Character Name: Sakura Inami Canon: Kyoukai no Kanata Canon Point: episode 9, after the Calm arrives but before Mirai disappears Background/History:link to the wiki! Sakura is the second daughter of the Inami clan, a family of powerful Spirit World Warriors — people who have the ability to fight and protect people from youmu, supernatural creatures that are the physical manifestations of negative human emotions. Despite this, however, she has very little spiritual power and is thus unable to become a Spirit World Warrior like the rest of her family, including her older sister, Yui.
When the two sisters were young, their family adopted a young girl who was Sakura’s age — Mirai Kuriyama, a girl who had been ostracised and shunned by society because of her being born into a clan of “cursed” blood. Nevertheless, Yui quickly befriended the young girl, and Sakura did as well, to a slightly lesser extent. Unfortunately, tragedy struck years later when the Hollow Shadow, a powerful youmu, ended up possessing Yui, with Mirai having no other choice but to kill her very best friend. Mirai was kicked out of the Inami clan soon after, and Sakura was left alone, the remaining child of a Spirit World Warrior clan who barely had powers — we don’t get any details on what happened after Mirai was kicked out, but it’s not hard to assume that it wasn’t an easy couple of years. But her sister wanted to become a respected Spirit World Warrior, and in that, Sakura found her goal: she will realize Yui’s dream in her stead. And she will do anything in her power to do it.
A couple of years later, she is approached by a man, Miroku Fujima, who gives her a proposal: he will give her a weapon, a weapon that will allow her to fight youmu, and he will let her keep it, under the condition that she will have to kill Mirai. Sakura accepts — in order to become a Spirit World Warrior in her sister’s place, Sakura was willing to do anything, killing her sister’s murderer, her former adopted sister, included. When the Hollow Shadow arrives in Nagatsuki City, Sakura makes her first appearance in the anime when she attacks Mirai, who was determined to face the youmu alone as a chance to redeem herself for killing Yui, out of the blue. They are quickly engulfed and trapped in the illusory world created by the Hollow Shadow, but even then Sakura’s pursuit was relentless. With Mirai reluctant to hurt her, Sakura nearly overwhelms her before Akihito barges in and tackles her, managing to separate him and Mirai from her and escape. She chases them all around the labyrinth, before they find themselves facing another illusion of the Hollow Shadow’s: Yui, who attacks Mirai and almost kills her before Akihito snaps her out of it. Mirai acknowledges that the Yui she knew and loved was no longer there and breaks free, exposing the Hollow Shadow’s main body and destroying it, with Sakura very visibly affected by this. They escape from the labyrinth as Mirai’s cursed blood pours down and errodes everything like acid rain. Sakura and Akihito take cover in a crevice as she muses to him about Mirai: a reaper who brings misfortune. But before Akihito could question her further, she disappears, her determination to kill her sister’s killer lost for that day.
A few weeks or so later, Sakura passes the exams to transfer to Mirai’s school in an attempt to get closer to her — when Mirai and the others are notified of this and are informed they could use Hiroomi and Mitsuki Nase’s connections (their family are “local big shots” as well as respected Spirit World Warriors), Mirai decides refrain from doing anything, knowing that running away won’t solve anything. Later that night, Sakura is once again fighting youmu, becoming more and more fatigued as the fight goes on — she ends up passing out with Akihito coming to her aid and bringing her to his apartment, where she later wakes up and questions his motives. She explains to him about her motives involving trying to kill Mirai as well as her weapon: when youmu are defeated, they leave behind youmu stones which she then “feeds” to her weapon, allowing it to grow stronger. When Akihito points out that the stronger the weapon, the more energy it requires from its user, Sakura stays quiet. It’s that moment when Mirai happens to ring the doorbell — she leaps out of the bed with her weapon in hand, but Akihito convinces her to not cause any violence in his room. It’s only temporary, however, as she breaks his window and escapes after a tense, momentary stand off between her and Mirai.
The next day, Sakura transfers to Mirai’s class, but it isn’t until later that day when they confront each other for the second time. Despite her best efforts, it is a losing battle for Sakura — unlike their fight during the Hollow Shadow incident, Mirai shows no hesitation and does not hold back, telling Sakura straight up that she cannot become a Spirit World Warrior, and that Mirai will be come for both her and Yui. With those words, along with the taxing amount of energy required to use her weapon, Sakura loses her fighting spirit and sinks to her knees. It is at that moment when her weapon backlashes and attempts to absorb and devour her — shaken up when Mirai saves her and initially refusing her invitation to go home together, Sakura later follows her and they finally reconcile with each other.
Sakura is shown to have moved in with Mirai when the Calm, a phenomenon where all becomes stagnant and youmu become weakened, arrives. But Akihito, a half-youmu, is shown to be negatively affected by the Calm as well, his human side becoming weakened along with his youmu side. Noticing how much Mirai cares for him, Sakura encourages her to stay by his side, prompting her to admit that she was glad that she met Akihito. Unfortunately, Akihito’s youmu side awakens, and he flees. When Mirai is troubled by the fact that she may have to kill Akihito, Sakura tries her best to comfort her, despite being locked out of the loop and not being told what actually going on.
She stares up at the dreary sky as rain pours down — unknowing about what Mirai is about to do.
