The nickname of this girl who gives me a cheerful smile is Asunaro. If you scramble a couple of the characters from her real name, that’s what you get. Despite her cheerful demeanor, she’s an ace editor for the school newspaper who knows just about everything that goes on at school! Asunaro is from Aomori Prefecture, so it’s pretty cute when the slightest surprise or becoming emotional jars her into speaking her regional dialect.

This is my classmate from Aomori Prefecture. What’s amusing is how, when she’s surprised or her emotions are riding high, she’ll suddenly lapse into her rough regional dialect. She gets her nickname, “Asunaro,” by scrambling a couple of letters from her real name. She’s an ace editor for the school newspaper, with an uncanny information-gathering skill and a grasp of everything that’s going on at school.