A graduate from Yamabuki High School and former student of Yoshinoya. She gives a talk to Yuno's class about how she became a film student, and this makes Yuno wonder about her own future as an artist. Then the Hidamari girls and Yoshinoya watch her film, which they find moving and creatively inspiring.

For years, Yuno has dreamed of attending Yamabuki Arts High School, but now that she's been accepted, it means the scary prospect of moving away from her home and family for the first time! Fortunately, Yuno quickly learns that if her new neighbors at the eclectic Hidamari (Sunshine) Apartments aren't technically family, at least the majority share the bond of being fellow art students. From second year students like Hiro and Sae, who try to behave like helpful older sisters (mostly successfully) to her hyperactive new neighbor, classmate and best friend Miyako (who has the scariest apartment ever) Yuno begins to build the support network she'll need for dealing with strange characters like her oddly masculine landlady, her cosplay obsessed home room teacher, her tooth-chattering principal and all of the other odd denizens who inhabit her chosen world of art. 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

The second season of Hidamari Sketch. 
 
Yuno, Miyako, Hiro, Sae and the rest of the denizens of the most fascinating piece of surreal estate in Japan are back. And they're still spurning the "A happens after B, happens after C" pattern so prevalent in the rest of the world. In fact, instead of just taking place after Yuno's first year at Yamabuki High, this season of Hidamari Sketch continues on both sides, around the edges and in-between. Filling in the details in an ever-expanding collage that's both avant-garde and slice of life! 
(Source: Sentai Filmworks)

Maiko Kishi