Kaede Akino

* School Uniform
* Magical girl

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**Kaede Akino** is a supporting character in Persona Record Series. She is a worrywart, Kaede is easily scared. She is also kind, caring, and ready to take risks for her friends. She loves animals, plants, and insects, and nature in general. She enjoys gardening, and though she's not good at them, she likes UFO Catchers.

## Background

Before Kaede became a magical girl, there was a high-rise apartment was being built in front of her house, which would have blocked out the sun in front of her house. It threatened to ruin the family garden and made her pets act out. Kyubey arrives and makes his offer. Kaede wishes that the construction for the apartment never started. While the construction stopped, Kaede now has to be a magical girl and has been in a constant state of panic since then.

## Appearance

Kaede is a teenage girl with reddish brown hair and golden-red eyes.

### Magical girl

As a Magical Girl, she wears white stockings, brown shorts, a gold-lined red top that exposes her midriff with each side connected by a chain held together with red gems. She wears this underneath a poncho carrying the same color scheme except with a large red bow in front and red gems decorating her shoulders with the one on the right side having a golden chain hanging on it, and a large dark beige witch's hat with a red gem attached to the top. Her hair is decorated with autumn leaves and she wears brown gloves on her arms. Her boots are brown with a wide opening and have red ribbons decorating them. Her weapon of choice is a large wooden cane with the top being unevenly curled into a hooked shape.

## Personality

Kaede is a gentle girl who likes nature. She is shown to act awkwardly even around friends, particularly Rena Minami, and acts clumsily when faced with witches. Being a worrywart, Kaede is easily scared. She is also kind, caring, and ready to take risks for her friends. She loves animals, plants, and insects, and nature in general. She enjoys gardening, and though she's not good at them, she likes UFO Catchers.

## Abilities

Kaede's innate magic appears to be some form of plant creation, sprouting from her wish to save her family garden. She can manipulate plant life in short bursts by making plants sprout from the ground or in large bursts by being able to create entire trees when she connected with Rena in the anime, though this many be due to Rena's additional magical input. These plants seem to be surprisingly durable and can withstand some amount of damage. Her plants could potentially be used to trap or ensnare enemies too if she desires. The staff that Kaede possesses in her magical girl form seems to also be able to fire a concentrated beam of enemy to attack enemies with as well.

Kaede has also gained the ability of 'temporary deletion' from her wish. This allows Kaede to erase obstacles in her path that would otherwise be a threat or a bother to her for a temporary period, allowing for a greater chance to escape or for her to pursue another enemy.

Primarily Kaede's most dangerous abilities come from her doppel, Zola after her soul gem turns black. Zola is able to cause a form of moss which causes corrosion to anything in it's immediate surroundings after it is usually summoned which can cause enemies and physical structures to quickly decay. As a result, her doppel will attempt to spread this moss as much as it can, causing a lot of carnage in the process.

## Doppel Description

"The Doppel of Conquest. Its form is a plot of land. The master of this emotion fears that it will eat away at their everyday life and carefully chooses when to summon it, for the instant this Doppel is summoned, regardless of its master's intentions, it will cover its surroundings with rotten moss to conquer the land, with its only goal being to expand its territory. Summoning this Doppel accidentally, even in a beloved area, will destroy its surroundings by covering everything in its moss. Within the confines of its territory, it can unleash tremendous power."

## Relationship

### Rena Minami

Kaede's best friend and fellow team. Kaede and Rena often enjoy arguing and fighting, but they are good friends. When Rena does something wrong or says something that pierces others, she will always warn Rena.

### Momoko Togame

Kaede's best friend and fellow team. Kaede and Momoko are close as sisters. When Kaede is in distress, she will be the first to consult Momoko.

## Trivia

* She seems to easily butt heads with Rena Minami.
* The characters in her last name mean "autumn" (秋) and "field" (野) respectively. And as 'Kaede' can mean 'maple' when spelt as 楓, this can tie in to her warm colors, the autumn leaves falling in her transformation sequence and association with the Forest element. With this, 'Akino Kaede' can be spelt as '秋の楓', 'Autumn maple'.
* Her doppel's name may be a reference to Émile Zola, a French journalist and one of the foremost practitioners of naturalism.
	+ It may instead be a reference to the *Azolla* genus of aquatic ferns, also known as 'fairy moss', an invasive plant in wetlands and lakes that more resembles some mosses than ferns.

## Gallery

Kamihama University School UniformMagical girl formKaede Momoko and RenaKaede's Doppel (Zola)SwimsuitWinter outfitChristmas outfit