Aoi Sakurada

**Aoi Sakurada** is one of the main characters from the *Castle Town Dandelion* anime and manga.

The Sakurada family's first daughter, as well as the oldest of all the children. She is 17 and in her third year of high school. Despite being hugely popular among the populace, she has been ambivalent towards the Election, sometimes to her siblings' chagrin.

In the AWA fics, Aoi debuted in the All Worlds Alliance Missions - CROSSOVERDOSE.

In the XP4 fics, Aoi debuted in the XP4 Heroes Coalition: Neo-City Diaries.

## **Appearance**

Aoi is a young woman of an average build and height that has been described to be very beautiful by people around her. She strongly resembles her aunt, Hazuki Shinonome, color wise. Aoi has long, straight, royal blue hair with some strands of hair hanging between her eyes with her fringe parted most to the right, and her hair falls freely down to her lower back. She has blue eyes and a fair and light complexion.

Aoi is usually seen with her school uniform, which consists of a white long sleeved shirt and a black blazer with gold buttons and trimmings on its edges and pockets. Her tie and skirt are blue to indicate that she is a third-year student. She also wears black knee-length stockings with brown slip-on shoes. Otherwise, she is seen with casual clothes when she is at home, and dresses and sometimes her crown at ceremonies and parties.

## **Personality**

As the oldest one, Aoi is a very mature and calm girl who cares for all of her siblings, watching over them from the background according to Kanade Sakurada. She is very responsible, thoughtful and has a kind character, often helping out at home and also helping Satsuki Sakurada (Aoi's mother) with cooking and other things. As one of the oldest one, Aoi makes sure she never hurts the feelings for those younger than her; purposely losing at a game so Shiori Sakurada (Aoi's younger sister) could have a higher chance to win. Aoi always talks politely and she is a very good student in school, getting good grades. She is afraid of losing or hurting her friends; so she is never mean to anyone, and is very honest and is greatly admired of many due her beauty and personality. She is very soft-spoken, never raising her voice, sometimes even coming out as meek, but she is still very straightforward and hardworking. Sometimes, however, she can be a bit of confronting and scolding, but only in a comedic sense. But she can also be very level-headed, calm, serious and handle stressful situations well. For example, when some robbers came to rob a shop Aoi happened to be in, she calmly but coldly told them all to drop their weapons without acting scared, and they obeyed (due to Aoi's power).

Aoi has a very strong sense of right and wrong, as she doesn't want to become king due to her ability because she doesn't want people to obey every order she gives them, which would become a problem as a king has to give a lot of orders. The first time she discovered her power, Aoi was very unsure and kept quiet about it until much later where later revealed it to the citizens right for the election was over. She believes that this was the best for both her and the citizens, despite having the advantages in the election. Her father claims that because it's her, Aoi's power to make anyone obey her orders resides in her, since she has such a kind heart and wouldn't want people to obey her. Aoi has always thought that having the bonds with her family and friends is the most important, as she mentions that she'd happy as long as she could protect the bonds she had with her loved ones. She loves her family deeply, as she wants to, rather than something expensive, status or honor, for things to forever stay the way they are now in her household as well as everything around her, despite thinking it as "greedy". Aoi mentions that as the oldest child, she needs to fulfill her duty and that's her responsibility for all the things she has done, including things that involve her power. Due to these qualities about her, Aoi is very popular, both among the citizens and people in her school.

In the manga, another "side" of Aoi was shown after real ability was revealed to the citizens by her father right before the election. Aoi confessed that she had lived her life fooling herself, because she thought it was her fate as royalty; but in reality, she actually hated it all. Even though she always was refined and polite, she also thought about bad things and acted lazy like everyone else, but she held it all in. She realized that she just wanted to have fun without having to worry about other people fall in love, get married and eventually have children. In the end, she begged for the citizens to not vote for her— she was desperate and was crying. And that was Aoi's first request ever and Akane Sakurada described it as being irrational, straightforward and childish. But since she had tried so hard for the past twenty years, all the citizens were able to accept it.

## **XP4 Fanfics**

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition: Neo-City Diaries**

In Chapter 89, Aoi, alongside the rest of her family, greeted Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Aria "Arinah" Sakurada inside the Sakurada Residence at the Sakurada Kingdom, and is very joyful to see Marcus again after so long. Later that day, she, alongside the rest of the family, Marcus, Arinah and Eddy Skipper McGee, are seen gathered inside the living area where Marcus managed to regain his lost memories.

In Chapter 90, Aoi, alongside Aria "Arinah" Sakurada, are seen inside a cafe somewhere in the Sakurada Kingdom while having a conversation about Marcus "The Kane" McGee.

In Chapter 91, Aoi, alongside Aria "Arinah" Sakurada and Marcus "The Kane" McGee, are seen in a park somewhere in the Sakurada Kingdom where she reprimanded the two for their smoking habits when Uzuki Marutsuka, Shizuru Kageyama and Nanao Morioka met up with them. Aoi was then surprised but felt happy when Marcus revealed that he had a girlfriend before noticing Uzuki's solemn expression. She is later present that night in the Sakurada Residence where Akane Sakurada expressed her decision to join the Heroes Coalitions to which their parents allowed, much to everyone's shock and surprise.

## **Abilities**

Aoi's power is originally said to be **Invisible Work** (Inbijiburu Waaku) "Perfect Learning". It means that once she learns something, she will never forget it; making it easy for her to take tests at school, getting perfect grades. She remembers all places she has seen and all people she has met. She has also memorized all the country's laws. However, this power is revealed to not be true by Kanade, as it is the same as "being smart".

Thus, Invisible Work is only a front for her true power, **Absolute Order** (Abusoryuuto Oudaa) which allows her to order anyone under her bidding. Aoi first realized when she asked one of her friends do show something she was talking about, and she obeyed her with no hesitation at all, even having a very emotionless tone in her voice and very blank eyes. This happened once again when she asked for friends for help. Aoi grew more worried, and one day she wanted to test this out. She asked one of her guards to do a handstand while bark like a dog, and he did, greatly shocking Aoi. Her real ability was later revealed and explained to her and her father by some doctors.

However, on the election day, it is finally revealed that Aoi's true power is not the publicly announced **Invisible Work** or even **Absolute Order**, but **Brave Believer** (Bureebu Beriibaa). As Aoi has always believed that people have obeyed her orders because they have to, it is false as her true power Brave Believer made people carry out her orders happily, by their own accord. Brave Believer is a power that gives people the push to lay their feelings bare. As people have things they want to do from the bottom of their hearts but they hesitate, Aoi's power gives them the courage to take that step. This power, however, is not revealed or introduced in the anime.

## **Trivia**

* Aoi has been described as a "perfect" human.
* The king Aoi admires is Edward the Eight.
* Aoi is the only sibling that does not want to become king.
* Aoi's birthday is on Christmas Eve.
* In the XP4 fics, Aoi is one of Marcus "The Kane" McGee and Aria "Arinah" Sakurada's adopted siblings.

## **External Links**

* Aoi Sakurada at Joukamachi no Dandelion Wiki