Aya Ayano

"No... No! I don't want to die! No!!"

- Aya Ayano

Aya Ayano is an anime-only character and a student of 9th Grade Class 3 in 1998.

Personality
She is a cheerful, sociable and kind student and she is a member of drama club with Izumi Akazawa and Yumi Ogura.

Appearance
She has short light brown hair that reaches to her neck, and slightly sticks out everywhere. She also has brown eyes. Aya usually wears the school female standard uniform. Her casuals consists of a black cap, purple T-shirt, black pants, necklaces and a turquiose jacket.

Plot
Ayano first appears in Episode 1, talking with Kouichi Sakakibara. In Episode 4, she meets Kouichi and talks about several things. Suddenly, the wind starts blowing and pushes a plate of glass that was in a truck towards them. Kouichi pushes her out of the way. Soon Aya starts crying: "I don't want to die!". In Episode 7, she is in shock from Mr. Kubodera's death, and is the first one to scream, causing most of the students to run out of the classroom; Akazawa is seen comforting her in the hallway. In Episode 9, Aya (after meeting Kouichi and Naoya outside of school with Yumi) she left Yomiyama with her parents in their family car. Several boxes and bags are seen in her home, it appears that she was trying to leave the city. However on the way around the mountain area, a boulder falls off the mountain and hits their windshield. As a result, the car lost control and drove off the road, falling off the cliff. Her death notably prompt students to go to the shrine.

Gallery
Main article: Aya Ayano/Image Gallery

Trivia

 * She ranked A in Another characters ranking.
 * Another 99.jpg home address is 2-9 Furuikecho Yomiyama City
 * Ayano is a character created for the anime. No students in the original novel dies in a car accident.
 * Her first name, Aya, means "coloring".
 * Her last name, Ayano, means "designed field".
 * She call Kouichi as "Kouichi-chan" and call Teshigawara as "Teshy" as shown in Episode 9.