Mai Moriuchi

## Signature

> ***"It feels... like I am staring into a cloud of fog. Like wading through water, but not knowing how waves come to be. Like I'm trying to outrun myself."***
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**Mai Moriuchi** is a first-year student at Haneoka Girls' High School and the guitarist of AMBiTiON. She is also the band's main lyricist.

## Background

Mai has a younger sister, Fuyuna Moriuchi, who forced her to find friends out of worry for her tendency of overworking and being generally asocial.

As a child, Mai was academically advanced, particularly in reading and writing, and thus was often praised for being a hard worker. But as she grew up, Mai became overly pragmatic and a workaholic because of this encouragement.

## Appearance

Mai has straight, dark green hair down to her lower back, and chestnut brown eyes. She has bangs swept to the side and some hair tied into a loose bun on the back of her head.

Her voice is cool, deep, and often monotone. She speaks with a professional tone and has a notably academic vocabulary, using words in daily conversation that most would not.

Mai's casual attire carries a formal air. She wears a white button-down shirt under a dull blue sweater, a long, tan brown skirt with a brown belt, and dark brown boots.

## Personality

Quiet, stoic, and critical, Mai is serious about everything and is not afraid to speak up when she thinks something is below her standards. Mai is a perfectionist and quite hardworking, though in reality, it has become overworking.

Though coming off as intimidating, Mai cares about people and tries to help them succeed where she can. However, she does so rather bluntly. In trying to advise people, she alienates them with her cold, no-nonsense attitude.

She is intensely determined in her aim to succeed. She considers herself responsible in this regard, though with some reflection, it becomes clear she has no plan for her future, and thus has no real idea on what "success" means. The only reason she thinks she does is because she works hard in school. However, she has never given thought about why she does the things that the educational system tells her to do.

Mai has a distaste for "useless" things - things which are not immediately related to academic success, such as hobbies, or even the experience of emotion. Now, she has lost her passion in her undertakings due to her perfectionism and pragmaticism. Thus, Mai finds it difficult to have fun, and is painstakingly re-learning the value in things that seemingly don't serve a purpose.

## Relationships

Chihiro Satou: Fellow band member. They are not particularly close, but they are amicable. In the Band Story, Mai listens to Chihiro's problems and gives advice on how to continue with the band.

Aki Hoshinomiya: Fellow band member. Mai admires her natural skill and wishes she could emulate it. Mai often learns from her about music-related topics, as well as healthier learning habits.

Izumi Takimoto: Fellow band member and schoolmate. Mai is the quiet logician to curb Izumi's exciteable and emotionally turbulent tendencies, though Izumi is sometimes hard to manage.

Sorae Ishizawa: Fellow band member. They disagreed at first, since they had very different ideas about approaching the future. After understanding each other, Mai is open-minded to hearing Sorae's viewpoints. She appreciates the new ways of thought that Sorae offers.

Fuyuna Moriuchi: Her younger sister. Mai knows her persistence in helping is done out of love, but she doesn't understand her reasoning. Even so, Mai appreciates her sister.

## Etymology

* **Mai** (舞) means "dance".
* **Moriuchi** (森内): **Mori** (森) means "forest" and **Uchi** (内) means "inside".

Together, her name means "The dance inside the forest".

## Trivia

* In the early stages of Summery/AMBiTiON's conception, Mai was a shy and hesitant person who almost lost her chance to join the band - and fulfill her desire of making friends - because she was too slow to take action.
* Mai is a member of Haneoka's Literature Club.

## References

1. ↑ Chapter 12, as said by Mai: "[Fuyuna] has been urging me to find companionship. [...] Hurting myself with the isolation, she says."
2. ↑ Chapter 18, as said by Mai: "[...] I used to be much more proficient in schoolwork, especially in the field of literature. [...] [T]he adults around me only praised me for by effort, or how well I did..."
3. ↑ Chapter 11, as said by Mai: "I do not have a need for worthless concepts such as 'trying to be happy'."
4. ↑ Chapter 18, as said by Mai: "If I'm not the best, I must be the worst. Do they expect me to settle for incompetence? [...] Is this why I no longer enjoy anything, now that I've grown older...?"
5. ↑ Chapter 12, as said by Mai: "I informed [Fuyuna] that I am part of the Literature Club [...]"