Ayako Matsuzaki

Born as the daughter of a prominent hospital owner, this bold and outspoken twenty-three-year-old identifies as a self-styled Shinto priestess despite lacking traditional shrine training. While she possesses immense confidence in her spiritual abilities, her actual demonstrations of power often prove underwhelming. She serves as a mentor to Mai, teaching her defensive sutras, though her supernatural strength is uniquely dependent on her proximity to living trees and the spirits dwelling within them.