Aki Kanato

Aki Kanato is one of the main characters in Operation Messiah. She was the previous Messiah before Aya took that position. She has been known throughout the anime as the previous and/or false Messiah.

Appearance
She has black hair with dark green highlights to help it stand out from the others. She also has reddish black eye color. She wears a heavily modified version of the Messiah uniform she wore in episode 7 in her backstory.

Personality
She has been known for being very mysterious at first, until episode 7 which we see that she was a kind hearted person, until she was corrupted with the constant requests from her former worshipers. During her fight with Aya in Episode 9, She’s wounded, and badly injured, Aya’s Worshipers chant for her to kill Aki, to which Aya doesn’t, Aki realized that Aya was showing her mercy, just like how she used to show mercy when she was the people’s Messiah.

Reception
Aki, similarly to Aya, received Universal Acclaim from critics and audiences alike, who not only praised her incredible character development, but also adored the fact that she’s not the antagonist, she does what she does through the anime, because to her, she thinks it’s the right thing to do through her morals.