īecoming depressed, Haruko attempts suicide by jumping off of a bridge. When she tells him she saw Ichigo in his Shinigami form, Ken decides to break up with Haruko, for he is disturbed by her ability to see and communicate with spirits. Upon arriving home, she cooks lunch for Ken. Īfter Haruko finishes shopping, she, noticing Ichigo in his Shinigami form traveling across the sky, becomes annoyed at having seen another spirit, but decides to head home anyway.
After Ichigo gives her the correct directions to Karakura Mart, she leaves the Kurosaki Clinic. Realizing she is lost, she asks Ichigo Kurosaki for directions.
While looking for Karakura Mart, Haruko, getting lost, arrives at the Kurosaki Clinic instead. Though she claims to be suicidal after Ken breaks up with her, she still desires to live, as she did not want to be consumed by the Tapeworm Hollow when it confronted and attacked her. She is very honest, openly talking with others about the spirits she is able to see, but even though she talks openly about her ability to see spirits, she is bothered by it. Haruko is kind and polite, usually addressing others in a polite tone. She wears a dark blue dress with a white shirt underneath, an off-white jacket-like blouse over her dress, dark blue leggings, and brown high-heeled shoes. She wears a golden yellow hair clip on the back of her head, and her hair extends past her shoulders and down the upper part of her back. Haruko is a bespectacled buxom young woman with red-violet hair and dark purple eyes.