Ai Otori

Ai Otori is the protagonist of Yumeutstusu Re:Master and its sequel Yumeutstusu Re:After. In order to trying find her sister Kokoro whom she lost contact, she accepted to work at the same company that her sister, Eureka Software. She is in charge of many tasks, one of them being to help at the development of NieMajo.
She is voiced by Maya Yoshioka.
==Appearance==
Ai has long brown hair and blue eyes. She generally wears a pink shirt and a green skirt with flower patterns.
==Personality==
Ai is generally kind with others and is happy to help them when they ask. She is also shown to be selfless, as seen when she tries to save Nana from her stepmother and the Editor, as well as trying to save Marie from being shot (and dying in Marie's Bittersweet ending as a result). She is often afraid by Saki because of her temperament especially when she use her little roar but does not hesitate to asks her question when needed showing a determined side. She also loves Kokoro very much and often tries to reconcile with her despite the latter being hostile to her.
==Biography ==
===Background===
Ai was once close to her sister Kokoro when her mother and Kokoro's were married, to the point that they felt love for each other. They stayed close even after their mother divorced. However, one day, Ai received a message from Kokoro telling to not contact her anymore. This really broke Ai on the inside. 
Almost three days later, she was contacted by the president of Eureka Software company, Honoka Daigo, who was known for having created the series NieMajo which Ai played many times. The mail also said that Kokoro worked here and that they needed Ai to save her. Ai seeing a chance see Kokoro again decides to accept the job's proposition.
===Yumeutsutsu Re:Master===
====First Part====
On her first day of her, she goes to Eureka Software and is welcomed by Nana Tachibana, a part-time worker dressed as a maid. Thinking that she went to the wrong place by seeing Nana, Ai leaves but decides later to come again and is once again welcomed by Nana who makes her enter and choose a place for her. Ai is also welcomed by Banako, the president's dog and the vice-president of the company. 
Honoka Daigo, the president of the company later comes and explains Ai that her job is to walk Banako and sometimes helping the team when needed. When Ai asks where Kokoro is, Honoka answers that she is in day off for many days and that she will return at the end. 
One day when she comes earlier at the office, she sees a little girl washing in the washbasin. She is first surprised but when she is seen by this girl, the latter orders to get out, but before Ai can leaves, the girl presents herself as Saki Mugendo, she is an author and the scenario writer of Eureka Software.
The day when Kokoro comes back, she is acting cold towards Ai and talks to her like she was a stranger. Every time Ai calls her Kokoro, she will correct her and tells her to call her Yanagiya. Later all employees of Euroka Software goes to the restaurant to welcome Ai in the company. Ai tries to act normal but has a hard time due to how Kokoro acts towards her. At the end when Kokoro leaves, Ai decides to catch her and asks her why she is cold toward her and why she told her to not contact her anymore 3 years ago. But the only thing Kokoro answers is "Demon" and later leaves. Ai wonders why Kokoro said that until Nana catches her. Upon seeing that Ai doesn't feel well, Nana will ask if she need support, by crying in her boobs, which Ai politely declines. They later leave with Ai wondering by what Kokoro meant to say. 
One day, Eureka Software is searching for a game artist. Ai during her research, finds many drawings on internet to see which one she would choose. She finally chooses one and contact the person for a meeting to see if that person can be the game artist. At appointment day, she waits at the place where she should meet the person where she see a thieve running away with a bag who shoves her. There she sees someone kicks the thieve and bring back the bag to her owner. It was the person that Ai was supposed to meet. She presents herself as Marie Mahler. Ai then brings Marie to Eureka Software and the later is engaged as the new game artist. Marie then tanks Ai for finding her. Marie will then live next to Ai and Nana. Upon coming back, they see women in black suit. Marie tells them that they are her bodyguards and that this is part of a military operation. After Marie explained everything, her, Ai and Nana go back to their appartements. 
One day, Ai is asked by Honoka to go to the Tokyo Game Show alongside Kokoro which greatly annoys the latter. Honoka did that so that Ai could learn about the kind of project game company can work at and also so that Ai could talk to Kokoro. Once the day of the Tokyo Game Show arrives, Ai and Kokoro reunite. When Ai tries to talk to Kokoro, the latter always tries to stop the conversation claming she only accepted to go for the work. Once they are in the Tokyo Game Show, Ai tries different stands notably some with VR Games. When Ai has too much fun with it, Kokoro reminds her that they are here for work. Once they leave the Tokyo Game Show, in the train, Ai can talk to Kokoro or say nothing. If she talks to Kokoro she will insist despite Kokoro trying to cut the conversation. She will notably ask why she told her to not contact her anymore 3 years ago and while she is calling her a demon. But Kokoro doesn't give clear answer and asks Ai to not approach her if it's not related to work from now on. 
