Shinonome Hiroki

Shinonome Hiroki is Shinonome Azuma's cousin. He does not have a major role in the story, and is the first of her extended family to be used as her reserve tank and subsequently perish. He is twenty years old.

Appearance
Hiroki is tall and fat with dark, curly hair kept in a short cut with slightly longer bangs. It would seem he inherited his hair from his father. His appearance is always unkempt, with messy clothes, and he has beard stubble. He also wears round glasses.

Personality
Hiroki is a cruel and violent person who kills Azuma's bird, Bunchou-chan, because it was chirping while Hiroki was studying. Later, when he found she still carried the corpse around, he accused her of mocking him and ripped one of its wings off in a blind rage while she screamed and cried.

His father says he failed his entrance exams twice, and became a sensitive person, but never gave up in order to prove himself to his parents. Hiroki's character profile also states he was bullied horribly for his size and appearance. Despite his father presenting Hiroki's situation as a way of redeeming him in Azuma's eyes and saying he's proud of his son, Hiroki nevertheless is presented as an overall unlikable character.