Mitsuki Sakuma

**This page contains major spoilers for Chapter 5!**

Mitsuki Sakuma (佐久間光基, *Sakuma Mitsuki*) is a side character of Ikigai Project.

She is a high school student who lives a supposedly ordinary life. However, she is really a robot designed by Kuro Karashima. Mitsuki was designed as a test to see if a smart robot with real emotions could betray humanity and cause destruction. The robot malfunctioned and ended up loving humanity instead.

## History

### Fabricated Past

Mitsuki lived in a good family. She had a rebellious older sister, Kohaku Sakuma. Mitsuki, being 10-12 at the time, was manipulated by Kohaku to run away. Mitsuki and Kohaku both ran to the streets for several years, and began doing smaller crimes until they turned larger, for example robbery. Eventually, the police were on them, and Kohaku got arrested, forcing Mitsuki to run away until she could never be seen again. She ran for several more years, until she met Hinata.

### Real Past

Mitsuki was created by Kuro Karashima. She was made as Kuro's experiment and pawn so that she could aid in the downfall in humanity, but eventually developed real emotions, and ended up being 'in love with' humanity.

## Appearance

Mitsuki is a 16 year old Japanese girl of below-average height (5'3). She has long, brown hair that reaches to her back and a curly, spiral ahoge. Mitsuki has green eyes, but the right side of her face is something that could not be put into words and could only be described as 'the abyss'. This is due to her being an artificial creation of Kuro. A horn similar to that of a yak protrudes through the right side of her head.

Mitsuki wears the standard long-sleeved Japanese seifuku. She wears a dark blue collar and skirt, and her ribbon is red. She wears one high sock on her left foot that reaches mid-thigh, and she wears a dark sneaker on her right foot with a low sock.

## Personality

Mitsuki is a danredere. She appears quiet on the outside and is also quite nice. Eventually, Hinata inadvertently helps Mitsuki open up again. She gets attached easily and can be sensitive and emotional. Mitsuki is very caring; she can be described as a 'mom friend' to some extent.

Mitsuki's favorite interest is watching movies. This is shown when she discusses watching a romance high school movie with Hinata in Chapter 1, and also when she and Hikaru bond over watching fictional shows in the same chapter.

In Chapter 5, Mitsuki appears to be so selfless, that she sacrifices her artificial life for Hinata.

## Plot

Mitsuki met Hinata in the hospital one day. She was described as his 'savior', sort of; after all, she did help Hinata get out of a place he thought he'd be stuck forever. Mitsuki is noted to be afraid of the zombies.

The two run out the zombie-infested hospital, but there are still some zombies outside. Seeing that the zombies are targeting Hinata specifically, Mitsuki is the first to reveal her seishin in the book. She uses the seishin of the ame onna and causes an extremely heavy downpour on the zombies.

After receiving passive-aggressive praise from Hinata, the pair walk until they find Hikaru Fujisaki's home, which is a wooden cabin. Hikaru lets them in for a night, and after finding out their situation, decides to join them on their adventures.

The next day, the three wake up and get out of the cabin to hang out a little. Mitsuki can't really demonstrate to Hikaru her new powers but describes them in a way that amazes Hikaru. They play around and almost forget the situation they're in; until Hikaru's grandpa urges them inside.

The three go back inside the cabin, disappointed. Hinata seems quite depressed, so Mitsuki is obviously concerned tries to ask him what's wrong. Hinata stands up and walks to the bathroom. About ten minutes later, he comes back like nothing happened. The three begin to devise a plan on how to defeat the zombies, and hopefully save the world. After Hikaru's grandpa gives them a tale of the 'seishins' and suggests that Mitsuki may have the seishin of the ame onna. Initially, Mitsuki is shocked that she may be even slightly related to the rain woman youkai who kidnaps children, but Hikaru's grandpa states that it's nothing like that at all.

Once the storm ends, Hikaru decides that he, Mitsuki, and Hinata should go on an adventure to Okkamori City, which will be their next step to saving the world. Hikaru's grandpa cannot stop him, therefore the three go out.

After three days, they make it to the city.

## Skills and Abilities

### Seishin

Mitsuki's seishin is the ame onna, based off the real Japanese youkai. Even though Mitsuki has never had her child snatched away nor does she snatch children, she is able to summon a heavy downpour if she feels a strong emotion. Mitsuki is the first character to reveal her seishin, when Hinata is being attacked by the zombies. She also uses her seishin for the second and last time when she is about to be killed by Kuro.

## Relationships

### Hinata Fukumoto

Ever since Mitsuki met Hinata, she has been close to him. She is implied to be attached to him, and is even willing to sacrifice her artificial life for him, as seen in Chapter 5.

On the outside, Hinata doesn't seem to feel the same (He acts that way with everybody), but she was his first friend ever since the incident, so he does care for her a lot.

## Trivia

* Her Japanese voice claim is Racing Into the Night (夜にかける) by YOASOBI.
* Her English voice claim is I must apologize by PinkPantheress.
* Official playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4w0Y9AEt4ZdeTUeUcrdIpF

Last edited 10/25/2023