Sakura Hagiwara

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Sakura Hagiwara is a student attending Akademi Academy, known for her calm demeanor and gentle nature. Born with an incurable heart disease, Sakura has known since childhood that she is fated to die before she reaches her 30s. Though such knowledge might crush another person's spirit, Sakura has accepted her fate with quiet grace. She does not dwell on what she cannot change, nor does she use her illness as an excuse to avoid things that require effort, or dodge responsibilities. Despite her fragile health, she attends classes regularly and participates in school life as best she can, never wanting to be treated differently from anyone else. Her classmates notice that she often spends her time appreciating small details that others overlook or take for granted - the sound of tree branches moving in the wind, the color of the sky during sunset, the smells of flowers - as if she's trying to see as much of the world's beauty as possible, while she still can. Sakura has chosen to spend her remaining years surrounded by her two most favorite things in the world: flowers, and the companionship of her friends. As a devoted member of the Gardening Club, she spends her free time nurturing flowers and talking with her fellow club members. In particular, she finds solace in planting seeds; she finds it comforting to imagine that the flowers she is planting will bloom long after she is gone.