Miyabi Saotome

Miyabi Saotome (早乙女 雅 Saotome Miyabi) is the author of Lala-Lulu (Izumi Sena's favorite manga and anime series).

Appearance
Miyabi has neck-length brown hair that has bangs hanging on either side, pale indigo eyes and oval-shaped glasses.

Personality
So far, Miyabi appears to be a friendly, polite and patient young man who accepted Ryouma Ichijou's desperate plea to look over Izumi Sena's manga work (all done in an attempt to boost his spirits), even taking the time to look through it entirely, despite his busy deadline to complete his own manga series.

History
Miyabi is the author of the popular fictional manga/anime called Lala-Lulu. In his written note regarding his opinion of Izumi's manga drawing entry, he comments that Izumi's clear passion for manga reminds him of himself in his younger days.

Etymology

 * The name Miyabi means "elegant, graceful" (雅).
 * Miyabi's surname Saotome means "already, now, fast, early" (早) (sa) and "virgin, maiden, girl" (乙女) (otome), which literally means "early maiden" altogether.
 * Saotome is a term used for unmarried girls tasked with planting rice in paddies in ancient Japan.

Trivia

 * Yū Hayashi (Miyabi's voice actor) is the vocalist of Screen Mode, the rock Duo that sings LΦVEST (The OP)
 * In the Love Stage OVA, there are hints that Miyabi may have feelings for Takahiro Kuroi (being seen flirting with him, much to Kuroi's surprise). This is confirmed in a Love Stage manga extra, where he states (to the reader) that he has a crush on Kuroi, but believes that his feelings are not getting across to him. (He also admits that he actually does not need a manga assistant, but has Kuroi help with his manga work as a reason to spend time with him.) In a recent Love Stage chapter, it is hinted at that he may have attempted to make a more forward advance to Kuroi in order to get his feelings known. Kuroi may have finally caught onto his feelings, shown to be considering the idea of becoming involved with Saotome, but is hesitant to do so.