Akari

Overview

Wanibuchi Akari is a third-year student at Gehenna Academy and a key member of the Gourmet Research Society in Blue Archive. Alongside her club members, including club president Kurodate Haruna, Akashi Junko, and Shishidou Izumi, she actively travels across Kivotos in relentless pursuit of delicious food. Renowned for her staggering appetite and unfading, gentle smile, she conceals a chaotic and destructive edge beneath her polite, older-sisterly demeanor.

Appearance

Wanibuchi Akari features long blonde hair and black demon horns resembling hair clips. Her eyes possess magenta X-shaped pupils that widen into glowing circles when her emotions intensify or during skill execution. Despite being the tallest member of the Gourmet Research Society, she maintains a youthful face. In her New Year outfit, she wears a black kimono paired with black gloves. She carries an assault rifle equipped with an underbarrel grenade launcher and optical sight accessories.

Personality

Wanibuchi Akari maintains a bright, friendly older-sister demeanor, complete with a constant smile. As the oldest member of the Gourmet Research Society, she frequently looks after lowerclassmen such as Akashi Junko and Shishidou Izumi. Possessing a bottomless stomach that frequently gets her banned from all-you-can-eat buffets, she prioritizes sheer quantity of food over ultimate refinement. Beneath her polite exterior lies a terrifying calm, remaining cheerful even during extreme chaos or when retaliating against unfair restaurant practices. She also harbors a strongly possessive, jealous affection toward Sensei.

Abilities

In battle, Wanibuchi Akari utilizes her signature assault rifle equipped with a grenade launcher, named Bottomless. In her standard combat role, she fires explosive grenades rapidly across a broad area, making her exceptionally effective against grouped light-armored enemies. She is also capable of driving motor vehicles, often operating the School Lunch Club's truck. In her New Year form, she functions as tactical support, summoning a high-durability vehicle onto the field for 30 seconds to act as cover while boosting nearby allies' mystic effectiveness and attack speed.

Background

As a third-year student at Gehenna Academy, Wanibuchi Akari pursues her love for food as a central figure in the Gourmet Research Society. Her legendary eating achievements have resulted in numerous bans from dining establishments, while her club's extreme methods for securing meals often lead to blown-up cafeterias and stolen ingredients. During a major crisis in Kivotos, she played a key role by driving a hijacked vehicle deep underground and using her grenade launcher to destroy a vital terminal to halt a self-destruct sequence.

Relationships

Wanibuchi Akari shares her school year with Gourmet Research Society president Kurodate Haruna, working alongside her in club operations. She often acts as a supportive older figure to her junior clubmates, Akashi Junko and Shishidou Izumi. Her interactions with Aikiyo Fuuka of the School Lunch Club frequently involve hijacking her supply vehicle, though Akari acknowledges Fuuka's superior driving skills. Toward Sensei, Akari expresses intense affection and a possessive streak, often showing jealousy regarding Sensei's interactions with other women.

Trivia

Her surname, Wanibuchi, incorporates the word for crocodile, fittingly reflected in her uncanny speed when fleeing sticky situations. Her legendary eating records include consuming 120 hot dogs, 15 bowls of ramen, and 80 gyoza in single sittings. Additionally, the peculiar X-mark shape of her pupils has sparked fan theories due to its resemblance to pupil patterns found on certain entities associated with Decagrammaton.