Ayano Tateyama

Ayano Tateyama (楯山文乃) was a classmate and close friend of Shintaro. She committed suicide.

Appearance
Ayano is a girl with long black hair that can appear dark brown, which have two red clips on the left side in it. Her eyes are colored in a simple grey. In Toumei Answer, she is seen wearing a red scarf and a black school uniform with a white ribbon attached to it. Her stockings are as well black while her shoes are in a dark brown.

Personality
A cheerful girl who was Shintaro's classmate. In the summer of her first year of high school, she made contact with Shintaro, who had a tendency to keep a distance, but who soon relented to her advances and genuinely enjoyed her company. From then on, the two became close friends. Shintaro caught her crying one day, but was lost at what to do and left. The next day, it is revealed that she had committed suicide for some unknown reason by jumping from the top floor. She is now deceased. She was an average student, with one of test marks being 56.

Relationships

 * Shintaro - Her close friend and classmate. He fell into depressions after her suicide.
 * Kenjirou - Her father.
 * Takane Enomoto - In the novel before her suicide, she became Takane's friend. She told Takane to stop hiding her feelings from Haruka.

Songs
Main: Cameo:
 * Toumei Answer
 * Children Record
 * Konoha's State of the World

Trivia

 * Her favorite character is Noriaki Kakyoin.
 * She tended to fold little paper cranes out of Shintaro's tests to cheer him up.