One day, Honoka informs Ai that she will have a new assignment which is to manage Saki. Which Ai agrees despite being afraid of her. After attempting to wake her up, Saki wakes up by herself and informs Ai that she is the one who asked Ai to manage her thinking Kokoro useless for that. Ai is another day asked by Honaka to be the company manager, which does not please Kokoro. Ai can accept the job or not. 
One day, Marie wants to visit Akibahara. However, her superiors disagree because they think it's too dangerous. However, Honoka with the help of a contact, arrange Marie's trip to Akibahara alongside Ai and Nana. When the 3 arrives, Marie wants to visit many things. They first start by an adult shop where are many erotic magazines. Ai embarrassed to see that decides to wait outside, followed by Nana. After Marie finished, they go to a maid cafe, which made Marie admiring. At the end of the day, Marie thanks Ai and Nana come with her there. 
Many days later, Honoka decides to take everyone at the beach, while Ai, Nana and Marie were happy about it, this was not the case for Saki and Kokoro. Honoka asks all the girls to put bikinis and make a contest for which Ai will have to choose between Kokoro, Saki, Nana and Marie. Once Ai has chosen, Honoka announces that the winner has gain a date with Ai at the bad surprise of the latter. The evening, Ai tries to calm everyone which most of them are drunk but thinking it's useless decide to leave. Outside on the beach, she will meet Kokoro and propose her a walk, which Kokoro will accept. Later when they talk, Kokoro says "come back to me" to Ai. But at the same time, a tide happened, which caused Ai to not hearing all of what Kokoro was saying. When she asked Kokoro to repeat herself, Kokoro answer that it is nothing and then leaves. 
==== Kokoro's route ====
Over the time, Ai will succeed step by step to reconcile with Kokoro, notably by leaving a latter which explain that she misses her. 
One day, Ai decides to cut her hair short. When she goes to work, she is welcome by Nana who finds her cute. However, she couldn't handle her lust by seeing Ai with this haircut due to how cute Nana found her and tried to do inappropriate things to Ai until Marie stops her. While Ai thanks Marie, the latter has soon the same lust has Nana and tries to make a move before being stop by Nana. Marie then apologizes for that. When Kokoro arrives at the office, she is surprised to see Ai's new haircut. Ai greets her, however Kokoro soon become enraged, calling Ai a demon a goes to beat her while claiming this is Ai's hair. Kokoro is then stopped by Nana and Marie who then tells Ai to leave to get a rest. Honoka hearing the news latter gave Ai a day off. The days later, Kokoro will have a scary attitude toward Ai every time they meet, with indication that she was ready to kill her.
Over the time, Ai will learn that she is not the real Ai but is in fact Nie, one of the two characters of NieMajo. Kokoro will soon visit her and tells her that she is not Kokoro but in fact Majo, the other character of NieMajo. Kokoro also explain that she knew that Ai wasn't really Ai because a kiss their share felt different from the kiss their usually shared. Kokoro knowing that neither her nor Ai are the real ones, asks to Ai that they commit suicide together with poison, which Ai refuses. Kokoro sensing that Ai didn't trust her, decided to take two glasses of water while telling one of them contains poison. She then tells Ai the one without poison. Ai can drink the one Kokoro suggested or drink the two, which never of them being poisoned. Ai showed that she trusted Kokoro and instead of suicide propose that they find a way to return to their home and to bring back the real Ai and Kokoro, which Kokoro will accepts. 
The next day, at the office, when NieMajo is completed, Ai and Kokoro ask Honoka to change one of the endings so that Nie and Majo could live happily, thinking by doing they could go back to their world. However, Honoka refuses as the game is finished and will soon be released. Because of that, a vote is made with Ai, Kokoro, Honoka, Nana, Saki and Marie to see if they should change the ending or not. However, the votes always end in a draw between the two party. This will be the case during many days until Saki decided to vote for changing the ending. Though Honoka being the president could just decide to not change the ending, she decides instead to accept at the condition that they finish in two weeks. 
