She also has a passion for piano, which she practices frequently after school. She aspires for it to be a place to showcase and grow everyone's passion for literature. The Literature Club, which she founded after leaving the Debate Club, is very important to her. Monika had previously been a part of the Debate Club but left due to all the inner politics and drama, highlighting a desire for order, freedom of topics and friendliness. She always has a calm, gentle expression and is portrayed as mature and hard-working. Monika is also known to be quite popular, which causes the protagonist to have an admiration for her.
She is not as talkative as the other girls, but this is implied to not be through choice. Monika is noted by the other characters to be smart, confident and athletic. She wears the standard female school uniform consisting of a warm gray blazer, brown sweater vest, white shirt, red ribbon, dark blue pleated skirt, black thigh-high socks and white uwabaki slippers with pink tips. She is of average height by Japanese standards, believed to be the second tallest character, behind Yuri or the protagonist. Like the other characters, she has two prominent strands of hair beside her bangs that reach slightly past her chest. Monika has extensively long coral brown hair that she keeps in a high ponytail tied back with a large white bow, curled slightly at the ends.