Ayase Aragaki

**Ayase Aragaki** is a character from the *OreImo* anime and manga.

Kirino's classmate, coworker, and best friend. Ayase can be very protective of Kirino and cares for her quite a bit. However, accidentally learning of Kirino's hobby causes a rift that Kyousuke has to fix (by sacrificing his dignity and claiming he is "corrupting" Kirino with his eroge collection). After that she tolerates Kirino's hobby and tries to support her.

Ayase initially thought Kyousuke was a cool older brother and maybe even had a little crush on him (which, she kinda did), only for that to change to contempt after being fooled by Kyousuke into thinking he is "corrupting" Kirino. However she'll still go to him for help with making up with Kirino along with getting her items related to her hobby.

In the AWA fics, Ayase is set to appear in a future AWA storyline.

## **Appearance**

Ayase is a cute young girl with long dark hair (possibly black or dark blue) that has a lock of hair hanging from each side of her face with her fringes are separated in the middle, except for a small fringe that hangs from the middle and violet or blue eyes.

Her choice of clothing is somewhat similar to Kirino Kousaka, though Ayase prefers a more conservative look.

Her weight is 44 kg, she is 166 cm tall and her vital statistics are 80/56/83 cm.

## **Personality**

Ayase is a nice person to her classmates and Kirino Kousaka, whom she adores most as her best friend. She is usually soft-spoken and refined, but can also show a more aggressive side, especially when people lie to her, which she hates the most. Her reserved aggressive side often gained her a 'yandere' mark from her peers. Ultimately, however, she is a refined person who retains a sweet and kind personality towards those she cares for.

She also appears to show a different kind of affection towards Kirino, showing a certain interest in seeing Kirino shine in whatever she is good at, to the point that Ayase displayed disbelief upon discovering Kirino's hobby. Ayase has always believed that the Kirino who excels in everything is the "true Kirino", only for her belief to be shattered by Kirino herself upon her revelation of how she loved anime, manga and gaming.

Ayase is also shown to be very protective of Kirino and shows an extremely aggressive and scary side when Kirino is threatened.  When Ayase learns the "truth" about Kyousuke Kousaka's and Kirino's relationship, she immediately threatens Kyousuke to leave Kirino alone and says that she will protect her from him. Later, Ayase texts Kyousuke saying that if he were ever to harass Kirino, she would beat him to death.

## **Trivia**

* Ayase's surname **Aragaki**could possibly mean "new" (**ara**) and "enclosure" (**gaki**). These words combine into "New Enclosure" and **Aragaki**is the same surname as **Arakaki**.
* Ayase's father is a senator in Japan and her mother is the President of the PTA.
* Ayase's blood type is A.
* Ayase's favorite color is red.
* In the 60th chapter of Maken-Ki, Ayase makes a cameo appearance for a doushinji.
* In the PSP game, Ayase's route has the most bad endings out of all routes and her bad endings are also the most violent.
* While Ayase's personality could be considered a tsundere, she is actually a yandere, as seen from her horrifying face when she is angered.
	+ In the PSP game and it's sequel, Ayase could become a yandere if you get the bad route/bad ending, which either result death or serious injury. (Depending on which bad ending the player got).