to stop referring to herself in third person, as it’s a sign of immaturity. It was said that Hotei had cried when Yoshino’s engagement and plans to leave Osaka for Tokyo were announced, suggesting that he would miss her greatly.