Kanae Otowa

**Kanae Otowa** (音羽 歌苗 *Otowa Kanae*) is one of the main characters in ClassicaLoid. She is the landlady of Otowakan, which has been resided by some of the ClassicaLoids his father Kyougo created.

She is part of a swimming club in her high school.

## Appearance

Kanae is a relatively tall teenage girl with short wavy brown hair decorated with two hairclips, and brown eyes.

Her casual outfit consists of a large blue open short-sleeved jacket over a pink and yellow t-shirt and denim shorts. She also wears white and red sneakers and pink socks.

## Personality

Kanae is diligent and notably stern. Due to her parents being absent for years, she has been pushing herself to be strong, but has left her distrustful of people around her.

She was initially annoyed by some of the ClassicaLoids who were staying in her mansion without paying the rent. However, her interactions with them allowed her to relax herself more and gain strength along the way. She is generally on good terms with Liszt, Tchaikovsky, Badarzewska, and Bach. She is also very protective of Wagner, as she believed him to be her sibling.

She also likes merlions.

## Story

### Past

Kanae was born to Kyougo and Himeka Otowa. She grew up in Otowa Mansion with her grandmother as her parents were often absent. She was close to her grandmother; one time she made a promise to hold another ball in the mansion as it was in the past, but the mechanical organ at that point no longer functioned. After her grandmother passed away, Kanae was left to take care of herself most of the time, until Beethoven and Mozart came to the mansion according to Kyougo's direction and started living there.

### 1st Season

Kanae first appeared in *Beet and Motz and Otowa Mansion*. She intended to have the mansion demolished, so she asked for Sousuke Kagura, Beethoven, and Mozart to leave. As the demolition started, the supposedly broken mechanical organ started playing once again. She broke to tears as she plead to the demolition team to stop, until Beet came out, infuriated that the gyoza he was cooking fell on the floor because of the demolition. He used his Musik to transform the mansion into a ball, scaring off the workers.

## Quotes

* "*Special music for special days. Music doesn't exist everywhere. Maybe that's why it's special. It might be a bit sad if it became normal. My grandmother's memories... No, all kinds of music. Everything comes with special memories.*" (to Bach, in *The Octave's World, Part 2*)
* "*But Wa-kun is still my little brother. So even when he fails, even when he chooses the wrong path... Continuing to stick with him is what family's about, right?*" (in *Big Sister and Little Brother*)

## Etymology

* The name **Kanae** means "song, poetry" (歌) (cks. =) and "seedling, sapling, shoot" (苗) (**nae**).
* Kanae's surname is diligen means "sound" (音) (ue to her) and "feather" (羽) (or years/ she has).

## Gallery

Casual outfit

**Otowakan:** **Kanae Otowa** • Sousuke Kagura • Pad-kun • Hasshie • Kyougo Otowa • Himeka Otowa
**Recurring Characters:** Uzuki • Akira Mitsuru • Kanae's Grandmother
**Minor/Episodic:** Sousuke's sister • Construction workers • Kanae's friends • Salieri • Jolly • MitsuruLoid • Aliens • Mari • Mari's Mother • Marie Antoinette • Aoi Risuto