Alya

ALIASES Solitary Princess Alya RELATIVES Mikhail Makarovich Kujou (Father) Akemi Kujou (Mother) Maria Mikhailovna Kujou (Older Sister) Masachika Kuze (Love interest) AFFILIATION Seiren Private Academy OCCUPATION Student Council Treasurer BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION BIRTH DATE November 7[1] AGE 15 16 (Volume 8) PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION GENDER Female HEIGHT 170 cm[2] EYE COLOR Blue HAIR COLOR Silver Alisa Mikhailovna Kujou (アリサ・ミハイロヴナ・九条, Arisa Mihairovuna Kujō; Russian: Алиса Михайловна Кудзё), or also known as Alya is the main titular protagonist of the series. She is an honor student who boasts the highest grades in the school and serves as the treasurer of the student council. She is one of the two most beautiful girls of the school, and is called the "solitary princess". She isn’t interested in attracting the attention of the opposite sex in particular, but she knows that her appearance, especially her silver-white hair, would attract people’s attention.

She seems to be quite the possessive type and gets jealous easily, although it only shows when Masachika interacts with other girls. To best describe her, she's a tsundere who often teases Masachika. She is also hopelessly in love with Masachika, though most of the time she is unaware of her intense feelings towards him, and any attempts to acknowledge this are met with self-denial until much later. She comes from a well-off family. Through this privilege and having a nurturing environment, she was able to excel and grow in many talents. However, despite being handed these things in life, she is determined to not let that define her, but rather, be defined by always striving for the top no matter what, by always putting in more effort than others.

As she grew up, she started acquiring social skills but her fundamental ideals and opinions remained unchanged. However, her cold and rigid personality would develop during her time in Vladivostok where the disappointment and the lack of motivation from her classmates made her realize how ignorant they were, which created an unconscious condescension within her. Once she realized that, she drew a line to avoid any conflict with those around her, making her feel distant and reserved to others. She has the talent and a competitive spirit that sets her apart from others.

In her third year of junior high school, Alisa returned to Japan because of her father’s work. Due to her parents’ recommendation, she transferred to Seirei Educational Institute, a prestigious school that is considered to be one of the best in Japan. If it is here, perhaps there could be someone who could compete shoulder-to-shoulder with her and at the same time, someone who could accompany her in her devotion of study. This let her have faint expectations.

However, Alisa’s faint expectations were cruelly crushed when she took a proficiency test right after transferring, scoring first place in her school year even after being away from Japan for 5 years. A transfer student is someone who doesn't know the test trends; even with this disadvantage, she achieved first place in her school year. This instantly made Alisa popular among the students, who started flocking to her as if she were a celebrity. Alya's immense beauty also contributed to her popularity. Despite grabbing the attention of almost everyone around her, she would be stunned to find a certain boy's indifference towards her.

Relationships

Masachika Kuze: The only student to show no interest in Alisa, which left a lasting impression on her. However, when she started paying attention to Masachika, Alisa noticed immediately that it was not that Masachika wasn't interested in girls or other people, it was just that he was a guy with no motivation for everything: forgetting his textbooks, falling asleep during class, hurrying to get his homework done at the last minute in break time, not standing out and performing in PE class with the least minimum amount of effort. An ounce of motivation couldn’t be felt from his feckless attitude. With that said, Alisa lost interest in this neighbor, but that all changed during the school festival in September.

Yuki Suou:

Maria Mikhailovna Kujou: She's the older sister of Alisa and keeps teasing her when the opportunity arises. Maria wants Alisa to call her 'Onee-san'.

Quotes "...I don't think it'd be enjoyable being friends with me" (Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 2) "Really. I don't like Kuze-kun at all. I just... got a little carried away in the heat of the moment. That's all it was!" (Light Novel Volume 2, Chapter 0) "Хоть навсегда." ("Even forever.") (Light Novel Volume 6, Epilogue) "Я тебя люблю" ("I love you") (Light Novel Volume 1, Epilogue)

"I feel happy that you are my partner" (Light Novel, Volume 5, Epilogue)

Etymology Alisa's surname Kujou means "nine" (九) (ku) and "article" (条) (jou). Trivia Coincidentally, Alisa was born on the date of the October Revolution (November 7th). Alisa's hair turning from blonde into silver at a young age is very rare since hair losing its pigments is the result of aging or achromotrichia. Her estimated cup size was guessed to be 'E', though not confirmed/true, she said (in Russian) that it was close. She has quite the sweet tooth, most especially for chocolate. By Masachika, she is apparently a 'germaphobe', especially when it comes to possibly touching other guys.