| Ayase Aragaki | |
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| Name in Japanese | 新垣 あやせ |
| Romaji Translation | Aragaki Ayase |
| Debut (Anime) | Episode 02 |
| Debut (Light Novel) | Volume 02 (Chapter 01) |
| Debut (Manga) | Oreimo Volume 02 (Chapter 04) |
| Appears in | Light Novel, Manga, Anime |
| Voice Actor (Japanese) | Saori Hayami |
| Personal Info | |
| Gender | Female |
| Age | 14-15 |
| Birthday | May 2nd, 1997 |
| Zodiac | Tauro |
| Blood Type | A[1] |
| Height | 166 cm |
| Weight | 44 kg |
| Measurements | 80/56/83 |
| Occupation | Student Part-time fashion model |
| Family | Kyousuke Kousaka (Husband) (In Ayase If) Chitose Kousaka (Daughter) (In Ayase If) |
Ayase Aragaki (新垣 あやせ, Aragaki Ayase?) is one of the main characters in the series. She is Kirino's best friend, classmate and a model co-worker. She is mostly seen as a polite and sweet girls, but she can become a tsundere with Kyousuke, and even a yandere when Kyousuke or Kirino are involved. She tricked Kanako to take part in a Stardust Witch Meruru cosplay contest, which eventually got Kanako a job as an official cosplayer in Meruru events.
She hates everything related to otaku culture and considers otakus as a threat to society, but thanks to Kyousuke's help, she eventually changes her mind and even comes to accept Kirino's hobby.
Appearance[]
Some of Ayase's outfit through the series
Ayase has blue eyes and long dark blue hair that has a lock of hair hanging from each side of her face with her fringes are separated in the middle, except for a small fringe that hangs from the middle. Her choice of clothing is somewhat similar to Kirino's, given that both of them work as models and are aware of fashion trends, though Ayase prefers a more conservative look. She's consider beautiful by many and even has fan groups dedicated to her. In appearance, Kyousuke described Ayase as her ideal woman. She bears a similarity with the character Thanatos from the series Stardust Witch Meruru.
Personality[]
Ayase in her yandere mood.
Ayase is a nice person to her classmates and Kirino Kousaka, whom she adores most as her best friend. She is usually soft-spoken and refined, but can also show a more aggressive side, especially when people lie to her, which she hates the most. Her reserved aggressive side often gained her a 'yandere' mark from her peers. Ultimately, however, she is a refined person who retains a sweet and kind personality towards those she cares for.
She also appears to show a different kind of affection towards Kirino, showing a certain interest in seeing Kirino shine in whatever she is good at, to the point that Ayase displayed disbelief upon discovering Kirino's hobby. Ayase has always believed that the Kirino who excels in everything is the "true Kirino", only for her belief to be shattered by Kirino herself upon her revelation of how she loved anime, manga and gaming.
Ayase is also shown to be very protective of Kirino and shows an extremely aggressive and scary side when Kirino is threatened. When Ayase learns the "truth" about Kyousuke Kousaka's and Kirino's relationship, she immediately threatens Kyousuke to leave Kirino alone and says that she will protect her from him. Later, Ayase texts Kyousuke saying that if he were ever to harass Kirino, she would beat him to death.
In the game, she is found to be illogical and gets jealous very easily if any girls, including Kirino does anything that doesn't involve or meant to be hidden from her thanks to her "yandere" traits. It is also noted that she can be irrational and act based on feelings. For example, in Ayase's route, Kyousuke was trying to educate her about Akihabara & some of the shops but was neglected for a short period of time as he was focused on educating her. That alone is the cause of Kyousuke's "dead end". She won't hesitate to kill her lover despite the consequences due to her acting based on feelings.
Plot[]
The First Encounter[]
Ayase has been friends with Kirino Kousaka for some time, sharing a healthy relationship as fellow fashion models. However, she only met Kyousuke Kousaka face-to-face for the first time after being invited to the Kousaka Residence by Kirino. During the visit, because of an incident involving mature otaku merchandise sent by Saori Makishima (Kirino's friend), Kyousuke ended up in a situation that may have undermined his reputation towards Kirino's friends. However, instead of branding Kyousuke as a pervert, Ayase understood the circumstances (i.e., she mistook the box of doujinshi as a present for Kirino) and exchanged numbers with him as a friendly gesture.
Kirino Kousaka[]
Kirino and Ayase are best friends ever since the start of the series and they also share the part-time job of being models for fashion magazines. However, their friendship is tested when Ayase discovers that Kirino likes anime and manga. Ayase's disapproval of anime and manga caused her and Kirino to become distant with each other for some time, as she called Kirino's hobby disgusting. At one time, she demanded Kirino to choose between her best friend and her hobby, at which Kirino refuses.
With Kyousuke's intervention, Kirino and Ayase eventually make up.
Unknowingly, Ayase may be romantically attracted to Kirino; getting quite excited when Ayase misunderstands that Kirino wanted them to be a couple when Kyousuke was trying to state that Kirino only wanted for them to make up. Though this may not always be the case considering that Ayase really sees Kirino as her idol and a very close friend.
