Snake of Retaining Eyes

The Snake of Retaining Eyes is an important character from the multimedia series Kagerou Project. 
She is a snake created by Marry Kozakura in order to "Never forget this tragedy". She was then given to Shintaro, and became his power, giving him the ability to remember previous timelines. Before she was transformed into a snake, she was a previous version of Ayano Tateyama. 
Following the events of manga route 2, she is within Shintaro from death to birth, claiming she will disappear once the tragedy has ended. She remembers everything Shintaro has seen, and can talk to him in his dreams, at the end of a timeline, and whenever his eye ability is fully activated. However, he is unable to remember her or any of their meetings.
She is voiced by Mai Nakahara. 
== Appearance ==
The Snake of Retaining Eyes appears as a young girl with dark brown eyes and mid-length hair that reaches towards her shoulders, along with two red hairclips attached to the left fringe. 
She wears several outfits throughout her appearances in the series. She is seen wearing a black sailor fuku middle school uniform, she wears a white dress with red trim in manga route 2, and she wears Ayano's high school uniform in manga route 1. She wears a scarf sometimes during these appearances, but gives it away to Shintaro at the end of the manga.
In snake form, she looks much like the majority of the snakes, in which she has black scales and red eyes.
== Personality ==
The Snake of Retaining Eyes is a calm and enigmatic girl who Shintaro sees in his dreams and at the end of routes. She seems rather carefree, and is almost never not sporting a vacant smile or neutral face.
In contrast, as a human she was an energetic and kind girl who treasured her family more than anything, but, after getting sent to the Kagerou Daze, she had felt as if she had gone insane and wished to kill Marry in order to save her family. Even after this breakdown, she was still kind, but put on a darker demeanor. Though, after Shintaro and Hiyori helped her reconcile with her remaining family, she showed her kinder side more often. 
Above everything, the snake wishes to end the timeloop and make Shintaro remember her, the former being something she had held ever since she was young. 
== Ability ==
As a human, Ayano had the Snake of Favoring Eyes, which allows her to project memories onto others. As a snake, she projects Shintaro's own forgotten memories back into his head.
== Trivia ==
* The Snake of Retaining Eyes is the first character to appear in the anime.
* She is the only important character to not have a song.
* Depending on the translation, her name is either spelled as "Retaining Eyes" or "Imprinting Eyes".
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Category:Anime Heroes
Category:Manga Heroes
Category:Animals
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Category:Posthumous
Category:Anti-Heroes
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