Asuka Mishima (御島 明日香 Mishima Asuka) is one of Haruto Kirishima's new friends in Tokyo in A Town Where You Live.
Appearance[]
Asuka has has short black hair with bangs covering most of her forehead and sea-green eyes.
In terms of physical appearance, Asuka resembles Suzuka Asahina, from Seo Kouji's previous work, Suzuka.
Personality[]
Asuka tends to speak in Fukushima dialect when she gets excited. She is very self-conscious about the size of her breasts, and often compares them to other female characters.
She is also very snappy at first but later opens up to Haruto. She developed feelings for him and was his girlfriend after Yuzuki Eba left. Asuka is very understanding of Haruto and forgives him even when he appears in compromising situations. Later on in the story Haruto meets Yuzuki againa and they rekindle their relationship prompting Haruto to break up with Asuka, leaving her heartbroken. However, Asuka moved on and forgave him in the end.
Summary[]
Asuka is Haruto's ex-girlfriend and classmate. She is also a friend and neighbor of Haruto's older sister, Aoi. She enters Haruto's life after mistaking him for a burglar and subduing him with a baseball bat. Originally from [Wikipedia:Fukushima|Fukushima]] and possessed of a loud and fiery personality, Asuka eventually develops a crush on Haruto; her feelings eventually get through and they begin dating. Asuka is a compassionate girl and is forgiving of Haruto's mistakes, such as when Haruto and Shiori Amaya were discovered walking out of a love hotel. Haruto is forced to explain what was he doing there, but he could not because Shiori has reasons to keep it a secret. Haruto then explains himself to Asuka and she forgives him, not asking about the details. Recently Asuka and Haruto have tried to make time to go on a trip together to move their relationship to the next stage but they have not been able to since Asuka had to return home to Fukushima to help with some family issues. Surprisingly, Asuka comes to Hiroshima to surprise Haruto, but discovers that he had gone to the summer festival with Yuzuki, where she had confessed to Haruto. After returning to Tokyo, the two break up.
Post-Kimi no iru Machi[]
Asuka makes appearances in Seo Kouji's later works, Fuuka and Hitman. While she only appears briefly in Fuuka, she is central to one of Hitman's story arcs, where she has become a successful sotball player and Hitman's protagonists set out to make a manga about her love-life.
A bonus manga released with the final volume of Princess Lucia reveals that she is dating a member of the Hiroshima Carp baseball team.
Etymology[]
- The name Asuka means "tomorrow" (明日) (asu) and "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (ka).
- Asuka's surname Mishima means "honorable, manipulate, govern" (御) (mi) and "island" (島) (shima).
Trivia[]
- She took 5th place in both of Kimi no iru Machi's character popularity polls
- The character design and name is likely a reference to Asuka Kazama from the Tekken series.
- The character surname is likely derived from the Tekken series's Mishima family [[1]].