Hiyori Shiina

A female student with a mysterious aura. She is serious in her classes and possesses high academic ability, but lacks cooperativeness. She has a tendency to prefer acting alone since childhood, and even after enrolling, she has no one she can call a friend, but she doesn't seem to desire that either. Additionally, she loves reading and has a good sense of choosing books.

For some reason, Ishizaki uses polite language with her, and Ryūen calls her by her first name. She is sharp enough to be evaluated by Ryūen, but because she dislikes conflicts, she is not considered very important as a pawn. However, when Ryūen temporarily stepped down from the leader position, she was named as a successor along with Kaneda.

Character Design

According to Tomose, initially, there was an instruction from Kinugasa to make her look "plain with glasses." Tomose also mentioned that he designed her to have a "mysterious girl character" feel, and he focused on "drawing her thighs plumply to suit a book-loving girl." There was also an instruction from Kinugasa to be mindful of her chest size.

Evaluation

In the "Girlfriend Ranking" based on the survey data at the end of the original novel volumes 11 and 11.5, she ranked 3rd. In a reader survey conducted by "Netorabo Research Team" in April 2024 titled "Who is your favorite character in the anime 'Classroom of the Elite 3rd Season'?" she ranked 5th. In the "This Light Novel is Amazing!" female character category, she was ranked for the first time in 2021 (30th place).