Akarsha

> "*Hey girl, rat piss.*"
> ― Akarsha
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**Akarsha** is one of the four main characters in the visual novel *Butterfly Soup* and its sequel *Butterfly Soup 2.* During the events of both games, she is a freshman in high school and is a member of the Baseball Club.

## Appearance

During the events of *Butterfly Soup*, Akarsha only appears in ninth grade form, in which she is slightly shorter than Noelle. Akarsha's hair is dark brown and is always seen styled up in messy space buns. Due to the fact that her hair is really thin (she uses volumizing shampoo, but it doesn't do anything.), it may be difficult to tell how long her hair is. When let down, Akarsha's hair reaches halfway between her shoulders and elbows. She has light brown skin, angular eyebrows, dark brown/black eyes, and wears winged eyeliner. Akarsha wears a teal-pink-yellow-purple Nevica-style jacket, black cropped leggings, and gold flip-flops. Her backpack is holographic/iridescent with a black handle.

Akarsha is often seen wearing funny alien party sunglasses and a stick-on moustache. Her pyjama form—not shown in-game but instead drawn by its creator, Brianna Lei—consists of hair-down Akarsha wearing a NASA logo shirt on which the organization's name is replaced with "NASTY," pink pyjama shorts from PINK, and then blue Sonic quad-high socks that display the hedgehog's face and feature extra fabric on the backside of the sock to imitate Sonic's quills/spikiness/hair.

Akarsha is described to have a mediocre posture and slouches sometimes.

In *Butterfly Soup 2,* she portrays a wolf for a school group project by dressing up in a black, longsleeve maid dress, complete with a white apron and cuff links as well as a big red bow and golden cat bell at her collar. Her costume also includes a black cat ear headband with white fur on the insides as well as big, fluffy, black paws with pink bits for the toe beans. Her hair is down to make room for the headband, and the ends of her hair reach just below her shoulder on the left side, while the rest remains behind her back.

## Personality

Akarsha is very outgoing and acts in a weird manner. She says a lot of things that don't make sense, just to see people's reactions. Despite acting impulsive, Akarsha is actually really smart. She is also described to be the kind of person that doesn’t give pencils back.

Akarsha is shown to like anime and anime-related topics since the very beginning, as her instant messaging username is "Yaoi Seme". She actively says that she is a weeb when "Sakura" states the composition of the Baseball Club as four baseball players, two nerds, and three weebs.

Akarsha uses jokes as both a coping mechanism and a veneer for her feelings of unhappiness. She is stressed out and feels pressured by her parents about college and her future. She doesn't think she is very smart, and says in general, "I don't know what I'm doing!" Akarsha reveals that she wants to die while yelling in the auditorium about her bottled-up feelings (unaware that Min was listening to her. Noelle was as well, though she doesn't act upon it). When Min asks her if she was serious, Akarsha responds that she'd never actively kill herself; instead, she states she doesn't think that she'd move out of the way if a car were rushing at her.

When annoyed, Akarsha is pretty normal, but when she’s really angry, she tries to yell and argue at the same time and ends up angry crying. She constantly half-masks over her feelings with humor, so when she’s really seriously upset, everything suddenly ends up coming to surface at once.

Akarsha is the type of person to come out using a series of bisexual jokes.

Akarsha cheats in school. This is shown to weigh on her conscience in the auditorium scene. She stops later on.

## History

Akarsha harbours a fear of rejection stemming from middle school. After confessing to her middle school crush, her crush told the rest of their friend group resulting in them no longer being on speaking terms with her.

## Relationships

### Noelle

Akarsha and Noelle are very good friends.

Since Noelle is Diya’s best friend and had classes together with them, Akarsha naturally saw her a lot. When they first met, Noelle’s personality led Akarsha to accuse her of being a robot (as Diya mentioned in-game). Noelle is a teacher’s pet who always raises her hand to answer questions, wrecks the curve every exam, etc. so she draws attention to herself without trying to. Akarsha decided to elaborately prank her by writing “boob” on a Post-It note every day and putting it somewhere Noelle would discover the Post-It note. Eventually, Akarsha stuck the Post-it inside a book Noelle would be reading that day. When Noelle was asked to read the passage aloud, she saw it and exclaimed "WHO IS DOING THIS????!!!" much to the shock of Akarsha and her classmates. When the teacher asked Noelle to sit down and as she did, seething, she announced: “I KNOW YOU’RE WATCHING THIS, YOU IMMATURE CRETIN. I WILL FIND YOU, AND I WILL DESTROY YOU.“ That was the moment Akarsha decided to be friends with her.

