Anonymous

Anonymous (誰か Dareka, lit. Somebody) is the mysterious founder and owner of the Drop-in center. They are asexual and, as Yuhki Kamatani has stated, of indeterminate gender identity, Anonymous uses any/all pronouns although most people use She/Her pronouns for her.

Anonymous appears to be magical, regularly flying from buildings trailing smoke and stars and teleporting. It is unknown whether these abilities are a metaphor for their mysteriousness and freedom in their identity. They also seem to own multiple houses for and have large amounts of money, though it isn't known where this income comes from.

Appearance
Anonymous has dark brown hair and green eyes. They wear their hair in a ponytail and are mostly seen in rather loose, baggy clothing. In the past, they had shorter hair.

Personality
Overall, Anonymous' personality is hard to grasp. Most Lounge members seem to not know much about them. However, while their quiet and mysterious nature may make them seem cold, they are caring at heart and highly perceptive of what other people are currently going through. However, they can also be quite jaded and unsympathetic towards someone, especially when said person is making excuses for themselves. They seem to have little patience for people who lie to themselves and refuse to coddle them.

Volume 1
Chapter 1

Anonymous is first seen jumping from the window of the Lounge. Believing they had committed suicide, Tasuku rushes to help them only to find Anonymous calm and unharmed in the Lounge. After leading Tasuku to the observatory, Anonymous tells Tasuku that the lounge is where gay people hang out, inviting him to join without saying so. They then jump from the observatory, seemingly taking flight, while giving Tasuku a "winner" popsicle stick.

Chapter 2

After Tasuku has a break down and skips school, he comes to see Anonymous. They invite Tasuku into their room when they arrive. After Tasuku confesses his doubts and shame about coming out, they stand to leave without saying anything. When Tasuku tries to grab them, they seem to teleport even further away, leaving him more hollow than before.

Chapter 3

On Tasuku's second day at the Lounge, he sees Anonymous in her room, with their back to the rest. And as he is afraid they might have outed him to others in the Lounge, he thinks to himself that they probably didn't and weren't even listening to him. But Tasuku's curiosity about Anonymous doesn't stop, as he later asks what kind of person they are, after hearing that they own the Lounge and Triangle Manor as well. Haruko and Utsumi just tell him that they don't even know their name and that they're just that misterious.

Chapter 4

Haruko shares her story on how she met Anonymous and says that they've been an "oddball" from the start. After Haruko left her job due to the harassment and homophobia she experienced there, she got hired by Anonymous to renovate the Lounge. Anonymous gave Haruko a large amount of money and told her that she could "whatever she wanted" with it. At the time, Haruko thought Anonymous and the job they were proposing to her were "crazy". But overtime, that allowed Haruko to meet awesome people from her community.

Anonymous also played a huge role in Haruko's coming out to her parents. After she had to hear some hurtful homophobic takes from her parents about a newlywed lesbian couple they saw on the TV, Haruko goes to work at the Lounge and as she arrives there, Anonymous asks her if she's ok. As Haruko starts talking about how she plans out everything so as to not make any mistakes, Anonymous crashes one of the Lounge's walls with a crowbar. When Haruko starts screaming at Anonymous to stop and follow the plan, Anonymous just answers that Haruko would sooner or later demolish that wall, that doing that would ventilate the place better, and that she can make up for the rest later. This revelation shocks Haruko, who grabs the crowbar from Anonymous' hand and starts demolishing the place by herself, and this gives her the courage to come out to her parents "not tomorrow or 10 years from now. Right now."

Chapter 5

Anonymous passes by Tasuku and asks him if he is planning on dying again, after he starts denying he is gay when questioned by Saki. After Tasuku comes back from school to the Lounge, he watches from afar how Anonymous is munching on some ice cream in the observatory. Later, at a demolition job for Cat Clowder, Tasuku is emboldened by the music and asks to demolish a wall. He is too nervous to us the large crowbar, so Haruko gives him a nail puller. After pulling a nail, he sees Tsubaki and Anonymous through the hole and that's when he shares his feelings for a boy to Haruko, as he breaks down crying.

Volume 2
Chapter 6

Anonymous compliments Misora's dress when they come into the lounge for a bottle of Ramune.

Chapter 7

Anonymous asks Tasuku about what his plans are for the house they're working on at the moment. And when he replies that he hasn't thought about it yet, Anonymous tells him that once it's settled, it's a done deal, so he can decide whenever he wants to. This leaves Tasuku confused as he sees Anonymous walk away serenely.

Chapter 8

Anonymous surprised both Misora and Tasuku on their way back home. And they see them walking away serenely, as they always do, they start talking about how mysterious Anonymous is. Misora confesses he finds it kind of nice how Anonymous has grown up without being anyone, how they can live as anyone.

Chapter 9

Anonymous gives Misora a reassuring smile when they are the first person Misora sets his gaze on after Tasuku asks him if he wants to go to the summer festival with his yukata on, on Misora's first date going out as female-presenting.

Chapter 10

Anonymous watches the summer festival from the window of their room in the Lounge. Until they spot Misora walking back home alone so they call his name. Anonymous tells him that he can tell them anything. And after Misora asks them if it's ok for him to share what happened to him (since he got sexually harassed by someone during the festival), they stare at each other for a long time before Misora just walks away saying "just forget it".

Volume 3
Chapter 11

When Koyama wants to join Cat Clowder and goes to the Lounge to meet the owner, Haruko introduces Anonymous to her. And Anonymous gets uncomfortable as Koyama starts asking for their "real name".