During these two weeks, all of them will work in order to create the new ending, with Saki being concentrated. During these days, Ai will receive many mails from an unknown person asking to stop the development of the game claiming there will be consequence of she refuses. These consequences being, put piments in Nana's coffee, booby-trapped to sofa and causing a high climate in the office. During the development, Saki suggest that Nie and Majo are in fact sisters and asks Ai and Kokoro to find real names for them. Ai and Kokoro will comes up with the Name of Yume and Utsutsu. One day later, the factory has announced that the delay for the new ending is shortened by two days. Ai then sends an email to the mysterious person who asked them to stop the game to see if that was their doing. However, the person claims that they wouldn't do something so mean. The night in Ai appartement, Kokoro ask her that they renounce to continue the game and instead that they continue to live their love story as Nie and Majo. 
In the good ending, Ai is attempted to accepts Kokoro's proposition, however she knows that this isn't right and decide to refuse. She then receives a new mail, and later asks Kokoro if she had also received mails. It is then revealed that she received mails from the unknown person trying to persuade her to live in the real world with Ai. Ai then decides to send a mail to the person saying that she will not stop the game no matter what the person tried to stop her. While they continue the game, Marie is blocked as she doesn't know how to draw the place of promise which is where Nie and Majo are supposed to end. One day however, Ai receives a mail from the unknown person. This email contains a drawing from the place of promise, Ai upon seeing that decide to give it to Marie so that she can finish the drawing. In the last day, they managed to finish the game. Ai and Kokoro are then transported into another world, the place that Ai and Kokoro had been dreaming the whole time. They then gain Nie and Majo's appearance and went to the place of promise. When they arrive, they see the real Ai and Kokoro with Kokoro sleeping on Ai's knees. Ai then revealed that she is the one who has been trying to stop them from completing the game due to wanting to stay in piece with Kokoro forever. However, Kokoro wanted to come back to the real world with Ai, so she has been trying to make sure that the game was completed. It's because of that that Ai decided to help them by sending the drawing. After their conversation Ai and Kokoro goes back to the real world. 
Many days later, one year after Ai joined Eureka Sofware, the two sisters go home. Upon arriving they are greeted with a surprise party to celebrate the first year of Ai in the company with everyone from the office, Nie and Majo. The latter have been able to transport in the real world. In the end, Ai and Kokoro decide that no matter the difficulties they have in the future, they will face them together.
In the Bittersweet ending, Ai decided to accept Kokoro's feelings. For many days the two will continue their story while having abandoned to finish the game. Eventually, Ai finished to become Nie completely. The same happen for Kokoro with Majo. One day they decided to commit suicide together like in NieMajo. For that they travel by plain to an old castle which has served of source of inspiration for the castle in NieMajo. Once they arrived, they take poison, take hands and waits until their death together.
====Saki's Route====
From there, Ai continues to work as a manager for Saki and the two eventually become closer. One evening during the Awa Odori festival, Ai goes to the festival alongside Saki (who only goes because of Honoka's order), Nana and Marie. Eventually Ai and Saki go back to the office to continue to work on NieMajo scenario, but they meet Kokoro who is angry that the two had fun outside instead of working (and also because she wanted to go to the festival with them). As the dispute intensifies between Saki and Kokoro, the latter loses her tempers and slaps Saki many times. In function of the player choice Ai can try to stop Kokoro or doing nothing due to being afraid.
Days later, Ai goes to Honoka's office where are also Saki and Kokoro. There, Saki tells them that she has the scenario almost finished. However due to not thinking that this scenario would be good enough and not wanting it to be used, Saki destros the hard drive which contained the scenario by throwing it by the window. Ai and Kokoro go to see if the hard drive are still good, but unfortunately nothing can be restored much to Kokoro's annoyance. Saki then join them and tell them that she had quit Eureka Software making Ai sad as a result. Saki thanks Ai for all she had done before leaving.
For many days, Ai has no news from Saki. One day she recovers an USB key which belonged to Saki. She decides to look inside reluctantly and finds many privates information of Saki such as her banquet account number. She also finds a debit for a cyber-cafe at Akibahara. Ai thinking that this is where Saki went decided to go there. Once she arrived, she finds Saki in a room who have been working on NieMajo scenario for all this time. Ai thinking that it would be bad for Saki to live like that, asks her to live in her apartment. Though she is first reluctant, Saki decides to accept, and both leave the cyber-cafe.
Once they arrive at Ai's apartment, Ai let Saki sleep in her bed. The next day, Ai decides that she will support Saki so that she can write the scenario in good conditions. For many days, the two will do that without Eureka Software knowing it for a time. When Kokoro learns it, she often passes by Ai's apartment to see how the scenario progress. Despite advancing, Saki has more difficulties and less motivation to write it, and one day she finally decides to stop.