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Character Name: Sakura Inami
Canon: Kyoukai no Kanata
Canon Point: episode 9, after the Calm arrives but before Mirai disappears
Background/History: link to the wiki!
Sakura is the second daughter of the Inami clan, a family of powerful Spirit World Warriors — people who have the ability to fight and protect people from youmu, supernatural creatures that are the physical manifestations of negative human emotions. Despite this, however, she has very little spiritual power and is thus unable to become a Spirit World Warrior like the rest of her family, including her older sister, Yui.
When the two sisters were young, their family adopted a young girl who was Sakura’s age — Mirai Kuriyama, a girl who had been ostracised and shunned by society because of her being born into a clan of “cursed” blood. Nevertheless, Yui quickly befriended the young girl, and Sakura did as well, to a slightly lesser extent. Unfortunately, tragedy struck years later when the Hollow Shadow, a powerful youmu, ended up possessing Yui, with Mirai having no other choice but to kill her very best friend. Mirai was kicked out of the Inami clan soon after, and Sakura was left alone, the remaining child of a Spirit World Warrior clan who barely had powers — we don’t get any details on what happened after Mirai was kicked out, but it’s not hard to assume that it wasn’t an easy couple of years. But her sister wanted to become a respected Spirit World Warrior, and in that, Sakura found her goal: she will realize Yui’s dream in her stead. And she will do anything in her power to do it.
A couple of years later, she is approached by a man, Miroku Fujima, who gives her a proposal: he will give her a weapon, a weapon that will allow her to fight youmu, and he will let her keep it, under the condition that she will have to kill Mirai. Sakura accepts — in order to become a Spirit World Warrior in her sister’s place, Sakura was willing to do anything, killing her sister’s murderer, her former adopted sister, included. When the Hollow Shadow arrives in Nagatsuki City, Sakura makes her first appearance in the anime when she attacks Mirai, who was determined to face the youmu alone as a chance to redeem herself for killing Yui, out of the blue. They are quickly engulfed and trapped in the illusory world created by the Hollow Shadow, but even then Sakura’s pursuit was relentless. With Mirai reluctant to hurt her, Sakura nearly overwhelms her before Akihito barges in and tackles her, managing to separate him and Mirai from her and escape. She chases them all around the labyrinth, before they find themselves facing another illusion of the Hollow Shadow’s: Yui, who attacks Mirai and almost kills her before Akihito snaps her out of it. Mirai acknowledges that the Yui she knew and loved was no longer there and breaks free, exposing the Hollow Shadow’s main body and destroying it, with Sakura very visibly affected by this. They escape from the labyrinth as Mirai’s cursed blood pours down and errodes everything like acid rain. Sakura and Akihito take cover in a crevice as she muses to him about Mirai: a reaper who brings misfortune. But before Akihito could question her further, she disappears, her determination to kill her sister’s killer lost for that day.
A few weeks or so later, Sakura passes the exams to transfer to Mirai’s school in an attempt to get closer to her — when Mirai and the others are notified of this and are informed they could use Hiroomi and Mitsuki Nase’s connections (their family are “local big shots” as well as respected Spirit World Warriors), Mirai decides refrain from doing anything, knowing that running away won’t solve anything. Later that night, Sakura is once again fighting youmu, becoming more and more fatigued as the fight goes on — she ends up passing out with Akihito coming to her aid and bringing her to his apartment, where she later wakes up and questions his motives. She explains to him about her motives involving trying to kill Mirai as well as her weapon: when youmu are defeated, they leave behind youmu stones which she then “feeds” to her weapon, allowing it to grow stronger. When Akihito points out that the stronger the weapon, the more energy it requires from its user, Sakura stays quiet. It’s that moment when Mirai happens to ring the doorbell — she leaps out of the bed with her weapon in hand, but Akihito convinces her to not cause any violence in his room. It’s only temporary, however, as she breaks his window and escapes after a tense, momentary stand off between her and Mirai.
The next day, Sakura transfers to Mirai’s class, but it isn’t until later that day when they confront each other for the second time. Despite her best efforts, it is a losing battle for Sakura — unlike their fight during the Hollow Shadow incident, Mirai shows no hesitation and does not hold back, telling Sakura straight up that she cannot become a Spirit World Warrior, and that Mirai will be come for both her and Yui. With those words, along with the taxing amount of energy required to use her weapon, Sakura loses her fighting spirit and sinks to her knees. It is at that moment when her weapon backlashes and attempts to absorb and devour her — shaken up when Mirai saves her and initially refusing her invitation to go home together, Sakura later follows her and they finally reconcile with each other.
Sakura is shown to have moved in with Mirai when the Calm, a phenomenon where all becomes stagnant and youmu become weakened, arrives. But Akihito, a half-youmu, is shown to be negatively affected by the Calm as well, his human side becoming weakened along with his youmu side. Noticing how much Mirai cares for him, Sakura encourages her to stay by his side, prompting her to admit that she was glad that she met Akihito. Unfortunately, Akihito’s youmu side awakens, and he flees. When Mirai is troubled by the fact that she may have to kill Akihito, Sakura tries her best to comfort her, despite being locked out of the loop and not being told what actually going on.
She stares up at the dreary sky as rain pours down — unknowing about what Mirai is about to do.