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Aki is the protagonist of Misao. They are noted as being an ordinary high school student. Unlike most of their classmates, they are alone off-campus. The player is given the choice to name the protagonist themselves, however, Aki is the default name.
In the Misao novelization, her full name is revealed to be Aki Narukami (成神 亜希 Narukami Aki)
Appearance[]
Aki as a male
Aki is shown to have brown hair tied up into twin-tails. She has large, red eyes (however, her eyes are usually shown as a soft brown/amber color due to contacts). Her twin-tails are tied up by two pink hair bows that match the color of her uniform, which is the standard female uniform for the school she attends. She is described by characters such as Tohma to be "pretty cute", which can make it safe to assume that she's fairly attractive.
Aki's male counterpart is seen to have dark auburn hair and soft amber eyes (it is unknown if he has red eyes, like his female counterpart, or his eyes are truly that color). He is seen to be wearing the standard male uniform, a white shirt and a red tie. It is safe to assume he's attractive like his female counterpart.
As of Misao: Definitive Edition, the school uniforms have been drastically changed. Aki now wears a white shirt with long sleeves. Beneath the red school blazer, she wears a light brown sweater and still wears the red tie and skirt. Her male counterpart wears the same shirt and blazer without the sweater, but maintains the brown pants and red necktie.
Personality[]
Throughout the game, Aki is shown as a kind and accepting individual, showing mercy to even Sohta when she learns of his murderous past. She is also quick to point out the wrongdoings of others, but will do her best to comfort anyone they see being upset. On the other hand, she does have a dark side, as she has no problem committing murder herself. This dark side is not apparent in her male counterpart, as he hesitates to commit the murders necessary to appease Misao.
In situations where Akito needed to murder Sohta or Tohma, he is unable to do it himself, due to extreme hesitation. If he decides that he should kill Tohma, he will leave the library, on the verge of tears, apologizing to Misao for being unable to do anything, and following, will hear struggling in the library. He later figures out that Tohma and Library got in a fight, and she killed him.
If Akito decides to kill Sohta, Aki will possess his body, forcing him to kill Sohta.
It is noteworthy, that unlike Akito, Aki never curses or swears; this is likely because since she's partially demon, she wouldn't be as emotionally affected at stressful events as someone without the soul of a demon.
Relationships[]
Misao - Aki/Akito states near the beginning that they were not very close to Misao, but were curious as to why she was always alone. Aki/Akito states that they wanted to be friends with Misao a lot, but the reason why they didn't when Misao was alive is unknown. The most likely reason is that Aki/Akito is actually somewhat intimidated by Yoshino and didn't want to be bullied by her, so they chose to keep their distance from Misao until it was too late.
In the good ending after seeing the vision of how Misao was killed and Sohta's murders, Misao leaves a message on the blackboard of Aki's/Akito's classroom reading - "Thank you."
After beating the game, you can play the "truth" of Misao. During this Aki/Akito can save Tohma, when doing this they encounter him in a dark other worldly space alone with the "darkened Misao" who is a vision of Tohma's fear. Aki talks to the darkened Misao and eventually shows her a hand mirror, Misao becomes afraid and now knows why Tohma calls her a "monster". Misao then lets Tohma go and he is reborn like the other victims. All the other Misao spirits Aki/Akito tries to stop will not listen to them and continue with what they were doing (leaving Aki/Akito no choice but to kill them or leaving the victim to overcome his fear), the exception being Saotome's fear in which Misao will just watch and allow Saotome to kill Misao. At the end of the "truth", a picture of Misao and Aki/Akito becoming "friends" is displayed with both characters smiling and holding hands. If playing as Akito, Misao will ask him to become her boyfriend, to which he rejects her somewhat reluctantly, stating that he cares about her too much to rush into a relationship with her like Tohma did. He also notes that they should become better friends before ever having a chance as lovers, but then goes on to say that he likes her, and that he'll always be her friend. At the end of the "truth", a picture is displayed of Misao and Akito becoming friends, both smiling and leaning against each other with their foreheads near touching.
