Aya Ayano

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

- Aya Ayano, after being saved by Kouichi Sakakibara

Aya Ayano is 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. She comments to Koichi that she's a lot more laid back than the dramatic Izumi, though she appears to be more emotional, screaming when her teacher killed himself and gibbering with fear when Koichi saved her from the falling glass.

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 there was trying to leave the city to escape the calamity haunting Class 3. 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 along with her parents notably prompt students to go to the shrine.

Gallery
Main article: Aya Ayano/Image Gallery

Trivia

 * She was found of nicknaming her classmates, and was generally very familiar. She called Kouichi "Kouichi-chan" (a term of endearment usually reserved for close friends) and called Teshigawara "Teshy" as shown in "Body Paint".
 * It is seen that she is Yumi Ogura's best friend. Her death, along with that of Yumi's brother, caused Yumi to snap and resulted in her own death.
 * Her first name, Aya, means "coloring." Her last name, Ayano, means "designed field."
 * Her home address is 2-9 Furuikecho Yomiyama City.
 * She is ranked A in Another characters ranking.
 * Ayano is an anime original character. No characters in either the novel or manga die in a car accident.