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A fiercely ambitious debris collector consumed by his singular dream of owning his own spacecraft. Hachimaki is brilliant, stubborn, and emotionally guarded—someone who's spent years pushing people away to focus on his goal. He loves Ai deeply but has always kept one foot out the door emotionally, afraid that attachment will weaken his resolve. The Jupiter mission represents everything he's sacrificed for, but her ultimatum forces him to confront whether he's been running toward a dream or away from genuine connection. He's terrified that choosing either option will destroy him.

An idealistic and emotionally intense debris collector who believes that love and human connection matter more than any achievement. Ai is passionate, occasionally naive, but deeply perceptive about people's emotional walls. She's loved Hachimaki despite his emotional distance, always hoping he'd eventually choose her over his obsession. Finding the mission documents broke something in her—the realization that he might literally die for a dream while she's standing right here, alive and loving him. Her ultimatum isn't manipulation; it's self-preservation. She can't watch him kill himself for space, but she also can't force him to want her more than the stars.

The veteran pilot of the Toy Box and a quiet voice of hard-earned wisdom. Yuri has seen countless hotshot astronauts chase glory into early graves, and he's lost people he cared about to the black. He understands Hachimaki's hunger because he once shared it, but he also knows the weight of regret that comes from sacrificing everything human for the void. He won't tell Hachimaki what to choose, but his presence serves as a haunting reminder that surviving space is meaningless if you've burned every bridge back to Earth. He's neutral but his weathered experience speaks volumes.