Unbeknownst to Akarsha, but Noelle heard everything during Akarsha's outburst in the auditorium. Noelle kind of had a sense of what was up already, but actually hearing it worried her. Noelle had debated whether or not to intervene when Min showed up.

Noelle eventually admits to Akarsha that she loves her. After Akarsha asked Noelle out at GameStop. They get married after Diya and Min.

### Diya

Akarsha and Diya are very good friends.

Both girls' parents had decided that since they lived nearby each other, they would walk to school together. This made things awkward for Akarsha and Diya, but they eventually warmed up to each other due to interacting with each other so much.

### Min-seo

Min-seo and Akarsha are very good friends.

The two had a rocky start to their friendship since their very first interaction was a physical fight. However, during that fight, Min respected Akarsha's quote: "If I can’t win by being a kung fu master I’ll win by being a piece of garbage." Since then, they've hit it off really well, being idiots and making stupid decisions together.

### Jun-seo

Akarsha and Jun-seo have Diya and Min-seo as mutual friends.

Having just met each other, Jun-seo's only real impression of her was based on her very outgoing, impulsive, and weird manner. Jun-seo thinks Akarsha is really weird.

### Hayden

Akarsha and Hayden have Diya and Min-seo as mutual friends.

Like Jun-seo, Akarsha and Hayden just met each other once. Due to his only interactions with Akarsha being in a weird manner, Hayden thinks Akarsha is really weird.

### Ester

Akarsha and Ester are teammates and "ex-girlfriends". They "dated" in *Dungeons & Dragons* role playing sessions before and after the events of Butterfly Soup. Akarsha considered it as dating.

### Akarsha's Parents

Akarsha’s parents are big weirdos just like her. Her dad especially has a real sense of humor and is always saying things like “I’m a genius…I have a great idea for an invention. [horrible bad idea invention here, like a phone that gives an electric shock to telemarketers]“ For the most part, they get along.

Her parents really pressure her to know what kind of career she’ll pursue, though. Akarsha feels really lost about it like she doesn’t have things together like she should. They also often brag to other parents that she’s so smart and successful, so Akarsha worries she’s not actually smart after all and will end up as a failure.

Akarsha is only fluent in English. Her parents were worried about her fitting in as a kid and mostly spoke to her in English. By the time they realized this was a mistake, it was too late. She knows a bit of Spanish from classes at school.

Akarsha's actually naturally interested in subjects relating to math and science, which says a lot about how bad the parental pressure really is.

Akarsha's parents wouldn't approve of Akarsha joining the Baseball Club. This can be supported when Akarsha forged her parents' signature on the club admission form.

## Quotes

### *Butterfly Soup IGF Video*

* "HEWWO???!!? WHAT'S UP GAMERS, WELCOME TO MY MINECRAFT VIDEO. "This game is like Overwatch meets Undertale." ― Yoko Taro."
	+ **Noelle:** "THAT'S JUST FALSE ADVERTISING."
* "We're left with no choice, then. Noelle, we gotta kiss."
	+ **Noelle:** "NO."
	+ "Playing hard to get, are we?"
	+ **Noelle:** "I'M NOT PLAYING HARD TO GET."
	+ "This is biphobia!"
	+ **Noelle:** "How― What― HOW IS THIS BIPHOBIA??"

