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| − | [[File:Vlcsnap-2013-10-10-18h04m05s244.png|left|thumb|200px|Akako laughing.]]Akako is a teenage witch of considerable power. | + | [[File:Vlcsnap-2013-10-10-18h04m05s244.png|left|thumb|200px|Akako laughing.]]Akako is a teenage witch of considerable power who attends Ekoda High School alongside [[Kaito Kuroba]], [[Aoko Nakamori]], and [[Saguru Hakuba]]. Due to her magical charms, she is very popular among the male student body. |
| − | Akako does not appear to have any living parents or adult guardians; she lives in a solitary Western-style mansion in a secluded, wooded part of Ekoda City. | + | Akako does not appear to have any living parents or adult guardians; she lives in a solitary Western-style mansion in a secluded, wooded part of Ekoda City with a strange, demonic-looking servant as her only company. |
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Akako is typically very vain and haughty, and delights in using her magical charms to ensnare every man who crosses her path. Those who can defy her charms - such as Kaito Kuroba - frustrate her, but also pique her interest. She also dislikes many of her female peers on principle, viewing them as rivals for attention and adoration. | Akako is typically very vain and haughty, and delights in using her magical charms to ensnare every man who crosses her path. Those who can defy her charms - such as Kaito Kuroba - frustrate her, but also pique her interest. She also dislikes many of her female peers on principle, viewing them as rivals for attention and adoration. | ||
| − | Beneath this arrogant exterior, however, Akako does possess a softer side. Though her interest in Kaito was once rooted in an obsession with controlling | + | Beneath this arrogant exterior, however, Akako does possess a softer side. Though her interest in Kaito was once rooted in an obsession with controlling him, it eventually grew into a more complex relationship that may well be genuine (if one-sided) love. In addition, despite her claiming that human life means nothing to her, she could not bring herself to kill Kaito - or even allow him to be captured - when she had multiple opportunities to do so. |
As is stereotypical of haughty female characters in anime and manga, Akako possesses a stereotypical "Ohohoho" laugh. | As is stereotypical of haughty female characters in anime and manga, Akako possesses a stereotypical "Ohohoho" laugh. | ||
Revision as of 01:06, 6 April 2015
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| Japanese name: | 小泉 紅子 (Koizumi Akako) |
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| Age: | 17 |
| Gender: | Female |
| Occupation: | Ekoda High School Student Witch |
| First appearance: | Magic Kaito Chapter 6 Anime: OVA 1 |
| Appearances: | Episodes: 1 OVAs: 1 Specials: 5 Openings: 3 Closings: 1 Episodes: 14 Episodes: 9 Magic Kaito Manga: 9 Magic Kaito 1412: 6 |
| Japanese voice: | Megumi Hayashibara (Episode 219 and OVA 1) Miyuki Sawashiro (Magic Kaito Special) Eri Kitamura (Magic Kaito 1412) |
Akako Koizumi (小泉 紅子 Koizumi Akako) is a character in the manga and anime franchise Magic Kaito, as well as the anime franchise Detective Conan.
Contents
Background
Akako is a teenage witch of considerable power who attends Ekoda High School alongside Kaito Kuroba, Aoko Nakamori, and Saguru Hakuba. Due to her magical charms, she is very popular among the male student body.
Akako does not appear to have any living parents or adult guardians; she lives in a solitary Western-style mansion in a secluded, wooded part of Ekoda City with a strange, demonic-looking servant as her only company.
Personality
Akako is typically very vain and haughty, and delights in using her magical charms to ensnare every man who crosses her path. Those who can defy her charms - such as Kaito Kuroba - frustrate her, but also pique her interest. She also dislikes many of her female peers on principle, viewing them as rivals for attention and adoration.
Beneath this arrogant exterior, however, Akako does possess a softer side. Though her interest in Kaito was once rooted in an obsession with controlling him, it eventually grew into a more complex relationship that may well be genuine (if one-sided) love. In addition, despite her claiming that human life means nothing to her, she could not bring herself to kill Kaito - or even allow him to be captured - when she had multiple opportunities to do so.
As is stereotypical of haughty female characters in anime and manga, Akako possesses a stereotypical "Ohohoho" laugh.
Appellations
Appearance
Akako is a beautiful girl, and all of the boys except Kaito adore her, but she can be very vain. Akako has maroon hair and eyes.
Plot overview
Akako enrolls at Ekoda High School, becoming a classmate of Kaito Kuroba and Aoko Nakamori. On Saint Valentine's Day, all the boys want chocolate from her, but Kaito: knowing that the only one in the world who can resist her is Kaitou Kid, Akako realizes that her classmate is the phantom thief. She then uses a voodoo to attract Kid and win his heart using magic, but she fails and the thief runs away.
During a school trip to a ski slope, after telling Aoko that she likes Kaito, Akako forces him to ski with her. She attaches a magic sticker on the boy's back, casting a spell by which (according to her) Kaito will fall in love with her, but she fails again and Kaito ends up skiing with Aoko.
Akako then decides that she has to kill Kaito: after his death, it will be true that all men love her. She gives a cursed necklace to Ginzo Nakamori, but the inspector is unable to kill Kaitou Kid, who runs away. Akako waits for him on Touto Tower, but her feelings for Kaito prevents her from killing him.
When Saguru Hakuba suspects that Kaito is Kid, Akako disguises herself as Kaitou Kid to protect her friend's secret and fend off Spider as well in which she fails to do so with Spider but is able to trick the police and Hakuba that Kaito is not Kaitou Kid. Later on, she tries to use her magic to prevent the police and Shinichi Kudo from arresting Kid, but her assistant stops her before using her powers publicly. Kaitou Kid still manages to escape.
Relationships analysis
Family & Friends
Kaito Kuroba/Kaitou Kid
Akako likes Kaito, as she said to Aoko during the Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve episode, but she also hates him because he's the only man in the world who doesn't adore her. Akako knows Kaito's identity as Kaitou Kid: her crystal ball has told her that only Kid can resist her, and when Kaito refuses her Saint Valentine chocolate, she figures out the truth. She tries many times to kill Kid, but sets aside her project as her feelings for Kuroba grow. Akako starts protecting him, advising Kaito to be careful during robberies, but the boy always denies being Kaitou Kid.
Aoko Nakamori
Akako sees Aoko as a rival for Kaito's affections.
Name origin
The name "Akako" means "red child". This contrasts with Aoko Nakamori's first name, which means "blue child".
Different looks
File:Akako DC.JPG Akako's Appearance in Detective Conan (Episode 219) |
Trivia
- Akako's anime voice actress for appearance in Detective Conan, Megumi Hayashibara, also provides the voice for Ai Haibara, and with the similarities between Magic Kaito and Detective Conan this serves to reinforce the love triangle theme revolving around the central character.
- In both the manga and TV Special, the three cobras attached to Akako's headband and magical costume are able to adjust their emotional expressions by themselves to match with Akako's.[1] However, this is not the case in the anime series Magic Kaito 1412.
Gallery
Akako as Kaitou Kid
Akako in her Egyptian-looking magic outfit from OVA 1
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See also
References
- ^ Manga (must pay close attention):
- Volume 1, Chapter 6
- Volume 2, Chapter 1 (Headband only)
- Volume 2, Chapter 4
- A Witch Sheds No Tears
- Love on the Ski Slope on Christmas Eve (Headband only)
- OVA 1
