Kotonoha Katsura

**Kotonoha Katsura** (桂 言葉, *Katsura Kotonoha*) is the oldest daughter of Manami and Mr. Katsura, as well as the older sister of Kokoro Katsura.

Raised in a wealthy family, she had a slim social life which was exacerbated by all the girls being jealous of her beauty, as seen with Nanami, who attended the same middle school, and Otome, who frequently bullies her along with her trio of friends. She is the main protagonist of the *Lovesick Arc*.

## Description

### Appearance

Kotonoha is a beautiful girl with pale skin, maroon irises, and silky straight black hair that flows past her waist. Her body is svelte and matured for her age, as seen with her busty chest, second only to her mother throughout the series.

Because of her gorgeous body, almost all girls (save Sekai) think negatively of her, due to jealousy, and believe her to be promiscuous and is taking money from Makoto to go on dates. Even Nanami, who is very mature, thinks negatively of her and treats her badly.

### Personality

Generally, Kotonoha is an intelligent, gentle, polite and well-educated young lady with a reserved character. She is so reserved, in fact, there is no mention she has a single friend before she was acquainted with Sekai and Makoto. Having almost no social life, she becomes incredibly dependent and devoted to Makoto. But this kind of firmness can lead to her to drastic repercussions. If she feels Makoto is leaving her and cannot be won back, such tremendous sorrow and desperation will drive her berserk or "yandere" (expressed by her lusterless eyes), render her to commit suicide, or to murder those she believes is stealing Makoto away from her. Her attachment to Makoto is so great that she refuses to accept that he would ever break up with her. Perhaps linked to her possible murderous side, if Makoto invites her to watch a horror movie, she admits she's a fan of horror and splatter movies but usually keeps quiet about it.

Although the reason is not specified, Kotonoha, being very girly and prudish, is afraid of being around guys, especially scared by being touched by the opposite gender, thus making for some awkward moments between her and Makoto at the beginning of their relationship. The situation worsens when Makoto constantly demands excessive physical contact and gets turned down. Finally, Kotonoha acknowledges fulfilling Makoto's sexual appetite is vital in tightening their relationship. Kotonoha will get over her psychological block and offers her body to Makoto in order to lock his heart with her and to drive her rivals away. After this, she suddenly gains the ability to manipulate situations far greater than Sekai, whenever she decides to win back Makoto from Sekai.

## Etymology

* Her given name **Kotonoha** (言葉) means "language", "vocabulary," or "word" in Japanese.
* On its own, her surname **Katsura** (桂) means "cinnamon tree, Japanese Judas-tree". It's also an allusion, along with her birthday, to Tarō Katsura (**桂 太郎**)**,** a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, politician, and three-time Prime Minister of Japan.

## Trivia

* Kotonoha has the most various collection of clothes throughout the series, many of them luxurious brands, and due to her beauty and voluptuous body, she also has the most scenes of fan-service.
* Kotonoha wears glasses in Cross Days, yet she also has a keen sight for distant events, even able to identify fast-moving objects far away in School Days and Summer Days. This may indicate that Kotonoha is a bit far-sighted and sometimes requires glasses to properly make out the text in some books.
* According to the novelization by Runa Okada, Kotonoha hit puberty very early, with her experiencing menarche during fifth grade of elementary school. It's also stated that her bust size makes finding a bra or a swimsuit very difficult, and therefore can only wear European- or American-made products.
* Kotonoha appears to be inept at cooking, except for her signature lemonade. She is shown to improve throughout the series.
* While almost all the characters are somehow related to each other, her family is one of the few *not* related to anyone. The only other families with this distinction are, ironically, those of her bullies: the Katous, the Kurodas, and the Kanrojis.