Aika Chidori

AIKA (愛歌) CHIDORI

A bit of a cry-baby and a gutless coward, Aika Chidori is both surprisingly and unsurprisingly the shoujo protagonist of LOVEMODE, Our story begins with a chase: Aika seeks the god Kitakami to sever her red string of fate. But, he runs, and so must she.

As the stars falls around them, Aika and Kita's fates reveal themselves beyond these strings and the very start of universe in itself!
Her arc revolves around destiny and the meaning of love!

THEMESONG | universe: LOVEMODE

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Age: 16
Eye colour: JADE GREEN!
Hair: Light lavender.
Body type: ROUNDED, WITH CHUBBY THIGHS. SHORT.
Short personality: CLUMSY, LAZY,

Distinguishing features: Always a red-----------string----------------- tied around her left pinky yes. She can see it, but she can't physically do anything with it (like strangling ppl). ABILITY TO CONTROL SPEECH BUBBLES/PANELING/MANIFESTATION WORDS.
Outfits: Tends towards pinks and peaches. Always wears a skirt+stylish leggings. Always hearts or love. Bags always have pigs on them: BAG ONE | BAG TWO.

ABILITIES

she develops the ability to manipulate (her own) sound effects and word bubbles and speedlines and panelling among other shoujo mangas novelties! the ability is amplified with confidence and courage WHICH AIKA HAS YET TO DEVELOP!

PERSONALITY NOTES

Aika is at a point in her life where she finds comfort in isolation; her reclusiveness has allowed for little emotional strain, and fewer psychological burdens. Mostly, Aika watches-- kawaii yaois anime, cat videos youtube videos, stuff like that.
This is all interrupted when Aika finds that she is able to see the strings of fate that invariably tie people together. She realizes her string is tied to the prince of her school and every time the string snags, her heart skips a beat.

She lapses between being okay with this and ABSOLUTELY TERRIFIED.

Though she is normally avoids others, Aika is surprised that she is Not Afraid of Kita. She approaches him with ease, and demands he cut her string.

He runs. She chases!

Her passivity and watchful nature become more readily apparent as she observes real people rather than fictional ones. During her chase, Aika begins to wonder about these other Adams and Eves, as well as the meaning of her own life--a girl who fears love, yet worries about her own ability to even feel it.

BACKGROUND NOTES

A wallflower with an equally nondescript family! That's all there is to it!
When her string 'activates' so to speak, her reclusiveness/avoidance reaches its peak.
Her string is attached to the prince of her school. He hadn’t noticed her before, but as the string that connects them gradually shortens, he becomes more interested. NO!
Sometime during the year, a transfer student named Kitakami comes in! He is very hot! Very ridiculously bishonen hot??!?!?? LIKE YUU WATASE “BABBY”… TERRIBLE…. HOT…..
Except, he's basically GOD/A METAPHYSICAL BEING WITH THE ABILITY TO TRANSFORM INTO ANYONE’S HEART’S DESIRE. his default is japanese school boy BECAUSE I SAID SO. He appears here and there, but he likes schools the best because young girls (and boys) are foolish and vulnerable creatures!!!!
He too can see strings! And touch them!!! Should he pull one three times (“I” “LOVE” “YOU”/ “DAI” “SU” “KI”), he can make people fall in love with him/pledge themselves to him like the Judeo-Christian God.
And he can cut them… HE USES IT FOR EVIL BECAUSE GOD IS A DICKBAG IN THE STORY. AND BY THAT I MEAN he cuts people’s strings, makes one (or both parties) fall for him, then after he’s strung them along DUMPS THEIR SHIT.
Aika decides to chase him and try to convince him to *~*cut her string*~*. So, it’s like in a shojo manga wherein the heroine gets in over her head chasing after THE BAD BOY and the GOOD BOY
And then theological inferences! Many of them

RELATIONSHIP NOTES

PRINCE: They are *~*meant*~ to be each other's shallow love interest. The Prince is the perfect Adam in every way, almost creepily understanding and accepting. He's nothing more than a very kind person with a very pretty face.
Sonako: Aika's female rival. She was created by Kitakami-kun to be Aika's rival in love. However, she begins to gain sentience, leaving Kitakami's side and joining Aika's. She becomes the Dark Magical Girl to Aika's Sweet Magical Girl; the older sister and Aika's very first best friend! She is covered in string and Aika wonders where hers leads...

SPOILERS: Aika and Sonako go after Kitakami! Kitakami takes a hold of Sonako's string and Aika believes she will lose her first and only friend. She cries and tries to save her best friend, but it's even worse than she believes. When Kitakami pulls on Sonako's string, her entire being becomes unwound like a cheap red sweater. Aika tries to put her back together but ends up tangled in the STUFF SHE HATES MOST IN THE UNIVERSE. It isn't clear what part of SONAKO was FABRICated and what was not, just an implication that Kitakami might've planned this heart break all along.

Aika begins to wonder if it's too late for her to have friends and if she was even worthy in the first place. She also wonders that.... given this knowledge, should she even miss her friend? LINK FOR ADDITIONAL SPOILERS!!
KITAKAMI: The God to her Lucifer, the BAD BOY of the shoujo love triangle etc etc! He's basically this dickbag that enjoys teasing Aika-- But, as she gains power in her ability to speak and bend dimensions, he begins to WORRY.
TADAMI! A classmate.

OTHER STUFF

Aika's taste in animu is really questionable
Aika herself represents Lucifer. One could call her Satan (which means Adversary in Hebrew). The reason why her spirit animal is PIG is because BEELZEBUB/LORD OF THE FLIES reference! The cutting of strings represents her wish to BEQUEATH KNOWLEDGE AND WILL onto the relatively dull and controlled EDEN that is the SHOUJO UNIVERSE. She uses words to fight because that's how Lucifer "tempts" people; it's never through any physical means, usually it's all persuasion based.