

Like any good child, she'll show off her emotions real well, many times with some variation of the phrase "Uguu". She's easily scared and frightened, like accidentally stealing taiyaki due to being scared by the guy yelling at a dog. Her and Yuuichi serve as a comedic duo as the two argue and bicker with name calling and teasing (mostly on Yuuichi's side of things). Of course, she also retains a rather child-like level of behavior. Ayu also loves to try new things and improve herself, especially her cooking skills (which are horrendous). Whenever she meets someone new, she is rather quick to become friends with them and seems to act as if she has been best friends with them for life. She's always cheerful, happy, and just never seems to be in a bad mood unless the drama is kicking in. Other times, she is flailing her arms around as she runs, especially when scared. In the classic Genki Girl style, she drags Yuuichi around with her, such as her first scene where she steals him and runs away with him due to her stealing taiyaki. She glomps people, runs, screams, says "Uguu" a lot, and is definitely not afraid to show off her emotions. Personality: Well, as mentioned, Ayu is the most energetic of all the girls in the series. She just seems more like "loveable but annoying little sister" than "Yuuichi's true love and soulmate".but enough about that. But even outside of that, she just seems so child-like, innocent, and adorable that, like Fuko, I just have trouble accepting the ending events turning her into Yuuichi's love interest. I mean really, how is that going to end up? If she says "~Uguu" over every little thing, then what's going to happen when.okay, getting mind out of gutter now.

They did such a great job at making Ayu a shining beacon of cuteness that I simply CAN'T take her seriously as a love interest. Now as I mentioned in the Shiori review though, this does hurt her as the "main love interest" from my point a view. That in fact basically becomes her running gag for much of the series. But really, you don't see Makoto going around tackle-glomping people just to say hello. Ayu is definitely more "active" than the other girls.well, Makoto comes second to that. Unlike Fuko, however, is more "weird", Ayu gets the Genki Girl trope for her. They're shorter than the rest of the cast, their eyes and behaviors much more expressive in terms of their feelings (see the movie theatre scene where we get many variations of the word "Uguu"). As I've mentioned before, Ayu reminds me a lot of Fuko as I saw Clannad first, and in this case both have similar designs for their character. Also, a cookie to anyone who counts how many times I'm forced to use "Uguu" in this review XD.īut enough about the "Uguu"s, let's get to the rest of her design. Now to be fair though, that counter also included the times that Yuuichi said it, but still, he was doing it to mock Ayu so it still counts.
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Only "Auuu" comes close to this amount, though it only occurred for half the amount of time in the series so it sounds more annoying (that, and is also about all Makoto can say once things go down hill).

I once found a counter of how many times "~Uguu" is said in Kanon over the 24 episodes of the series. I don't even need to explain this one, ~Uguu.

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She's the most childish-looking of the cast shorter height, shorter hair, less, uhm, "developed", her clothing looks more like a raincoat (which for some reason is cute.), big eyes full of expression, and a backpack with little angel wings (foreshadowing Whooo!). Everything about her screams it and hits you over the head with it. Yet, he just can't help but feel something important happened seven years ago, something bad.Ĭharacter Design: Out of all the characters in the series, Ayu's is the easiest to pinpoint what they were going for with pure, unadulterated adorableness, cuteness, and moe. Yet Yuuichi finds himself enjoying her company, and teasing her for that matter. Her school location is mysterious, and so is just her entire life outside of random encounters period. The closest of the girls from the past to Yuuichi, but yet the one that Yuuichi remembers the least about. Ayu Tsukimiya Basics: A childish girl met during a taiyaki theft, Ayu is bubbly and excited.
