Amai Kimoto

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## Characteristics

### Likes

* Painting
* Gardening
* Headphones

### Dislikes

* Tight clothes
* Loud noises
* Crowds

### Family

* Unnamed father
* Unnamed mother
* Megumi Kimoto
* Eiko Kimoto

## Fangan Info

### Voice Actors

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**Amai Kimoto** is a main character featured in the Fangame **Danganronpa: Siren's Ark**, created by **Voncreep**. Her title is the **Ultimate Chemist**.

## Appearance

Amai is a tall young woman that stands at 5'9", with pale skin, light yellow eyes, and unkempt green hair that is tied into a ponytail. Amai's hair is cut unevenly, done so by herself to fit in better with other Ultimates.

Her attire consists of a green striped shirt, part dark green, part light, which is covered by a long lab coat that reaches above her knees, and has a chest pocket with the emblem of her family's lab, 'KMoto Labs'. Amai also wears a pair of light blue shorts that roll up above her knees, a pair of froggy socks, and a pair of dark brown boots. There are bandages wrapped across her leg, neck, and arm, and she additionally wears a band-aid on her nose, despite not having any injuries underneath. In addition to this, she wears a pair of yellow rubber gloves, and a set of three vials rest from her shoulder, kept in place by a brown strap and sat in a field carrying case. A pair of transparent goggles rest around her head.

## Official Description

"A social oddity, Amai is a bubbly, kind, and caring person who cares deeply for those she holds dear, becoming hyper fixated on her friends' hobbies in an attempt to engage in it with them. However, in large groups or with strangers, Amai is incredibly anxious and [**SUSEPTIBLE]** quickly gets overwhelmed **[EMOTIONALLY]** from the experience, though she will often look back on meeting people with positivity.

The Kimoto family are known worldwide in the field of science, Amai's parents are employed within the government working on **▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇▇**. She showed an interest in chemistry from a young age and quickly became focused on it, spending hours in her room working on projects. Amai's parents became concerned when a teacher called home to mention the fact that Amai had not spoken in class for over 5 months, and that she seemed to not interact with her classmates, when they asked her about it she would excitingly tell them about how she is really enjoying school and the people in her class were nice, only furthering the confusion."

## History

### Early Life

Little is known about Amai's life currently.

### The Ark Foundation

Amai was one of the eighty students invited to a four-week paid experiment, ran by the Ark Foundation, an organization whose main focus is unlocking the potential in humans to reach the peak in their respective fields. At an unknown point in time Amai and at least fifteen other Ultimates were kidnapped by Jakob Nowak, an instructor working with the Ark Foundation. At a later point in time, Amai wakes up on the Ark, the cruise ship they were originally meant to be on as part of the experiments, and waits by Akio Suzuki's side, along with Itazura Akiyama, a friend and the Ultimate Matchmaker. After they finish, an anonymous announcement gathers the group to the function room, under the impression they would be there for orientation, they instead meet the Siren's, a group of three children who run the Ark. Trapped inside the room by rigged explosives, discovered by Asi, an AI made by Crest. After the rules of the killing game are explained, the participants split up for the day. Later that day, alone in his room, Akio receives an anonymous letter telling him to go to the store room two days from then.

## Personality

A social oddity, Amai is a bubbly, kind, and caring person who cares deeply for those she holds dear, becoming hyper fixated on her friends' hobbies in an attempt to engage in it with them. However, in large groups or with strangers, Amai is incredibly anxious and susceptible quickly gets overwhelmed emotionally from the experience, though she will often look back on meeting people with positivity.

## Talent and Abilities

### Ultimate Chemist

Coming from a family of Ultimates, the Kimoto family is well-known throughout the world for their works within the science community. Amai showed an interest in chemistry ever since a young age, to the extent that she would spend hours in her room working on projects. A child prodigy, Amai was already patenting medicines by the age of fourteen.

## Creation and Development

In early drafts of the game, Amai was originally set to be the game's protagonist, with Akio acting as a support character for her. Their roles were later switched around during development, due to Amai's anxious personality conflicting with the creator's interests with a protagonist. In her early design, Amai's appearance has changed in numerous ways: in early artwork, her eyes were dark green, she didn't wear bandages, her shirt was changed and once included an atom emblem, her socks had a different pattern, and she wore a pair of green and white shoes, rather than boots. Her gloves were also black. Originally, instead of wearing her band-aid to fit in with other Ultimates, she used to wear it to cover up a burn, from an accident made during work.

## Trivia

* Amai is one of the earliest seen characters, joint third alongside Vincent, Elora, and Nate. She is first seen when Akio is checking the Ark Foundation's site.
* Amai is on the autism spectrum.
* Amai is ambidextrous.
* Amai was the first character Voncreep made, and was a part of a Danganronpa RP they hosted.
* As an effect of Amai's insecurities, Amai tries to dress more interestingly to fit in with how other Ultimates look. To do so, in spite of not having any injuries, Amai wears bandages on her body and a band-aid on her nose, and in addition, cuts her own hair.
* Amai's socks depict the froggy chair from Animal Crossing.
* Many of Amai's close relatives are Ultimates: this includes her father, who has the title of Ultimate Neurologist, mother who has the title of Ultimate Physicist, eldest sister Megumi who was the title of Ultimate Pathologist, and older sister Eiko has the title of Ultimate Forensic Investigator.
* The vials Amai carries unintentionally represents the three main characters: Akio, Itazura, and herself.

## References

1. ↑ **Prologue**: Introduction
2. ↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAa\_TTMSFYE&list=PLPwW6GJEbw7gN84NKfCoUBTEuyzeaA0tS&index=7
3. ↑ https://twitter.com/ArkDanganronpa/status/1229537103211569153/photo/1