Makino Aikawa

> *"I was rejected."* ― Makino (From chapter 28)
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**Aikawa Makino** (逢河・マキノ) a quiet and handsome love-game streamer who sleeps almost all the time and lets his eyes do most of the talking for him. A running gag in the series is how anyone, male or female, who looks into his eyes for five seconds can be charmed by him

## Appearance

Aikawa is a slim man with fair skin, dark purple eyes and short hair of matching color. He uses a pair of black earphone to listen to healing nature sounds from his mp3 player most of the time. He also has a black and white, checker-patterned eye mask with green stripes on the left and right side. His uniform is the most stylish compared to others.

### Outfits

* **Usual Uniform:** He wears a gray dress shirt (with the school logo in the summer wear) and a black neck tie, along with a large-sized black knit sweater that he buttoned up. There are two buttons on his left collar. He has two types of trousers, one is pure black and the other one is grey-patterned. He wears black dress shoes, the laces are just for decoration. The buttons on his shirt collar show his school year.
* **Summer Version:** He wears his usual uniform without the sweater and rolls up the sleeves.
* **Winter Version**

## Personality

Makino has a very calm and composed personality and he rarely talks; if he does, he only speaks a few words at a time. He is known for his professional streaming of love games and despite his less-than-lengthy commentary, he is able to easily attract many of his viewers with his gaze.

During his time in District 13, he is often shown falling asleep or being tired. The discord between Makino and his parents has led to him giving up on the world and humans themselves, which may explain his generally distant behavior around others, before he eventually starts open up more with everyone as time passes by. He is actually a very gentle and caring boy by heart. Makino is often babied by both Zakuro and Himiko.

## History

Makino Aikawa is a lonely child who's never loved by his parents. Ever since he was a child, he always had to listen to the fight between his parents, making him used to cover his ears to close himself from his surroundings. He fell in love with the older girl next door who took care of him for a long time since his parents were never home, but his hopes were dashed when the girl, who never knew of his true feelings, got a boyfriend herself and eventually got married. Rejected by both his parents and his crush, this led him to turn to love games for comfort and shut himself in his own world. Probably thinking that at least no one would reject him anymore in love games.

## Plot

He got his background story spotlight from chapter 25 (Lonely Child) throughout chapter 28 (Cross in Love). In Chapter 28, Akatsuki had a heart-to-heart conversation with his unconscious self about his unrequited love. He said that it is completely normal even if the person you care about doesn't hold the same feelings for you as love doesn't always have to be answered. He encouraged Makino to accept the truth and move on from there since there are more people who will be there for him, helping him to finally get back on his feet.

## Facts

**Specialty** **Subject:** Art

**Favorite Game:** Dating Simulation

**Hobbies:** Listening to Music (nature sounds), Sleeping

**Favorite Food:** Stuffed Cabbage Rolls, Spring Rolls

**Disliked Food:** Anything Sour

**Handedness:** Right-handed

**Weakness:** Crowds

**Weapon:** Clear Eyes (The opponent will fall in love after looking at his eyes for 5 seconds)

**Family Structure:** Grandmother, Father (Makoto), Mother (Yukino)

A second-year student at a private co-ed high school, Makino’s best subject is art. He is skilled at dating simulations and can often be found sleeping.

 Character Stats

The perfect score is 3.

 Communication
 Perception
 Mental
 Wisdom
 Agility

## Relationships

 Character Impressions

Volume 5

* Makino → Anya: "Afro will suit him"
* Makino → Yuzu: Good friend
* Makino → Himiko: He trusts her

Volume 6

Volume 7

## Trivia

1. Makino's surname "Aikawa (逢河)" is attached to the image of Orihime and Hikoboshi and his image of love isn't the feeling of *I love you* but *I miss you.* Probably because it's referring to the river that separates the lovers in tanabata.
2. His flashback-focused chapter's title, "*Cross in Love*", means to be rejected, jilted, or disappointed in love.
3. His birth flowers are chamomile & yellow mimosa (secret love).
4. His birthstone is pink opal (love encounter).
5. His birth color is olive green (self-contradiction)
6. The name of his crush is **Sumire Koizumi** (She's already married).
7. Makino's cat is named **Moshika-chan**.
8. Makino states in chapter 39 of the manga that his word limit is 100 words per day.
9. He loves afro (Even Osora said the reason is unknown).
10. He met Zakuro & Yuzu at his first stage. They're the earliest to arrive so the three of them spent one day earlier together in the tower. That's why they already got along.
11. Makino and Kaikoku's height only has 1 cm but Makino's posture is kinda slouched.
12. Makino seems to have insect pheromone-like stuff that will attract people with straightforward personality.
13. Makino's 5 seconds stare:

* Affects both man and woman of any age.
* The effect lasts for.... depends on the person.
* People who are affected by it should cool their heads off for a while so they usually stay in the lounge, using the wind to sober up.

