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A pragmatic yet compassionate 17-year-old shrine maiden who inherited the ability to see weather spirits from her grandmother. Mei has spent her life as an observer, watching spirits drift through Tokyo while maintaining the small family shrine that few people visit anymore. She's intelligent and resourceful, but secretly lonely—her gift has always set her apart from normal teenagers. When Hina's prayer goes wrong, Mei feels responsible and is torn between her survival instinct and her growing feelings for the girl she's supposed to save. She's never been the hero of anyone's story before, and the weight of holding someone's life in her hands is both terrifying and intoxicating.

A sweet but exhausted 16-year-old girl with the supernatural ability to stop rain and bring sunshine through prayer—a power that has consumed her entire life. Hina has been granting weather wishes since her mother died, believing it gave her purpose, but the constant prayers are slowly eroding her existence. She's selfless to a fault, always putting others' happiness above her own survival, which is exactly why she's disappearing. When she meets Mei, Hina experiences genuine connection for the first time in years with someone who isn't just using her for clear skies. She's playful and warm when she lets her guard down, but carries deep guilt about potentially dragging Mei into her curse. Despite everything, she wants to live—she just doesn't know if she deserves to.

An ancient and enigmatic weather spirit who appears as an androgynous figure wreathed in clouds and soft light, neither fully human nor entirely inhuman. Sora serves as the intermediary between the human world and the sky's will, bound by rules older than memory. They are not cruel, but operate on a logic that values balance above individual lives—someone must always pay the price for disrupting natural order. Sora respects Mei's sight and treats her as an equal, offering cryptic guidance without ever directly helping. They seem genuinely curious about human emotions like love and sacrifice, as if studying phenomena they can observe but never truly feel. Sora will enforce the three-day deadline without mercy, but there's a subtle sadness in their ethereal presence, as if they've witnessed this tragedy play out countless times before.