Yukina

**Yukina Higami** (氷上 (ひがみ) 結希奈 (ゆきな), *Higami Yukina*?), or mononymously **Yukina**, is one of the main protagonists of **A Puella Magi☆Index**.

## Etymology

* The characters of her surname mean "ice" (氷, *"ice"*?) and "above, on top of" (上, *"above, on top of"*?) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "(to) tie, fasten, knot" (結, *"(to) tie, fasten, knot"*?), "hope; rare" (希, *"hope; rare"*?) and "what; apple tree" (奈, *"what; apple tree"*?) respectively.

## Profile

* **Main Information**
	+ **Full Name:** Higami Yukina (氷上結希奈)
	+ **Origins:** Kiragawa, Kirauchi-ku
	+ **Birthday:** December 25th (Capricorn)
	+ **Age:** 15
	+ **Gender:** Female (she/her)
	+ **Blood type:** B
	+ **Likes:** Literature, good-natured people
	+ **Dislikes:** Butterflies, secrets
	+ **Hobbies:** Updating her journal
	+ **Favorite food:** Choux cream
	+ **Family:** Hasami Bettoh (mother, absent), Yuuji Higami (father), and Kizuna Higami (younger brother)
	+ **School:** Light of Kiragawa Academy, 9th grade
* **Additional Information**
	+ **Japanese pronoun:** *Watashi* (私, **Watashi**?)

### Appearance

Yukina is a pale-skinned young girl of average height and weight. She has straight silvery-gray hair that falls to her chest and matching sharp eyes. Her bangs are swept to one side and her forelocks are braided with maroon ribbons at the ends.

## Backstory

Yukina was born and raised in Kiragawa, Kirauchi-ku to two loving parents and has a younger brother two years her junior named Kizuna. It wasn’t long after the birth of her brother that it quickly became clear: the love was gone - if there was any to begin with. While they adored their children, their home and what those things brought, they were honestly two strangers sharing an apartment. They weren’t husband and wife.

It wasn’t long after her mother began seeking affection elsewhere (constant infidelity); her father turned a blind eye, becoming a stay-at-home dad to at least keep home stable… despite the random men running in and out. This continued for weeks… months… and then, years.

It didn’t work.

Good-natured (and one to pry), Yukina demanded answers from her parents - her mother would either yell at her or brush her off, while her father remained tight-lipped. This, however, didn’t stop her and she persisted, so much so - from her perspective - it drove her mother out of their home. It’d been years since she’d felt anything for that man, her daughter’s nosiness murdered her maternal love, and her son was practically nonexistent. Goodbye, and good riddance to them.

Reality: her mother, long unhappy in the marriage, left the family and cut-off all contact.

Yukina would eventually start writing letters, physical and online, in hope of at least one gaining a response, and one did - by her father, who only wanted to keep his daughter’s spirits up; it was a lie.

Like most girls her age, Yukina also kept a diary, or what she called her “journal”. Inside, on top of jumbled daily schedules and minor day-to-day experiences, she wrote about her desire for her mother’s return. It was after one of these entries she found a white kitten in her room.

The kitten introduced himself as KyuKyu.

## Puella Magi

* **Wish:** “My wish is to keep the peace here (her home).” (her wish resulted in her mother being erased from her father and brother’s minds - they believe she died and can’t see or hear her)
* **Soul Gem:** Black heart on her chest (has a scissor-shaped frame)
* **Weapon:** Golden scissors
* **Attributes:** 1-star (basic rarity); Balance (type); Dark (element)
* **Innate ability:**
	+ **Paradox:** Yukina’s innate magic allows her to cast cognitive illusions, distorting the senses of her victims (or unconsciously, herself). Tied into her Dark element and the nature of her wish, these illusions are oftentimes nightmarish. Yukina describes her magic as a form of “suggestion”.
* **Connect:** "May I have a word?" (ちょっと良 (い)いですか？, *Chotto iidesu ka?*?)
* **Magia:**
	+ **Within Four Walls** (四つの壁の内, *Yotsu no Kabe no Uchi*?): After touching her Soul Gem, Yukina summons four copies of her scissors, which surround her target before trapping them in a “room” of darkness where they’re killed off-screen.
* **Witch form:** Johari
* **Affiliations:** Magis of Kiragawa, co-founder and leader

### Game Summary

One of Kiragawa City’s Magical Girls, Yukina is on a mission: finding ”Chouno Kagami”, a Magical Girl who everyone (yet no one) seems to know. She has a question for her. While friendly in and out of school, a good listener, and even better Magical Girl, there’s something off about her…

### Doppel Description

The Doppel of bias. Its form is a paper doll. With a heart under lock and key, the Master of this emotion refuses to view her Doppel as a manifestation of herself; likewise the Doppel refuses to acknowledge its Master’s internal turmoil. Instead, the Doppel immerses itself into an obsession: “to unlock” - and this isn’t restricted to physical locks either. It does so by slicing open the hearts of those around it, friend or foe, bringing all of their dreams, darkest secrets, even forgotten memories, to light.