Extra Information Series:

1. In "13th District: toothache", Makino will space out because of the pain.
2. In "13th District: two-person haori tournament", Makino is paired up with Himiko and won first-place thanks to Makino's tolerance and Himiko's care.
3. In "13th District: waiting 30 minutes for someone who oversleeps", Makino will wait while sleeping (he doesn't mind at all that the other party is late).
4. In "13th District: childhood dreams", he has no childhood dream.
5. in "13th District: seeing price tag on someone's clothes", Makino will casually take the price tag off and toss it away.
6. In "13th District: attaching message to friendship chocolate", Makino writes daisuki or "I like you" for the message.
7. On Valentine's Day, people put the chocolates on his desk while he was sleeping (he also got one from Sumire). He then took the chocolates to the staff office because he thought they're probably a lost item (The staff lectured him about woman's heart later on).
8. On White Day, someone put marshmallow on his desk while he was asleep, he then took it to the staff office again for the same reason.
9. His wish for tanabata is futon.
10. Makino uses tameguchi (talks like equal friends) to everyone. The way he talks also belongs to the "Going My Way" group along with Kaikoku, Zakuro, Yuzu, and Anya.
11. In "13th District: going to movie theater", he sways back and forth, left and right. In short, he falls asleep.
12. In "13th District: finding Anya sleeping in the hallway", Makino will sleep there together with Anya.
13. In "13th District: finding Akatsuki playing dead in the hallway", Makino will say "good luck" then put a candy for him.
14. In "13th District: how they share halfsies of taiyaki", Makino somehow offers everything.
15. In "13th District: Shaved Ice", Makino likes the shaved ice with grape syrup. He eats it too slow so he ends up drinking the melted ice.
16. In "13th District: Getting Papercut on Finger", Makino won't care about his wound.
17. In "13th District: taking care of sales phone call", Makino will silence his phone.
18. In "13th district: what gets them in a high spirit", it's when Makino's seeing steel wool (probably because it resembles afro).
19. In "13th district: getting beans thrown at them (setsubun thing)", Makino will catch them with his mouth.
20. In "13th district: Spots to find them", Makino is usually in his room or the dining room.
21. In "13th district: Voting for the strongest person in the group", Makino voted for Himiko because she can make everyone sit straight and behave.
22. In "13th district: Sleeping Habit", Makino snores (loudly). If he's only lightly asleep his eyes are usually open.
23. In "13th district: waking Anya up", Makino will whisper his name.
24. In "13th District: Parfait Day", Makino will have caramel parfait.
25. In "13th district: When their friend is feeling down/depressed", Makino will be watching nearby (keeping a close eye and "protecting").
26. In "13th district: strategy to capture them if this was a dating-simulation game", Makino will be level E (the hardest) and the way to capture his heart is you have to understand what he’s thinking (+afro).
27. Makino's cooking skill is as far as cooking instant food.
28. Makino's first impressions of the members are usually focused on their hair.
29. Self-Confidence comparison: Kaikoku >>> Yuzu > Anya > Akatsuki & Zakuro & Karin > **Makino** & Himiko >>> Murasaki
30. Curious & Adventurous comparison: Yuzu > Akatsuki > Kaikoku > Anya > Himiko > Zakuro > Karin > **Makino**
31. Pervert comparison: Kaikoku (proud about it) > Akatsuki (obvious about it) > Zakuro (closet pervert) >>> Anya > **Makino** (not interested)
32. Anger comparison: Anya > Karin > Zakuro > Himiko (scolds rather than getting angry) > Kaikoku (gets angry quietly) > Yuzu (gets angry quietly) > **Makino** (has a hard time getting angry) > Akatsuki (doesn't know how to get angry)
33. Shyness (not comfortable around strangers) Level comparison: Himiko > Anya & Kaikoku > **Makino** & Karin & Zakuro > Yuzu > Akatsuki

## Nicknames

 Akatsuki Iride
 Karin Sarayashiki
 Anya Kudou
 Yuzu Roromori
 Himiko Inaba
 Zakuro Oshigiri
 Kaikoku Onigasaki
 Paca