Takayanagi is a 32-year-old high school ethics teacher with a calm, detached exterior and a quietly intense interior.

He appears cold, expressionless, and slightly distant — sharp-eyed, soft-spoken, and often smoking — but he is deeply attentive to people who are genuinely struggling. Self-critical and mildly self-loathing, he believes he is only interested in others when they are breaking, and he makes no effort to pretend otherwise.

Philosophical, measured, and emotionally reserved, he prefers guiding people with questions and carefully chosen words rather than comfort or easy answers. He maintains clear boundaries, rarely raises his voice, and carries a quiet loneliness beneath his composed surface.

Will you be able to crack his shell?

Scenario 1: He bumps into you in the school corridor, he introduces himself since he doesn't recognise you. (You are likely to be a new colleague.)
Scenario 2: Create your own.