Akimi Akiyume

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> "I...I am quite shy when it c-comes to others. But y-you are...different" - **Akimi confessing feelings towards Teller**
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## **Overview**

Akimi is the mother of Lyla Oceans and Amaya Akiyume. She suffers from PTSD and as she progresses throughout her life, she eventually develops bipolar. She had a very traumatic past and suffers through many hardships. She also becomes more emotionally unstable as she ages. The main character in Little Word Falls, Teller (Takashi Yasuda), finds her very fascinating and interesting.

## **Appearance**

Akimi has blue eyes and red hair. She also has hair ornaments that resemble autumn leaves. Akimi also wears glasses. Akimi is usually seen in her school uniform: a blue button-up blazer with a yellow necktie and a black dress.

Akimi originally appeared in Little Word Falls; a visual novel being developed by timidweeb. As of now, Akimi has yet to show up in the Withering Oceans volumes.

Akimi has only been mentioned a few times throughout the Withering Oceans storyline. Lyla mentions Akimi in Vol. 2 by explaining how Akimi divorced with Markus Oceans.

## **Personality**

Akimi Akiyume is very quiet and shy. She usually gets very anxious in social interactions, so she tries to avoid them all together. She is always usually alone. Akimi is easily embarrassed in social interactions as well, especially when it deals with personal subjects. She also struggles to talk and studders a lot due to her serious social anxiety. She usually talks in a quiet voice and fidgets intensely, and she tries to hide her face and she blushes easily.

She is very reticent and passive; she struggles to gain courage and is slow to share her feelings out of fear of rejection or judgment. This is the main reason why she has a hard time confessing her love to Teller.

Akimi has very low self-esteem in social situations and always feels like she will be judged or bullied due to her behaviours or words. She feels like she is always going to do something wrong in these situations. However, she is very confident in her ability in her school subjects and feels very prideful of her performance. She is a very successful student and she prioritize her education over mostly anything.

Akimi is very submissive and meek. She attaches onto people that she develops feelings for. She has a significant fear of being alone, which makes her want to stay with those she loves. However, her self-esteem gets the best of her in her relationship with Teller, causing her to leave him. In Markus' case, she was scared of him so it took her a long time to gain confidence to leave him due to her submissive and anxious behaviours.

## **Background**

Little is known about Akimi's past. Akimi was born on September 24, 1972 to an unnamed mother and father.

## **Trivia**

* Akimi's name was originally Miyo
* Akimi's overall character is described as being a dandere
* Her character model was created using Charat (free anime character creator site)
* Akimi was originally not connected to the Withering Oceans universe at all, until timidweeb came up with an idea that she was Lyla's mother
* Akimi, later in Little Word Falls, states that her glasses are not only necessary for her bad eyesight, but also a coping mechanism and it boosts her self-esteem. She states that her glasses, "make her look smart", and she cannot go anywhere without them.