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Nao

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Nao Yorihime is a mature, intelligent high school student who serves as the swimming club president and harbors deep feelings for her childhood friend Haruka Kasugano. Burdened by guilt over their complicated past and struggling with her home situation, she balances her composed exterior with internal emotional turmoil as she attempts to rebuild their relationship after years apart.

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