Kaede Akamatsu

Kaede is an optimistic hard worker. As a leader type with a firm character, she has a strong will and doesn't hesitate to take action; her notable character trait being her strong sense of belief in herself and others. Her main motivation for playing the piano is to see others smiling.

Kaede has a kind personality that makes her think about others before herself. Because of this, she is unable to immediately suspect people, with no rational basis. She is willing to lie for good reasons, but appears uncomfortable while doing so and is quite bad at lying. She has a very sensitive nature and listens to other people's troubles. However, she seems to encourage other people to get better, and she isn't afraid to be bold about it and point out their flaws. It appears that she is rather quickly well-liked by the other students.

However, being a pianoholic from a young age, Kaede has a peculiar trait of including music talk into her conversations. She even strongly avoids certain activities such as cooking and certain sports because she fears her fingers might get hurt, affecting her ability to play. However, she was quite shocked and disturbed after realizing how heavily her life and identity is centered around piano and how she doesn't really have anything else, and she became desperate to find new hobbies.

Kaede can also be a bit oblivious and silly at times, showing that she is quite childish and impulsive. Furthermore, she has a habit of making rather sexual comments towards other girls, with some pointing out to her that she sounds like a creepy old man. However, ironically, she seems completely oblivious when other girls talk about liking girls. She is also quite sensitive to vulgarity. While brave and determined, she is shown to be more fearful around certain situations, such as disliking horror movies.

While a kind and friendly person, Kaede is shown to have a quite firm, sometimes even rather easily angered personality as well, as she tends to lash at others when they annoy her enough. She tries to be patient, but occasionally snaps back whenever she gets fed up with one's insults. She can tell others to be quiet and shut up multiple times, having no patience for her nonsensical and unnecessary talk during serious situations. She is also rather firm about illegal actions.

Indeed, Kaede's tendency to push forward with her own personal justice is her biggest flaw. She refuses to give up when it would be the sensible thing to do and when pushing forward would only make things worse. She also never doubts what she thinks is right and accepts it blindly. This pushy and bossy attitude causes her to become a bit unpopular among others, though she does appear to feel very bad for it and genuinely just didn't seem to realize how her actions had affected the others at the time. She is also willing to lie during tough situations, though only to strengthen the group's unity as she feels uncomfortable doing so. When pushed to her limits, she would go as far as murdering someone. She always has good intentions and is motivated by her dreams and wish to befriend others. However, she doesn't have ulterior motives because she doesn't think she's wrong, and she ends up going a bit crazy when her sense of what is right turns out to be mistaken.