
Anri Sonohara (園原 杏里, Sonohara Anri) is a bespectacled girl who attends Raira Academy with her close friends Mikado Ryuugamine and Masaomi Kida. Even though she is quiet and timid and possesses a tendency to seclude herself from others, she is intelligent, clever, and resourceful. Her full figure and shy behavior give her the unwanted attention of many males, though she prefers to distance herself from uncomfortable situations and does nothing about the unwanted attention, allowing her friends to defend her. Her timid personality carries over online, where her chat screen name is "Saika." She is a member of the Dollars and the (CO) leader of the Saika Army.
At the end of the first Durarara!! SH novel, it is revealed that she has graduated from Raira Academy and is currently dating Mikado Ryuugamine.
Appearance[]
Anri is a petite teen girl with a small figure, large breasts, bobbed black hair, fair skin and glasses.
She is usually seen wearing her Raira Academy uniform and a red bowtie. Starting in the second season, she is seen wearing a black hooded dress over a pink shirt with red sneakers.
Personality[]
Initially, Anri is very introverted and quiet, rarely speaking to anyone for any extended period of time. She is shown to be rather submissive, even when being harassed, and has stated herself that she prefers to view the world as if it were within a picture frame, with her outside looking in. This timid demeanor stems primarily from the trauma she received when her parents died. As the series progresses, she retains her shy personality, although her interactions with Mikado Ryuugamine and Masaomi Kida begin to pull her out of her emotional shell, and she becomes much more expressive. Although she believes that the emotional distance she has put between herself and others prevents her from loving others, she is caring and compassionate toward those close to her.
Though Anri tends to let threats and harassment slide, there are moments where she lashes out at others, such as when Izaya Orihara taunts her about Saika in Episode 24 or when someone threatens her friends.