Haru Kozakura

= "In the end...I haven't changed at all since then..." = - Haru Kozakura to herself in Chapter 12

"Haru Kozakura (Kozakura Haru) is a high schooler attending the same school as Hajime. Formerly attended the same middle school as Hajime and Ritsuko before transferring schools due to personal reasons. She was great friends with Ritsuko before transferring schools and knew Hajime from when they were young. Currently attends Umimaku High School as a first violinist."

Appearance
Haru is a slim, high school girl with short, curly dark green hair (which gets frizzy in the rain). She also possible posses dark green eyes. Often she uses two clips to hold her bangs to the side. Usually, she can be seen wearing her school uniform in neat attire with the 1st year bow tie and school blazer. When practising hard, she casually ties back her hair in a low ponytail.

Personality
Haru is a rather quiet and timid character who doesn't really stand out. She is generally a polite and tactful girl but posses a lack of self-confidence and gets nervous real easily. She dislikes her cowardly personality and wishes to change but finds it hard to do so-. She is an introvert and has trouble interacting and making friends with the other girls in her classroom. Nevertheless, she appears to be a sensitive, sweet young lady who loves music and playing the violin.

History
Back in middle school, she was getting bullied, slowly but surely, by some girls in her classroom. Due to this, she made the decision to leave and transfer schools-resulting in separation from her best friend Ritsuko Akine. However, both girls joined the same high school and both joined the Umimaku Orchestra Club. Haru still finds it scary and hard for her to socialise with her other classmates but seems to be getting along well with the other 1st years in the violinist section.

Relationships
Hajime Aono -                                     Haru knew Aono back when they were kids, participating in violin competitions together. During a competition, she panicked and got scared-resulting in her crying after the performance was over. Aono came up to her and tried to cheer her up by talking about music and encouraged her. She admired him with awe and wished to become a player just like him. Haru met Aono again on the first day of high school where Akine introduced them to each other (Haru was surprised that her friend knew Aono but chose not to reveal it to Akine). Haru became nervous and shy-resulting in her running away in panic. After joining the club, however, she worked up the courage to talk to Aono and the two began blossoming in a friendship together. She sometimes gets to sit next to Aono as his partner during practise, which makes her blush nervously. Aono seems to watch out for her like an older brother and he realises that she is skilled player whom he can sync with with ease. Haru, in return, often will worry and care for Aono and will watch him discreetly during practises-recognising his amazing violin skills. Haru has had romantic feelings for Aono it seems for a while now. However, she has not yet acted upon them, possibly due to her suspicion that her best friend Akine may have the same feelings towards Aono. Ritsuko Akine               -              Akine was Haru's first and only real friend in middle school and tried to defend Haru from being bullied in class. The two never ceased to contact each other even after Haru transferred and got into the same high school as each other. Haru encourages Akine with the violin, even though she knows that the skills between her and Akine are very far apart. Haru sees Akine's natural way of socialising with other people and often feels slightly jealous but guilty at the same time. She knows Akine is a very loyal friend yet often she will hesitate to let her real thoughts and feelings known. She is grateful that Akine still befriends somebody as shy as she is. The two girls deeply care for each other and strive to do their best in the club.

Nao Saeki        -                                 Saeki and Haru are both seated close to each other in the first violinist veteran section. Although Saeki is usually the one paired up with Aono, sometimes the seating arrangement switches and Haru instead gets to pair up with Aono. Saeki notices Haru's playing as being a "lovely sound" but expresses his concern that it seems to him that she is holding back for some reason. Haru is surprised at this, but starts to understand a little more about her playing. Haru is aware of Saeki's extraordinary talent but is striving to become better than him because she wants to be the one to play next to Aono during performances. However, she finds that Saeki's level is indeed far beyond her reach at the moment, which makes her feel inferior to him. Even so, Saeki and her will practise regularly together and the two have a decent friendship.

Trivia

 * She likes horror movies
 * She owns a cat
 * She wore glasses in middle school and still regularly wears them at home.