Interested in learning about Angelic Layer, an eccentric man wearing a white lab coat and glasses, calling himself ""Icchan"" (いっちゃん), encourages Misaki to purchase and create her own angel. She wants the angel to be "a short girl, but strong and happy", and names it Hikaru, based on Hikaru Shidō from Clamp's "Magic Knight Rayearth" (a manga in "Angelic Layer"'s world). Even though she's clueless about the game, Misaki soon competes in tournaments and is assisted and watched carefully by Icchan. Later, Icchan's identity is revealed as Ichiro Mihara, the co-creator of Angelic Layer.