The Swindler (Japanese: 詐欺師, Hepburn: Sagi-shi), also known as Ordinary Person (一般人, Ippanjin), is the protagonist of the anime series Akudama Drive by Studio Pierrot and Too Kyo Games.

However, after multiple discussions with director Tomohisa Taguchi, Swindler was rewritten to be as a more common character that might come across as the audience surrogate but still share her role as an assemble.

Swindler was originally the subject of a mixed reception by anime and manga critics due to how she comically becomes a member of the main cast by accident, but still has no reason for staying with them, making her characterization appear forced and weak.

Despite her innocence, with a societal punishment mindset, after Swindler's actions across the narrative, and threw society into chaos, Kodaka believes she might have gotten over potential to stay in prison for a century had she ever survived rather than been the subject of a public execution.

[7] Originally, Swindler was designed with the idea of looking beautiful and innocent,[8] while a bag was added to her clothing which meant to hide from common items to weapons.

[9] Yamauchi revised Swindler and Sister's design for the series' second half, giving them a more adult feel based on the video game Detroit: Become Human.

As criminals known as Akudama terrorize Kansai, an ordinary citizen gets dragged into danger when her good intentions steer her wrong after an encounter with Courier.

[18] Due to having a broken leg, Swindler requests Courier her last will of taking Brother and Sister to a safe area, returning the 500 yen as a price.

In the series' premier, Anime Feminist was concerned about the apparent poor portrayal of female characters citing Swindler's weak persona.

[20] Otaku USA felt Swindler's inclusion within the Akudamas as a form of black comedy due to her innocence and how she is forced to deal with life-threatening situations as a result of only wanting to return Courier's lost money.

[21] On the other hand, Fandom Post felt her existence in the narrative to be strange as she is too normal despite being accidentally allied with the Akudama to the point she might be a "red herring".

[26] Richard Eisbens from Biggest In Japan found her intriguing due to how she interacts with the rest of the cast despite her codename giving her the idea of an ordinary person, leading to conspiracy whether or not there was something missing to reveal in the narrative especially based on the writing previously made by the series' staff.

[28] Fandom Post was impressed how she actually becomes a more violent person in the process due to how she kills two criminals who wanted she and Sister to be their sex slaves to protect her protegee, generating a major contrast with the character's original innocent persona.

[28][30] Her eventual confrontation with Cutthroat was also the subject of praise due to how Swindler has embraced her sins and murders one of the most dangerous characters in the series in a gruesome battle.

Syfy.com found deep themes in Swindler's death scene which causes a cross shaped blood and the fact that the series aired in Christmas Eve implied more commentary.

[36] Bubble Bubbler agreed in regards to the Christian notes involving Swindler's death and noted that despite being the most notable developed character in the series, she has had a major effect in Courier but subtle as in the finale, Courier carriers her legacy of protecting the children in powerful scenes before giving back the money Swindler gave her but to Brother and Sister in order to protect them from the enemies before his imminent death.

[41] Umehara in particular enjoyed the episode where Cutthroat tries to kill Swindler as he was able to record it with Kurosawa whose work left a major impression on him due to giving him the idea of a horror movie.