Sakumai Bloom

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> I end up driving everyone away. Maybe I'm exaggerating. I don't know. It just feels like everyone I love is leaving me and I hate the feeling of it.
>
> Kaiya Yoshioka, Chapter 2 - Hunt

## Sakumai Bloom

* Hero
* Human

## Personal Information

### Eye Colour

Light blue (human form), blue-green (Hero form)

## Associations

### Relatives

Calista Yoshioka, unnamed deceased father

## Spoilers

### Kills

0

**Sakumai Bloom,** also known by her human name, **Kaiya Yoshioka**, is the protagonist of the Hero Project. She is an introverted girl who is following an enigmatic trail of riddles, determined to find out what they contain. She is a part of the team The Golden Four.

## Appearance

### Body

#### Human

Kaiya has two twintails that reach her knees that fade from blonde to pink, and a pink-colored fringe. The middle of her fringe is curled, one part of it overlapping the other. She has light-blue eyes and she is of Japanese descent.

#### Hero

As a Hero, Sakumai Bloom has the same-length hair, still tied into pigtails, still blonde, but fading to a reddish-pink. She has a mole situated on her right cheek, and her eyes are now a blue-green. Two curled strands of her hair hang on either side of her face, and her fringe is the same as in her human form. A space bun sits upon each twintail, and pink cherry blossoms are scattered throughout her hair.

### Clothing

#### Human

Kaiya has a black hairpin in the shape of an x to the left of her hair. Her school uniform consists of grey and purple, with a tie tucked beneath her blazer.

#### Hero

Sakumai Bloom has a pink bow with white frills on the top of her head, in-between her space buns. She wears a pink choker decorated with white frills on the top and bottom and a pink cherry blossom in the middle of it. Her white, frilled sleeves are overlayed by pink sleeves that end in the petals of cherry blossoms. At the top of her sleeves, there is a layer of dark-grey, which reaches up to her shoulders. A large, hot-pink bow sits upon her chest with a light-pink cherry blossom in the middle of it. Her skirt is white with dark-grey frills, a pink layer shaped as the petals of a cherry blossom above it. She has pink nails with small sakuras situated on the top of each nail. A dark-grey layer sits above her bodice.

## Personality

Kaiya is very introverted and quiet, preferring to focus on her studies rather than make new friends. She can get anxious meeting new people or going to new places. She has attachment issues with whoever she does know well. People consider her cold and strange because she doesn't talk to others, but in reality, she's just quieter than others, preferring to listen rather than talk. She doesn't open up to people right away; she observes their behaviours first before making decisions about them.

Kaiya closes herself off to others, as she believes they will abandon her, hurting her once again. She also seems to blame herself for things she can't control, believing that she is a taboo of sorts. However, that isn't to say that she doesn't care about people, as shown with Liling, when she tells her to be herself, and that she will never judge her for what she likes. She is also a very honest person, becoming nervous when faced with the prospect of having to lie.

## Abilities

#### **To manipulate flowers and ribbons.**

Sakumai is able to spawn flowers and ribbons at will. Each flower she summons has a different ability that she must learn to control. She can only summon one flower at a time, and each has a different cooldown which can range from 5 minutes to 3 hours. Her ribbon grows from her left palm and can grow up to 20 meters. She can wrap it around anything she desires, and can manipulate it to be as thick or thin as she wants, and can be wrapped as tightly or as loosely as required. She can also create up to four hundred ribbons.

## Items

### Magical Ribbon

Sakumai's Magical Ribbon is the main item she uses. It is a pink, satin ribbon that grows out of the palm of her hand. She can divvy it up into as many ribbons as she likes.

## Relationships

### Hyousuke

Hyousuke is Sakumai's teammate, and the one she appears to be closest to. They seem to be rather comfortable around each other, not needing words to communicate. The two have both been entrusted with solving the Riddles, and are working together to solve them. Hyousuke is also Sakumai's mentor. The two often message each other and greatly trust each other, always telling each other the truth and what's on their mind.

### Miss Dolita

Miss Dolita is one of Sakumai's teammates. Sakumai sees her as a motherly figure and initially blames herself for her death.

### Spade-eye

Spade-eye is one of Sakumai's teammates. Sakumai is sometimes nervous around Spade-eye due to her rowdy nature and Sakumai's hatred of loud noises.

### Liling Xīn

Liling is a classmate of Kaiya's. She is one of the only people Kaiya talks to whilst at school, hence why she immediately goes to her for help with Riddle 1. However, the two's relationship soon crumbles when the two are looking for the orphanage Riddle 1 may be discussing. When they find nothing to show for themselves, Kaiya begins to feel hopeless. The two argue, as Liling believes Kaiya to not trust her anymore. Due to this, Liling stops helping her solve the riddles.

### V

V is a Realmkeeper who appeared in Kaiya's dream at the beginning of the novel.

### Mirror Mirror

Mirror Mirror initially presents herself as a friend to Sakumai before she suddenly ambushes her with a clear intent to kill. However, she misses. Sakumai is rather afraid of Mirror Mirror, and Mirror resents Sakumai.

### Calista Yoshioka

Calista Yoshioka is Kaiya's mother. The two have a positive and friendly relationship.

### References

1. ↑ Chapter 2 - The Hunt, 'Liling, no! Please don't leave!'
2. ↑ The Hero Heightening Project, Chapter 2 - Hunt, 'Guilt weighs upon my shoulders at the prospect of having to potentially lie to Liling.'
3. ↑ The Hero Heightening Project, Chapter 2 - Hunt, 'a ukulele lies in a corner.'