Chiyo Sakura

Chiyo Sakura is the protagonist of Monthly Girls' Nozaki-kun and a high-school student in love with Umetaro Nozaki. Her confession is misunderstood as a request for an autograph, leading her to become an assistant on his shojo manga in Monthly Girls Nozaki Kun.

Chiyo Sakura as Nozaki's manga assistant

Cheerful, patient, and easily flustered, Chiyo continues helping Nozaki despite his extreme romantic obliviousness. Her motivation is both affection and growing interest in the creative group around him.

Art, unreturned confession, and romantic misunderstanding

Chiyo is skilled at art, especially filling in black areas and applying decorative effects to manga pages. Her friendships with Mikoto Mikoshiba, Yuzuki Seo, and the other assistants expand her school life, while Nozaki repeatedly treats real relationships as research rather than recognizing her feelings.