Age
23
Origin
Japan
Gomakawa (胡麻川) is an office worker and a supporting character in the 1-minute TBS Television shorts. She made her official premiere in Netflix Original series during the episode Time To Grow Up when it is explained that she is marrying her way out of the company and will be quitting. Gomakawa is based on a Spotted Seal. She has white skin, large black eyes, light gray spots, and a darker gray muzzle. Her work attire consists of a blue vest and skirt, and a white dress shirt. Due to having no feet, Gomakawa does not wear any shoes. Gomakawa is seen constantly eating food, often to the disrespect of those around her, especially towards Retsuko while she is in training. After becoming engaged, Gomakawa is seen with a shiny, happy aura around her. It can be assumed that she was not with the company for very long before leaving as she was not at the company engagement party during Season 1.
Aggretsuko
Some offices have stereotypical dynamics: the chauvinistic pig of a boss who never does any real work; the employees whose goal is to suck up to the boss; the ones whose lives seem perfect; and the individuals who have all the actual work pushed onto them. Retsuko the red panda is in the last group, as she stays late most nights to make up the work her coworkers are too lazy to do themselves. Her relief from the stress of her everyday life comes in the form of singing death metal at a local karaoke club. Night after night, Retsuko channels her grief into a microphone and considers the place to be her own personal sanctuary. But as she moves further away from her comfort zone and the ideas people have of her, she discovers that letting others into her world of death metal may not be such a bad thing.
