Akira Ogata

Akira Ogata (緒方おがた 旭あきら, Ogata Akira?) is a female cosplay prop designer and friend of the photographer Suzuka.

Appearance: Akira is a young woman of average height. She has upper back length jet black hair with bangs parted off to the right, moderately thick yet straight eyebrows that give her an impassive expression, and sharp grey colored eyes.

For outfits, Akira prefers to wear casual clothing. At the point of meeting Wakana for the first time, she is seen wearing a long-sleeved V-neck with jeans and a bomber jacket with a dragon design.

Personality: Akira is introduced as a reserved, mature, and aloof individual. The way she talks with others is described as concise. This manner of speech stems from her inability to “be herself”, due to her parents' showing absolute disapproval to her interests in manga and/or anime, followed by being bullying from her peers.

As a result of this, she would typically keep to herself and give others the impression that she's a distant person. After meeting Suzuka and Miyako during an unlikely encounter she is able to become more of herself and outwardly enjoy the two things that make her most happy.

History: When she was young Akira was a huge fan of manga, but her mother always saw it as despicable. When Akira joined high school her mother decided to throw all her manga away. Akira tried to reason with her but she did not listen and continued to throw away any manga manga Akira bought, even when she tried to hide it. One day she decided to lie to her mother, saying that she doesn't like it anymore, and stopped talking about her likes. Her mother smiled and said that was a relief. She tried to talk about her likes with the classmates at school but they always ignored and bullied her.

She decided to lie about her love of manga and passed all through high school with that lie. After that, she joined a college far away. One day, while she was trying to buy a Black Lobelia toy on a machine, Suzuka and Miyako saw her doing it. She thought they were going to bully on her, but surprisingly, they started to ask her if she also likes cosplay and manga and shared their cosplay plans. So, Akira started going with them, and later they became closer friends.