Akari Ichijou

Akari Ichijou (一条 あかり, Ichijō Akari) is a 13-year old girl in The Last Blade. She is voiced by Mayuko Omimura. She is symbolized by spells, mononoke (demons), and ribbons. Her official slogan is "Magical Little Girl": 小さな陰陽師.

Story
Born and raised in Tokyo, she was constantly battling diseases on her own until she finally understood her true calling: teleportation. When her older sister Hikari succumbed to disease, Akari became very agitated. At that time, their father called for her. She restlessly sat before her grim-faced father, who was about to give her a lecture about Hell’s Gate. Akari found out that Hell’s Gate was causing trouble again, and flew out of the room, bent on finding the perfect cure for her sister’s disease on her own: sealing Hell’s Gate. Her father accused her of not listening to what he said, but she was already gone.



It is interesting to note that Akari has had the most appearance as a playable character out of all of the cast in the Last Blade games, appearing in: Neo Geo Battle Coliseum, SNK Gals' Fighters & SNK vs. Capcom for the Neo Geo Pocket Color.

Personality
Spoiled little kid, Akari cares for her family but wants to get what she wants. She likes adventuring and was really having fun during her trip to help her sister.

Powers

 * Teleportation - Akari can create dimensional doors and cross them.
 * Necromancy - Akari can summon ghosts, youkais and Hagure to aid her in battle.
 * Necromantic Projectile - Akari can fire a projectile composed of ectoplasm.

Fighting Style
The Ichijou-ryu style has the primary goal of teaching its students how to summon and control spirits and youkais, although it teaches some fighting techniques with the heihaku.

Music
Akari sings a song which is titled as Akari's song in the Last Blade Arranged Soundtrack.

Game Appearances

 * The Last Blade
 * The Last Blade 2
 * SNK Gals' Fighters
 * SNK vs Capcom: Match of the Millenium
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum

Similar Characters

 * Ponta "Akari"

Last Blade Drama CD
Akari makes an appearence in the Last Blade Drama CD where she and Juzoh once again serves as comic relief. In the alternate ending, she sets out to travel with Yuki, and the two appears together in two cut scenes in the miscellaneous part.

In the Drama CD, it is revealed that Akari is very confident with her English, yet fails to make an American man to understand what she is saying.

One famous quote from the Drama CD is Dontu curai spilto milku, although what she really intended to say was: Don't cry over spilt milk

Trivia

 * Aside from her sister, Akari hangs out with two other girls. Their names are Shizuka Kujo ("Shichi") and Aoi Yahata ("Acchi"). Shizuka has black hair and Aoi's outfit has green ribbons. They're usually seen cheering for her in the background or in her endings.
 * In her 100 Demons' Night (Shikigami Hyakkiyakou) super move in games outside The Last Blade, several cameos can be spotted:
 * The Match of the Millennium: SNK vs. Capcom: Dhylec (Donovan Baine's sword), Ryuhaku Todoh, Go Hibiki (Dan's deceased, Tengu-faced father), Mizuki Rashojin, Gore Gajah from Star Gladiator, a pair of small Mars People, Red Arremer, Mukuro, Hannya (Bishamon's cursed suit of armor), Shiro Tokisada Amakusa and, lastly, an SV-001.
 * Neo Geo Battle Coliseum: Youkai Kusaregedo, Gandara, Ryuhaku Todoh, Earthquake, Honki ni Natta Mr. Karate, Nicotine Caffeine and one of the spirits summoned by Sokaku Mochizuki.
 * In the MotM version of 100 Demons' Night, it is interesting to notice that, even though the characters just pop up next to the opponent, Akari is still animated as if the barrage of monsters seen in the other games paced back and forth, trampling her, until she falls unconscious to the ground.