Ichika Amasawa

Ichika Amasawa is currently one of the first-year students of Advanced Nurturing High School. At the start of the 2nd Year Arc, she is assigned under Class 1-A.

Appearance
Ichika has straight scarlet hair that is tied into twintails and laced with red ribbons, and gradient dark-red eyes. She is seen so far wearing formal school attire consisting of an orange blouse paired with an unbuttoned crimson blazer with a blue ribbon, a short-length white sailor striped pleated skirt, and black thigh-highs.

Personality
Ichika has a very mischievous personality, teasing every character she has interacted with so far, even when it angers them.

History
Not much is known about Ichika's history. In Volume 3 of Second Year Arc, she said that her relationship with Ayanokoji went beyond love. It was later revealed in her monologue that she was born using in-vitro fertilisation, from the parents that, according to her, are said to be geniuses. She had described her life in White Room to be monotonous where a talented person like her wasn't welcomed.

Plot
In LN Year 2 Arc, Volume 1, after overhearing that they were looking for a good partner, Ichika approached Suzune Horikita, Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, and Ken Sudō, offering to partner up with one of them for the special exam. Initially offering to pair up with Suzune, she offered to partner with either Ken or Kiyotaka after hearing that she was looking for partners for them, under certain conditions. She states that she liked strong guys and asks Ken to prove his strength by brawling with the other second-years, but Suzune declines due to school rules with regard to violence between students. After showing that she was serious about her condition, and seeing Suzune and Kiyotaka's attitude towards Ken's strength, she changed her mind, stating that no one would probably show up to fight Ken. Ichika then changes her condition by saying that she liked a boy that could cook, which leads Suzune to lie that Kiyotaka had mentioned before that he could cook. Ichika says, as her new condition, that if Kiyotaka could satisfy her in terms of cooking, she wouldn't mind being partner with Ken in the special exam.

The next day, she met up with Kiyotaka at the Keyaki Mall and bought cooking utensils and ingredients for the meal. They headed towards Kiyotaka's room at the second year dormitory, which was neat and clean. Ichika relaxed inside while stating that she liked to eat Tom yam kung, which was a Thai dish. Kiyotaka prepared the dish and presented it to Ichika for a taste test and she seemed satisfied with it. Afterwards, she offered to clean the dishes since she was the one who had forced Kiyotaka to her cooking test, then she agreed to be Ken's partner for the Special Exam.

A few days later, she visited Kiyotaka's room, stating that she had lost her favorite hair rubber. She saw Kei Karuizawa in the room studying with him. Kei introduced herself, and asked her about her relationship with Kiyotaka, and she told her that Kiyotaka was her personal chef, and later teased Kiyotaka for looking at her butt while she searched for her hair rubber, making Kei annoyed. Then Kiyotaka said that he had cooked for Ichika before but could not tell her the details. After she found her hair rubber in the kitchen, she apologized for her teasing and left the room.

It was later revealed in that she had played a role in Kazuomi Hōsen's plan to expel Kiyotaka, but her motives remain unclear.

In LN Year 2 Arc, Volume 2, she decides to team up with Tsubasa Nanase and Kazuomi to form a group to expel Kiyotaka from the next Deserted Island Special Exam.

In LN Year 2 Arc, Volume 3, Ichika catches a spying Kikyō, who tried to use her tablet to record the fight between Kiyotaka and Tsubasa in order to get him expelled. Tormenting her, Ichika physically hurts Kikyō, causing her to show some of her true personality. Ichika goes on to explain that such a sloppy act would not even affect Kiyotaka, who had already noticed the presence of a third party. Kikyō then angrily questions her relationship with Kiyotaka, asking if she liked him, to which Ichika replies that it was something that transcended love.

Abilities
In contrast to her appearance, Ichika has high physical abilities and academic abilities having an A in both of those categories on OAA. She is also known to be intelligent, which is acknowledged by Kiyotaka.

Name Etymology

 * The name Ichika consists of kanjis that mean "one" (一) (ichi) and "summer" (夏) (ka).
 * Ichika's surname Amasawa consists of kanjis that mean "heaven, sky" (天) (ama) and "marsh" (沢) (sawa).

Trivia

 * For the 2nd Year arc, when asked about her aspirations for the next year, she answered:  "To enjoy myself, obviously. Eating a lot of tasty food, falling in love. That's what being a student is about!."