Akira Kuno

Akira Kuno (久能 明) is the author of the best-selling manga series, To You, From Me, which he penned under the pseudonym Anno Un. He is a Negator with the alias Unknown.

Appearance
Akira Kuno's appearance is androgynous. He wears a tracksuit with a nametag on the chest.

He lost both his arms as Anno Un, shortly after meeting Andy and Fuuko.

Personality
Akira has a creative and relaxed mindset that allows him to make quick decisions and be spontaneous in his actions.

History
During his youth, Akira grew up and lived in a single parent household with his mother. The two were very close with Akira's mother reading manga to him at bedtime. Eventually, Akira started creating his own stories in order to see the smile on his mother's face.

In the past, Anno wrote To You, From Me (君に伝われ), a Sci-fi Shojo Manga published by Shueisha. He wrote 101 Volumes of material before ending the series.

Autumn Arc
After losing the Roundtable to Under, the Union plan to obtain and study the manuscript of To You, From Me as Juiz believes the manga holds the past and future events of this world. Andy points out that doing so will be difficult as nothing is known about the author. The Union plan to write a manga of their own and submit it to Shueisha for publishing, which will allow them to peak at the original manuscript

After finishing the manga, they successfully find the manuscript at Shueisha and discover that it is still written in Japanese and was unaffected by the language unification, meaning it was penned using an artifact of some kind.

Powers & Abilities
Unknown: Akira has a compulsory activation-type negation that makes his speech, his conduct and any attempt to be seen completely undetected by another living being. As long as he doesn't present himself as his original identity, the negation won't take effect.

Equipment
G-Liner: Akira possess a pen artifact that seemingly allows him to bring his drawings to life. However, it can only materialize one drawing at a time. The G-Liner was broken when Akira used it to make a fake Time Control Artifact and used it on Rip to bring him back to his Adult years.

Soul Caliber: Akira possess the Soul Caliber, which is an orb that can take people's souls out of their bodies and seal them into objects.

Etymology

 * The name Akira means "bright, light, clear" (明).
 * Akira's surname Kuno means "long time" (久) (ku) and "function, Noh, talent" (能) (no).

Trivia

 * Anno ranked 3rd in the First Popularity Poll.
 * Akira's hobbies are drawing and reading manga.
 * Akira's special skill is speed drawing.
 * Akira's favorite thing to do is to converse with Andy and Fuuko.