Akane Minagawa

**Akane Minagawa** (皆川 茜 *Minagawa Akane*) is a music teacher at the school that Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka attends who became popular among the students rather quickly, despite being new.

She later marries Narumi Kanai (which now makes her **Akane Kanai**) and she has a child with him.

## Appearance

Akane's full bodyAkane's facial expressionsAkane is a tall and quite thin young woman (according to Hanabi Yasuraoka's classmates) who is considered to be very pretty by those around her with smooth waist-length light-brown hair (she later cuts her hair to shoulder-length in **Chapter 2** of **Scum's Wish Decor**) that is tied back with bangs hanging over her forehead, hazel eyes and she wears natural-style makeup.

She is always seen to be well-dressed.

## Personality

Akane has two different personalities:

* At school, she displays a docile, gentle, kind, nurturing and airheaded personality, which makes her instantly popular. Because of this, she is able to make Narumi Kanai (a fellow teacher and Hanabi Yasuraoka's love interest) fall for her when she acts clumsy and cute. This gets her a lot of attention.

* However, outside school, she's the complete opposite. She goes out with many men and enjoys playing with them, although she grows bored of them quite fast. Hence, she spends very little time with them after she lures them into sleeping with her. Having men obsess over her deeply pleases her. She has never really fallen in love with anyone and doubts there would be a "someone" who will make her feel that way that will come into her life. However, she is fond of Narumi Kanai's love for her later on and decides to marry him.

## Plot

As of **Chapter 2** in **Scum's Wish Decor**, Akane and Narumi Kanai are still married and they have a child. She still looks at other guys and goes on dates with them, but she never acts on her feelings and constantly thinks about her marriage. Akane keeps giving herself the excuse that she has standards for the men she would have an affair with. Eventually, she comes to terms that she's in love with Narumi and she has changed when confronting her past self in her dream.

## Relationships

### Mugi Awaya

Akane is the main object of Mugi's affection throughout most of the series where he fantasized about her while in his false relationship with Hanabi Yasuraoka to fill his desire for her. They had sex as seen in Episode 8-10 of the anime. Furthermore, Mugi is obsessed with her to the point that he accepts her slutty side even though she doesn't like him. As of the end of the manga, he has accepted her marriage to Narumi and abandons his feelings for her in favor of his love towards Hanabi.

She was previously Mugi's home tutor and because of that, she calls him "Mugi-chan" as proof of how they've known each other for some time  where she is somewhat sadistic, promiscuous and manipulative.

### Hanabi Yasuraoka

Because Akane manipulates other men, she uses Narumi Kanai to make Hanabi jealous and she hates her, in turn. However, Hanabi comes to terms with Akane's marriage with Narumi and they now have cordial conversations with each other.

### Narumi Kanai

Narumi is a fellow teacher at the high school Mugi Awaya and Hanabi Yasuraoka attend where he has an obvious attraction towards Akane, which causes her to manipulate him in order to make Hanabi jealous. Although she initially intends to use him to satisfy her and move on, she later becomes enamored when Narumi expresses genuine love for her. When he proposes to marry her, she breaks down and says that she'll cheat on him constantly and that he deserves better to no avail.

As of Scum's Wish Decor, she and Narumi are still married (which still makes her **Akane Kanai**), they have a child and Narumi deeply loves her.

## Etymology

* The name **Akane** means "deep red, dye from the rubia plant" (茜).
* Akane's surname **Minagawa** means "all, everyone/everybody/everything" (皆) (**mina**) and "river, stream" (川) (**kawa**/**gawa**).
	+ Her married name **Kanai** means "bell, chime" (鐘) (**kana**) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (**i**).

## Trivia

* Akane's sign is Aquarius.
* Akane takes care of her appearance.
* It is shown that Akane uses men for her own desires.

## Gallery

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## References

1. ↑ Chapter 45
2. ↑ Official Website: 花火や麦の通う学校の音楽教師。
清楚な出で立ちで、生徒からの人気も高い。
麦の中学時代の家庭教師で、麦のことを「麦ちゃん」と呼ぶ。