Kaoru YAMAZAKI

A devout otaku and obsessive fan of the series Puru Puru Pururin, Kaoru attends vocational college in Tokyo where he studies game design. Though younger than Tatsuhiro Sato, he nonetheless served as the older boy's gateway into the world of 2-D escapism. His social awkwardness further compounds his isolation and love of virtual women, as he finds them much easier to relate to than ones in the real world. Despite this, he is generally an easygoing person, though prone to hot-headedness from time to time. He lives nextdoor to Sato in an apartment chock-full of bishoujo merchandise, but hails from Hokkaido where his parents own and operate a small farm.