Editing Manga Imprint/Penny Black (section)

=Relationships=
==Hitomi==
(younger sister, 15 yrs old): Hitomi is bubbly, friendly, and irrepressibly nice: everything Yumi is not. Yumi loves her little sister, but being around her makes Yumi weary.

==Jun==
(Mother). Yumi's mom is a hard-nosed corporate tax lawyer, who has little time to spare for either of his daughters. She and her mother communicate largely through systematic emotional blackmail.<br>

==Kotori==
(Ghost, 16yrs old, subway accident). Kotori was an extremely bright, popular, and fashion-conscious girl in life, before she died (sometime in the 80's). Her role in death has largely been to follow Yumi around and criticize Yumi's looks, attitude, and life-decisions. With her permission, Yumi can shape Kotori's ghost into a scythe that, like Kotori's tongues, can cut through anything.<br>

==Mister Endo==
(Ghost, mid 40's, aneurysm): Mr. Endo was her former PE teacher, before he died suddenly last year. Only after death did Yumi discover that he was a huge pervert. He invariably tries to possess articles of her clothing, and she invariably ends up punching him right in his ectoplasmic face. She can also fashion him into an icy katana that summons (disturbingly clingy) ice.<br>

==Ume==
(Ghost, 14 yrs old, murder victim) Yumi didn't know Ume in life, but she has promised to find the person who killed her. Ume is quiet, withdrawn, and easily frightened. She can take the form of a dull grey spear that bleeds grey despair.<br>