Ayaka - Ayaka is Aki's/Akito's best friend and in the female version of the game, Ayaka will tease Aki about her crush on Tohma (though it is unknown whether this is true as Aki replies "I just think he's cool is all!"). Ayaka seems to be Aki's only friend and perhaps the person they are most closest to, due to Aki living alone without parents or siblings. When Ayaka and Sohta are found in the infirmary, Sohta tricks Aki into believing Ayaka was attacked and that she is wounded. Aki leaves and Sohta kills Ayaka, Aki does not find this out until the "truth" part of the game.
Yoshino - Aki/Akito quickly notes Yoshino as being a bully, having had bullied Misao constantly before Misao's murder. Aki/Akito is somewhat scared of Yoshino (that is the main reason that Aki/Akito didn't become friends with Misao as they were afraid) but due to Aki's semi-cruel nature she becomes pleased when Yoshino despairs. Aki/Akito finds Yoshino in the laboratory after the curse has been activated and tells her "I'll save you as long as you promise not to be a bully anymore." While Akito is regretful of being unable to save her, Female Aki presumably made no effort and hid when the monster that was going to dissect Yoshino entered the room. Female Aki probably deliberately did this for her own pleasure. Once Yoshino dies, Female Aki comments, "Whoops, totally forgot to save Yoshino! Teeheehee!"
Tohma - One of Aki's/Akito's classmates, Ayaka, teases Aki about her crush on Tohma (though this isn't confirmed). Tohma even says Aki should be his girlfriend but she makes no comment here. When Aki finds Tohma injured, she takes him to the library where she asks Novella to take good care of him. Aki brings Tohma a soda, in which he finds a key, suggesting that she is concerned about him and possibly has a crush on him. Tohma can be killed by Aki, with Female Aki showing no remorse due to her determined nature that is set on saving Misao, but this triggers the bad ending. In the good end Aki is a friend of Tohma's and they both continue their school life with Misao's blessing.
Sohta - Aki's/Akito's homeroom teacher. Sohta is popular with girls, like Ayaka. Aki doesn't seem to be interested in him like the other girls and downs Ayaka for praising him so much. In the bad end Aki kills Tohma, activates the shrine and then sees the vision of Sohta's murders. Aki and Sohta wake up on the roof and Aki tells him that they know that he killed Misao. Sohta will turn to them and say "So you saw it too." Sohta then kills Aki and the bad ending screen is displayed. In the good ending, Aki will kill Sohta and forget about him. Their last words to him being "Apologize in the afterlife!"
Saotome - Little is known about the relationship between these two but we can assume they are friends, due to Aki's reaction to her death. Ayaka teases Akito about his crush on Saotome. Though, much like Tohma, this isn't confirmed by any evidence in the game.
Etymology[]
- The name Aki means "second, Asia" (亜) (a) and "hope" (希) (ki).
- Aki's surname Narukami means "become" (成) (naru) and "god, deity" (神) (kami).
Trivia[]
- There are multiple events throughout the gameplay that hint Aki may be a demon, just like Onigawara.
- Miss Library is afraid of humans, but she is not afraid of Aki.
- Aki is not hesitant about killing, as shown when she bluntly murdered either Mr. Sohta or Tohma. If your protagonist is male though, he hesitates whenever trying to kill Mr. Sohta, saying that he can't because he's his teacher and it will be wrong if he did such a thing. In fact, the female version of Aki apparently forces Akito to and ends up killing Mr. Sohta anyways, saying that Akito can do it, "Because you are me. Raise that bat high... And crush him!"
- Without her contact lenses, it is shown that Female Aki's true eye color is red.
- The creator of Misao himself briefly states in the Rec Room that Aki may be a demon.
- Akito seems to be nicer than his counterpart. He is also shown to have a crush on Saotome.
- Aki can be startled very easily by sudden noises. An example of this is when they become startled by the sudden ringing of the telephone in the science room (where Yoshino meets her end), hitting their head on the wall, thus killing themselves. This may be excused by paranoia or over-alertness since the school becomes a dangerous place where one would not let their guard down when Misao begins haunting it.
- Aki appears to be very skilled in playing the piano, as seen in one of the bad endings.
- Aki bears a resemblance to Akira from Sen's manga, Quartet!.
Gallery[]
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