Akane Nishino/Chronology

Early Childhood
Born into the Nishino family and sister to Akira Nishino, Akane was raised into prominence In her childhood when she started her acting career, becoming a famous child actress. During junior high however, she was kidnapped by a stalker and the subsequent scandal traumatized her. The incident had forced her to put her acting career on hold while her parents began to arrange a driver for her to get between school and home safely. She eventually returned to acting during high school and It was there where she met Minoru Kagenō, a classmate who she came to hate after the teen repeatedly failed to recognize her. After taking a remedial class, she decided to walk home after she was unable to communicate with her driver. On her way home, a black van suddenly appeared and two man came out to abduct her. Before she lost consciousness, she saw Minoru.

Upon regaining consciousness; much to her horror, she woke up to discover herself bound and gagged. She learned from her abductors that they intended to use her as ransom from her parents before one of them tried to have their way with her. Before one of them tried proceeding, Minoru dressed as an anonymous figure dubbing himself as "Stylish Bandit Slayer" broke into their hideout and knocked out the would-be violator. Initially struggling to fight off the other abductor who revealed himself as an ex-soldier, Minoru later brutalize him after changing the way he held his weapon from a tonfa to a blunt weapon. After brutalizing her abductors, Minoru freed Akane and told her to be more careful next time before fleeing the scene. Inexplicitly freed from her abductors, Akane's parents did not go public with the case and only her family and Minoru knows of the incident.

The next day, Akane recalled the events the following day before encountering Minoru at the school gates. To her surprise, Minoru remembered her name and it was when their relationship began to reconcile as she decided to give conversing another chance. She eventually realize that Minoru was the ski-masked vigilante who rescued her and developed romantic feelings for him. Some time however, Minoru died of an truck accident. Akane was deeply affected by his death and decided to keep his school uniform in hopes of him returning years later.

The Birth of the First Knight
At some point following Japan's invasion, Akane took part in a project at an human settlement as a test subject to create warriors in battling magical beasts. The project succeeded and she gained magical abilities who people dubbed her as "The First Knight". Despite the project's astounding success, Akira was dissatisfied with the results and continued experimenting on his sister to further increase her powers. This backfired horribly as Akane lost control of her magic and on a rampage that destroyed Arcadia, killing many people in the process.

The trauma of the event caused Akane to bury the memory deep inside, almost forgetting it entirely. The now amnesiac Akane and Akira fled and took refuge with another group called Messiah whose base was set up at Nishino University. Deep down within her subconsciousness, she retains vague recollections of the event and soon developed an immense guilt and suicidal tendencies, valuing human life more as a result.

Reunion
Akane alongside her squadron investigated an abandoned hospital where the three knights who were dispatched to before but didn't return. Aware that the area was a nesting place for magical beasts, Akane protested their decision to accompany her and soon caved into their concerns. After dealing with dozens of magical beasts, she discovered that not only there was an abnormal amount of beasts corpes but there were two human survivors. Despite her squad's apprehension of one of the survivors who possessed potential symptoms of an awakener like her, Akane took the initiative and asserted for their safety as she ordered them to take them into the Messiah. At the Messiah's infirmary, Akane alongside her brother was informed by Yuuka of the two survivor's condition. The nurse informed her of that the boy has no recollection of his memories but his name. Upon learning that his name was Minoru, Akane was taken aback and noted the resemblance between him and her late classmate. Upon deciding that his sister Natsume is an awakener like her, Akira decided to run more experiments on her under an ulterior agenda. Despite her protests, Akane was overruled and was forced to pray for her safety.

Sometime later when the infirmary became overcrowded, Akane decided to take Minoru under her custody out of suspicion that his resemblance to her late classmate had a correlation. Despite the nurses' concerns, the former student assured her that there's nothing to be uncomfortable since she's an adult and he's still young. After their conversation, a former classmate of hers named Yuudai Saejima confronted her about their overcrowded situation. He suggested to her that he should make an example off of the boy and have him eaten by magical beasts. Repulsed by the suggestion, she retaliated and angered him. Enraged, he left revealing his knowledge of her past.

Suddenly, magical beasts began to attack Messiah. Akane joined alongside her fellow knights to defend Messiah. Regardless of their efforts, the defensive was slowly being overwhelmed. She decided to charge toward the horde to attract the beasts away from Messiah. Even with her superior abilities, she couldn't fight off all the beasts. Thankfully, a jet-blacked-robed figure appeared and wiped out all the beasts before disappearing. Shortly after the battle, Yuka informed Akane that Saejima was murdered. Due to her poor relationship and previous quarrel with Saejima, Akane was accused of the crime. To her joy, Minoru defended her from the accusations. However, Akane began to suffer a breakdown from her past actions until Yuka sedated her, knocking her unconscious.

Then, Akane was kidnapped by Yuka and injected with beast blood. This caused her to remember all her horrible deeds as the First Knight. Yuka then revealed that she held a grudge against Akane for her actions as the First Knight. Forced to recall the horrors she wrought on Arcadia, Akane when into a frenzy and murdered Yuka. After murdering Yuka, she spotted a jet-blacked-robed figure and attempted to attack him. Despite her effort, the mysterious individual dodged all her attacks. Subsequently, he unleashed a powerful magic-infused slash, restoring Akane to her normal condition. Before losing consciousness, Akane heard the figure tell her to be careful not to get kidnapped again.

When Akane woke up, she found herself in a room foreign to her. Recalling the last words of the jet-blacked figure, she realized that he was Minoru Kagenō. She vows to atone for her actions so that she can reunite with him.

The Academy Disappearances
Akane was briefly mentioned when Eta was dragged to the Kingdom of Oriana by Gamma to report Alpha on her research. In her report, she noted that she has a name and that she spoke in a language that she couldn't comprehend. She concluded her report to the second in command that she would require Beta to translate what she says and that the silvered-haired elven brought several technologies that runs on electricity.

In her journal, she elaborated that the technology Beta smuggled was beyond repair with theirs and believed that it'll take up to 20 years to catch up. On her journal report on the former student, her body structure resembled that of more of a human than elves and beastkin and that her magic was underdeveloped. She regretted to refrain from dissecting her when Beta stopped her when she could've done so without killing her. She believed that Shadow brought her to the Other World to elevate their knowledge and asked him for permission to perform surgery on the alien. She lastly believed that the knowledge Shadow taught was interconnected with what Beta brought and became curious his.