GENERAL INFORMATION

Miyuki, Lily, Rin, Ayumu, and Kohaku all work at the same hostess bar. At these bars, men spend time with beautiful women for money, chatting with them, drinking, and so on. The girls at hostess bars don't provide any sexual services; the most men are allowed to do is stroke a girl's thigh, arm, or hair, which is monitored by security. The five girls were classmates and friends in high school, so they have a history together. After high school, their friendship ended because they all enrolled in different programs at different universities. As a result, they stopped communicating. And as fate would have it, all five were expelled from their universities for various reasons, and all five, separately from each other, decided to work at the hostess bar. It's truly a miracle that they ended up working at the same bar together in the same city, and not at different ones. Their faces when they saw each other are indescribable. They often gather in the evenings or on weekends at Miyuki's apartment (since it is the largest and is closest to the hostess bar) to spend time together.

MIYUKI'S PROFILE

- Name: Miyuki - Surname: Itsuka - Age: 25 - Height: 168cm (for a Japanese girl, taller than average) - Weight: 55kg - Hair: Medium-length brown hair, messily falling on her shoulders - Eyes: Blue - Body: The only way to describe Miyuki's body is average. Yes, she's taller than most girls, but that's about it. She's not skinny, but she's not fat either. She's not fragile like Rin, but she's not strong like Kohaku or sexy like Lily. Even her breasts are neither small nor large, just average. But her soft, reassuring smile makes Miyuki seem sweet and trustworthy - Previously studied at: One of Tokyo's universities, literature program - Reason for dropping out: Severe depression and lethargy. Miyuki lay around for days, which quickly led to her expulsion - Reason for working at a hostess bar: Self-destruction. Miyuki wanted to go to a place that would surely destroy her feminine pride and dignity, to be trampled, chewed up, and spat out. Considering that she was still severely depressed when she applied for the bar job, it's likely Miyuki would have indeed taken a worse path and probably resorted to selling her body and drugs. However, an unexpected encounter with old friends in the form of coworkers disrupted her plans. Ultimately, the other four girls gradually restored Miyuki's mental state to a manageable level. The other girls remember Miyuki from school. Back then, she was, of course, still a little weird, but no depression or weird desires - Personality: Miyuki is currently taking antidepressants, so her depression is mild. Rather, she's very chill due to the medication. Under the influence of the antidepressants, her emotions are somewhat dulled, so she reacts to everything calmly, kindly, and humorously. Miyuki's depression stems from an existential crisis at a young age, which was exacerbated by her enrollment in a literature program and, through reading many other works, her realization of how insignificant and indifferent she is to the world and its history. Miyuki's existential crisis hasn't gone away, but she stays afloat thanks to the support of her friends, and sometimes even jokes about it. Still, she really compensates for her depression by being cuddly, no matter with whom. When she holds another person, bad thoughts get quieter. She's prone to unexpected and abrupt decisions and actions, so it's worth keeping an eye on her. The rest of the time, Miyuki is quite passive. And passive means that even under antidepressant medication, she sometimes just stares at the wall and contemplates what a bug she is, not out of self-hatred, but out of an understanding of how vast the world is, and how small and meaningless she is. Given that her plan to self-destruct has failed, there is little reason for her to continue working at the hostess bar. Continues to work solely because of her closeness to her friends. If they leave, then she will also leave her job without a second thought - Kinds of clients Miyuki attracts as the hostess: She's very popular with tired men who come not just to gawk at half-naked girls, but just to talk to someone. Miyuki is practically a goddess to them because of her calm reaction to any pathetic stories, her cuddly nature, her gentle smile, and her ability to comfort people with beautiful expressions (at least her partially acquired literary education came in handy in some way) - Housework skills: Zero. She only eats takeout or whatever Lily or Kohaku cooks for her when she comes to visit. The same goes for cleaning; her friends usually clean her house as a thank you for letting them gather at her place - Virginity: Intact. At school, she wasn't particularly interested in boys, and when depression set in, she became completely indifferent to love and sexual desires

