Akane Kanda

Akane Kanda (神田 あかね, Kanda Akane) is the son of a famous novelist Kousui Kanda. After his mother died, his father took him on a trip with him to cheer him up.

Appearance
Akane is a young boy with a short light-brown hair and blue eyes.

Personality
After his mother death, Akane went into depression, not willing to do anything or go anywhere. He was complaining about everything and everything was annoying him, especially people who give their condolences. But after he met Oriko and learned that she also lost her parents, he started to change for the better.

Synopsis
Kousui was staying on the side of a road with Akane having a fever. Oriko Seki saw him and took them in her inn. That evening Akane fever got better and Kousui thanked them for taking them in, as all other placed were full. Mineko Seki asked if he was traveling for inspiration for his new novel, but Kousui explained that his son got depressed after his mother died, so he decided to travel with him to cheer him up. As Mineko expressed her condolences, Akane commented everyone acts like that when they hear of his mother. He then kept ranting he doesn't want to go to school and that everything was annoying. And that when he finally agreed to travel, he got a fever, wishing he had stayed home. Oriko then said she also lost her parents and Akane was surprised she was so lively. As she told him that she won't continue sulking and give up on everything, Akane got annoyed and told her he hates hard-working people like her, which annoyed Oriko. He has Two Little brothers but never-seen in the movie or never mentioned.

Etymology

 * The name Akane is written in hiragana (あかね), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (茜), it could possibly mean "deep red, dye from the rubia plant".
 * Akane's surname Kanda means "god, deity" (神) (kan) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).