Ecchan

**Eri Amakazari (Ecchan)** is an energetic middle schooler and Matsuri's best friend, and both of the girls are in CITY South middle school class 2-3. The two of them like to go on adventures after school in what they call their "Going Home Club." Matsuri always calls her Ecchan.

## Appearance

Ecchan has short blue hair with color grey eyes, and mostly she's seen wearing her school uniform, in the summer she wears a work uniform from Makabe's restaurant, because she decides to work there to spend more time with her friend Matsuri.

The storyline of Ecchan & Matsuri is relatively independent, and here's a list of all CITY Chapters that feature Ecchan & Matsuri as main characters: Chapter 22, Chapter 32, Chapter 45, CITY 5's coloured pages, Chapter 64, Chapter 78, Chapter 82, Chapter 98, Chapter 107, Chapter 110, Chapter 114, Chapter 116, Chapter 120, Chapter 136, Chapter 167, Chapter 176, Chapter 180 and Chapter 181. Chapter 176 only features Matsuri, but it is very essential to their story.

## Personality

Ecchan is a kind, supportive, imaginative girl and very similar to Matsuri, although she can also be a mature person. Mostly seen in the manga to be with Matsuri, she is very polite and kind to the CITY people she met, such as Mr. Makabe and Kuratake, the barber. Sometimes she could seem to be cool or rude to Matsuri, but actually she is either playing fun games with her that both enjoy, or she is just trying to hide her real feelings in order not to make Matsuri sadder. All in all, Eri Amakazari is a person that is eccentric and imaginative in a very likable way, and warm-hearted and considerate just like her friend, though not shown to readers as directly.

## Relationship

### Matsuri

Best friends! They go on adventures together, talk about various topics and support each other in every possible way, while at the same time they create all kinds of clubs. Generally, Ecchan is more dominant in their friendship, or more accurately, she and Matsuri are like the wisecracker and the supporter in cross talk (Xiangsheng in Chinese, Manzai in Japanese). It's Eri who comes up with the topic each chapter, while Matsuri comes up with supporting ideas and new titles for Ecchan, such as "Demon Lord Emperor", "Your Imperial Majesty the Emperor", "President of the Country of Ecchan", etc. They both view their friendship with each other very precious, but the ways they deal with it are slightly different, which would eventually lead to a climax of CITY in Chapter 181, a dramatic and moving chapter with a happy end & a little help from their friends.

### Kuratake

Unlike most customers of Kuratake in CITY who pay haircuts with goods, Ecchan won Kuratake's respect because she impressed him with her kindness. She goes to Kuratake's because she doesn't want her parents to spend money on her haircuts; and when Kuratake said his grandchild never comes to see him, she simply said that she can be his grandchild, which left old Kuratake deeply moved. That's why she is in third place of the short cut regulars, ranked by Kuratake. It's also Kuratake who gave her the inspiration to put a great pumpkin on Matsuri's head before telling her the sad news, though she clearly misunderstood Kuratake's original plain idea, "treat her like a pumpkin".

### Takewaku

Ecchan is always willing to help him, as long as she does it with Matsuri. Actually, she had a one-sided affection for him, which ended after she saw Takewaku on a date with Riko Izumi. However, after discussion with Matsuri, both discovered that they like him very much, but their feelings towards him aren't love after all, so she simply gives it up. In fact, the main reason is that, if she dates Takewaku, she would have much less time to keep Matsuri's company!

## Reference

https://numahachi.tumblr.com/post/180597585889/this-gives-me-hope-for-niikura#notes