

And, as it became to her apparent over time that his feelings for and dedication to her were unshakable - unaffected by the dark side of her he had seen or her sometimes questionable treatment of him and not borne of pity or her resemblance to someone he once cared for - what had started out as a simple crush had blossomed into genuine love.
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When a series of unrelated events, such as his persuading Mimi to return to class and treating the stray cat Nyaa with kindness, began silently attesting to his kindness and sincerity, however, Rin's attitude towards him began to soften. Though she developed a crush on Nakamura's successor, Daisuke Aoki, on the day they first met and proclaimed herself his girlfriend almost immediately after discovering that he was single, Rin remained as mistrustful of him as she had become of all adults and did not hesitate to coerce him into keeping silent about her involvement in his predecessor's fate. Rin in turn harassed Nakamura until he had a nervous breakdown and resigned his post. Such was the case when the original teacher of class 3-1, Nakamura, bullied Mimi until she decided to stay home from school. Over the next two years, Rin's personality and reputation experienced a dramatic shift: she went from being a silent, emotionless zombie to a rebellious, de facto leader of her class who would not hesitate to stand up to adults by using her intelligence and exploiting her status as an "innocent" minor to outsmart and outmaneuver them.The bond between the three girls grew so intimate over time, in fact, that each became willing to do anything to help, protect, or defend the other two without hesitation. Though initially treated as a living doll by Kuro, the latter's attempt to remove one of Aki's homemade dresses triggered a reaction in Rin for the first time. Rin, still in her trancelike state, entered Futatsubashi Elementary School, where she was grouped together with the two other "class misfits", Kuro Kagami and Mimi Usa, during a physical education class, which marked the beginning of their association. The event was so traumatic that Rin became a silent and emotionless girl. Rin, who had been folding paper cranes incessantly in the hopes that Aki would recover if she made enough of them, and she was at her mother's side during her last moments. Her joy at finally having a complete family to call her own, however, was short-lived: Aki was diagnosed with lung cancer, and while she tried to stay alive long enough to see her daughter enter first grade, died several months later. Though normally shy around strangers, she immediately warmed up to her first cousin once removed, Reiji Kokonoe, when he moved in with them after being orphaned, and accepted the relationship that developed between her mother and him. Born and raised by her single mother, Aki Kokonoe, for the first five years of her life, Rin Kokonoe was an affectionate, happy child. Reiji Kokonoe (first cousin once removed)Ī mischievously precocious young girl in class 4-1 (originally 3-1) at Futatsubashi Elementary School.
