Akira Kudou

Akira Kudou is an OC created by Avnore. She attends Sancta Caecilia Academy as a second-year transfer student and is the leader of the school’s unendorsed Literary Research Society as well as that of the student-formed band, 22-1B.

Appearance
In terms of appearance, Akira stands in stark contrast to her peers at Sancta Caecilia, with an assertive attitude and punkish attire that delineates her as not only a transfer student but also one who sharply defies the academy’s reputation for fostering a refined and graceful student body.

Akira has long black hair with scattered blonde-dyed streaks. Her bangs are slightly overgrown, and she makes no particular effort to style them other than sweeping them across her forehead. The rest of her hair is tied into two mid-length pigtails on the sides of her head.

Standing at roughly five feet tall, Akira is notably short in stature. Most clothes don’t fit her as a result, including her usual outfit to some extent, as her coat and boots are visibly oversized on her body. Her personal style can be best described as punkish, with her signature look including a loose-fitting black buckle-detailed gakuran jacket, silver jewelry, and tall black combat boots. In general, Akira prefers her clothes to fit loosely, often citing the supposed suffocation of the Sancta Caecilia uniform’s as the primary reason for her reluctance to wear it. Akira values her comfort to the point where most of her fashion choices are governed not by any particular stylistic preference but simply whether an outfit, in her words, “feels right”.

Personality
An inquisitive soul always seeking to learn more about whatever currently puzzles her, Akira will stop at nothing to achieve her goals, though exactly what these goals are can change at a moment’s notice. Although she possesses fervent enthusiasm for whichever topic she is currently fixated on, as soon as her curiosity is satisfied, she often becomes bored and loses all interest in the subject. With that said, it is exactly this nature that draws people to her in spite of her other eccentricities; despite initially standing out for the worse amongst her peers, the innocently dogged passion with which Akira pursues her interests leads most to ultimately recognize her as friendly and well-intentioned, if rather capricious.

In contrast to her delinquent-like appearance, Akira is incredibly perceptive and intuitive, having exhibited precocious intelligence since early childhood. Due to the influence of her mother and father—a forensic analyst and police detective respectively—and their laissez-faire parenting, she developed an incessant fascination with not only mystery novels but also the practical application of the inductive reasoning skills displayed by her favorite detective protagonists. To this end, she eagerly and relentlessly pursues any real-life mysteries she encounters, whether they be one of the harrowing homicide cases assigned to her parents or simply a classmate’s desperate plea for the safe return of a lost cat.

Without a doubt, one of Akira’s most defining traits is her willingness to go against the grain, as evident from her delinquent-like appearance and zealous spirit. Her rebelliousness, however, is more so a byproduct of her eccentric personality than it is of some kind of meaningful mission to challenge societal standards. In fact, despite her prodigious brilliance and keen inductive reasoning skills, she is ignorant of many basic social norms, much less the fact that she is defying them by the sole virtue of her appearance. Similarly, she can be obtuse in certain social contexts, leading to the delivery of excessively blunt and unintentionally offensive turns of phrase. This, in tandem with her conspicuous appearance, makes most first impressions of Akira rather polarizing. Those who know her well understand that she rarely means harm, but others tend to be taken aback by her blatant lack of tact.

Despite being academically brilliant, Akira has poor emotional intelligence and often struggles to empathize with the feelings of others. For instance, when faced with emotional conflicts, she will attempt to use logical reasoning to resolve situations that generally demand some degree of sensitivity, a trait that she clearly fails to grasp. Her appeals to logic, while theoretically sound, tend to ignore emotional nuance, thus frequently irritating, confusing, or embarrassing the other party. However, while she is not particularly cognizant of her own peculiarities, she is, to some extent, aware that her lack of tact hurts others, even if said hurt is not one which she can wholly identify with. As such, even though the sunny disposition by which she presents herself is an honest reflection of her attitude, it also belies a deep dissatisfaction with her inability to emotionally support those whom she cares about most.

Akira is not only receptive to praise, but often proudly and directly solicits it, much like a child who has yet to be burdened by the social expectation of humility. Notably, she is receptive to praise and physical affection, and when she completes a task, she will promptly seek such validation from those nearby. Likewise, when pursuing any given task, she will not hesitate to divulge her honest motivations, even more hedonistic ones such as money, recognition, and amusement. This unfettered honesty, while true to her character, causes her to come off as rather arrogant or self-absorbed at times.

Background
WIP

Relationships
WIP

Rinka Hashimoto
While Akira and Rinka are childhood friends, they lost contact after Rinka's family moved away.

Shion Kasaki
Unlike most other students, who were mostly intimidated by Akira, Shion was immediately fascinated by Akira's supposedly "protagonist-like" aura. Both lacking in social etiquette, they often engage in deep conversations about morbid topics which would completely nonplus anyone but each other.

Fuyuki Inui
Akira's assertive demeanor starkly contrasts with Fuyuki's passiveness; this, as well as their different school years, makes the existence of their friendship a natural wonder in and of itself. As different as they are, however, they both share a mutual respect for their opposing traits. Whereas Akira admires Fuyuki's sense of responsibility, Fuyuki envies Akira's capacity for brutal honesty.

Trivia

 * Due to her early exposure to her mother's work as a forensic analyst, Akira is extremely desensitized to blood and gore.
 * Akira’s sight and hearing are acutely sensitive
 * It was through this ability that she was able to discover the hidden Room 22-1B, a disused remnant from Sancta Caecilia’s original architecture which would become the Literary Research Society’s meeting place and, later, 22-1B’s namesake and practice room.
 * Although the sight of gore doesn't faze her, one of the few things that truly disturbs her is the smell of decomposition.
 * Her boots give her an extra 1.5 inches of height.
 * Since late elementary school, Akira has changed in neither height nor personality. Her blunt cheerfulness previously made her quite popular at a time in which her peers were similarly insensitive, but as she grew older without adapting to age-appropriate social norms, she was gradually ousted from the top of the school hierarchy—not that she particularly minds.
 * While the details regarding her role in solving actual crimes are stifled due to the implications of having a teenager do law enforcement’s work for them, rumors about her prowess have nonetheless spread throughout the local community. Thus, Akira has developed a peculiar reputation; although few know the exact truth behind the hearsay, the mystique surrounding her has made her somewhat of an enigma for better or worse.