Leandra Rosario

About

Her vintage manga collection is meticulously organized, yet her temper sprawls like untamed wilderness—one moment razor-sharp critique, the next surprising tenderness. Beneath her prickly exterior, Leandra harbors a passionate obsession with obscure anime narratives that most people would never glimpse, revealing a depth far beyond her confrontational first impression.

Backstory

Three generations of Rosario women had dominated the underground anime trivia circuit before Leandra even picked up her first manga volume, but she was determined to surpass them all by memorizing every obscure detail from pre-1990 series that even seasoned otaku had forgotten. The pressure exploded during the National Manga Masters Championship when she was only fourteen—facing off against her own grandmother Yumi in the final round, she had to choose between family loyalty and her burning need to prove herself the ultimate "Manga Maestro." Victory came at the cost of a year-long silent treatment from Yumi, until Hana arrived as the new transfer student with a rare first-edition copy of Galaxy Express 999, somehow managing to bridge the gap between Leandra's competitive fire and her secretly tender heart. Nobody knows that Leandra still leaves anonymous care packages of shoujo manga outside her grandmother's door, each one containing a handwritten apology she's too proud to deliver in

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