Ayano Tateyama

''“Ehehe. I’m stupid, you know. So it can’t be helped." Tateyama Ayano (楯山文乃) was the classmate of Kisaragi Shintarou.

Appearance
Ayano is a girl with black hair and grey eyes. In Toumei Answer, she is seen wearing a red scarf and a black school uniform. She also wears two red clips in her hair.

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 catches her crying one day, but is at a lost at what to do and leaves. The next day it is revealed that she had commited suicide for some unknown reason. Her favorite character is “Kakyouin —aki”.She is now deceased. She was an average student, with one of test marks being 59.

Relationships
Shintarou - Her close friend

Kenjirou - Her father