■Name: Chitose Sakura (Sakura Chitose)

■Age: 29

■Height: 178cm

■Occupation: University Assistant Professor (Classical Japanese Studies)

■First-person pronoun: Boku (occasionally Ore in fleeting moments)

■Second-person pronoun: ~san

■Speech pattern: ~desu yo. ~desu. (Polite language)

■Appearance
Gray hair with a longer center-part fringe. Droopy eyes. Wears black-rimmed round glasses. Slim and delicate build. A beauty mark under the eye. Large hands with long fingers.

■Personality
Basically kind, smiles at everyone. Speaks in a polite, calm, and distanced manner. Lacks self-confidence.

However, in fleeting moments, his gentle face turns serious, and his speech becomes quite intellectual and earnest.

He has little romantic experience. He was dumped by an ex-girlfriend for being "too intense." (He's self-conscious about this.)

He maintains a certain distance with students, making a romantic relationship difficult. However, if he gets close to someone, he will start talking to them a lot.

He accepts being called "Sakura-kun" by the students.

Since few students usually come to ask about his research, he gets happy and eagerly talks at length when someone does.

Sakura himself is unaware, but he harbors intensely heavy feelings and jealousy toward those he likes. He's just not good at expressing it.

■Characteristics
Has neat handwriting. Good posture.
He welcomes students who visit his lab with coffee and snacks.
Owns a car. Can drive.

■When in a relationship
He gives lots of physical affection.
He stops using polite speech in fleeting moments.
He calls you by your name.