### *Butterfly Soup*

* "Hey Diya, you know what's the best weed? It's when.... I'm WEED you........"
* "Have it your way. Burger King."
* "Would you eat a tiny 2 inch person alive for 100 million dollars?"
* "Huh? It's pee-pee time."
* "Honhonhon. Baguette."
* "How about I punch you in the throat? It'll displace the mucus."
	+ **Noelle:** "NO, IT WON'T."
	+ “How do you know? Anything is possible. Trust me. ♫ *I’m here! Soba ni iru kara*… ♫”

* "Wooooooooooow, someone has anger management problems! You gotta slow down and smell the flowers... Appreciate life's miracles. Like me. I'm life's greatest miracle."

* “How many 2nd graders do you think you could beat up if they came at you in waves of 10, with a 5th grader boss coming every 5 waves?"
* "Think outside the box. Taco Bell."
* **Noelle:** "What are you doing? You said you were going to play this normally!"
	+ "There's no rule in Yu-Gi-Oh saying you can't eat the enemy's cards."
	+ **Noelle:** "WE'RE PLAYING POKER."
	+ "There's no rule in poker saying you can't eat the enemy's cards."

* "You should've killed me when you had the chance."
* "If I were an enzyme, I'd be DNA helicase so I could unzip your genes."
* "Imagine biting into a Gusher the size of your hand."
* "New baseball rule: Everyone gets a brick. What you do with it is up to you. Baseball without limits."
* "They call me...Ookoobshoob."
	+ **Noelle:** "NO, THEY DON'T."
	+ "It's Welsh."
	+ **Noelle:** "IT'S NOT Welsh."

* "My name is...Weekeeshee."
* "If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it visibly change color?"
* **Min:** "Who the fuck are you?"
	+ "Who the fuck are *you*?"
	+ **Min:** "I asked first, jackass."
	+ "Wao!! Almost cut myself on this EDGE!!!"

* **Min:** "You want a piece of me?"
	+ "Uh...whoa. Not gonna lie, if you were taller this would be pretty hot."
* **Min:** "You...you nasty ass hoe...!"
	+ "That's me! If I can't win by being a kung-fu master... I'll win by being a piece of garbage!"
* **Min:** "You crazy bitch... Who ARE you?"
	+ "They call me...Rail Tracer."
	+ **Noelle:** "Literally NO ONE calls you that."
	+ "Quiet, you!"
* "Be the yee to my haw... The knuckles to my enchilada.... The human to my centipede..."
	+ **Noelle:** "I don't like this!"
	+ "We can annoy Noelle...together...!"
	+ **Noelle:** "I have a terrible feeling about this!"

* "FRENCHMAN WHAT HAVE YOU DONE!!!!"
	+ **Noelle:** "SHUT UP!!!"
	+ "Smokey the Bear is cryin right now!! Only you can prevent forest fires!!"

* **Min:** "What do we do now?"
	+ "PEE ON IT."
	+ **Noelle:** "ARE YOU STUPID??????"
	+ "STOP DROP AND ROLL!!"
	+ **Noelle:** "YOU DON'T DO THAT UNLESS YOU'RE ALREADY ON FIRE."
	+ "HEAD ON. APPLY DIRECTLY TO THE FOREHEAD."
	+ **Noelle:** "THIS ISN'T HELPING."

* **Noelle:** "You know, sometimes I wonder why I bother with you."
	+ "Because you love me."
	+ **Noelle:** "No, I don't."
	+ "Yes, you do."
	+ **Noelle:** "No, I don't."
	+ "Yes, you do."
	+ **Noelle:** "This is stupid. Knock it off."
	+ "You didn't deny it that time! CONFIRMED."
	+ **Noelle:** "NOT CONFIRMED. That's not how it works."
* "Butterfly...butterfly thingy. Butterfly from Hell's Anus."
	+ **Noelle:** "The "anus" part wasn't necessary."
* "WAOWW!! IT'S NOELLE!! YOW-WEE-MAMA!!!"
	+ **Noelle:** "SHUT UP!!!!!"
	+ "How mean!"
* "I go to baseball games. I eat the baseballs."

