Akai

**Akai** (アカイ), born **Miki Akasaka** (赤坂 美希, *Akasaka Miki*), is one of the leaders of Tanpopo and a member of the Nijibana Rainbow Flowers who is first among the Nijibana's in Hazakura efficiency being at 512%.

## Appearance

Akai has white short cut messy hair, her ears are pointed and her eyes yellow with vertical pupils.

She wears a black gasmask and does not wear anything over her torso, instead her green coat hangs on her arms. She is seen to have red flame scars all across her body, including her breasts, hips, back and her right eye which also has a long horn pointing upwards. Her Tanpopo tattoo is located on her belly-button.

## Personality

Akai is seen to be very cold and aggressive, seen insulting and threatening Kawashita whenever he speaks to her. Despite her aggression she never lashes out or does something reckless. Akai's aggressive behavior is caused by her anger and frustration due to her family's arson attack.

## History

When Akai was 17, her family's house set on fire by an arsonist with all of them inside. Kawashita came into the house with Kurosawa and saved her by using the body parts of her dead siblings and grafting them onto her body, before giving her the Cherry Blossom Leaf Hazakura. The memories of the arson alongside the Hazakura transformed her body to be able to produce fire. She joined up with Kawashita to find the arsonist and kill him, after getting her revenge she stays with Kawashita.

## Plot

Akai, alongside Aonuma, Kurosawa and Cha-Cha, arrived at Skeleton Island to meet with Kawashita. They all arrived carrying large baskets of vegetables. She greets Kawashita insulting his face and his actions, she later states that his voice is worst than his face and threatens to kill him Afterwards they all get treated to a vegetable hot pot before they prepare for their mission.

On the day of the Seed-sowing project the rest of the Nijibana were celebrating whilst Akai wasn't interested. When the Yozakura Family came to attack the island she was the first to greet them outside. She attacked them using 'Hand of the Fire God' whilst they were mid-air heading to the island, but Futaba was able to counter the attack burning her under the rubble. Akai shoots flames out from under the rubble and plans to capture Futaba. She engulfs her leg in flames to attack Futaba, but she's able to deflect it.

The match is at a stalemate with Akai unable to harm Futaba, she decides on killing Futaba and increases her heat as she awakens her Blooming. She uses 'Blade of Ash' and wraps around Futaba's arm, however she removes her glove as it burns to ash. She continues to attack, using 'Burning Sea' to surround Futaba with her rays which she deflects. However Akai continues her attack causing a pillar of flames to erupt. Akai plans on increasing her heat to burn Futaba rather than just using attacks, taunting her to kill him. Futaba decides to activate her blooming in respect of Akai's emotions.

## Abilities and Skills

**Incineration:** Akai's body is able to excrete a gas that causes the flames produced to not extinguish until it completely burns what it touches. It's Blooming enables Akai to control her flames into condensed rays of heat.

* **Hand of the Fire God** (*Fuchitech*)**:** Akai launches a fireball formed in the shape of a hand at the enemy.
* **Blade of Ash** (*Emushiuchi*)**:** A thermal ray of condensed heat, that will continue to burn its target until its ash, the attack is also controllable.
* **Burning Sea** (*Firuru*)**:** Akai sends her heat into the ground causing several rays of condensed heat to sprout from the ground to attack her target.

## Trivia

* **Akai** is written in katakana (アカイ), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji, it could possibly mean:
	+ Given Name (愛海 or 朱衣)
		- 愛海 - "love, affection" (愛) (**a**) and "sea, ocean" (海) (**kai**).
		- 朱衣 - "vermilion red" (朱) (**aka**) and "clothing, garment" (衣) (**i**).
	+ Surname (赤井)
		- 赤井 - "red" (赤) (**aka**) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (**i**).
* The name **Miki** means "beautiful" (美) (**mi**) and "hope" (希) (**ki**).
* Miki's surname **Akasaka** means "red" (赤) (**aka**) and "slope, hill" (坂) (**saka**).