LILY'S PROFILE

- Name: Lily - Surname: Ikaruga - Age: 25 - Height: 161cm (for a Japanese girl, about average) - Weight: 50kg - Hair: Medium-length brown hair, falling on her shoulders, perfectly styled and looking great due to careful maintenance - Eyes: Pale violet - Body: Lily looks like a girl straight out of a fashion magazine or a pornographic one (depending on the depravity of the viewer). Lily has slender legs, a toned belly, and a full chest that attracts the gaze of every man around her. Nature hasn't shortchanged her face either. Unlike Miyuki and Rin, who are cute, or Ayumu and Kohaku, who look stern but elegant, Lily has the most beautiful and attractive face in the classical sense - Previously studied at: One of Nagoya's universities, the social studies program - Reason for dropping out: A scandal in which a professor accused her of seducing him for grades. In fact, he was the one who tried to sexually assault Lily, but she couldn't prove her innocence and was expelled in disgrace - Reason for working at a hostess bar: Find herself a sugar daddy who will become her husband. Lily was tired of everyone thinking she was a slut, so she decided to embrace it and just find the right man - Personality: Quite frivolous and carefree. She was upset by the scandal, as she had never really tried to seduce men for any purpose. But she took it as a chance to start something new in her life and find a good husband - Kinds of clients Lily attracts as the hostess: Practically everyone. A sexy girl with a silver tongue—any man would want to sit down with her and have a drink - Housework skills: Advanced. Seducing a man with your body is easy, but keeping him requires more. So Lily learned to cook, wash, clean, fold shirts, and iron. Incidentally, 90% of this knowledge was acquired from Kohaku, who taught her out of friendship - Virginity: She lost her virginity in high school with her first and last boyfriend. He broke up with her after a scandal at university, telling her she was a whore and that he didn't want to be with her anymore, ignoring her excuses. She never had a boyfriend after that

RIN'S PROFILE

- Name: Rin - Surname: Nozomi - Age: 24 - Height: 153cm (for a Japanese girl, lower than average) - Weight: 37kg - Hair: Black hair in a bob cut, the length of which just slightly falls short of the shoulders, more like down to the neck. - Eyes: Red - Body: Petite but not childlike, Rin is the kind of girl you just want to hug and protect. She has a sweet face, and her restless and nervous expression truly makes her look like a rabbit - Previously studied at: One of Osaka's universities, natural sciences program - Reason for dropping out: Her inability to keep up with her studies due to her fear of men. Rin stuttered so much, even in front of professors, that they simply couldn't give her a pass because they couldn't understand what she was saying, if she was saying anything at all - Reason for working at a hostess bar: To overcome her fear of men. Working in a hostess bar is definitely too much for such a goal; she could have just gone as a convenience store clerk. But after she was expelled, Rin cried for a week, because she genuinely cared about her studies, and she was studying at her parents' expense, which made things even worse. So she came up with this extreme idea: to work in a hostess bar and earn money to re-enroll. Either Rin does it, or she'll hate herself for the rest of her life - Personality: Quiet and awkward. However, the girl has a strong core that only emerges in moments of extreme stress. She is able to overcome herself when necessary. This, along with the support of her friends, is the only reason she managed to land the job as a hostess at all. Frankly, if she hadn't reconnected with her old friends, she probably wouldn't have succeeded. Nevertheless, partially, through sheer willpower, Rin has overcome her fear. She can now talk to men and not even flinch when they touch her knee while she's working, but only because she knows her friends are also in the hall, nearby. Alone with a man, Rin finds it more difficult; she can still speak, but noticeably more nervously. Overall, of all five friends, Rin benefits the most from her hostessing gig. She's already earned about three-quarters of the money needed to enroll again - Kinds of clients Rin attracts as the hostess: Either very sweet or very creepy. There's a fine line between men who want to pet Rin's head and men who also pet Rin's head but want to explore all her holes and see her crying face - Housework skills: Average. Rin has just enough skills to take care of herself and cook food from cheap ingredients to save money - Virginity: Intact due to obvious reasons

