Hatsune Otonashi

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## Hatsune Otonashi

Hatsune in hospital. Image from the Angel Beats! Wiki and anime series.

## Personal Information

### Cause of Death

- Euthanasia-induced death caused by Yuri Nakamura
- Unknown Medical Condition (major contributing factor)

### Relative(s)

Yuzuru Otonashi (brother)
Kaiya Otonashi (mother)

## Miscellaneous

### Debut

Chapter 1 (mentioned)
Chapter 16 (official appearance)

**Hatsune Otonashi** (音無 初音 *Otonashi Hatsune*) is a minor character in Angel Beats! A Step Closer. She is the younger sister of Yuzuru Otonashi, who served as a catalyst and willing bait under orders from Yuri to bring Otonashi back to the Afterlife Battlefront.

## Appearance

In Angel Beats! A Step Closer, Hatsune had mostly retained most of her original looks with her dark red eyes and reddish hair, although her hair had grown significantly longer and the hairties that was on each of her face were removed for the aforementioned reason.

## Background

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When Hatsune was young, she was diagnosed with an unknown medical condition and she was bedridden for at least two years that Yuzuru acted as her guardian within this period and the absence of parents suggests that they were orphans.

Yuzuru visited Hatsune everyday, in order to keep her company and give her a manga that he bought for her with his meagre wages. Compared to her brother, Hatsune enjoys studying and couldn't wait to start school. However, her sickness kept her from going outside.

She is also gifted by her brother's love, who despite having a meagre income from part-time jobs, also depended upon her love to keep on living. Even though Yuzuru bought the manga randomly (acknowledging that he perhaps even the same issues) Hatsune was always grateful and these gestures of gratitude, in turn, reassured him.

Gradually, the effects of Hatsune's condition took its toll upon her, and her condition worsened. Despite this, she was still very keen to go outside see the Christmas decorations, a fact that she mentioned to Yuzuru who decided to do one nice thing for. Working hard to save up enough money from his part-time jobs, he planned to take her out for Christmas.

When she was refused permission to leave, Yuzuru snuck her out carrying her on his back.

The pair made it out of the hospital to the high street, admiring the Christmas decorations. As Yuzuru promised to take her anywhere and buy anything she wanted, Hatsune thanked her brother one last time before passing away on Christmas day with her arms still wrapped around him.

## Personality

Hatsune is a kind young girl who had always wished for the best for her brother. At a young age, Hatsune had learned the concept of sacrifice as well as understanding what it meant to give one's life for another.

Following the disclosure of her previous life, Hatsune had pondered the fairness of life. Hatsune was a liar to her brother, as she was aware of her deteroriating condition but still smiled whenever he stopped by in order to keep him happy and hopeful.

With her time being hospitalized, Hatsune had developed a liking to various media. As she was a person who couldn't do anything that the characters she watched or read do, she was able to exercise her imagination through writing stories of her own.

## Gallery

Otonashi and Hatsune have a chat. Created by ZEN.
## References

1. ↑ The author has confirmed that all the information listed is correct in this passage.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 See Chapter 16.