Ajia Ashitomi is one of the female students who currently attends Akademi.
Appearance[]
Ajia has shoulder-length dark grey hair tied into thick pigtails at the back of her head that are held by blue scrunchies differing in shade. She has dark gray eyes. She wears Bulgarian red eyeliner paired with faded charcoal black eyeshadow. She also wears petite orchid lip gloss.
She wears the default school uniform unless customized by the player. As a member of the Cooking Club, she wears a periwinkle blue apron with a dark blue pocket trim with a scale fish design and sushi print on her right pocket and a periwinkle blue kerchief. If the Cooking Club is disbanded, she will not wear her apron and kerchief anymore.
Previous[]
Before the August 19th, 2018 Build, she had salmon-pink hair and bright green eyes. Her appearance was changed because she looked too similar to Sakura Hagiwara.
Before the August 20th, 2018 Build, her scrunchies were white and her eyes were black.
Before the December 6th, 2018 Build, Ajia wore an apron with the Rising Sun Flag on it, but it was later removed.[3]
Before the April 15th, 2021 Build, her scrunchies were different shades of jade.
From the April 2nd, 2021 Build to the April 15th, 2021 Build, she had a blue tint in her hair. This was changed due to negative feedback from fans.
Before the May 1st, 2024 Build, her kerchief was light blue.
Personality[]
Ajia Ashitomi is concerned that western culture is dominating Japan too much, and cares deeply about preserving Japanese culture. She is determined to master the art of preparing traditional Japanese cuisine.
Concerned that western culture is dominating Japan too much, and cares deeply about preserving Japanese culture. Determined to master the art of preparing traditional Japanese cuisine.
Extremely proud to be Japanese, and celebrates Japanese culture at every opportunity. Dislikes the influence of western culture in Japan. Determined to master the art of preparing Japanese cuisine.
Ajia striking a cute pose.
Among the personas that are currently in the game, Ajia is a Social Butterfly. She will give Ayano Aishi a cute pose if she aims her phone at her. If she sees Ayano commit murder or discovers a corpse, she will run to a highly populated area within the school and call the police. If Ayano approaches, she will scream for her to go away, and if Ayano commits another murder in her eyesight, she will curl into a ball. She is unable to fight back against the player if she is attacked.
At first glance, Ajia appears to be a kind person. She is extremely proud to be Japanese and takes great pride in Japanese culture. She also considers herself spiritual, but not enough to believe that ramen can make someone dream of their ancestors' memories, but she is willing to find out if it's true.
Although she is genuinely kind, Ajia secretly despises foreigners who treat Japan like a giant amusement park, and wishes for the isolationism of Japan to return, while showing a visible dislike for Western Culture. She even feels disdain for her clubmate, Seiyo Akanishi. This was shown when, if refusing her assignment, she sarcastically says that in an age of science and rationality, she shouldn't expect anyone to take talk of superstitions seriously. She assumes that Ayano is more interested in "eating cheeseburgers" than appreciating the food of "her own homeland," despite Ayano giving her no reason for her to think so. Ajia's dislike for anything related to the West would have her hypothetically throw up from the taste due to the nocebo effect, which causes her to vomit due to a psychological expectation of the food, not the qualities of the dish.[4]
Despite having Ryukyuan ancestry, she feels bad and expresses disappointment while looking at a map of The Japanese Colonial Empire, admiring some of the Japanese leaders of that time, notably Tojo. Despite this, she doesn't wish for Japan to re-attempt global domination in the present.[5][6]
She is wary of foreigners / people praising foreign culture.[7]
Ajia dislikes money because she dislikes anyone motivated by greed.[8] Additionally, she also dislikes Japanese pop or rock music.[4]
She dislikes science because she's spiritual and believes that there are supernatural/metaphysical things that cannot be understood with science.[9] It is also her worst school subject.
Routine[]
Default[]
Ajia preparing some food in the Cooking Club.
At 7:00 AM, Ajia enters the school grounds with the other Cooking Club members. She walks to her locker at 7:05 AM and changes from her outdoor shoes to her indoor shoes. At 7:15 AM, she walks to the Cooking Club on the first floor, where she will prepare some food. Then she travels around the school to give the food to various students.
At 8:00 AM, she then walks to Classroom 1-2, sits at her desk, and plays on her phone. She starts her morning classes at 8:30 AM and leaves to go outside of the Cooking Club to eat lunch with the rest of the club members at 1:00 PM.
