Robin Newman

Chishio Atsui is a third-year student at Themis Legal Academy where she is studying to become a prosecutor. Atsui is hot-headed and tends to express herself by shouting. As a member of the fine arts club, she is proud of her skill with ceramics. However, if she finds one of her pieces lacking, she will simply get rid of it. She is friendly with judge student Juniper Woods, and there are rumors at the school that she, known as male at that time, is involved in a love triangle for her affections with cool-headed defense attorney student Rei Shizuya.

Atsui was known as a male student in the academy but in court, Athena Cykes reveals that Atsui is female.

Name

 * Her Japanese family name "Chishio" (血潮/血汐) means "blood circulating within the body", a phrase often used to signify hot-bloodedness.


 * "Atsui" (熱い), her Japanese given name, means "hot". "Atsui" also is part of the term "atsuinaka" (熱い仲), which means "being in love".

Development

 * Shizuya and Atsui are polar opposites in personalities and the color of their uniforms. It is a common theme in popular culture for two linked individuals to have one have a red color scheme and the other a blue color scheme. The red individual tends to be extroverted, hot-blooded, and enthusiastic, while their blue opposite tends to be more introverted, intellectual, and proud.