She is insecure and at times self-centered, requiring her constant advice from her best friend, Nakajima. Rita and Hatori then reunite, finally becoming a couple.Ĭharacters Hatori Matsuzaki ( 松崎 はとり, Matsuzaki Hatori) Portrayed by: Mirei Kiritani The main protagonist and self-proclaimed heroine, Hatori is a bombastic, colorful, and impulsive freshman high school student who is in love with her childhood friend, Rita. Rita is initially hesitant to leave Adachi, but the latter assures him that she will be fine on her own. Hatori pursues Rita and publicly confesses to him once more.
Hiromitsu, after a pep talk with his cousin, decides to try and rekindle his relationship with Hatori, but she carefully rejects him. However, after talking to her mother, she realises that she still loves Rita. Hatori, disappointed by Rita's sudden disinterest in her, resolves to stay single and forget about her previous relationships. Rita decides once again to stay by Adachi's side out of guilt. Hiromitsu grows increasingly exasperated with Hatori, and, unable to deal with her insecurity and involvement with Rita, breaks up with her.Īt the same time, Adachi returns, now a carefree flirt in a string of sexual and abusive relationships. Things become even more complicated when Hiromitsu starts working part-time with an upperclassman who develops feelings for him, causing Hatori to become bitter and jealous. Rita resolves to no longer be half-hearted with his feelings and begins to seriously chase Hatori, confusing the latter. Hatori finds that she genuinely has feelings for Hiromitsu and enjoys being with him, but she cannot stop thinking about Rita and is jealous when her best friend, Kyoko Nakajima, becomes close with him, which strains her relationship with Hiromitsu.
A distressed Hatori decides to forget about Rita and pursue a much more serious relationship with Hiromitsu.Īlthough initially resolving to stay with Adachi, Rita finds it increasingly difficult to forget Hatori, and eventually breaks up with Adachi, who stops coming to school as a result. Rita, out of guilt, breaks off his romance with Hatori and decides to stay with Adachi. Upon finding out that Rita kissed Hatori, she becomes heartbroken and collapses from anemia a few days later. The two become romantically involved, until Adachi returns earlier than expected. Hatori and Rita go to a festival together at the end of summer, where Rita notices his growing feelings for Hatori and kisses her. Later on, Adachi decides to travel abroad for 3 months for journalism work. She also meets Kosuke Hiromitsu, a playful womanizer who notices that Rita cares for Hatori and begins an off-hand relationship with her to irritate him, but eventually develops serious feelings for her. Hatori attempts several times to thwart the budding relationship between the two and eventually confesses her love to Rita, but is rejected.
She is initially content with just being Rita's friend, as she believes no one else is more suited to the role of being Rita's 'heroine' than her – however, her beliefs are shattered when Rita begins to pursue a serious relationship with the bespectacled, awkward Miho Adachi. Hatori Matsuzaki is a colorful freshman high school student who has harbored a deep crush on her childhood friend, the aloof Rita Terasaka, for several years.