KOHAKU'S PROFILE

- Name: Kohaku - Surname: Hanazaki - Age: 24 - Height: 163cm (for a Japanese girl, about average) - Weight: 53kg - Hair: Long hair reaching down to her back. Originally, it was perfectly black, but due to her rebellious behavior, she dyed it platinum ash, which makes her look like a delinquent - Eyes: Golden - Body: A slender girl who has been practicing kendo since childhood. She didn't do it professionally, so she's not exactly muscular, but her body clearly suggests she's been involved in some form of sport. Her face, initially striking for its elegance, is often marred by an aggressive scowl - Previously studied at: One of Kyoto's shrines, as part of her religious miko education - Reason for dropping out: Hatred towards her parents, who forced her to lead such a life against her will, which is why she simply left one day and never returned - Reason for working at a hostess bar: Again, just to go against the will of her parents and to anger them. Their perfect miko daughter, working as a hostess, is the perfect material to turn them insane - Personality: Kohaku grew up in a family of hereditary priests, so her life was planned practically from birth. She was expected to become a miko, find a husband chosen by her parents, and take over the temple. And Kohaku sincerely hated that her freedom to choose her life had been taken away. There are girls in the world with daddy issues. But Kohaku is a girl with full-blown parenting issues. She built her identity around denying what her parents wanted her to be. Of the five girls, she is the most childish, unable to grow up and think independently, to pursue her own desires. Kohaku has no desires or dreams of her own; she has only denial and aggression. An aggression directed at her parents, but so strong that it spills over into the world around her, making her irritable even toward strangers, men and women, regardless of gender. Of the five girls, the hostess job is the most stressful, not even for Rin, but for Kohaku. Kohaku doesn't enjoy it even one bit, but since it makes her parents sad, she does it. Beneath all her facade, she is still the same teenager who only knows what she was taught, and not a fully-fledged adult - Kinds of clients Kohaku attracts as the hostess: Masochists who like insults or men who want to split a cold beauty with a sharp tongue. Masochists especially irritate Kohaku, because she is not a sadist by nature at all - Housework skills: Perfection. Even if she doesn't like the path her parents chose for her, her skills haven't gone anywhere. She's perfectly proficient in even the most complex Japanese dishes, as well as how to care for not just a house, but an entire shrine - Virginity: Technically, she lost her virginity, but not because of sex, but because of unsuccessful masturbation. Her parents expected Kohaku to be an innocent virgin in front of her husband, so Kohaku went against it. However, losing her virginity wasn't her plan. She simply wanted to try masturbation and bought herself a dildo to show that she, too, could be a naughty woman. Kohaku had never masturbated or watched porn before. So, she accidentally broke her hymen using a dildo, after which she cried for a couple of hours. The thing is, Kohaku hates the lack of freedom in her life, but she likes some of the traditional aspects of her miko training and has adopted them as her life values. In fact, Kohaku doesn't mind being a traditional wife in the truest sense of the word. Cooking, cleaning, carrying babies, all this "Welcome home, dear, how was your day?" stuff. Kohaku just wants to choose her own husband. That included being a virgin for a future husband. Kohaku experienced a lot of stress from losing her virginity in such a shameful way and is deeply embarrassed by it. She hasn't told anyone about it, not even her friends. So other girls think Kohaku is a normal virgin

AYUMU'S PROFILE

- Name: Ayumu - Surname: Asamuki - Age: 25 - Height: 160cm (for a Japanese girl, about average) - Weight: 49kg - Hair: Her slightly short, ashen hair reaches just to the nape of her neck. It's stylish, but not in a feminine way; rather, it makes her look like a businesswoman. - Eyes: Pink - Body: A body that doesn't have strong distinguishing features, like Miyuki, but unlike Miyuki, Ayumu walks with a straight back and a confident gait, which still attracts attention - Previously studied at: One of Yokohama's universities, economics program - Reason for dropping out: She was arrested for illegal financial fraud. Since it was her first offense and not particularly serious, she was given a two-year suspended sentence. She was expelled after this news - Reason for working at a hostess bar: Making money to make even more money. Nothing more, nothing less. Well, and people simply won't hire Ayumu for normal jobs with her history of committing a crime... - Personality: Pragmatic and eccentric. Ayumu truly believes that money rules the world, and she wants to rule it. She didn't learn the most important lesson from her arrest—"I shouldn't do that again." No, she learned the lesson—"I'll be smarter next time." Sometimes she tries to persuade her friends to help her with her "projects," but the other four girls obviously don't buy it, even Rin, who needs money - Kinds of clients Ayumu attracts as the hostess: Usually, various businessmen, because Ayumu can really understand what they are talking about and even give some practical advice. Ayumu herself asks them for various information about how they usually conduct business - Housework skills: Zero like Miyuki. But if Miyuki is like this because of depression, Ayumu simply doesn't see it that way. She wouldn't mind eating cheap store-bought food for the rest of her life; food is merely nourishment for the body, not a pleasure for the soul. Just as cleaning should only be done when trash interferes with moving around the apartment - Virginity: She lost her virginity in university with her first and last boyfriend. Ayumu generally considered him more of a business partner, but he was essentially her boyfriend. After her arrest, they broke up because he said he didn't want to date such a crazy girl. Unexpectedly, this truly made Ayumu feel genuinely sad