Minato is a main character in the original net animation Wish Upon the Pleiades. He is a male adolescent with blue eyes and pinkish-red hair. His typical attire consists of a white dress shirt with a black tie, a gray sweater over it, black pants, and white shoes. He has a notably feminine appearance, sometimes described as a long-haired pretty boy. His background is initially mysterious; he first appears in a strange magical garden inside the school's observatory, where he encounters the protagonist Subaru. He tells her to leave soon after their meeting and later reveals himself as a rival to the group of magical girls who are collecting engine fragments of a Pleiadian spaceship. Minato seeks the fragments for his own purposes, which puts him in direct opposition to Subaru and her friends. His motivations are not fully explained in the ONA, but he is depicted as being influenced or controlled by an evil force. He is intelligent and has a strong interest in astronomy and engineering, though his personality is also characterized by a gentle and kind nature when not acting as an antagonist. In the course of the story, Subaru recognizes him as someone she knows from the past, and she tries to free him from the evil influence. During their final confrontation, Minato leaves his jacket with Subaru before disappearing, and she promises to find him again someday. His role in the story is that of an initial antagonist who ultimately becomes a figure of sympathy and a catalyst for Subaru's growth. He has significant ties to Subaru, who is implied to have a prior connection with him, and to a lesser extent to the other magical girls. His key ability is the power to confront them in their magical pursuits, but he does not display any overt magical transformation himself; he relies on his own mysterious powers or the influence controlling him. Minato's development moves from a seemingly hostile enemy to a lost individual needing rescue, with his ultimate fate left open.