Fuyu Watanabe

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**Fuyu Watanabe** (Japanese: **渡辺冬**, *Watanabe Fuyu*) was previously a third-year from Shiratorizawa Academy and the main manager of the school's boys' volleyball team. After graduating from high school, she got a degree on law. She then became a lawyer, and is a manager for Schweiden Adlers, a professional team in Division 1 of Japan's V-League.

## Appearance

Fuyu is described as a lovely, beautiful girl who captivates whoever sets their eyes on her. Her arms and legs are slim, slender without looking too unhealthy. It was mentioned by Alcestis that the number of perfectly symmetrical features in Fuyu was overwhelming to the point that "her confidence in herself wavered." This might be caused by her magic prowess which is very formidable and greatly balanced. Fuyu has noted that her features are not entirely similar to that of her family. Her figure has become more defined and curvaceous over her first two years at Shiratorizawa High and has a much more mature appearance by her last year at Shiratorizawa High.

Outsiders or strangers will normally be rendered speechless or flustered by her presence. Her speech and movement patterns are completely different from Nao's, something their deceased mother should be given credit for, and she is referred as a real Yamato Nadeshiko which is a Japanese term meaning the "personification of an idealized Japanese woman", or "the epitome of pure, feminine beauty".

## Personality

Fuyu is a very kind, caring and polite girl, but she thinks it's embarrassing for her when others see her using her ability. At times she can also be shy. However, she has good manners and treats everyone with respect, which is seen when she usually speaks using honorifics (**san**, **kun**, **sama**, etc.) She also likes to eat and does eat a lot for her size, saying that her dream is going to an all-you-can-eat buffet.

Fuyu can be considered very lady-like since she is from a wealthy household, but she is a practitioner of Aikido and basic self-defense. She has used it on Tendo several times when he has done something embarrassing to her, (including their first meeting). She has also an tendency to throw him whenever he is hugging or holding her hand, to which she shouts "How dare you!". However, she apologizes to him right after. Fuyu is also very cheerful and greatly admires Himemiko, whom she claims resembles her older sister. Since her parents are quite strict, Fuyu is also very well-behaved, rarely being tardy when coming home or when going to school.

But due to her sister running from home because of her parents, Fuyu has felt like she has been alone, especially since her parents don't want her to use her ability or get close to the phantoms. Later on, after Haruhiko helped her break free from a dream world created by some phantoms, she gained more confidence in herself and wants to support her friends as much as possible.

## History

Fuyu is the daughter of Watanabe Kizuki and the late Watanabe Haruna and is eleven months younger than her only elder sister, Shiro (her birthday falls on June 20, a month before Shiro's birthday). They are mostly mistaken as twins for looking so alike. Prior to the timeline, before the beginning of the series, their father remarried six months after their mother's death, and the two of them are living alone in a house, which is described as a place that vastly exceeds the average size. The siblings lived alone at first, however, later on Minami joins them as Fuyu's second guardian.

## Abilities

Fuyu is very intelligent, earning top grades on her assignments/homework, exams, classes, etc. In addition, she is very talented with various kinds of artistic traits.

### Physical Abilities

Fuyu also received martial arts training from her older sister Shiro, albeit to a lesser degree. While Fuyu is by no means a physical combatant, she remains in excellent shape and has far more physical strength than she appears to have.

### Sensory Abilities

Fuyu has the ability to detect the state of Eidos, or "information," through touch and smell. Not much is known about the extent of her sensory abilities, but she is able to use her senses to "smell" that Tendo had been in a fight with over 10 people and was injured in that fight. She also later, used her touch to receive the information from Tendo which he captures by his special eyes, in order to let her become informed of the whereabouts of "enemies."

## Etymology

* From the Japanese kanji 冬 (*fuyu*) meaning "winter".
* From Japanese *渡 (wata)* meaning "cross, ferry" and *辺 (nabe)* meaning "area, place".