Saito Ayaka

**Saito Ayaka**, is the supportive and cheery girl and she is also the drummer for the band **Artemis**. She cares about her friends greatly and is always supportive of what they're doing. She was recruited by **Fuyu** into Artemis after **Miezu** recommended her to Fuyu. She plays drums as a hobby and she plays the flute when she is alone.

She is a kind girl who has a good sense of humour and constantly is the mood maker of the band aside from **Bestisia** and **Tamami**.

**Azama** loves her presence and constantly showering her with praise, making Ayaka rather uncomfortable with him around. This makes Ayaka to be in a defensive state and constantly stings Azama with her unintended insults, earning her the epithet "Sharp-Tongued Angel".

## Background

She was a girl who previously lived in a small town in Kyushu, but moved to **Kotō Prefecture** because of its capability to live a better life there, is what her parents told her. Because of this, she has to leave her childhood friends behind. Despite them meeting for one last time before separating, Ayaka still feels guilty about this and constantly regrets her decision to leave.

Her guilt over her decision to leave caused her to overthink a lot, and caused her to have constant headaches and fevers. Which is why she seems to have a weak physique.

She, however, is able to converse and talk with her new friends from **YamiTsume High**. Her friendship with Bestisia improves after Bestisia helps her overcoming her guilt over her friends back at Kyushu.

## Appearance

Ayaka is a girl with very long grey hair and two strands of her hair covers her nose. Her eyes are gold-ish she wears a white cape during live shows. She doesn't have much facial distinctions, but, she is known to have an "angelic aura" around her. Basically, she sparkles.

## Personality

A kind and supportive girl who willingly helps others expecting nothing in return. A patient person who tolerates actions that are unintentional and forgives them.

She respects Fuyu because of her sheer and powerful determination to form members to become a full-fledged band.

She is an attentive girl, capable of paying attention to both Fuyu and her instruments after Fuyu and Bestisia gave her the push she needed to be able to play the drums again.

She blames people's actions unto herself, which makes her unintentionally selfless, while Fuyu called it as "idiocy for being too kind".

## History

### Winter Princess's Dance Storyline

She befriended **Tamaki Katayama** and **Baiko Teruya** during Artemis's First Band Story.

After she forgave her parents and received the letters from her friends, Ayaka is kinder and less sarcastic when speaking. This, of course, surprises Azama when they talked again, causing him to shower even more praise to her.

She stayed back at the Music Club when Bestisia and Tamami chased after Yuna when she ran due to her trauma. Ayaka and Tamami later chased Yuna after they heard the announcement of **Masaki**'s death. Ayaka tries to charge through the heavy storm, but she is unable to until her friends came to help her.

Ayaka is usually the one who shuts Bestisia's mouth when she gets surprised or when she gets too talkative.

Ayaka is the first person who was assigned to go home together with Yuna, and they talked about Ayaka's friends from Kyushu. Yuna then told her to cherish her friends, which Ayaka replied that she'll cherish her as well, because they're friends. Ayaka then learns that Yuna is unable to smile, and then she later reports this to Fuyu and the others.

Several days after that, Ayaka met **Azama** in the subway station, who continues to unintentionally bother her. She left the subway while he is distracted, and met Fuyu and Bestisia along the way to school. They met Hidetaka later, who threatened to hurt Fuyu the same way she did to him. Before he could do that, however, Hidetaka was stopped by Jinya and Oyamada, the latter whom carried him away.

Jinya told them about Ayaka's nickname to Fuyu and Bestisia, the "Sharp-Tongued Angel", and left the three girls with the information. Later, Ayaka had a bad mood most of the day, and she later asked Fuyu if she could talk to her eye-to-eye. They later talked at the roof, when Ayaka revealed that she is uncomfortable with people giving her praises, and she kept on thinking that she doesn't deserve those praises.

Fuyu later told her that she understands her well. And after Ayaka's mood has gone better, the two talked about new nicknames for each other, which they laughed. Bestisia and Yuna later joined in, with Ayaka trying to come up with a nickname for Bestisia, which Bestisia considered really forced.

Ayaka joined the meeting between the members of the Music Club to decide a name for the band. When Tamami was attacked by **Mizuki**, Ayaka and Fuyu stayed in the Music Club while Bestisia and Yuna followed Gareth to help Tamami. Ayaka later joined Bestisia and Yuna when Fuyu successfully convinces the Tadashiro sisters to make peace with each other.

Ayaka later questions Mizuki's sudden change, asking if she could really change so quickly. When Principal Tadatsune asks if they can play the music **Entropy** left them, Ayaka doubted herself if she is up to the task. However, her friends once again reassures her that she can.

Several days later, Fuyu unintentionally makes Bestisia and Ayaka panic because they thought they don't have the costumes for the live show. However, Fuyu told them that she already made an agreement with the Cosplay Club to make costumes for them. After hearing how Fuyu made an agreement with them, Ayaka expresses surprise at how unpredictable Fuyu can be.

Before the live show, members of Entropy visited them at the dressing room to give some advice for them. After the show, Artemis talked some more with Entropy. **Eliza**, one of the members of Entropy, warned them about Drasil's suspicious activities, and told them to be careful. After Entropy left, the five girls formed a circle and they swore an oath to fulfill their promises to people they deem important in their lives. In Ayaka's case, it's her family and her friends.

When **King** introduced his new bandmates to Fuyu and the others, Ayaka got a bit restless because Azama praises her yet again. After they left, Ayaka regrets that she did it again.

## Interactions

* Fuyu Hime
* Bestisia Lorraine
* Tamami Sanada
* Yuna Sakaki
* Tamaki Katayama
* Baiko Teruya
* King Rosenkreuz
* Azama Chosokabe
* Daisuke Ashikaga
* Jacob Cando
* Jinya Zenkouji
* Izayoi Okumura
* Fumino Shirokage
* Priscilla Fleurd
* Izumi Saika
* Sayaka Tanimura

## Trivia

* Despite being called the "Sharp-Tongued Angel", Fuyu is still capable of beating her in terms of words, which left her speechless the last time they debated.
* After befriending **Yuna** and Tamami, Bestisia and Ayaka helped Yuna in dealing with her trauma and nightmares.