Akira Shimotsuki
Personality
He is quite caring and devoted, and loyal (ex. Yukina, or ditching his date with Yukina to fufill a promise he had made to Mami) . He is a trustworthy person to Yukina. He wants to be seen as a man to her though, and is willing and determined to break that pillar of trust. He tries to have the right intentions, but sometimes gets off track, as when he was asking Mami to tell him Shigure’s weakness. He is also very emotional, getting depressed often when Yukina is not here or something happens.
Relationships
Himuro Yukina
Being Yukina’s cousin doesn’t stop him from being in love with her. He’s never been apart from her since they were children. Yukina saved him from being hit by a car, therefore Akira has a strong devotion towards her, where she then promised they’d be together always. Ever since, Akira has long wished to be with his cousin, not in a cousin-love way, but a lover way. He wanted Yukina to see him as a man as well, which she soon does. He seems to sometimes be protective of her whenever Shigure is around. Akira often tells her that he does not want her to be around Shigure anymore. Akira admitted he was jealous.
After finding out Shigure bit Yukina’s nape of her neck, he then goes to kiss where Shigure did. In Yukina’s novel, Shigure is a vampire, and Akira is a knight. So, Akira said that it is his duty to heal her neck where Shigure bit, and kissing has the healing power. When the four, Yukina, Akira, Shigure, and Mami went to the amusement park, they later on went on a ferris wheel, where Mami immediately took Shigure, stating that “if you kiss a person in a ferris wheel, they will be together forever” leaving Yukina and Akira behind. Mami gave a signal to Yukina after losing the game they played, so Yukina had to confess her love to Akira forcibly. Akira then took the paper from her, asking what it was. He then acted as the person she was saying it to, and when she said it, he seemed incredibly happy, even though it was just a line.
As the story goes on, Akira becomes more bold, as Shigure and Yukina become closer.
Soon, after Yukina told Akira and Shigure that the next mission was “Be my lover,” they were confused. They didn’t know who she was asking. Yukina could not make up her mind, so she told them whoever took her out on the best date will be her lover/boyfriend. After Shigure and Yukina’s date went badly, Yukina and Akira went out on their date. After both dates, Yukina gets into a fight with Shigure, causing her to be angry with him. Yukina runs to Akira’s house, crying, and tells him that she chooses him as her lover. Akira and Yukina are now boyfriend/girlfriend. Shigure was jealous at first, but then he becomes angry and then soon enough, says he’s not in love with Yukina anymore. Yukina is shocked with his words, and she knew she could not change what she had done. But she told herself that she was serious when she chose Akira, and that was final. She tells herself it doesn’t matter who Shigure dates, since their missions were over. Yukina soon realizes that if she can’t do missions, the Count and Lilia’s relationship cannot go forward. Yukina asks Akira to act like the Count, but Akira is too childish and gentle for that. So, Yukina pretends to be the Count, and ends up knowing what Shigure was feeling. Shigure’s feelings did not reach Yukina, and Yukina felt bad for Shigure. She went to Shigure’s house to apologize, telling Akira she would come back to him no matter what. She apologized to Shigure’s little brother, Hii-kun (that’s what Mami calls him). Then, a new love started blossoming.
Kitami Shigure
It seems as if Shigure and Akira have some sort of hate for each other, when seeing each other. Akira does not want him nor Yukina near each other, and whenever Akira sees his cousin crying, etc. he assumes it is Shigure. He then tells Shigure to stop doing things to her.
Shigure becomes Akira’s love rival. They both have a claim on both Yukina and Mami’s heart, although they both fight over Yukina. Mami helps Akira, hoping Yukina will fall in love with him, and leave Shigure for Mami.
Mizuno Mami
Akira finds out Mami has something on her mind that is bothering her, and why she is trying to break apart Shigure and Yukina. Akira is often seen with Mami, asking her to eat with him and Yukina, and going to class with her. It is seen that Mami might be developing feelings for Akira. Some indications of this would be her crashing into him and knocking him over, and a full page of their position.
Mami eventually comes to be comforted by Akira, and helps him to try to win Yukina’s heart.
In chapter 40, Akira says that he harbors no feelings for Mami.
But in the recent chapter 48, we see that he was about to answer Mami’s love confession(she confessed in 47) when he was interrupted by Hisame.
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