Amaya Akiyume

* Original
* Render 1
* Render 2
* Realistic

"We live to fend against the forces that challenge us. We fight to stay alive. And that's what I am going to do. I am never going to stop fighting until I find my sister. And I will never stop fighting for her. I will never give up on Lyla. No matter what it takes." **-** **Amaya**

## **Overview**

Amaya Akiyume is, as said by Lyla, the successor of her family. Amaya is the older sister of Lyla and the oldest character out of the main characters excluding side characters. Amaya throughout the timeline struggles with contacting her sister and figures out about Lyla's disappearance months after it happened. This causes Amaya to attempt a search by herself and Saku in a hope to find Lyla and Aika Moon. She blames Okamoto and Markus for Lyla's situation.

## **Appearance**

Amaya has blue eyes similar to her sister's and has a hair color of auburn. Amaya looks a lot like her sister except a more mature version. She first appears in Vol. 3 and she is a 24-year-old female. She appears in a white tank top with jeans. She has basic black tennis shoes and a watch on her left wrist.

## **Personality**

Amaya is shown to be creative and intelligent and is able to solve complex problems. She is also very social and is always looking forward to talking with others. She loves hearing about what other people have to say rather than herself. Amaya has a tendency to worry for those she cares about and protect them like a guardian. She has no fear for standing up for herself and those she loves.

Amaya is very defensive over Lyla and constantly feels the need to protect her and care for her. Amaya has a strong "big sister bond", as said by Lyla, that makes her feel like she needs to protect Lyla from danger. Amaya will stop at nothing to get her sister back. Amaya will climb any obstacles that get into her way just to care for and protect Lyla. Amaya is relentless when it comes to protecting Lyla. Amaya overall is very family-oriented and cares a lot about her family, which is why she put most of her attention on her own personal life and her spouse and her daughter Yumi instead of on her half-sister.

This obligation and bond makes Amaya very critical and disapproving of her Lyla's decisions and actions. Amaya is aware of her half-sister's mental struggles and attachment issues which causes her to not trust her and wants to have a greater influence with Lyla's life and decisions and help her improve and make better choices.

Amaya seems to hardly have any regrets and seems to have a mindset where she is able to accept things as they come and go. This is true, except when Lyla goes missing. Amaya regrets heavily for not being there for her when she needed her. This made Amaya to be very determined to find Lyla so she could make up for all that missing time.

## **Background**

Amaya Akiyume was born on April 14, 1992 by Akimi Akiyume and Teller (Takashi Yasuda). Amaya was cared for and nurtured by both Akimi and Teller until after 4 years. In 1994, Akimi broke up with Teller because she was "too unstable and weak" to be with him. Amaya was only a two-year-old. So, Akimi and left Teller behind with Amaya and got with a new partner named Markus Oceans the same year.

In 1996, Akimi gave birth to a second child, Lyla Oceans. Amaya would come to love Lyla and form a special bond with her. She would constantly protect and take care of Lyla throughout their childhood years.

One day, Markus finds out that Amaya was the child of Akimi's previous partner which made Markus furious. Markus would constantly abuse the family out of fury. Markus would especially abuse Amaya, however. Due to Amaya's protective nature over Lyla Oceans, she would constantly get abused in place of Lyla. Amaya did not care however, she was relentless and unstoppable when it came to protecting her little sister.

In 2010, Akimi divorced Markus and took custody of Amaya while Markus took custody of Lyla. Markus and Lyla move to North America while Amaya and her mother stay in Japan. This left Amaya to resent Akimi for letting Markus take Lyla. She was distraught and furious over Akimi's choice. This led to Amaya ignoring Akimi and disrespecting her which brought about more mental problems with Akimi. Amaya absolutely hated her mother, Akimi.

In 2011, once Amaya turned 19, she left Akimi and never came back to her. Amaya decided to forget Akimi and start her own life without her.

Amaya eventually moves to North America to start college and gets with an unknown partner after just 2 months (in June) after abandoning Akimi. Then after 2 months, she gets pregnant with her daughter and on May 28, 2012, gives birth. Her daughter's name is Yumi (優美).

Amaya is having a very successful relationship, career, and education until March 31st, 2014; when Lyla goes missing. Once Lyla goes missing, Amaya's life started falling apart. She lost her job, her college, and even her partner and daughter. This is because her grief caused her to become very aggressive towards her family and others. Amaya goes into a depression for several months after losing everything.

Finally in 2016, her loss in her success causes her to focus on her half-sister. She begins an independent search for Lyla. Amaya pairs up with Saku Hanako to aid her in searching for Lyla Oceans and Aika Moon.

## **Trivia**

* Amaya's name was originally Ameya Ashieda
* Her first name means "midnight rain" and her last name means "autumn" and "dream."
* Amaya mentions her daughter, Yumi, a few times. Amaya mentions Yumi in Vol. 2 and in Vol. 3