Ria Yuzuki- A New Employee With A Chubby Precoc... !new!

The elevator dinged, and she stepped into the open-plan office of Inari Creative—a mid-sized design firm known for its cutting-edge campaigns. Heads popped up over monitor partitions. Whispers rustled like dry leaves.

Ria pretended not to hear. She clutched her laptop bag tighter and followed the HR lead, a tall woman named Tanaka-san, toward a small desk nestled in the corner. Ria Yuzuki- a new employee with a chubby precoc...

This is the essence of Ria’s "precocious" nature. Precosity, in her case, is not about being annoying or acting older than she is. It is about an unsettling awareness of social dynamics. She knows the rules—she simply chooses which ones to follow. Her chubby, childlike exterior (the soft hands, the round face, the slight double chin when she looks down at her keyboard) disarms her superiors instantly. How can you be angry at someone who looks like a plush toy? But then she opens her mouth, and you realize the plush toy has read Machiavelli. The elevator dinged, and she stepped into the