#apparently her voice actor also voiced the best aikatsu character. yes of course im talking about hanawa yayoi

[prettyallfriends]

ajimi is the best-designed character in pripara

...okay heres reasoning

cohesive, overt theming. its a kids show so the in-your-face nature works really well, yet its still somehow not TOO overt? shes wearing a beret and her cylume coord features the most basic landscapes-- not only is she an artist, shes specifically an art teacher and thats clearly reflected in her main/cyalume coord. probably the strongest theming out of anyone (save maybe peppers animal thing)

glasses representation. pripara should NOT bestow perfect vision to people!!! blind bitches exist too

her colour scheme is reaaaaally nice. the pinks are complimented nicely by her brown eyes. and in the anime shes got cute pink cheeks (which the game excluded🙄 even though player avatars could add those same exact pink cheeks???)

her hair... hello...

little eyebrows

while her brand is a bit more limited since she wasnt really important for long :((( candy alamode more is easily my favourite brand in pripara (which says a lot since im usually drawn to more gothic and punk inspired brands)

okay actually this is becoming reasons why shes just a great character in general. but her being an artist is soooo fun and it wouldve been so fun to have more profession-based characters. give us a pastry chef or something cmon. and if i ever regain my motivation to translate stuff... which will happen...! her artist references will be so fun to translate (yuppp. the same references that contributed to me being unable to understand a word she said since s2 didnt get fansubs? theyre good now actually). but yeahhhhh also id always wanted to be an artist as a kid so ajimi speaks to me

shes a really fun contrast to mirei. she uses an offshoot of mireis brand that really is more of what candy alamode is going for, but where mirei wears the most generic candy pop theming, ajimis coords are much more reflective of her actual personality. ajimi looks identical inside and out of pripara, including being one of very few glasses wearers, while mirei notably loses her glasses and her whole schtick is being completely different in pripara. mirei puts on her idea of a generic pop idol persona, including catchphrases that dont really mean anything and arent reflective of any facet of her personality. her "pri" just refers to pripara, cant possibly get more generic. ajimi has stupid catchphrases too, but theyre reflective of her actual personality and interests. she namedrops artists constantly, not bc shes trying to come across any which way but bc she just really loves art and wants to incorporate her favourite artists into her speech

fellow scorpio (and she shares a bday w my nephew teehee)

shes involved in the undisputed absolute best songs in pripara. omomrice and aidol wo torimodose. and papipupepolice by proxy. she has some kind of midas touch shenanigans going on

while they didnt go anywhere with it, she was in a team with the indomitable shirai nanami. THEEEEE true main character. and sure they tried to remedy this w ucchari big bangs but q p cosmix never got the respect it deserved. kyupikon mothafuckas