Tarumi

Tarumi (樽見) is Hougetsu Shimamura's childhood friend who she reconciled during winter break.

Appearance
Tarumi has a long brown hair and is often seen with a scarf throughout the anime, most likely because of the winter season. She has a gentle look on her face and is easily excited, which Shimamura often finds comparing her and Adachi.

Personality
Tarumi is a self-proclaimed delinquent and can be seen strolling around town. She has a talent on painting shown when she painted Shimamura in great detail during their second year Summer break and was revealed to have practiced doing so since when she saw Shimamura during the last winter. Tarumi has a great attachment to Shimamura and is implied to have romantic feelings towards her as her contacting Shimamura is a frequent occurrence during her free time. This implication was also backed when she showed a dejected attitude during her phone call with Shimamura when she asked her to go to the second summer festival with her in which she rejected as she already has further plan with Adachi.

Etymology

 * The name Tarumi means "barrel, cask, keg" (樽) (taru) and "see, hopes, chances, idea, opinion, look at, visible" (見) (mi).

Trivia

 * Unlike in the anime, Tarumi's hair is colored pale citrus, almost resembling Akira Hino's hair color.