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Akane Yanagi (柳 明音 Yanagi Akane?) is a third year student at Katagiri High School who is enrolled in class 3-6, as well as a member of Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura's regular group of friends.

Appearance[]

Yanagi is noted to be an extremely handsome young man with a fair complexion, light pink hair with a dark undercut, bangs that are seen swept on the right side, and matching pink-colored eyes.

When in school, he's seen wearing contacts. Whereas outside of school, he's seen with black-rimmed glasses.

Personality[]

Yanagi is noted to be a gentle, polite, and mild-mannered boy.

While he may appear reserved, that doesn't mean he's anti-social. He wishes to become closer to those he considers friends.

Though he's generally polite when speaking with those in his friend group or classmates, he's relatively relaxed when speaking with Yuki, his crush.

It is worth noting that Yanagi is terrible with mornings, such as when he's half-awake and half-asleep, his personality turns out to be the complete opposite. He becomes vulgar and violent - so much so that other characters jokingly wonder if he has a split personality.

Relationships[]

Yuki Yoshikawa[]

Yanagi's first appearance in anime and manga was when he confessed to Yoshikawa. Yoshikawa, believing him to be too good for her, rejected him. (He gains the nickname of "high-class ingredients" about how much better he looks than the other characters.) Eventually, he becomes a regular member of Kyouko Hori and Izumi Miyamura's circle of friends. Although it is not usually mentioned, it is occasionally touched upon that Yanagi still has some lingering feelings for her.

Miki Yoshikawa[]

After Yanagi visits the Yoshikawa house, Miki believes Yanagi to be Yuki Yoshikawa's boyfriend. Going by the logic of "what's Yuki's is also mine", she also playfully teases him when she sees him. Yanagi is forced to put up with Miki clinging to him, which Yuki always has to apologize for the next day.

Kakeru Sengoku[]

Out of all of the characters, Yanagi wants to be friends the most with Sengoku (and Sengoku with Yanagi). However, this is an uphill battle due to Sengoku's lack of expressiveness about his emotions/friendships and the way Yanagi feels distant towards others. Both admit that they feel the other is their friend and try to be closer, but they haven't been able to reveal it to each other.

Sakura Kouno[]

Chapter 84 was focused mainly on Kouno and Yanagi. They both share a common interest in Weekly Shinobi, a manga they both like to read, and both share a polite personality. She even compares him with "Kaoru-san", a female character from that manga. He sees Kouno as very cool with how she deals with situations.

Quotes[]

Etymology[]

  • The name Akane means "bright" (明) (aka) and "sound" (音) (ne).
  • Akane's surname Yanagi means "willow" (柳).

Trivia[]

  • Yanagi is not a morning person, and is frequently late because he sleeps in and breaks his alarm clocks.

References[]

  1. Horimiya Manga: Chapter 83 (p. 13).
  2. 2014 Birthday Artwork

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