Kyoka Izumi

Background

Kyoka comes from a peaceful and fortunate family, with her father working at a trading company, and her mother formerly working at a TV station. Her upbringing contributed to her overconfident personality, as she was able to land a job at the major publishing company, Shueisha, without much trouble. Her dream was to work in the fashion department, but she ended up being assigned to the editorial department for manga instead. At some point, she meets her boyfriend, who works in the IT field.↗↗

The Golden Melody

One day, Izumi and Rohan meet at a café in April. The meeting begins on a rough note, as Izumi asks Rohan to begin work on yet another one-shot for a commemorative issue of Weekly Shonen Jump scheduled for the end of summer.↗

The meeting's main subject matter is supposed to be a short story slated to be included in an artbook releasing during that summer. But Izumi quickly changes the topic once more and offers to help Rohan, mentioning his recent bankruptcy from purchasing a mountain range. Rohan rebukes the offer, taking issue both with his editor's assumption that he can't handle the workload and with almost everything else about her.↗

Millionaire Village

As summer approaches, Rohan and Izumi meet at their usual café. As Izumi reminds Rohan that his 45-page one-shot is due at the end of that summer, Rohan finally decides to propose a story about an annular solar eclipse. Izumi immediately asks if he could also write a story about a villa deep in the mountains. Rohan seems confused as to the relevance behind this, but Kyoka claims that the house is located in a village of 11 luxury mansions.↗

On the way, Kyoka mentions that the people in the village don't tolerate bad manners, not selling it to anyone without manners, and will eventually kick them out. She feels hesitant, as Rohan tends to put himself as #1. She practices with him before entering the village, but is cut-short when they find a baby chick who had fallen from a tree. Kyoka places the chick in a candy box, and decides to find the nest later. The front door to the gate opens and a butler-like boy walks out.↗

Rohan begs the butler to forgive her, but he says there is no compromise when it comes to manners. Rohan is given another chance at showing good manners and passes the test, as well as tricking Ikkyu into stepping on the edge of a tatami mat, breaking a rule. To do this he writes "I cannot see the edges of the tatami mats" with Heaven's Door. Rohan claims victory and asks for Kyoka's things to be returned to her. Thanks to Rohan, Kyoka recovers from the sudden heart attack.↗

Hot Summer Martha

On July 7, 2021, Kyoka calls Rohan regarding concerns she has for his Hot Summer Martha design, because having three circles in the design could lead to consumer complaints. However, Rohan rebukes that three circles is a design that even ancient Celts would have drawn. During their video chat, a woman trespasses onto Rohan's backyard and Kyoka says she'll teach her a lesson since Kyoka is headed to his house for their meeting.↗

Dripping

Kyoka arrives at Rohan's office and is impressed to see his drip painting style but points out that the way Rohan is doing it isn't improvised or random since he's precisely aiming the drops of ink. She offers Rohan café au lait and then pretends to spill some on his manuscript, before laughing that she's just kidding. However, she notices that Rohan is crying. Confused, Kyoka mentions that she thought the Pink Dark Boy story he's working on has a happy ending.↗

Bruschetta

Via video call, Izumi questions Rohan Kishibe 's apparent sudden interest in baseball, as she never saw him as someone interested in it and that Rohan once said to her that he could not write a manga about sports as the rules are someone else's ideas.↗

Rohan's attention is then drawn to a little girl walking in front of his car, soaking wet and with an inner tube under her arms, suggesting she just came from the water. He warns the child about a nearby cliff and that she is about to trespass onto his property, asking her where her parents are. The mention of the cliff alerts Kyoka to the fact that Rohan is in an unusual car, leading her to ask him where he is at the moment.↗↗

Profile details

Status Status based on their final appearance in the part(s) they are featured in: Alive (TSKR)↗