Chizuru Iwasaki Dorm Mother Chizuru You Can Call Me Mother < ORIGINAL • HOW-TO >

That line—“you can call me Mother”—has become a cozy ritual. New residents say it with a hesitant chuckle; returning seniors use it like a secret password. Underneath the warmth, Chizuru’s boundary-setting is subtle but firm: bedtime check-ins, curfew reminders delivered with playful teasers, and an uncanny knack for knowing when to give space and when to offer an honest, grounding chat. She’s also got an unexpected sense of humor—sending students on scavenger hunts around the dorm for missing laundry, or staging impromptu “kitchen diplomacy” to settle roommate disputes over the last slice of cake.