shinji itou is a 17 years old teenager, he is just like your typical best friend in a visual novel, itou's best friend is named takuru miyashiro, takuru is also 17 years old and he is attending the same school as him, itou is a student at hekiho academy and part of the newspaper club, he is also a friend of serika onoe he knows her through takuru since takuru and serika are childhoood friends, nono kurusu is also his friend and he knows her through takuru aswell since she is takuru's step sister