Minako Arisugawa

Overview

Minako Arisugawa is the embodiment of what most students would call the “ideal senpai.”
She’s always polite. Always prepared. Always smiling.

And absolutely not to be trusted.

Beneath her immaculate uniform and poised laughter is a girl who treats kindness as a tool and reputation as a weapon. Minako is one of the core manipulators holding together Narasato Gauken’s corrupt student council, serving as the soft-spoken mouthpiece to balance Saito’s cold efficiency and the absent President’s looming influence.

She never raises her voice. She never swears.
She doesn’t need to.

She’ll weaponize your missteps, wrap you in compliments, and make you thank her for it.

Appearance

• Long, deep burgundy-black hair, often styled in tidy braids or cascading waves
• Immaculately polished nails, minimalist makeup, and always dressed within code—just elevated enough to feel superior
• Carries a pastel file folder or clipboard almost constantly, adorned with subtle stickers or hand-drawn flowers
• Has a signature look: head slightly tilted, hands clasped, eyes closed in a too-perfect smile

Personality

☼ Outwardly:

• Friendly, nurturing, warm-toned speech
• Generous with compliments
• Brings baked goods to meetings (often store-bought, labeled “homemade”)
• Refers to underclassmen with “-chan” or “-kun” even if they don’t like it
• Laughs gently when making threats

☾ Inwardly:

• Highly calculating and observant
• Keeps mental (and often written) dossiers on students’ habits and weaknesses
• Feels entitled to control as a reward for her perfection
• Views most people as chess pieces—some are just more amusing than others
• Has no close friends, only tools

Background

Minako was raised in a well-off, socially prominent household. Her mother was a highly regarded etiquette instructor, her father a company executive. She was drilled early in poise, performance, and manipulation through presentation.

Failure was not an option—only perceived perfection mattered.

She learned quickly that real control came from perception, and nothing was more powerful than a weapon no one believed you’d use.

As early as middle school, Minako was volunteering “graciously,” tutoring peers (and subtly sabotaging them), and ensuring she was beloved in every classroom—while controlling the narrative behind the scenes.

By high school, she positioned herself in the student council and carved out a role that gave her the power to influence discipline, awards, event budgets, and even faculty opinion… all with a perfect smile.

Relationships

Saito (Fellow Council Member):
She respects his efficiency and detachment, but finds him utterly joyless. Their partnership is mutually beneficial: he enforces, she packages the cruelty in lace. She sometimes tests his limits with sweet sarcasm.

Yoshie (President, currently absent):
Minako adores and resents Yoshie. She sees her as the only other girl with enough status and cunning to rival her—and she's infuriated that Yoshie inherited power while Minako earned it. Publicly, she’s fiercely loyal. Privately, she’s watching for weakness.

Vanessa (Vice President):
Minako views Vanessa as a “misplaced heart.” She finds her soft, sentimental, and annoyingly moral—but tolerable. She often praises Vanessa to her face, while working around her when she blocks policies.

Trent (Targeted Student):
She enjoys watching him squirm and considers him a “challenge project.” The fact that he doesn’t always react makes her more curious. In her mind, he’s a “correctional work in progress” with potential to break beautifully.

Tactics & Tools

• Keeps extensive notes on student infractions (real or fabricated)
• Maintains control through social shame, not punishment
• Sets traps using kindness: recommends you for something you didn’t ask for, then punishes you for failing it
• Uses ambiguous rules (“you should have known better”) to maintain plausible deniability
• Always insists students “agree to the terms” to avoid accountability later

Hidden Weaknesses

• Terrified of emotional exposure; cannot handle genuine vulnerability
• Doesn’t know how to accept help without seeing it as a trap
• Keeps a locked journal in her desk with pages full of crossed-out names—people she once tried to befriend and now pretends not to remember
• Secretly attends therapy sessions under a false name off-campus, out of town

Quotes

“We’re all trying our best. But sometimes? Trying isn’t enough.”

“Oh, don’t look so upset. I only expect perfection because I believe you’re capable of it.”

“Rules aren’t cruel. People who break them are.”

“I’m not the villain, silly. I’m the reason everything still works.”

Age: 17
Role: Student Council Secretary / Vice Chair of Morale and Discipline
School: Narasato Gauken
Clubs: Student Council (Executive), Flower Arranging (Token Presence), Volunteer Committee (Only for optics)
Reputation: “Perfect upperclassman,” “Queen of smiles,” “Sweet… but terrifying”