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Originally Posted by Storm Luxray

Akiko has a sweet side, very rally shown. She also unofficially elected her self a Chief, as technically Shotaro is the Boss. She's also the Only Straight Girl/Down to Earth person compared to Shotaro's hard boiled delusions/lifestyle. And We don't know her age, she could be 23 for all we know!

Words I would never use to describe Akiko: "straight girl" and "down to Earth." She was the show's screwball comic relief character. In many ways she was every bit as over-the-top as Shunpei or half of Drive's cast. She worked much better, though, because she and Shotaro did such a fantastic job of bouncing off of each other.