Hanako Kuzuryuu

She is a tomboy delinquent also known as the "100 slayer kuzuhana". Hanako Kuzuryuu is in the 1-B business class. She is a tall and slender blonde girl who likes to build her physique.

## Appearance

She is one of the tallest girls in the series at 175 cm. She has green eyes and long, waist-length blonde hair, usually tied with a flower barrette that her best friend gave her. A lock always surrounds her right eye.

She is usually seen in the Moteshiro school uniform, always with her shirt half unbuttoned and her tie loose. Being a girl who trains frequently, it is also common to see her in sports clothing (tank tops and shorts) or with the karategi from the Kuzuryuu dojo. Due to her personality, she is easily embarrassed when wearing more feminine clothing, with yukatas being the clothing she tolerates the most.

## Personality

In the beginning, Hanako was feared for her intimidating presence and bad mood. She also was presumably indifferent to the tough situations Saotome was facing before the nap incident. It is when she confronts Takae and her crew for interrupting her nap that she inadvertently saves Saotome despite that not being her intention. Nevertheless, a strong bond forms between the 2 with Hanako becoming more gentle and less intimidating due to her friendship with Saotome.

Her personality is sincere but rough; meaning she has trouble expressing what he is feeling. Her almost non-existent friendly contact with boys left her completely unaware of romanticism, something she discovered when she met Hodaka, feeling fearful and ashamed even when in their first meeting he accidentally bumped into her breasts.

Hodaka's cordiality, modesty, and tenderness immediately disconcerted Hanako, slowly learning that feeling more comfortable with him every day meant that she was falling in love with him. However, unlike the other girls interested in him, Hanako always prioritizes Hodaka's mood and desires, thus being non-possessive, but still expressing jealousy at the other girls' closeness, and risking herself to defend him in in case he is being threatened or harassed.

## Relationships

Hodaka Saotome is his closest person, his confidant, support, and protected, being the first to perceive his good heart and sense of justice. For this reason, and because of his pleasant personality, Hanako is intensely in love with him, but due to her lack of experience with boys, she has a hard time expressing it, becoming embarrassed by certain actions or situations. Hanako will not hesitate to protect Hodaka with all her being, and will stay by his side helping him unconditionally, even if the rest of the girls are involved, her priority will always be Hodaka.

Hanako competes healthily with the rest of the suitors, being the one who plays the fairest, mainly in comparison with Kasumi and Yuna. Coincidentally and indirectly, Kasumi is the one who allowed Hanako to meet Hodaka when he was being harassed by the delegate, being immediately protected by Hanako. Since then, Hanako and Kasumi have a special rivalry, a little more marked than with the other girls, although they also usually collaborate as long as it is for the benefit of Hodaka. With the rest of the girls, she is simply an observer of their relationships with Hodaka, since Hanako considers that she can become the closest to him due to the attitudes he has with her alone.

Seira is her best friend and advisor when planning approaches with Hodaka, in a similar but less radical way than Sakurako and Kanon.

In the Kuzuryuu dojo, Hanako is almost feared and revered by the rest of the students, except Leona, who declared herself her rival and seeks to defeat her tirelessly, even putting Hanako's feelings for Hodaka at stake. Her relationship with her mother is more like sisters, since Irina usually jokes and flirts with Hodaka to make Hanako more proactive.

## Trivia

Her surname bears the Ryu which means "Dragon"￼. Animal themed names are very common in this series.