Misato Hazuki (葉月 美里, Hadzuki Misato) is a character from Shonan Junai Gumi. He is a transgender woman who was Eikichi Onizuka's girlfriend at one point.
Appearance[]
Misato have brown hair that he usually keeps pinned up. He is tall and slender.
Personality[]
Misato is sweet but also has a wild side. He likes riding motorcycles, and often throws money at his problems. Despite this, he has a tragic past and many inner demons. Eikichi Onizuka sees some scars that imply that he may have attempted suicide.
Relationships[]
Eikichi Onizuka[]
Akira Takezawa[]
Back when they both rode in the Skanda motorcycle gang, Misato had a crush on Takezawa. This was before he transitioned, and when they met later he recognized him and told Shinomi Fujisaki about his past.
History[]
Misato met Eikichi Onizuka at the karaoke club she worked at, where he had been scammed by a group of girls. They hit it off, and Eikichi's friends found them singing together. Afterwards, he took him to a spot overlooking the city to drink beer, and entertained him by doing impressions of Ultraman monsters. They ended up going to a love hotel together, but Eikichi couldn't go through with it.
The next day, he returned home to find Misato there, cooking dinner for him. This time he asked him out properly, and planned to meet him the next evening. However, on their date, he kept noticing suspicious things, like his having a lot of money and getting out of a car driven by a tough-looking guy. They steal a motorcycle and crash, but are able to escape from the gang who owned it. They go back to his place and Eikichi realized he's really in love.
Eventually, Misato revealed that he was transgender. Eikichi was shocked, but didn't say anything. Misato told him he was leaving on the train for Tokyo the next day, and that if he loved him, he should come with him. Eikichi waited at the train station, but when he saw him, he ended up taking a friend's car to Tokyo, preferring to live with his memories of their time together.
Etymology[]
- The name Misato means "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "village" (里) (sato).
- Misato's surname Hazuki means "leaf, plane, lobe, needle, blade, spear, counter for flat things, fragment, piece" (葉) (ha) and "moon" (月) (tsuki/zuki).
- Hadzuki/Hazuki (葉月) is the traditional name for August, meaning "month of leaves", with the older form of it being 葉落ち月 (haochidzuki/haochizuki, はおちづき) which means "month of falling leaves".