Mitsuru Kaburagi

**Mitsuru Kaburagi** (鏑木(かぶらぎ) 充(みつる), *Kaburagi Mitsuru*) is a character who is introduced in *Soukyuu no Fafner Exodus*.

## Biography

### *Soukyuu no Fafner Exodus*

Mitsuru wonders if Fumihiko Makabe is given the order to attack when he and Chizuru Toomi appear before him but Fumihiko shows him something instead which shocks him. He later goes to the Kaburagi Salon with the two to meet up with his wife. They go to their house where the tablet is shown with Sui's information, indicating that he will be a Fafner pilot. Mitsuru says that they can fight the Festum without Fafners as they have undergone training after Seiichirou Kaname died to which Fumihiko responds that their son will be the one fighting instead. Later that night, Mitsuru comforts his wife after the conversation she and Sui had and tells Sui to go to his room.

Mitsuru comes back from work and he finds a good luck charm at the entrance when he suddenly hear Sui and someone else scream. He and her wife go to Sui's room and are surprised to see Rina Nishio, who is covering herself with a blanket, opening the door. Mitsuru watches Sui apologizing to Rina before she slams the door shut, holding the good luck charm he found earlier. The next day at work, he opens the good luck charm and is surprised to find out that it is Sanae's. Mitsuru comes home and hears Kanae and Sui arguing, causing him to sigh. He then tries to stop them when Kanae slaps Sui when Rina is suddenly standing behind them and starts to yell. She collapses due to effects of her SDP and Mitsuru and Sui quickly go to her.

Sui leaves the medical room and Mitsuru asks how she is doing to which Sui responds that she is doing well and that it is a side effect of the assimilation phenomenon. Kanae wants to leave but Mitsuru stops her, showing Sui the good luck charm he found earlier. To their surprise, the good luck belongs to Sanae as there was an old family photo is inside. Seeing the charm, Sui states his feelings on the matter and wants them to move on from what happened, causing everyone to shed some tears. Later that evening, Kanae and Mitsuru are on a cliff and Mitsuru watches Kanae when she throws away the papers she had on the Second Plan L. They go home and see Sui eating dinner. Kanae sits down and Mitsuru grabs dinner for them, smiling when he hears Kanae and Sui having a normal conversation. During the Tanabata Festival, they launch a lantern into the bay for Sanae for the first time and Mitsuru mentions that they should have done it sooner. Mitsuru is part of the Takeru Island unit and they assist the pilots to defeat the enemy.

### *Soukyuu no Fafner The Beyond*

Mitsuru and Kanae are eating with the parents of Seri Tatekami in Ryouhei Douma's restaurant. Mitsuru and Kanae see Sui off when he is selected to participate in the Second Plan L. The Kaburagi family places a lantern into the water for their deceased daughter.

## References

1. ↑ Exodus Episode 4: The Successors
2. ↑ Exodus Episode 11: Transformation
3. ↑ Exodus Episode 16: Where Life Is
4. ↑ Exodus Episode 17: Flames of the Final Farewell
5. ↑ Exodus Episode 20: The Soldiers Return Home
6. ↑ The Beyond Episode 4: The Powerless Ones
7. ↑ The Beyond Episode 8: Message Passed On
8. ↑ The Beyond Episode 12: Beyond the Azure