Kanae

*This Partner's Awakened form is currently exclusive to the mobile version of Arcaea.*

* Default
* Awakened

## Stats

### SKILL

(Level 8) VISUAL - Day / Night appearance when playing a Sunset Radiance song

## Information

### Added

**Mobile:** 2.3.0 (2019-08-22)**Switch:** 1.0.0c (2021-05-18)

### Unlock

**Mobile:** Map 4-5
(purchase Sunset Radiance)**Switch:** Map 3-4

## Stats

### SKILL

World + STEP progress is stored and added to the next World Play

### AWAKEN

Sunset Core × 25
Hollow Core × 5

## Information

### Unlock

**Mobile:** Map 4-5
(purchase Sunset Radiance)**Switch:** Map 3-4

### Signature Song

Hotarubi no Yuki

**Kanae** is a Partner in Arcaea, designed after the Arcaea Song Contest 2019 Grand Prize winner, A Wandering Melody of Love. **Mobile:** She is unlocked via World Mode after purchasing the Sunset Radiance Side Story pack. **Switch:** She and her pack Sunset Radiance are unlocked via World Mode after unlocking the Luminous Sky Main Story pack.

## Character

### Name

Kanae's name, 叶永, contains the characters 叶 (to grant wishes) and 永 (forever).

### Appearance

Kanae has long, wavy light brown hair and yellow eyes. The upper section of her hair is braided and held in place by two dark blue bows with white flowers; below this, her hair continues in loose twintails.

She wears a light yellow *yukata* with a floral pattern over top of a white collared garment with a dark blue bow. Her *obi* is dark blue with a pink checkered pattern, matching the blue *geta* on her feet. She also wears a white shawl with an orange floral pattern at the ends, tied around her waist. Three colorful balloons — one pink, one yellow, and one blue — are tied to her left hand, with bells attached to their strings. She holds a *kitsune* mask in her right hand, also with bells attached; in the artwork for A Wandering Melody of Love and AI[UE]OON, it is tied around her head.

**Mobile:**
### Variants

Kanae has one variant, Kanae (Midsummer).

## Story

Kanae is the main character of the Sunset Radiance Side Story.**Switch:**

## Gameplay

### Stats by level

**Mobile:**
*Hover your cursor over a stat to see its corresponding multiplier.*

**Switch:**
*Hover your cursor over a stat to see its corresponding multiplier.*

### Skill

Kanae's **Mobile:** **unawakened skill** **Switch:** skill is unlocked at Level 8, and sets the background of certain songs to either omatsuri\_light or omatsuri\_conflict, depending on the device time:

* 6:00 AM to 7:59 PM - Light
* 8:00 PM to 5:59 AM - Conflict

This skill affects songs in the Sunset Radiance pack, as well as Evening in Scarlet and Summer Fireworks of Love.
Other songs using the omatsuri\_light or omatsuri\_conflict backgrounds are unaffected by this skill.

The background will not change immediately if the day-night transition time passes mid-song, and will only take effect upon the next play.
**Mobile:** Playing the above songs in Lost Chapter: Beyond will trigger the same day/night effect for the track, but not the background.**Switch:**

**Mobile:**
Kanae's **Awakened skill** allows her to store her World Mode step progress and "gift" it to the next play.
After playing a song in World Mode with Kanae, her step progress will not be used for that play, and will instead be stored.
If the current storage is above 0.0 steps, the next World Mode play with any partner will receive the stored steps as a bonus.
The currently stored steps can be viewed from Kanae's skill display in the partner selection menu.
In detail, the following will happen after a song play in World Mode:

* If Kanae is the active partner:
	+ Stored steps will not stack. The step progress based on the current play's score (after the STEP multiplier) is stored, and the actual step progress for that play will use up her previously stored steps. Note that if the storage before playing is 0.0 steps, the play will not result in any map progress.
* If another partner is active:
	+ The step progress for the current play is calculated, and Kanae's stored steps are added as a bonus after the STEP multiplier is applied. This resets Kanae's storage to 0.0 steps.
* *e.g. Suppose Kanae has 10.1 steps stored.*
	+ *Now suppose a play using Kanae awards 12.0 steps after the STEP multiplier. These 12.0 steps are stored, and the actual step progress will use up the previous storage and come out to 10.1 steps. The final storage will be 12.0 steps.*
	+ *Suppose a second song play with Hikari (Fatalis) awards 65.5 steps after the STEP multiplier. Kanae's stored steps will be used, and the final step progress will be 65.5 + 12.0 = 77.5 steps. Kanae's storage will reset to 0.0 steps.*

Note that the above will not apply if Kanae's Awakened skill is bypassed, the active partner is sealed, or the play is made outside of World Mode.
Kanae's stored steps will not be affected by any plays made under these conditions.
In particular, bypassing Kanae's Awakened skill will prevent her bonus from activating when using other partners.

When playing Legacy maps or using Memory Boosts, neither the stored steps nor the step bonus take stamina/fragment boosts into account.**Switch:**

## Trivia

* Kanae is the first partner to have a different illustrator for their Awakened form.

## Artwork

* A Wandering Melody of Love jacket art (day)
* A Wandering Melody of Love jacket art (night)
* AI[UE]OON jacket art
* Summer Fireworks of Love. jacket art
* Hotarubi no Yuki jacket art
* Story Entry 17-6-2
* Full body artwork
* Icon in the partner select screen
* Full body artwork
* Icon in the partner select screen
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