Ayase also showed Kirino some support towards her feelings for Kyousuke, even though she herself loved Kyousuke and told Kirino that she would keep Kirino's friendship and date Kyousuke.
Kanako Kurusu[]
Kanako is Ayase's friend and classmate. As such, even though Kanako seems to somewhat fear Ayase, they are very close to each other and get along well.
Kanako constantly seems to enjoy teasing Ayase even though she knows that she will receive a scolding from the latter. Despite this, Ayase still considers Kanako a close friend and reliable companion and is willing to do whatever it takes to take care of her, including stopping her from smoking and helping her become an idol.
While Ayase shows that she isn't above using Kanako to get what she wants, especially if it involves Kirino, she will also go out of her way and swallow her pride to help out Kanako as well. She asked for Kyousuke to become Kanako's manager many times at Kanako's request, despite many of those moments being when she herself wasn't getting along with him.
Kyousuke Kousaka[]
See also: Ayase If
The first time they actually met is when Kirino invited her and fellow classmate Kanako Kurusu into their house, and after an embarrassing event, Ayase appears to have a sort of interest in Kyousuke.
During later events, Ayase has seen him as a threat to Kirino after discovering her best friend's hobby and having Kyousuke expose his "perverse" relationship with Kirino. Despite Ayase knowing that Kyousuke's admission is a lie, she still warns him against being too close to Kirino.
The relationship between the two is best described as normal; contrasting the incestuous nature of the relationship that the Kousakas have with each other. Ayase harbored an instant crush on Kyousuke during their first encounter with each other, standing up for him contrary to the other girls' depressing assumption of Kyousuke. Her feelings soon diminished after she found out the "truth" about his relationship with Kirino. After she discovers the true motive behind Kyousuke's actions and accepting Kyousuke's kind nature, she regains her crush on him to the point that she confessed in tears. But when Kyousuke politely declined Ayase's feelings for him, Ayase reacted harshly and even threatened to kill Kyousuke if he didn't choose her. Nonetheless, she understands Kyousuke's decision and ultimately kisses him on the cheek as thanks for all that he's done for her.
In the Oreimo Tsuzuku PSP game, if the player chooses to follow Ayase route and managed to avoid all the bad endings, the player will get a good ending with Ayase and Kyousuke, now a married couple, celebrating the Parents' Day with their daughter, Chitose.
Manami Tamura[]
After their first encounter, Ayase would usually first consult Manami for advice whenever she had an issue or rather when Kyousuke seemed hopeless. The two share a strong bond, as Ayase thinks of Manami as "my goal as a woman".
Knowing Manami and Kirino's strained relationship, Ayase was considerate enough to formulate a plan for the two to make up, which Kirino is even grateful for.
Ruri Gokou[]
Ayase and Ruri weren't on good terms to begin with. During their first meeting, Ayase was shocked when Ruri claimed that she owns Kyousuke; despite having broken up with him, she still remains a true friend to Kirino, which Ayase deemed incomprehensible. To make matters worse, Ruri inferred that she is not opposed to Kyousuke having intercourse with his own sister much to the shock of Ayase and Kyousuke himself, but ultimately quelled Ayase in the end. As their debate grew more and more unreasonable, the animosity between them grew also.
However, at some point after Ayase started looking after Kyousuke, the girls had a talk and reconciled. Because of Kuroneko, Ayase was able to come to terms with Kirino's feelings for her brother.
Saori Makishima[]
Ayase was shocked after seeing Saori in her ojou-sama form, wondering if she was a model. She was further shocked after hearing Saori's strange way of talking, but is later comfortable enough to hang out together with her.
Trivia[]
- Ayase's surname Aragaki means "new" (ara) and "enclosure" (gaki).
- These words combine into "New Enclosure" and Aragaki is the same surname as Arakaki.
- Ayase's father is a senator in Japan and her mother is the President of the PTA.
- Ayase's blood type is A.
- Ayase's favorite color is red.
- In the 60th chapter of Maken-Ki, Ayase makes a cameo appearance for a doushinji.
- In the PSP game, Ayase's route has the most bad endings out of all routes and her bad endings are also the most violent. Out of all the characters in the game, only Ayase's route has endings that involves murder.
- It is also noted that most of the murder involves a sharp object. She also murdered Kyousuke by just lunging at him or using a hard object to hit his head.
- It is unknown whether this is constantly true but Ayase carries a sharp object with her.
- It's unclear how confortable Ayase feels with the situation, but Ayase is one of the few who knows about Kirino and Kyousuke's relationship once they start dating, as she was told by Kirino herself.
- In the PSP visual novels, Ayase isn't informed about their relationship, but she appears in the post-credits scene to cheer for the couple.
- The character Ayaka from LoveTouch is a reference to the character Manaka from the real game LovePlus and they are both voiced by Ayase's VA Saori Hayami.
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