Saitou, Mao

斉藤マオ

Mao Saito is a high school boy with purple hair and greenish-golden eyes. He is best friends with Chika.
He has an older sister named Mako, who shares his eye and hair color. He is less certain about his future plans than his friend Chika and his sister Chiko.
His hobby is spending time with Chika, as Mao explains over the phone when Chika asks about his hobbies. He is also quite close to Chika's sister, Chiko, since they both enjoy anime and manga.
Other girls sometimes assume Mao and Chika are gay because they are so close that they are described as "two peas in a pod."
Although he is not as talkative as his best friend Chika, he is very kind-hearted to everyone, especially Chiko, whom he always encourages in her manga drawings and writings.
He likes Chiko (Chika's older sister) and tries to describe her to Chiko when she asks, but she does not realize the girl he is describing is herself. Even Chika is unaware that Mao likes her sister.