 Ayame is depicted as vivacious, flamboyant, self-confident, and self-centered, with a knack for annoying Yuki and Kyo (one of the few things they initially agree upon), and often getting hurt by Yuki and Kyo in response.In an author's note, Natsuki Takaya described him as a draining person to meet in real life.Despite his age, he refers to himself with the boyish pronoun "boku" (see "Japanese pronouns").