Yamauchi Sakura

Appearance

Sakura is a 18 year old teenage girl with a slim build, medium height, and is considered pretty (at least by Haruki Shiga). She has soft, chestnut brown hair with feathery bangs blocking the sides of her face and between her eyes, with straight strands running past her shoulders and wavy slightly at the tips. Her eyes are medium-large, a bright amber-brown with dark pupils. She has fair skin and often wears a bright smile on her face.

Sakura is usually seen with her hair loose and down. However, on several occasions, she was seen with low pigtails, and sometimes wears her hair in a bun.

Sakura is often seen wearing her school uniform consisting of a pale beige blazer with dark brown lines along the edges, underneath she wears a white shirt with a classic collar, tied with a dark blue bow, and a short pleated skirt of dark teal, paired with long, dark grey socks and brown loafers.

Outside of school, Sakura was seen in a number of different outfits, including a sky-blue vest, a dark blue jacket, a gray and white jacket with red skirt, white strapped pajamas, a loose blue sweater, and a white strapped pleated-shirt.

Personality Throughout the story, it is said and shown that Sakura is a rather rambunctious person by nature which she admits to. It is compounded by her rather immature attitude and actions towards the world around her, having to constantly be quieted in the library she worked at. She is a very delightful, outgoing and kind person and has a good conscience (not wanting to make her friends worry, changing Haruki Shiga to a completely different person, and always doing the right thing).

Though she typically displays her rather air-headed side in most situations, deep down, Sakura is revealed to be incredibly scared of dying, which she chose to reveal to Haruki alone. Despite her illness, Sakura still remained determined to live her life to its fullest.

Disease

Sakura was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer on 29th November 20XX (Manga) or 2003 (Live-action). As this cancer is very deadly, doctors predicted that Sakura only had a few years to live. (5-year life expectancy is very rare with this condition). On 4th December, the infirmity novel (Manga) or Living with Dying (Anime) was created. After meeting Haruki Shiga, it appears that she has only months to live. On 28th July, her life expectancy was halved. This indicates that she will die before even winter starts. (her life expectancy was 12 months initially and they have met for around 4 months. Giving her around 2 months more left). However, on 19th August, she passed on due to an unfortunate event but not to the disease. This gives a message that anyone can die at any time and anywhere.

Relationships Haruki Shiga

Sakura appears to have a love interest for Haruki, though this has not yet been proven. The two often spend time together, considering the fact that Haruki is the only one among her peers who know of her pancreatic illness. Sakura spends the last few months of her life with Haruki, completing tasks and activities she’s always wanted to do before her death. After her death, it's revealed that she did have romantic feelings for Haruki but didn't make a move for the sake of not hurting him after her time has come.

Takahiro

Takahiro was Sakura's last boyfriend. Sakura initially liked having Takahiro as a friend because he was a great listener who Sakura could talk to about almost anything. However, after they started dating, he began to act pushy in "a lot of different ways". Later on, outside of Sakura's house, Takahiro punches Haruki Shiga in the face out of jealousy. From this point onward, Sakura comes to hate Takahiro.

Kyoko Takimoto

Kyoko has been Sakura's best friend since junior high school, and the two have a deep bond of friendship. At first, Sakura used to think she was scary because of how aggressive she can come across, but after they became friends, Sakura realized that she is a wonderful person who truly cares for those around her.

Kyoko is first seen walking in on Sakura and Haruki Shiga as they’re eating Yakiniku and Offal together. Assuming it’s a date, she scolds Sakura for dating Haruki before Sakura corrects her, showcasing Kyoko's protectiveness of her friends.

On a walk to school, there’s tree and chair benches sometimes