Mayoi Ayase

Mayoi Ayase is 174cm, or 5'8ft, with pale skin, long dark purple hair that's braided, a lock of hair loosely left out, and a long ahoge. He has sharp shark-like teeth, light turquoise eyes, and a mole under his lip. He's described as having "handsome features."

He is apart of the idol group called 'ALKALOID', composed of Hiiro Amagi who is the group leader, aswell as Aira Shiratori, and Tatsumi Kazehaya.

Mayoi is a very skittish and reclusive person, and will avoid direct contact with others as much as possible, or run and hide when he gets suddenly approached. He is especially bad with large crowds of people, often shutting down completely or falling ill when faced with them. Because of this, he tends to watch over others from the shadows, hiding out of sight while observing those living normally. This is due to him being accustomed to leading an extremely solitary life, having been shunned by society for a significant amount of time.

Likely as a result of the same circumstances, he struggles with being incredibly insecure and self-depreciating, talking about himself as if he's subhuman, insulting himself in conversations, or insisting that others shouldn't want to get close to him or care for him. He's also wholly unused to receiving praise or compliments from anyone, getting overwhelmed easily when he does.

Also likely as a result of his solitary lifestyle, he can be a very independent and secretive person, as shown by the fact that there are several secret rooms in the ES building that he uses without anybody else's knowledge. Despite this, he is quite generous, often sharing the knowledge of the building's shortcuts and secret passageways with others in need, and even handing over one of his secret rooms for Switch to use, when they are incredibly valuable to him.

He is shown to be an incredibly observant person, often picking up on subtle changes in other people’s moods. He's also very intelligent, and has displayed the ability to learn new things very quickly with little to no instruction, such as mastering how to cook a dish just from reading the menu. He has also been repeatedly noted as being a remarkably talented idol and teacher, often being the one to help train the other members of ALKALOID, and enjoys being able to help others in this way.

Mayoi is very loving, loyal, and protective towards the people and things he cares about. This, plus his maturity, diligence, and strong sense of responsibility, lends itself to him having a generally maternal nature, often watching over others and wishing to nurture and spoil them, and have them rely on him in return. This is especially true when it comes to cute, innocent people, namely his juniors in ALKALOID, his fellow Ninja Association member Shinobu, and other first and second year students.

He is honest almost to a fault, often bluntly voicing thoughts that might be considered unpleasant or off-putting. Mayoi's most fatal flaw is that he struggles with intrusive thoughts, usually ones that appear perverse in nature, and will sometimes blurt them out loud, especially when under stress. This, combined with his overall mysterious and strange nature, leads most other characters to be wary of or dislike him at first, finding him suspicious or fearing that he's dangerous; his intrusive thoughts appear to twist his typical nurturing and protective nature into a more sinister version (for example, his desire to nurture and protect the younger students becomes a desire to corrupt them, or lock them away from the world completely).

However, he is keenly aware that these are thoughts he shouldn't let himself fall victim to. He often rejects them before he actually acts upon them or does anything bad, and he expresses an explicit desire to not cause harm to anyone, especially those he's closest to, even going so far as to consider returning to his solitary lifestyle when he feels as though he's hurt or disappointed someone he cares about.

Overall, despite everything he is grappling with, Mayoi tries very hard to be a good person, and is steadily working to overcome all of his struggles and better himself. With the help and support of his friends, he has learned what friendship, understanding, kindness, and love feels like, and wishes to return all of the care he has been shown in kind, and show everyone who loves him that their faith in him isn't going to go to waste.