Origin
Himeka is a girl who has been praised as a genius, a prodigy, and a talented singer ever since she was a little girl. Such qualities grew up with her to the point of becoming a talented singer as a teenager. One day, she saw a video of another singer who was wearing high heels, and decided to try it in her next concert, which turned out successful and made her get more popularity. Since then, Himeka has been affecting different abnormal behaviors to stand out, like using chopsticks upside-down.
Creation
Himeka was created by Nakamura Rikito (writer) and Yukiko Nozawa (artist), and she first appeared in Weekly Young Jump No. 42 from 2023, in the 150th chapter of The 100 Girlfriends Who Really, Really, Really, Really, Really Love You.
Saiki Himeka’s name (????) is composed of 4 different kanjis, such being the kanji for talent (?), strange (?), princess (?), and song (?).
Character Evolution
Appearance
Saiki is a 1st year highschool student who wears a normal highschool uniform composed by a long sleeves shirt, a tie, and a short skirt. She also has shoulder lenght crimson hair and star eyes (similar to Ai Hoshino and her children in Oshi no Ko). In stage, she wears a long black dress with high heels.
Personality
Saiki is a popular idol known as Kiki who’s very hood at singing. She usually acts in an abnormal way on purpose to stand out so people consider her to have an abnormal talent for singing.
Major Story Arcs
Meeting Rentarou
She first meets Aijou Rentarou when he was walking up to the storehouse, as he was doing a favor to an injured teacher. Rentarou had to pass by the abandoned girls’ restroom, and when he first heard Himeka singing, he thought it was the ghost from an urban legend. After this, Himeka sees that Rentarou got a scrape after falling from the surprise, so she decides to clean it for him; however, Rentarou gets surprise when he sees Himeka tries to use sparkling water and a decorative sticker to clean it, nonetheless, she uses normal water and a band-aid to treat the scrape. After this, Rentarou talks with her for a while, and finds out she acts in an abnormal way on purpose, doing things like practicing singing in the restroom instead of the shower; she does this to stand out, albeit Rentarou thinks it kind of makes her look inept. However, right after telling him about this, Himeka says they can’t be together, as being in a relationship with a normal highschool student would not be seen as abnormal, thus dumping Rentarou even before he could confess, despite her having feelings for Rentarou. However, the Judo Club appears out of nowhere doing a stampede, and as they’re blind from their sweat, they can’t see the path they’re taking, so they almost crash against Himeka, who gets surprised when Rentarou decides to stop the stampede with all his strenght from his “power of love”. Rentarou manages to stop the stampede long enough for the Vice Principal to appear out of nowhere and scare the judo club away. After this, Himeka asks Rentarou if he’s okay, and he says he is as long as he has the love from his girlfriends; Himeka then gets surprised when Rentarou tells her he already has 25 girlfriends as a matter of fact, she sees this as something rather abnormal, so she asks Rentarou to go out with her, thus making her his 26th girlfriend.