Mishima, Akane

美嶋紅音

A school librarian and friend of Natsuru, she is also a Blue Kämpfer like him. Usually very shy (a trait likely stemming from her tendency to misinterpret others' actions in a borderline-erotic manner) and soft-spoken, she exhibits bipolar behavior upon transforming into a Kämpfer, becoming foul-mouthed, bitter, vindictive, and trigger-happy. She explained most of the rules of being a Kämpfer when Natsuru's own Messenger provided no such details. She is a Gewehr-type Kämpfer who uses a 1911 .45 pistol and appears to be ambidextrous. In addition to Natsuru being the first male to establish an in-depth friendship with her, Akane eventually begins to harbor feelings for him, becoming jealous and easily irritable when he talks about another girl (most if not all of the time being Kaede) in front of her or when another girl takes an interest in him (whether that interest is romantic in nature or not). Despite often responding with indifference, however, Natsuru does later tell her that if Kaede were never on his mind, she (in her normal form) would have been the kind of girl he "sees no problem with".