Maya Satō

Maya Satō is a student of Class 1-D.

Appearance
Maya is a teenage girl of average height with upper-back length brown hair that has bangs hanging on the left side, and blue eyes.

She opts for a laid back, carefree appearance by wearing a thin orange cardigan with the sleeves rolled up, with a loose tie on her neck.

During the swimming class, she wore a swimsuit. In the survival test, she wears a tracksuit.

Personality
The depths of Maya's character haven't been shown, but she appears a quite friendly girl as she was willing to participate in the class introduction.

She apparently likes boys who impress her as she clung to the arm of Kiyotaka Ayanokōji after he showed off his athletic prowess and even flirted with him by calling him " handsome and cool" as she asked him if he had a girlfriend.

She confessed to Kiyotaka after the double date during Christmas, but was rejected and ran away crying.

Background
During elementary school, Maya was very earnest and had good grades, but since she was promoted to middle school, she had been going to have fun with her friends everywhere. During the first year and second year of middle school, she was absent in the majority of the classes. Although she changed during the third year of middle school, her current academic skills are at standstill.

Plot
Maya is normally shown in the classroom with the rest of her classmates.

In the Paper Shuffle special exam, Maya was paired with Kiyotaka Ayanokōji, whom she had taken a liking to. She had approached him earlier and exchanged mobile numbers with him. She even flirted with him during the study session in the library when they were studying for the special exam. When she met him at Keyaki Mall, where they were going for the same movie, she had clung to his arm causing the by-standing Airi Sakura, to stifle a scream.

In Volume 7, she had asked Kiyotaka Ayanokōji if he was fine with going out at the time, but he said that he was hanging out with the Ayanokōji Group. Feeling bad to see her disappointed, he asked her if she'd be fine with going out in the winter holidays. Hearing him, Maya was ecstatic and happily agreed. In Volume 7, Maya asks for Kei Karuizawa's help to plan her "date" with Kiyotaka Ayanokōji. Kei was surprised and suggested other boys to her, but she refused, and said that she only liked Kiyotaka. She told her plan to Kei and made some changes according to her suggestions. She then later asked Kei if they could make it a "double-date", by including her and Yōsuke Hirata in the plan. Eventually, Kei agreed and decided to schedule the double date on December 25. On the 25th, Maya met Kiyotaka at the meeting place, but noticing that Hirata and Kei hadn't yet arrived, she stalled for some time by pretending to look for her phone. After Kei's arrival, they moved on with their date and went to watch a movie. While they were going towards the movie theatre, Maya and Kiyotaka talked about various things, like music, anime, clubs and pets. She got very tensed when Kei asked him about Suzune Horikita, but calmed down when he replied that there was nothing between them. Under the onslaught of Kei's questions, Kiyotaka was saved by Hirata when the latter clarified that Kiyotaka had probably not found the person he really liked yet. The double date was then interrupted by Miyabi Nagumo, who took Kiyotaka away with him to talk. After the movie, Kei and Maya again start asking Kiyotaka questions about his personal liking about girls, and he is again saved by Hirata who follows up with Kiyotaka's statement. After lunch the group breaks up and Maya and Kiyotaka start going back to the dorms together. Maya sadly said that she knew Kiyotaka wasn't able to enjoy the day, as he hadn't even laughed or smiled once on their date, and asked if he didn't like her because she had earlier made fun of Suzune and bullied her, but he replied that that was not the matter. Maya then confessed to him and asked him to go out with her, but Kiyotaka rejected her feelings, telling her that he would have answered the same way to any girl, and that it was a problem with his own feelings. Hearing him reject her feelings, Maya ran away crying.

In the Second Year, Maya confronts Kei and asks her if she was going out with Kiyotaka. Kei, who earlier wanted to reject it, felt that it would only worsen things and admitted that she was. Maya slapped Kei but immediately apologized. Kei told her that she could slap her other cheek as well, but Maya apologized again. They then shared a hug and later went for tea.

Academic Abilities
Maya has below average academic abilities as was apparent during the Paper Shuffle special exam.

Name Etymology

 * The name Maya consists of kanjis that mean "hemp" (麻) (ma) and "question mark" (耶) (ya).
 * Maya's surname Satō consists of kanjis that mean "help, aid" (佐) (sa) and "wisteria" (藤) (tō).

Trivia

 * Since D-Class is for those with defective traits, Maya's defect are her frequent absences in middle school.
 * Maya wants to become a fashion designer after high school.
 * For the 2nd Year arc, When asked about her aspirations for the next year, she answered  'To search for a new love. Is what I want to say but... that's on hold for now. I'm an idiot so I have to study more. That's what I think.'