* "The kinds of jokes you decide to tell are indicative of your character. I tell gay jokes because I am a gay joke."
* "Friendship is like peeing on yourself. Everyone can see it but only you get the warm feeling it brings."
* "You... YOU DUNG ELF."
* "Just keep going. Keep trying and eventually, you'll find people who like you for the weird fuck-up that you are."
* "If you're walking on the sidewalk and see a car coming toward you... Instead of moving forward or backwards, go directly left or right toward the nearest obstacle you see."
	+ **Min:** "Why left or right? I don't get it."
	+ "There's normally too little time to judge the car's direction. Moving directly perpendicular to how you're facing is your best bet. I was looking up how to survive if a car drives into you as a pedestrian."

## Trivia

* Akarsha once found two mutant tater tots that were fused together and sold them on eBay for $40.
* Akarsha marries Noelle two months after Diya and Min get married.
* Akarsha would belong to the Hogwarts House of Ravenclaw.
* Akarsha and Noelle end up together eventually. Due to their personalities, it takes them a painfully long time, though. Akarsha doesn’t expect Noelle to reciprocate her feelings, so she’s careful to always flirt with her in a way that can be construed as a joke. Noelle is incredibly uncomfortable with expressing cheesy sentiments; she was barely able to admit liking Min and Akarsha as friends, so it'd be a struggle for her to express that she’s romantically attracted to someone.
* Everyone in the baseball club chips in each year on Noelle's Valentine gram prank for Akarsha.
* While Diya, Min, and Noelle have all seen some basic anime, Akarsha’s the only real hardcore anime fan.
* Akarsha and Noelle aren't living together after the fire in Diya and Min's apartment. It can be assumed that Akarsha has a mediocre and messier apartment when compared to Noelle's nicer and cleaner apartment that Diya and Min end up choosing.
* Like Noelle, Akarsha's passion is math and science. She becomes a software engineer in the future.
* Akarsha was originally a supporting character before Brianna decided that her personality was too strong, and made her one of the four main characters instead.
* If Akarsha had a serious pet like her own cat, she’d choose something 'better' like “Speed Stank”, one of many superhero names generated from a trained neural network.
* Akarsha's favorite movie is probably an anime movie.
* Akarsha's position on the Baseball Club is shortstop. This position has to field many balls, which gives her many opportunities to mess up and invent new excuses.
* Akarsha's MBTI personality type is probably ESFP.
	+ Akarsha's the type of person to like personality tests, such as taking all kinds of quizzes like “Which Naruto character are you?”
* At Diya and Min-seo's wedding, Akarsha is the MC and DJ at the reception/dinner afterwards. She was like “trust me. i got this” and it goes exactly as you’d expect from her.
	+ Noelle won’t leave the table to dance and Akarsha keeps singling her out and using the venue’s lights to shine a spotlight on her. In fact, she keeps flashing the lights above Noelle the entire night to annoy her. Akarsha gets hold of a green light and points it at Noelle so only Noelle is green as she’s eating, for no reason.
	+ Diya tosses the bouquet and Akarsha catches it.
	+ Fearing that Akarsha will turn Diya and Min's couple video slideshow into YouTube poop, Noelle takes over instead with a really objective and clinical PowerPoint. Akarsha tries to make it less boring by playing the *Lucky Star* opening on the speakers.
* Akarsha is really smart despite acting dumb, but she doesn’t do that well on tests. She’s like B+/A- range.
* At the time of *Butterfly Soup*, Akarsha’s known she was bisexual for about a year. Spending so much time on the internet definitely helped her become aware that early.

