Mayaka Ibara

Mayaka is one of the four main characters of Hyouka. She is a student of the Kamiyama High School belonging to class 2-C, a volunteer librarian in the school library, and a member of both the school's Classics Club and Manga Club. Mayaka has been in the same class as Houtarou for nine years, since their first grade in elementary school. While already being a member of the Manga Club and a volunteer librarian, she joined the Classics Club in May primarily due to Satoshi being a member. Mayaka has a strong sense of responsibility and is even nitpicky with herself and others. Though she can be impulsive, stubborn and rudely frank, she is very capable of being nice. Generally, unless annoyed, Mayaka is very pleasant and kind to the people around her. Her more pleasant demeanor is shown through such habits as giving nicknames to her friends like Chitanda, whom she calls "Chii-chan". She is also very fond and possessive of manga and their artists, as she is a manga artist herself. She also likes foreign mysteries.