Character profile
Gin
ギンBiography
Gin is a spirit of the forest who first meets Hotaru when she gets lost there as a young child. After helping her find her way out, he becomes her close friend, and the two meet again every summer.
Story spoilers
Gin was originally human but died after being abandoned in the forest as a baby. The mountain god keeps him alive through a fragile spell: if Gin ever touches the skin of a living human, the spell will break and he will disappear.
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