Just to warn you, this one contains more spoilers than the others. Not anything really drastic (I'm saving those ;) ) but you can't really talk about Akio without talking about some of the higher mysteries of the show. This probably won't be the longest of the character descriptions, but I can't really say much about Akio without giving away all the good stuff! That out of the way...
Akio Ohtori. He compares himself to Lucifer, and it's a pretty good comparison. He's evil. Plain and simple. But there are times when he shows definate regret. Akio shows up the first time in episode thirteen where he sort of recaps all of the previous episodes. He talks to Dios like he is pretty well acquainted with him *cough* and he speaks about the "power to revolutionize the world" and all that stuff, giving us the idea that he knows a whole lot more than anyone else. And he does. In his first major episode, we learn that he is Anthy's brother and she doesn't think he knows anything about the duels. She specifically asks Utena not to tell him anything about her being the Rose Bride and all that. Akio is engaged to Kanae Ohtori, whose father is the chairman of Ohtori Academy, making Akio the deputy trustee chairman. He also is adopted into their family, getting the name of Ohtori, which, by the way, means phoenix. Interesting triva. Anyway, Akio lives in this great big tower with an observatory at the top, where he usually sleeps (that is, if he does any sleeping... ahem. Sorry.) He brings Anthy to live at his home because he wants to be closer to the only real family he's got, and he lets Utena live there too because he doesn't want Anthy to be separated from the only friend she has. There, he developes a strong bond with Utena, much to Touga's ire... And speaking of Touga, Akio seems to have our favorite playboy wrapped around his finger. Touga does what Akio wants. I don't know how he does this, but Akio has extreme powers of persuasion. He can pretty much get anyone to do anything he wants by taking their weaknesses and curbing them to his own purposes. Gee, sound like anyone we know? Perhaps someone from a little book called the Bible? Hmm... Anyway, Akio has this car. It's called, actually, the Akio-Car. It's a red convertable, and it can appearantly drive itself. Akio uses this car when he is doing his thang to various people. He usually (with Touga's aid) makes some awesome entrance, gets the unwitting innocent into the car, and drives them off to show them the Ends of the World. The way he does this is to shift his Akio-Car into high gear, flip himself over the windsheild, and ride on the hood with his shirt open. After that, it's left up to our imagination. Needless to say, Akio gets around. And he gets around with just about everyone- Utena, Anthy (*gag*), Kanae, Kanae's mother, Touga, Saionji... not to mention the various people (the former list included) that he's shown "the Ends of the World." Of course, this is all speculation, but it's almost completely clear that he's gotten it on with Utena and Anthy at least, and most likely with Kanae's mother and Touga. I dunno about Saionji, but heck, those three do that lounging-upon-the-Akio-Car-while-half-dressed thing a whole lot. Akio seems to be there all the time, when something bad happens. He saves Nanami from falling down the stairs and Utena from falling off a horse. By the end, he has Utena pretty much under his spell, and she has almost given up the hope of finding her prince, all for this man. Some pretty freaky stuff.

Pictures
Wow. He's even more beautiful than normal. Just look at those eyes.

Eek. Akio is not pleased.

Uhm... He's biting... a flower...

*blinks* ... *stares* Oh boy.

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