Haruko Yoshida

Haruko Yoshida is an aspiring theater pyrotechnician attending high school in the fictional Tokyo district of Yuebuya. She is presently caught in a quarantine of Yuebuya triggered by an enigmatic demon-summoning app, and is working alongside users of this app to unravel its mysteries and survive an event that is looking more and more like Armageddon as time goes on...

Appearance
Haruko is a fairly ordinary-looking Japanese sixteen-year-old, albeit a bit more pallid than most. She generally wears her light brown hair in both a hairband and a bun to keep it out of the way while she's working with fire, and her eyebrows tend to be a bit singed. Her eyes are brown. In school, Haruko opts for a mostly unaltered version of the school uniform - purple blazer over a white shirt and blue tie, and a golden knee-length skirt. She also tends to add a red badge with a fire motif on her collar. Outside of school, however, her tastes are much flashier. She shows a prominent preference for the clothing brand Empress, with her go-to being a black pantsuit with several elements borrowed from traditional garb like kimonos. Regardless of which style she is going with, however, she usually also wears some silver earrings and/or bracelets, and around the start of the quarantine begins carrying around a duffel bag borrowed from a friend in order to store her equipment.

Personality
Despite whatever hardships she's faced in the past, facing in the present, or even will face in the future, Haruko is shockingly upbeat and cheerful. But she is also almost constantly seeking attention. She maintains a consistent playful dramatic flair, with her reactions generally being somewhat hyperbolic and over-exaggerated. She has a bad habit of trying to take charge of situations when given the opportunity, but tends to relinquish leadership when she inevitably realizes that there are others better suited to the role. However, given enough free time, she can generally brainstorm some plan or idea that she hopes will yield some reward. Usually small stuff, like giving Gates named categories or "classes" based on their powers. Ultimately, she loves nothing more than a compliment. That is, nothing except fire. Haruko is passionate about combustion, and treats burning or sparking or exploding as an art form. This is almost certainly pyromania, but she has yet to recognize it as such. She has also dabbled in fireworks tutorials online, giving her some very limited experience in video production. In her middle school years, she showed a brief interest in shonen, but this phase only lasted a little over a year, and she has forgotten most of what she once knew about it. She is normally alright with most jokes, but she also hates puns and tends to give anyone that makes them a glare or even a swift punch in the arm or shoulder. She shows a notable for salty foods, especially chips and shio ramen.

Abilities
Haruko is almost totally ordinary in all respects. The only exceptional thing about her physically is that she is a bit anemic, leaving her especially vulnerable to fatigue and dizziness when performing feats of strength for extended periods of time. She makes up for these physical deficiencies with a knack for tinkering and building, which she uses to keep her duffel bag consistently stocked with homemade pyrotechnics, magical items, and other odds and ends. Additionally, since she doesn't have to put her time into developing any magic like her Gate allies, she can instead focus entirely on mastering skills that could be useful outside of fights.

Trivia

 * Yuebuya, Gates, and most of the other concepts mentioned in this page (aside from Haruko herself, of course) were originally created for a tabletop campaign by Lady-Alarune (WARNING! NSFW!).
 * Haruko's love of salty foods is a nod to the common usage of certain salts' usage in fireworks as colorants.
 * Haruko's sexuality is currently undetermined; however, she is confirmed to at least be attracted to the opposite sex.