In the Good Ending, Ai decides to be harsh on Saki, to encourage her to continue the game, which succeeds to convince the later. The two then go out for a date at one moment to take a break. Afterward, Saki works the hardest she could and succeed to finish the game in extremis. Ai then leaves with Kokoro give the script to Honoka. Later, Ai waits for Saki to come to Eureka, and once she arrives, Ai goes joins her and hug her, the two admit their love for each other.
In the Bittersweet ending, Ai decides to be gentle to Saki. She hugs her and convince her that she doesn't need to work anymore. Ai has then the desire to baby Saki. Despite Saki not finishing the game, Eureka Software managed to come up with a script. Ai decides to go back to her house in Tochigi alongside Saki. From her, she would treat Saki (who had an age regression) as her baby.
====Nana's route====
In this story, Ai would help Nana in her voice actor career by training with her. she would also try to be closer to her. Both of them have many dates, including one where Nana shows Ai a personal place. Ai would also meet Nana's stepmother Mikage Nanamori, who frightened her by her presence. Mikage would try to convince Ai that Nana would be better without her, but Ai would not listen Mikage, claiming Ai would do anything to help Nana.
Eventually, Nana would fail to have the role of Nie which would lead her to become depressed. Ai would go to see Honoka to find a way to help Nana, unfortunately, Nana who was watching saw the two closer which led her to believe Ai was cheating on her. This would lead to Nana to avoid any members of Eureka's team and to go to her stepmother. While Ai would find both of them and try to convince Nana to come back, the latter would refuse and leave with her stepmother.
In the good ending, Ai, not happy with the situation decide to find Nana and to try again to convince her to come back. Helped by the team members, Ai saves Nana from her stepmother who was exploiting her. Mikage seeing that she loses control of the situation decide to reveal Nana's secret about how she was found in a bath of her company, in hope that would lead Ai to abandon her. But Ai and the others claim that this doesn't matter as Nana is their friends. Because this plan failed, Mikage then point a gun to Ai and Nana and order Ai and the others to leave. While Nana was afraid of the situation, Ai says her to act like Majo, which lead Nana to act like her other stepmother who Mikage cared of and was devastated by her death. This eventually lead Mikage to drop the gun. 
Back in the office, Nana apologizes to all of the members of the team. She then explains the reasons that lead her to follow her stepmother from which the others answer that all of it was misunderstanding. Ai happy to have Nana back hugs her and claims she would never leave her again.
In the bittersweet ending, Ai decides to not go after Nana to respect the latter choice. 3 days later however, when Ai comes back home, she finds Nana in front of her door, traumatized by the events she went through. For 6 months, Ai, remorseful for not being there for her, takes care of Nana who cannot talk anymore. She would try to come home early to make sure to be here for her. However, unlike the other members of Eureka Software who want to find a way to cure Nana, Ai her wants instead to keep Nana like that at her side. The night she would engage in a twisted relationship with Nana, such as sleep with her, repeatedly kiss her and referring to her as her broken doll.
====Marie's route====
Ai begin to know Marie better and is revealed that her real name is Maria . After the completion of NieMajo, Marie would leave Eureka Software much to Ai's deception. During the Awa Odori Festival, Ai notices soldier wearing the same military clothes as Marie, which makes her think Marie is there as well. After hearing gunshot, Ai runs until she found Marie by chance. Ai reveals her feelings to Marie which she reciprocate. Unfortunatly they are soon joined by Marie's bodyguard who hapapnes to be with the anti-government group. The latter wants to kill Marie for her betreyal, so Marie pushs Ai away while telling her to trust her. 
In the good ending, Ai does try to get up to help Marie but isn't able to move, causing the bodyguard to shoot Marie before fleeing. Marie is then considered dead. Ai thinks many times to commit suicide not wanting to live without Marie. Hopefully one day, Marie came to her door, alive. She then reveals everything about her and how she initially though about coming back to Greyciria but decided to not because she wants to be with Ai. The two live together for a month and eventually get married. They would have children and enjoy their life. 
In the bittersweet ending, Ai is able to stand up and tries to protect Marie by taking the bullet instead. Before dying Ai tells that she is happy that Marie is fine. Because of the traumatism of Ai's death, Marie loses her sanity and is incarcerated to a mental institute. 
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