Akane is Kumiko's fox familiar. She is extremely beautiful and has a huge knowledge of the human world as she would always go there a long time ago. Akane is very mischievous and quite sarcastic. Akane might look like a serious character but she's far from it. She's a yokai who likes to laugh as others misfortune and the only person she truly gets along with is Kumiko. You'll often find Akane chuckling to herself within the script.