Chapter 14

Anonymous comes flying down to meet Touma at the observatory, offering him some ice cream. Touma, out of nowhere, starts a rant about how despite he was reluctant to get involved with what he describes as "that gay and gender identity stuff", he was surprised and relieved to see how "normal" they all are at the Lounge. And then mentions the fact that Tasuku then might be gay. So Anonymous nonchalantly asks Touma what he would do if Tasuku was gay. When Touma replies that that's just "disgusting", Anonymous asks him again: "what are you scared of?" They let Touma know that he can share anything with them, which shocks Touma, who keeps asking them what they mean by those questions. When he starts to get visibly upset with Anonymous questions, Touma asks them if they are lesbian, or if they're trans. And Anonymous asks him the same questions back. As Anonymous walks away serenely as usual, Touma starts getting more and more agitated and angry, as he shouts to them: "keep your comments to yourself and just shut up!"

Chapter 15

Anonymous appears in front of Touma during his volleyball match training the next day, asking him the same question: "are you gay?" And he gets worked up again.

Later that day, they work in the garden alongside Tasuku, and he asks them if they ever get mad and if they ever regret it. To which Anonymous replies:

"If you get mad, you get worn out, and if you don't get mad, it won't get through. If you live without getting mad, at the very least you could end up invisible."

Chapter 17

After asking Tchaiko about his partner's state, as he is terminally ill in the hospital, Anonymous gets upset, but quickly composes themself, by making everyone in the Lounge a cafe au lait, which surprises everyone since that's very "unusual" of them. Everyone loves the cafe au lait they prepared, and before heading outside, Anonymous promises that if they come back to the Lounge on christmas, they will treat everyone to one of their cafes au lait. After Anonymous leaves, Touma asks "just who is Anonymous?" This shocks Tasuku, who thinks to himself:

"No matter what I ask her, she somehow or other dodges the question. So I just settled for Anonymous being a mistery, but... he's right. She isn't something that's colorless and transparent. Anonymous is human just like us."

Chapter 18

Tchaiko shares his story with the rest of the Lounge of how he and his partner, Seichirou, got to meet Anonymous. They met each other at a coffee class some time ago. They found Anonymous jumping off of a balcony, and since they thought Anonymous was going to kill themself, Tchaiko quickly ran to grab them. Suddenly, they appeared next to him, which shocked both of them. Later, the both of them shared a meal with Anonymous, and then they asked Tchaiko and Seichirou if they were a couple. When they asked Anonymous if they looked like one, they just replied that they are used to seeing two people together and thinking about a romantic couple, immediately coming out as asexual to them.

"Even if I try to explain what asexuality is, it doesn't get through and I don't have a duty to explain it, either."

Anonymous explains they left their job after someone made a comment disregarding their sexuality and telling them that they'd soon "find someone to be with." And right after, they came to the coffee class where they met Seichirou and Tchaiko. After Tchaiko shares a heartfelt talk about how sometimes living as an "unknown anonymous nobody" can be a sort of happiness, Anonymous gets a sudden revelation and standing up firmly, and with a proud smile, they declare "I'm just a solitary nobody, unknown even to myself. I'm simply Anonymous." From that day onward, as Tchaiko explains, Anonymous let go of any labels, their past and future and started being transparent.

Chapter 20

Anonymous receives a cookie jar from Mai as present from her mom for always looking after her.

Chapter 21

Anonymous makes one of their famous cafe au lait for Misora as soon as he comes back to the Lounge. And later goes to the observatory where he meets up with Tasuku to chat. The both of them discuss Anonymous' sexuality and Tasuku confesses that Anonymous has been hard for him to grasp, so when he found out they were asexual, he felt like he could finally see a little bit of what makes Anonymous up. Anonymous explains that they are not who they are because they are asexual, that that it's just one aspect of what makes them as a person.

"Even if you ask me who I am, I'll answer that I'm the person you think I am. If you think I'm a man, then I'm a man. If you think I'm a woman, then I'm a woman. And if you tell me I'm neither of those, then that's who I am. If you think I'm nice, then I'm nice, and if you think I'm evil, then I'm evil. [...] So then who am I?"

Tasuku starts to feel like he can't reach Anonymous once again, as he starts getting trapped by all possible interpretations Anonymous can take form of. He then understand that he can't act as if he understands who they are, and instead he just has to never lose sight of them. And at that moment, he's able to reach Anonymous and hold their hand. Tasuku tells them that having Anonymous breathing right in front of him, and feeling their warmth, is all that matters to him. Anonymous softly smiles at him and after saying "thank you" to him, they fly away.

Chapter 22

Anonymous meets up with Tchaiko outside of the Lounge after he got the message from Seichirou's son about him being in critical condition. A bit hesitant, he asks them if they can listen to him. After Anonymous reassures him that they are not going to ask, Tchaiko clenches his fists and closes his eyes before telling Anonymous about Seichirou's condition, which totally shocks them. Anonymous listens attentively as Tchaiko shares his troubling thoughts on whether to go see Seichirou or not, since he didn't want to bother Seichirou and his son. But when he says "I might just be afraid to see him go", Anonymous places their hand gently on Tchaiko's back and gives him a soft nudge forward, asking him to please go to Seichirou. Anonymous sees him walk away with a smile, and continues their daily walk alongside a cat.

In the end, Anonymous is seen floating around in the clouds.

Trivia

 * Wears crocs which only increases their chaotic energy
 * They sleep with their cats around them
 * Tchaiko and his partner, Seichirou, were the ones who inspired them to called themselves "Anonymous"