| abstract | - The main character. An immigrant from Japan, Manhome who comes to Aqua to become an undine. Normally shown as a very cheerful person. Has a strange tendency to draw supernatural phenomena to her.
* Catch Phrase: "Ah, suteki!" and "Ha-hi!"
* Cloudcuckoolander
* Friend to All Living Things: Not only does she befriend nearly every human she meets, but several animals and even a snow bug as well. She even feels sorry for some chocolate candies that won't get eaten because they got dropped onto the ground!
* Genki Girl
* Love Freak: Probably everyone's trait, but it's especially apparent with Akari.
* Rapunzel Hair: Her "sideburns" get so long by the epilogue that she's able to loop them back around into a ponytail! How she doesn't catch her oar in those loops is anyone's guess.
* Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: Her relationship with Alicia certainly has elements of this, which culminates in the Arietta OVA.
* Rose-Haired Girl
* She Is All Grown Up: In the anime she's the only one out of her and her two friends that's shown after reaching adulthood
* Ship Tease: With Akatsuki, but also with Alicia, so much that Alicia's unexpected marriage outraged quite a few yuri fans.
* Tearful Smile: When Alicia "disappeared" after she told Akari she planned to retire.
* Weirdness Magnet:
* Wide-Eyed Idealist: Yes, even by Aria standards.
* Yamato Nadeshiko: She's on her way. One of the three Water Fairies, Akari's tutor. Current manager of ARIA Company. She's known by the title "Snow White", and is currently the most popular undine in the city.
* Catch Phrase: "Ara ara" almost always followed by a giggle.
* Last-Minute Hookup: Gets married in the last chapter/episode with little/no foreshadowing.
* Onee-Sama: So very much.
* Romantic Two-Girl Friendship: With Akari
* Sayaka Ohara
* Ship Tease: With Akari, most prominently in the Arietta OVA.
* Stealth Hi Bye: Does this a from time to time, though it usually happens in the later chapters rather than the earlier ones.
* Yamato Nadeshiko Better known as Grandma. Legendary Undine and the founder of ARIA Company. Originally she's from Himeya Company, but break off after meeting with President Aria. Currently lives in countryside.
* Alliterative Name
* I Was Quite a Looker: She aged very badly, to say the least.
* Miniature Senior Citizens: Shrunk considerably between her working as an undine and now. Originally an anime-only character. Ai is Akari's customer in the first episode of the anime (in place of an old man in the equivalent manga story), and serves as the character that Akari corresponds with (in place of her unknown readers in the manga). In the last chapter of the manga, gets Canon Immigrant treatment.
* Canon Immigrant
* Cheerful Child
* Last-Episode New Character: In the manga.
* She Is All Grown Up: While she doesn't appear to physically grow during the 6 earth years that the series covers, that changes in the epilogue. Grandma's apprentice before Alicia. Left the company after Alicia became Prima. Currently has a family.
* Hot Mom ARIA Company's president. Can be considered as a B Side main character. A Martian cat that Akino met, and with whom she founded ARIA Company.
* Really Seven Hundred Years Old: Stays with the company for 20 years and he doesn't look any different at all.
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