Afterwards, she walks back to class again at 1:30 PM and participates in cleaning time between 3:30 PM and 4:00 PM. During this time, Ajia can be seen cleaning windows in Classroom 1-2.
Ajia cleaning windows during cleaning time in Classroom 1-2.
Lastly, she heads to the Cooking Club and stays there until the end of the day. If Ayano joins in club activities, she will prepare a meal from 5:30 PM to 6:00 PM.
If the Cooking Club is disbanded, Ajia will socialize with the other former members in the Home Ec Room during periods in which she would normally attend it.
Week 2[]
During Week 2, Ajia will stand outside of the Cooking Club with her fellow clubmates, conversing with each other.
On 7:21 AM, after Amai thanks them for assisting her in the bake sale. Ajia and her clubmates include Amai went to the Home Ec Room together, and prepare the bakes for bake sales. During the bake sale, she stand on the right side of the table, next to Kenko.
During lunch time and after school. They continue the bake sale till after school.
Task[]
- Main article: Tasks
| This favor requires... | Description |
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Ajia Ashitomi wants to know if the rumors about the ramen restaurant in town are true. Go into town, eat a bowl of ramen at the Dream Ramen, go to sleep, and then report back to Ajia. |
| To complete Ajia's task, the player can go to the ramen shop in Buraza Town at night and purchase a bowl of their choice for $9.99. Once the player goes to bed, they can then wake up out of the dream. Any amount of time spent inside the dream can complete the task after arriving to school. | |
Topics[]
The topics Ajia is Negative/Positive/Neutral towards are as follows:
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Miscellaneous[]
Her preferences unrelated to gameplay include:
- Favorite color: Either black, white or red.[7]
Relationships[]
Family[]
- Main article: Minor Characters
Ajia's ancestors were Ryukyuan, with a stronger cultural connection to their heritage than to a Japanese national identity. Their family values were shaped by World War 2.
Relatives who lived through the war developed a sense of unity with Japan, seeing themselves as a subgroup rather than a separate people. Ajia's grandfather moved to mainland Japan, assimilated, and married an ethnically Japanese woman. His sons did the same, and in recent generations, the family has identified as Japanese first, Ryukyuan second.
Ajia's unpopular opinions were instilled in her by her parents.[10]
Others[]
- Seiyo Akanishi: Ajia secretly feels disdain for Seiyo since he loves everything she hates; however, she would never openly express it.[11] Ajia's task shows that she has a strong dislike for Western culture, assuming that Ayano is more interested in "eating cheeseburgers" than appreciating the food of "[her] own homeland" if the player chooses not to do her task. This negative nudge may refer to Seiyo, who makes mini-cheeseburgers in the Cooking Club and even enjoys cheeseburgers as his favorite food.[12] She dislikes him way more than she does Fureddo, who's actually American.[13]
- Fureddo Jonzu: Despite being American, Ajia is willing to tolerate Fureddo as long as he is respectful towards Japanese culture and makes an effort to integrate into Japanese society.[13]
- Shozo Kurosawa: Ajia and Shozo normally talk about their favorite Japanese classic films.[14] YandereDev has confirmed that they are not a couple.[15]
- Amai Odayaka: Ajia has known Amai for at least five years.[16]
- Mina Rai: YandereDev thinks Ajia's best friend might be Mina, who is in the Martial Arts Club.[17]
- Saki Miyu: Ajia thinks Saki is a cute girl[18]
- Taro Yamada/Budo Masuta: If Ajia had a crush, it would likely be Taro Yamada, as he has traditional Japanese interests. Budo Masuta would also be a likely candidate as well.[19]
Trivia[]
- She was implemented on August 18th, 2018.
- Her name, Ajia (アジア/あじあ/亜細亜), is the Japanese word for "Asia".
- Her surname, "Ashitomi", is a real-life Japanese surname that means "peaceful" (a, 安), "next, sequence" (shi, 次), and "wealth" (tomi, 富).
- Like Aika Iseri, she is the first student in alphabetical order, and the first target in the Alphabet Killer Challenge.
- However, Ai Doruyashi is the first student in alphabetical order in 1980s Mode. She is absent from the challenge, so Aika replaces her.
- Aika also takes Ajia's spot in the cooking club.
- If Ajia had a voice, she would sound like "the original Sailor Mercury".[20]
- Ajia has never tried kimchi or Korean cuisine.[21]
- Her birthday is probably on February 11th.[7]
Illustrations[]
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