Pictured Mind is right, her execution isn't difficult. I want to say that she becomes harder to use once you start cancelling and throwing in trickery and mix-ups, but then again that fades with practice.
The only technically hard thing about her is getting her trickery down and applying it correctly, otherwise her execution isn't difficult.
That's why I can't be her. her trickery and mix ups confuse me, and I can't do the long beautiful combos that expert Sarah players can. And she ranks 2 I think in hold, and I only play characters with at least 3 in that area
Akira is definitely not an easy character to pick up. It will probably take you weeks, or even months to get use to his rigid power set but once you do, it will be worth it. His damage output is incredible. Not to mention, both P and 2P are +1 on block and his useful guard breaks which turn him into a monster.
@samuraihachi I tried learning him before, but I gave up in less than a week.XD It's much easier watching @DestructionBomb or @Sly Bass kick butt with him than myself doing it. The hardest character I use is Phase 4, which is sad.:'-(