Ima Takarabe
Age	15
Gender	Female
Blood Type	AB
Mentality	Normal Not Equal
Academia
School	Hakoniwa Academy
Year	Freshman
Previous Affiliation	Candidate Student Council Naked Apron Alliance
Previous Position	Intern
Personal Status
Education	Hitomasu All-Girl Junior High, Class 1
Primary Skill
Signature Ability	Torture Specialist
Media
Manga Debut	Volume 11, Chapter 94
Image Gallery

Ima Takarabe (財部 依真, Takarabe Ima) is a senior of Hitomasu All-Girl Junior High School, later a freshman of Hakoniwa Academy, and formerly one of the interns working as part of the Candidate Student Council.

Contents 1 Personality 2 Appearance 3 Plot 3.1 Kurokami Medaka's Successor Arc 3.2 Jet Black Bride Arc 3.3 Unknown Shiranui Arc 3.4 Bouquet Toss To The Future Arc 3.5 Epilogue Arc 4 Abilities 5 Trivia 6 References 7 Navigation

PersonalityEdit

Outwardly, Takarabe appears to be a cheerful and friendly girl. However, this is actually just an act, as in truth she despises other people and only sees them as a means to an end. She is something of a strategist, as she planned out a successful attack on Misogi Kumagawa, though her underestimation of his abilities led to the Candidate Student Council's defeat when he confronted them not long after. However, Takarabe does care for her friends in the Candidate Student Council (though she refuses to admit it), and these feelings are reciprocated. Takarabe initially despises Kumagawa because he sees through her act, but after he lets her and her friends go after they try and ambush him, she seems to have developed a slight affection towards him.

AppearanceEdit

Takarabe has blonde hair that frames her face, and blue eyes. Takarabe wears rectangular glasses with pink frames, as well as what is presumably the Hitomasu Junior High uniform, including: a black sailor top and miniskirt, matching beret and gloves, and black high boots. She wears a light blue armband, signifying her position as a Student Council intern, around her left arm. After entering Hakoniwa Academy, Takarabe dons the academy girl's uniform. Ten years later, Takarabe wears a black sweater and a white skirt, and still wears her beret.

PlotEdit

Kurokami Medaka's Successor ArcEdit

At the Council-sponsored school inspection meet, Kumagawa released his Minus out onto the crowd, calling them all background characters and sheep. Many people fell to his words, except five, including Takarabe. Afterwards, she was interviewed by Kumagawa expressing her excited and cheery behavior. Of course Kumagawa notices how shallow her smiles are which made her reveal her true self. Later that day, she was seen on top of a building, talking to Najimi Ajimu about how none of the five's characters were shown through and suggests to her that they should attack Kumagawa.

Jet Black Bride ArcEdit

Wanizuka cries about how she must succeed in their mission in order to be able to face her fallen comrades. Zenkichi reveals that the Candidates, including Takarabe, just went back to middle school.^[1]

Unknown Shiranui ArcEdit

At the end of the academic year, Takarabe is among those present at the Hakoniwa Academy graduation ceremony. She and the other middle school students are put out by Kumagawa's speech.^[2] At the speech's end, they are all think that Kumagawa behaved the same to the very end.^[3]

Bouquet Toss To The Future ArcEdit

Takarabe and members of several generations of the Student Council confront Medaka as part of the 100 Flowers Run in the Student Council office.^[4][5] Her message to Medaka is that they have always been in her care.^[6] Come April of the new school year, Takarabe enrolls in Hakoniwa Academy, and is present at the entrance ceremony.^[7]

Epilogue ArcEdit

Ten years later, Takarabe develops a smart phone game with her friends, and the group plan to start a company after Suishou Kibougaoka leaves graduate school.^[8]

AbilitiesEdit

Torture Specialist:Takarabe seems to prefer to avoid direct conflict, instead only moving in once her opponent has already been weakened. To this end, she claims that her specialty is tormenting immobilized enemies. She carries a variety of small tools that she holds between her fingers when using. She is apparently quite skilled at torture, as she claims that a normal person would be hospitalized for two months after enduring her treatment.

TriviaEdit

• She speaks her personal opinion before her public opinion. All of her personal opinions though are insults and attacks. Her personal opinion has a line cut across them, showing that she says it but does not "mean it." This is similar to Kumagawa's bracket speech.
• She is one of the few, if not the only, people to notice that Kumagawa speaks through bracket speech.
• Takarabe was voted the thirteenth most popular character in the series in the second popularity poll with 290 votes.

ReferencesEdit

NavigationEdit

v • d • e Student Council
Zenkichi’s Student Council
President: Zenkichi Hitoyoshi • Vice-President: Youka Naze • Treasurer: Mukae Emukae • Secretary: Shori Wanizuka • General Affairs Manager: Kudaki Torai
Medaka’s Student Council
President: Medaka Kurokami • Vice-President: Misogi Kumagawa • Treasurer: Mogana Kikaijima • Secretary: Kouki Akune • General Affairs Manager: Zenkichi Hitoyoshi
Stand-In Members
Vice-President: Kuudou Hinokage • Treasurer: Hitomi Hitoyoshi • Secretary: Youka Naze • Itami Koga
Candidate Student Council
Intern: Suishou Kibougaoka • Intern: Ima Takarabe • Intern: Kiki Kikitsu • Intern: Shori Wanizuka • Intern: Tsugiha Yojirou
Hinokage’s Student Council
President: Kuudou Hinokage
Kumagawa’s Student Council
President: Hansode Shiranui • Vice-President: Gagamaru Chougasaki • Treasurer: Mukae Emukae • Secretary: Shibuki Shibushi • General Affairs Manager: Misogi Kumagawa

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