Ayano Tateyama

Ayano Tateyama (楯山文乃) was a classmate and close friend of Shintaro. She committed suicide by jumping off the top floor, reasons are unknown.

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. She always smiling and seem to be having fun despite getting a 56 in a test. 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.

Songs
Main:
 * Toumei Answer
 * Ayano's Theory of Happiness
 * Lost Time Memory

Cameo:
 * 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.
 * She thinks the red jersey Shintaro's wears suits him.

Quotes

 * "...No, I'm no good for him. He needs someone that's even more selfish than him, someone energetic to pull him along... All I do is just follow behind him all the time. I can't do anything..." - Ayano about Shintaro
 * "Ehehe. I’m stupid, you know. So it can't be helped." - Children Record Booklet