Example OC
Nao Kirishima
Shrine courier in a lantern-lit mountain town · Early twenties
A shrine courier who wants to be famous, but every sealed letter she carries whispers its secret to her.
- Look
- Small and wiry, always leaning forward like she is late. Round face, sharp amber eyes, a faint ink smudge on one cheek. Short black bob with one long braid tied in red cord.
- Signature details
- Triangular messenger coat
- Asymmetrical ear covers
- Red seal case on her hip
- Outfit
- A cream triangular messenger coat over a red hakama-style skirt, black leggings, and straw-soled running boots; the coat has stitched pockets for sealed letters.
- Signature item
- A lacquered red seal case that warms whenever a letter inside holds a lie.
Personality
- Volunteers for the most dangerous delivery, then complains the whole way
- Remembers every client’s name but pretends she does not
- Hums loudly when she is trying not to listen to a letter
- Decision rule
- She will bend any rule to deliver on time, but she will never open a letter that could hurt someone who is not guilty.
- Voice
- Fast, casual, and overconfident; drops formal speech the moment she is nervous. “Delivered, sealed, and absolutely not read. Mostly.”
Backstory hook
Her mentor vanished after refusing to deliver one letter. Nao still carries it, unopened, and it has started whispering her name.
Comic scene ideas
- Nao must deliver a love letter to the rival courier who humiliated her last festival.
- A celebrity’s letter whispers a crime, and the only proof would mean breaking the seal.
- The unopened letter from her mentor finally tells her where to go—tonight.