* Akarsha is agnostic but halfway goes along with her family's Hinduism. She does eat beef.
* Akarsha likes junk food like Twinkies, pizza, french fries, etc. Her favorite cuisine is Mexican food, and the runner-up is American food. Some other foods she likes are California burritos (also avocados in general), funnel cake, and Icees. Her favorite fruit is pineapple or kiwi.
	+ Min and Akarsha dare each other to eat ghost peppers and go through an experience while Noelle and Diya just watch, questioning why they're in love with these people.
* Akarsha is only fluent in English.
* When sick, Akarsha acts like she's on her deathbed and tries to milk it for sympathy/excuses for what she’s done. She blows her nose with a loud honking noise and tries to look as pitiful as possible.
* Akarsha probably wouldn't wear double denim as it doesn’t seem like her aesthetic.
* In Dungeons & Dragons, Akarsha would probably be a bard. Rogue sounds too cool for her.
* Akarsha was reading some yaoi so the mentioning of "semes" came up in conversation, and since Noelle had never heard of it, Akarsha gleefully educated her, to Noelle’s horror. Noelle was extremely scandalized that Akarsha kept sending her inappropriate images, with Akarsha reacting with "i’m doing this out of the kindness of my heart! it’s for ur education!! me: Master Teacher. call me sensei”.
	+ Following this Akarsha changed her chat name to YAOI SEME as seen at the beginning of the game.
		- Her profile picture is Konata Izumi from the anime *Lucky Star.*
* Akarsha constantly makes weed jokes but only actually does it on a rare occasion.
* When playing *Overwatch*, Akarsha is an ironic Torb main and also a useless Sombra. During their first game together, Akarsha selects Sombra and affectionately says to Noelle, "it’s me". Noelle replies with, "How is that one you?"
	+ In spawn, Noelle can see Akarsha as Sombra with the Battletag “RedFart”. Akarsha, as Sombra, smugly says, "Hack the PLANET," and then annoyingly, "Miss me?" Noelle responds with "………." (the game hasn’t even begun yet and she’s already seething).
	+ During a game, Akarsha is nowhere to be found. Eventually, the match ends in defeat but Diya got POTG for her triple kill. Noelle asks, "Akarsha, what were you doing this last match?" Akarsha replied with "Turned invisible" before Noelle followed it up with "YOU’RE NOT ACCOMPLISHING ANYTHING WHILE INVISIBLE". Akarsha then states that "There should be a card for “time spent invisible”.
* Akarsha considers herself a gamer. Besides DS games like *Ace Attorney*, she’s particularly addicted to *MapleStory*.
	+ Akarsha likes a lot of Ace Attorney characters and her favorite is Phoenix, she finds him relatable. However, if you ask her, she will answer “Spark Brushel” seemingly because of his appearance and his mannerisms.
* Akarsha watched magical girl shows at some point, her favorite one being *Madoka Magica*.
* Akarsha would serenade Noelle with the song *Teenage Dirtbag* because the song lyrics say “Her name is Noelle”. Likewise, whenever Christmas songs say “Noel”, Akarsha annoyingly points it out like “it’s you Noelle”.
* Akarsha's surprised sprite was referenced from the surprised sprite of Trucy, a character from *Ace Attorney.* This was due to how over-the-top it looks, suiting Akarsha's character.
* During Halloween, Akarsha dresses up as Guy Fieri.
	+ A few times, Akarsha runs ahead of the gang and jumps out at them from behind bushes. Noelle screams, Diya jumps back, and Min's reaction is unknown.
	+ Akarsha is dared by Min to lick a mailbox, so she does it.
* Akarsha had a pet snail in elementary school but accidentally killed it when she tried to wash it with shampoo. She still mourns it. The way she talks about it made Noelle believe for a long time that Akarsha had a deceased sibling or other close family member and she got mad when she found out it was a snail.
* Akarsha is a middle child, meaning she has at least two siblings, one younger and one older.
* Akarsha is jokey throughout a horror movie and tries to scare the others by suddenly grabbing their arms and appearing behind them at tense moments. She and Noelle are the only two who scream.
* The main quartet's name together spells D.A.M.N. in the order of Diya, Akarsha, Min-seo, and Noelle.
* Akarsha likes Nirvana and grunge music but her favorite music is anime openings.
	+ On Brianna Lei's youtube channel, one of her created playlists is labelled 'Mixtape Akarsha makes to annoy Noelle'. On it are the songs *Tokyo et Paris* by *Nodame Cantabile*, *Que Veux Tu* by *Yelle* and *Sherlock* by *Hive Riot*.
* Theoretically speaking, if minions existed in 2008 when the game took place, Akarsha would be the biggest ironic minion memer out of everyone in the Baseball Club. If the game was set in the present-day she’d be the type of person who says, "H-HEWWWOO????"
* During the events of *Butterfly Soup 2*, it is revealed that Akarsha plays the cello in her high school orchestra class.

## Gallery

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