Maria Yagi

Maria Yagi (八木 まりあ, Yagi Maria) is a character of We Shall Now Begin Ethics.

Plot
At the end of ethics class, Maria approaches Miyuki Sakai and is happy that there is someone she knows. She explains that she wanted to join different class, but wasn't accepted and in the end joined ethics. Maria comments that the teacher looks scary and is probably popular, Miyuki comments that he looks down on them and thinks she is clueless just because she is younger.

The next day, Maria shows Miyuki that she got a ring from her boyfriend and asks if Miyuki has a boyfriend. Miyuki explains they broke up a month ago as he, like the rest of her boyfriends were quite boring. Hearing that surprised Maria as this was her first boyfriend and she decides to call Miyuki "master". Later that day, her boyfriend take her to his college, where she sees some men she doesn't know and drugged girls.

The next day, Maria is silent and after classes decides to jump from the school building, however Takayanagi and Miyuki see her. When they get to her, Maria explains she was raped, her boyfriend took her to a sex club in his college and they gave her some drug. Miyuki states that something like this isn't comparable to a death, however Takayanagi states it is and can be despairing enough to exchange your life. Miyuki wonders if she can be a bride someday and Takayanagi explains its possible and that he will hold a mixer when she becomes adult and call about four people, which makes Miyuki laugh. She decides not to jump and thanks Miyuki for being there to support her and takes her to karaoke, so that she can relief some stress.