Shouji is Komatsu Nana's boyfriend. Friends at first, they build up their relationship and Shouji moves to Tokyo applying for art school with Nana joining him a year later. Their relationship is pure and kind but later on they can't seem to keep it going as they both are too busy with their lives.

Spoiler

Shouji says he will lie in the same grave as Nana but that soon changes when he falls in love with a waitress at his work, Sachiko.