Kazusano, Kazuki

上野一希

As the primary antagonist of the second season, her objective is to awaken Ikkou, enabling her to unleash her inherent and uncontrollable spiritual powers. Although she serves an antagonistic function in the series, she appears, in another respect, to align with Ikkou—specifically, she seems to desire enjoying her youth as fully as Ikkou does, and in a similar manner, with a member of the opposite sex. She claims to want to assist him in developing his spiritual powers, though her definition of "helping" differs from that of the protagonists. Because Ikkou's powers are dangerous, the nuns of Saienji hope he will restrain himself from using them excessively, whereas Kazuki appears to believe that the essential nature of his powers is good and thus incapable of causing harm. (The series' final episode confirms that a strong, uncontrolled awakening can be twisted into an evil force, leading to riots and similar events.) Nevertheless, she does not appear to intend to harm Ikkou. While her infatuation with him renders her forceful and competitive (even resorting to violence against Chitose), she remains highly determined and exerts significant effort to achieve a goal that should ostensibly be easier than it proves to be: happiness with Ikkou. Her Japanese catchphrase is "mata joudo."