Saori Chiba

Saori Chiba, nicknamed Saorin, is a fifth-grader in Shuichi's class who encourages Shuichi's cross-dressing and becomes one of Shuichi's close friends. Blunt and socially difficult, she tends to say exactly what she thinks and can become emotional when others bully Shuichi. As she grows older, she becomes more standoffish and stoic.