Mirai Aooka

Mirai Aooka (青岡 未来) is a character who appears in Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose. She is first mentioned in Innocence Seekers: The Silver Princess, but does not make her first appearance until Innocence Seekers: Dimensional Crossing. Mirai becomes an important character in Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light, becoming an integral member of Akari's group, and is a main character of Innocence Seekers: Mimori Flower Club.

Mirai is a rather shy girl, who has difficulty even speaking to others on her own volition. Her inability to start conversations brought her into conflict with Mizuki, however, Inori knew that since Mirai is shy, she should not be forced to speak. Even though Mirai is shy, she will open up to others if they start speaking to her gently.

As a mage, Mirai is an earth and wood elemental magic user whose primary weapon is a staff which can morph into a hammer. While she prefers to stay back and cast long range spells and summon creatures to help her and her allies, she is capable of fighting in close quarters, using her weapon to deliver slow yet powerful blows. Her Inherent Ability is Overwhelming Blow (圧倒的な殴打, attōteki na ōda), which gives all of her attacks a miniscule chance of dealing incredible damage, enough to incapacitate even a powerful demon. However, the ability does not work against other mages or magical girls, making it primarily useful in defeating witches, demons or Donsilans.

Backstory
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD

Mirai had spent most of her childhood with only a little knowledge of magic. This was because her mother, Mikako, wanted Mirai to live a normal life, away from the dangers of being a magical girl. This is shown in a number of scenes in Innocence Seekers: The Dark Angel Part 3 and Innocence Seekers: Dimensional Crossing, where Mikako bluntly told the characters visiting to stay away from Mirai.

Despite this, it was all but inevitable that Mirai would be drawn into the many conflicts affecting the galaxy. Mirai had not made any friends at Mimori Elementary School for a long time, until a fight with Mizuki resulted in Inori intervening and befriending Mirai. Soon, the members of the Mimori Flower Club, in particular, Sakura, became friends with Mirai. All of these girls were themselves magical girls, and Mikako had no choice but to invite them for the purpose of telling them never to tell Mirai about magic. Eventually, it would be Mikako's old friend Akane who would draw Mirai into the world of magic and straight into the events of Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light.

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Innocence Seekers: The Silver Princess
Although Mirai does not make an appearance in this entry, she is mentioned by Akane, who explains to the main characters that Mirai's mother wanted her to live a normal life.

Innocence Seekers: The Dark Angel Part 3
Again, Mirai does not appear, however, multiple attempts by the main characters were made to contact her, all denied by Mikako.

Innocence Seekers: Dimensional Crossing
Mirai makes her first appearance in this entry. She is first seen in Mimori Elementary School, having a conversation with Inori. She is later seen at her house, where Mikako denies permission for her to travel with the main characters.

Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light
In this entry, Mirai plays an important role in the story. She transfers from Mimori Elementary School to Mihara Elementary School at the beginning of chapter 2, and almost immediately becomes friends with Akari and her friends.

Innocence Seekers: Mimori Flower Club
Mirai is one of the two main characters in this entry, the other being Sakura. Mirai returns to Japan to join the Flower Club for the summer break, and brings Akari and her friends along as well.

Relationships
Note that Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose has a predominantly female cast, so expect yuri subtext in every entry.

Shipping pairs referenced in the source material:
 * SakuMira (さくみら) – Mirai with Sakura Hanazono
 * InoMira (いのみら) – Mirai with Inori Akagawa
 * SumiMira (すみみら) – Mirai with Sumire Shiba
 * AkaMira (あかみら) – Mirai with Akari Kuritani
 * MichiMira (みちみら) – Mirai with Michiru Kurosawa
 * MiraUzu (みらうづ) – Mirai with Uzuki Miyana
 * MiraHima (みらひま) – Mirai with either Princess Himawari or Himawari Higasa
 * MiraYuri (みらゆり) – Mirai with Yuri Shirakawa