Despite being very young, Hitsugaya’s personality is very mature and serious, in stark contrast to Matsumoto’s. Although their personalities are quite opposite, they work well together. Hitsugaya is a person who hates wasting time and attracting unnecessary attention, most evident when he leads a group of Shinigami to Ichigo’s school Hitsugaya hates being compared to children or akin to so. He is often mistaken for an elementary school student. Hitsugaya is very caring and protective of Hinamori because to Hitsugaya, Hinamori is like a close childhood friend. Hitsugaya is also known to hate summer and warm weather. Hitsugaya’s favorite foods are watermelon and Amanatto. He doesn’t like to eat dried persimmons, the difference between him and Matsumoto. As a child, he was very good at gyroscope and was famous as someone who never lost it. He works very hard and often works very quickly to get a good nap. He strongly believes in the saying: “If children sleep well, they will grow up quickly”. Even though he hasn’t gotten any taller yet.