Asako Sakamoto

"*Everything looked to be absurd at first glance, because here we are, trying to kill the being that destroyed the moon itself. Seemed that Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto is pretty angry that his domain is destroyed.*"
—Asako Sakamoto

**Asako Sakamoto** (坂本 朝子. *Sakamoto Asako*) is a student of Class 1-E located in Kunugigaoka Junior High School, being taught by the four teachers of Class 1-E. Whilst she is being taught by the four teachers of Class 1-E, Asako knows that the real person in charge of the entirely of Class E, is a being dubbed Korosensei, who for some as of yet unknown reason, wants to be the homeroom teacher and representative of Class E. Originally from Class 4-C, Asako would be sent to Class 1-E because she was caught in her duties as a Shrine Maiden, something that would not be tolerated by the school headmaster, who sent her to Class 1-E for breaking the regulations. Now she is currently involved with the neutralization of Korosensei in order to help support the shrine that she spent her childhood at.

## Appearance

In the terms of her physical appearance, she has a fair complexation, with long green hair that is tied as two pigtails. She has eyes that are the color of crimson, and she is reported to have a mysterious yet attractive aura around her. It is probably because of this that she is frequently greeted by the male students of the school, and of course, her more unknown side of her seemed to be the primary factor of why she sought the peace and quiet of a shrine in the first place. Other than her physical appearance, her clothing is also worth mentioning.

In terms of her clothing, she wears what appears to be a traditional high school uniform, despite the fact that Kunugigaoka Junior High School already has a school uniform in hand. Other than this, she has an ungodly number of protection charms around her bag, which is usually a sign that she is superstitious about herself, stating she can get "possessed" by unknown forces beyond human comprehension.

## Personality

Believing that she can see the supernatural, Asako can be described as the self-proclaimed "spirit medium" in which she can "communicate" with forces outside of the normal world. Of course, such things are regulated as mere nonsense, and it might be the reason why she's not that liked in the first place. Aside from that little "quirk" of hers, it can be said that Asako knows about the supernatural, given that she has a lot of protection charms around her.

It must be because of her superstitious personality, that Asako would pretty much be the type of person that would go to any religious building, be it a shrine or a church, she would go there in the hopes that good fortune or good luck would be in her side, not counting that superstition can only get her so far, and that is the reason why she was placed in Class 1-E, because of Asako going to shrines for a blessing is hampering her studies, thus she was regulated as a "delinquent".

Preferring to stay at a shrine, Asako is often seen after school times at a Shinto shrine, often seen praying to the kami, or in other ways, often helping the mikos of said shrine. This is probably what got her in trouble with the school in the first place. Seeing the shrine as a place where she can take a break after a long day of stressful work, she can take rest and pray that her day would be at least a little better than last time.

## History

Born to a superstitious family, Asako is often lonely in her childhood, and with a good reason, in that her superstitious father and her religious mother would often take things like bad luck very serious. Even more than usual, she would be told by her father that anything bad that has happened and anything good that can happened is the result of her ancestral spirits blessing her family. Of course, it's just simple superstition coming from a paranoid family, but for Asako, it might as well be real. As time passed on, Asako Sakamoto would get herself as a trainee to be a shrine maiden, more or less due in part because of how she "had the mind of a wall". Weird for her, but to her parents, it may as well be good luck.

It's probably due in part because of Asako's parents that she found herself lonely without any friend, mainly for her parents acting like superstitious folk. It all came a head when Asako had to stay in a local shrine, as in her own words, "my mother and father had to leave Japan to stay away from "evil spirits", it's foolish of them", and because of that, she thinks of the shrine that took her in as her second home. Since then, Asako would grow up in that little shrine, spending much of her childhood tending to the shrine's maintenance.

From there, Asako would continue to work on the shrine, even as she aged from the young child to being a teenager by the time she entered Kunugigaoka Junior High.

## Abilities

**Intelligence:** It's been shown that Asako Sakamoto is seen with high intelligence, being one of Class 1-E's top smartest when it comes to history. This intelligence is supplemented by her skills in mathematics and literature.

**Fighting Skills:** Aside from her "insanity", Asako appears to be good when it comes to fighting, being able to take down a fully grown man with a kick to the head.

**Mental Capacity:** What made her unique is that she claims to have "the mental capacity" to withstand anything that isn't explained by science.

## Etymology

* Her given name **Asako** means "morning" (朝) (**asa**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Asako's surname **Sakamoto** means "slope" or "hill" (坂) (**saka**) and "blades of grass, trunks; falcons" or "origin; source" (本) (**moto**).

## Trivia

* It was theorized that Asako Sakamoto might be telling the truth that spirits do exist, and while there is little evidence to prove it, due to a portal that just opened up to the sky and with the recent increase in supernatural activity, there might be some truth behind the matter.
* Asako's favorite past time is meditating, while her least favorite past time is reading.

## Behind the Scenes

* She is physically based off of **Yukuhashi Ei** from Tokyo 7th Sisters.
* Her surname comes from Sakamoto Ryōma.