Akane Makino

**Akane Makino** (槇 (まき) 野 (の) あかね, *Makino Akane*?) is a major character in Magilumiere Co. Ltd. series, written by Sekka Iwata and illustrated by Yu Aoki.

She worked at APDA being considered a great magical girl and chosen to test the Magilumiere Alice system. A few months later and excited by the Alice system, she would be hired by Magilumiere as one of its magical girls along with Iroha Akasaka. She currently works at Sakuragi Planning along with her co-workers from Magilumiere.

## Etymology

* Akane's surname **Makino** means "*twig/Chinese black pine*" (槇) (**maki**) and "*field/wilderness*" (野) (**no**).

## Appearance

Akane is a person of average height, being the same height as Iroha.

Her hair is orange and she usually keeps it in a ponytail at the back that goes over her shoulder. On the front part she usually has a few strands of hair covering her forehead.

She usually wears formal clothes like suits combined with heels and she usually wears makeup, she usually wears two earrings and a necklace. When she doesn't work she usually wears a pair of glasses.

When she worked at APDA, her magical girl outfit consisted of a yellow dress with orange and red hues on the bottom of the skirt, a pair of tall boots, leggings, and a ribbon in her hair, her hair is usually tied in such a way that there are no tufts at any time.

When working on Magilumiere, her magical girl outfit consists of a white outfit with blue and yellow tones on the gloves and long skirt, a short white skirt with red and orange bandana, and a white ribbon in her hair.

## Personality

Akane is usually competitive and usually likes challenges, so she always tries to do her best.

She is usually very curious, so when she finds herself in a new place, she tries to find out as much as she can about said place or people who frequent the place. This also usually happens when there is a topic she doesn't know about, so she will try to find the most information as possible, her curiosity is so extreme that she can write entire books on the subject in a single night.

She usually takes her job very seriously since she loves her work as a magical girl so she tries to improve every day, although at first she worked on her own after working with Magilumiere she would learn to work as a team.

Akane is usually kind to people and her closest friends but she can also be serious and harsh when someone doesn't take her job seriously or doesn't like her.

## History

Akane has worked as a magical girl for 4 years so she has gotten awards for her good work.

Akane would be considered as a candidate to test the Alice system in Magilumiere, which would make her curious so she decides to give it a try, in Magilumiere she would learn about the Alice system and she would make a good friendship with Kana.

Months later, when Magilumiere was looking for new magical girls, Akane would apply to work in the company, so Shigemoto would hire her as a magical girl.

## Relationships

**Coworkers at Magilumiere:**

* Kouji Shigemoto: Like the other Magilumiere employees, Akane greatly respects Shigemoto.

* Kaede Midorikawa: Akane has a good relationship with Kaede.

* Hitomi Koshigaya: Akane has a good relationship with Koshigaya.

* Kazuo Nikoyama: Akane has a good relationship with Niko.

* Kana Sakuragi: Akane is very close with Kana due to the time they spent together during Akane's time at Magilumiere. After being hired by Magilumiere, she Akane would call Kana senpai showing her respect for her.

* Iroha Akasaka: They are very close because they both started working at the company at the same time, so they usually do work together.

* Hibiki Yamimori: Although Akane hated Hibiki's arrogant behavior at first, with time she realized that he was not a bad person. Currently both get along well.

**APDA CO. LTD:**

* Kashinomi: Akane has respect for Kashinomi.