Kaede

Kaede as she looks in the manga.

### Fashion Style

Cute but somewhat sexy and provocative, embraces the Gyaru Girl fashion style and presentation

### First Appearance

Manga Chapter 7 / Anime Episode 3

KAEDE HOZUKI

## Background

Kaede is a close personal friend of Mihari. They became friends in middle school. Mihari has progressed further in the academia system than Kaede, but they still are close, and see each other regularly.

## Appearance

Kaede is tall and thin, giving her an almost ideal body size and shape. She has a round face with a blunt chin. Her big 'anime girl' eyes, pale maroon in color, dominate her face. She almost always has a pleasant expression on the face. Kaede has long, silky hair that she keeps tied in back, with long bangs adoring the sides of her face. Like her eyes, her hair is also pale maroon, with pink highlights. Kaede has clear, clean, healthy beige skin tone that is subtle and even all over. Long arms and long legs highlight her body, giving her an obvious athletic, competitive female ice skater look. In the manga. Kaede has an ample, though adequate bust, a narrow waist, and pleasingly wider hips. In the anime, Kaede was given oversized boobs, out of proportion to the rest of her body.

Although still in high school, Kaede's personal fashion style is such that it gives her that appearance of a slightly older person, possibility even that of a young adult. Part of that reason is that she dresses somewhat provocatively, wearing reveling or sexy clothing that are more adult-like than one would see on a typical teenage girl. Kaede has the body size and shape that she can pull that off reasonably well. In Chapter 30, in the middle of winter on an especially cold day, Kaede chooses to wear her usual school uniform, including wearing a pleated mini-skirt and knee socks, with completely bare legs! When questioned why she has bare legs on such a cold day, she answers that being fashionable, and showing nice legs, is a high school girl's privilege. When not wearing her school uniform, Kaede dresses casual and comfortable, but again with somewhat adult styles and fashions. Overall, she gives off a mature vibe and a look of noteworthy self-confidence. Despite her sexy appearance, Kaede has a modest and likeable attitude, and would not ever do anything risqué or improper, socially speaking.

## Personality

Kaede has a well-rounded personality that is mild and pleasant just about all of the time. She is very outgoing, willing to easily make friends. That being the case, the four middle school friends all look up to Kaede as an older friend and role model. Even Mihari, the geek girl, will sometimes defer to Kaede's judgement and understanding about the many social and interpersonal situations that they will find themselves in. Kaede was the first female to befriend Mahiro, the transgender male to female, who has been for quite some time a social outcast and an extreme introvert.

Kaede is extremely loyal to her family and friends. She takes a personal interest in her younger sister, Momiji. Kaede also lends her guidance and advice to Mahiro and Mihari, and the two other friends, Asahi and Miyo-chan. Her motherly influence is felt all around. Kaede is in high school, and living up to her status as a role model, get good grades and is a well liked student. For hobbies, Kaede is well organized, and loves to cook, and likes to be the master chef at many of the social gatherings that the friends have from time to time. However, Kaede is not perfect, and sometimes is a bit too nosy with regard to the social happenings that occur with daily life. She sometimes freely expresses her opinions and comments, whether they are appreciated or not.

## Kaede's Story

Kaede is a person that seems to have two sets of qualities welded together. One part is her choice of the Gyaru Girl fashion style and presentation. Along with that comes the carefree, fun-filled, whimsical, and happy-go-lucky circumstances that she can enjoy. She is 'on the edge' in not just her clothing and grooming styles, but in her attitude towards life in general. This is the Kaede that Mahiro met for the first time, after seeing her in the upstairs toilet. The other part of Kaede is a mature, level-headed, industrious, and compassionate person who is at home in the kitchen as much as being at home in the Karaoke booth. She does well in school, and was friends with Mihari in middle school, until Mihari moved up a couple or so grades to enter college. Mahiro sees that part of Kaede in the kitchen, as well as at other times, too.

Kaede lives with her younger sister, Momiji. In the manga, the two are very close to one another. But in the anime, Kaede states that she has little in common with Momiji, as Momiji is more reserved and studious than Kaede. The two siblings live alone, as the story does not tell much about their parents. Yet Kaede remains close and personal friends with Mihari, and now Mahiro. One time Kaede asked Mihari about the fact that wasn't Mihari's sibling, actually an older brother ? Mihari gives Kaede an ambiguous and indefinite answer, only stating that what happened to facilitate the fact that she now has a sister, "is a family affair!"

## Trivia

In the Japanese language, the first name 'Kaede' means a maple tree.