Mei Hirasaka

Mei Hirasaka (比良坂命依, Hirasaka Mei) is one of Suzu Kanade's past lives. She was the ayakashi medium during the Edo period and Garaku's love interest.

Appearance
Mei wears the costume of the Ayakashi Medium, which has an amaterasu symbol. The suit is white with red tones at the bottom and at the waist it has a purple belt.

Personality
Mei is described by Garaku as a kind person who always tries to help both people and ayakashis. Despite her kindness, she has the attitude to defeat ayakashis who do not want to do good but still wishing them that in some other life can be happy. According to Shadow Mei, during her last seconds of life, Mei would develop a hatred towards humanity.

History
Being an Ayakashi Medium, Mei would try to establish peace between ayakashis and humans. During an exorcism for Chirizuka, she would meet Garaku who would become her friend. At an unknown time, Mei would lock up 3 ayakashis who would later break the seal and end up escaping. At the end of the edo period, humans of that time kidnapped Mei and threw her into a river causing Mei's death. Unknown to everyone, Mei would create a shadow that would remain hidden for decades.

Omokage
Mei could create multiple shadows at the same time.

Origami
Mei used origami to exorcise the ayakashis.

Garaku Utagawa
Mei would meet Garaku after locking up Chirizuka, since then both would become friends, being the only person Mei trusted to tell him her true feelings.

Etymology

 * The name Mei means "order" (命依).
 * Mei's surname Hirasaka means "ratio, proportion" (比) (hi), "good, virtuous, respectable" (良) (ra) and "slope, hill" (坂) (saka).