Tsuwabuki Chika

Chika Tsuwabuki is a side character throughout the Flowers series. She transfers to the school in été at the start of the game.

## Appearance

She has semi-long black hair. Her bangs hang down and cover her right eye. She has almond-shaped eyes, giving a harsh and mature look.

## Personality

She acts like a logical and smart person but in reality she lacks self-confidence and has very low self-esteem. Despite appearing self-centered, she wants someone to strongly pull her along. She is mild-mannered normally.

She has a habit of closing her eyes tightly when things become difficult. Her biggest strength is her ability to look at things objectively, allowing her to see the entire picture without being influenced by others. Her weakness, however, is that she becomes oblivious when it comes to love.

Her main hobby is designing things. When it comes to reading, she prefers newspapers and scientific magazines.

## Flower Language

Flower: Farfugium japonicum (syn. Ligularia tussilaginea)

Language of Flowers: Will not be defeated by difficulties

Farfugium japonicum or commonly called as Tsuwabuki (scientific name: Farfugium japonicum) is native to Japan, and is a cold-resistant evergreen perennial of the family Asteraceae. It is strong against shade and salt damage, and in Japan it blooms everywhere in the gardens and parks of Kyushu and Honshu. It is said that the stems and roots are medicinal, and in folk remedies it is used for swelling and products, eczema, bruises and so on.

## Relationships

Hokama Mizuki: Friends, love rival (during Flowers 20).

## Roles

### **Été**

She appears at the beginning of the game as one of the six transfer students.

### **Automne**

She is one of the characters involved in the Automne Shapeshifter Incident mystery.

## Additional Information

The Tsuwabuki family is a distinguished local family. Chika has a sister that is one year older than her and she has been compared to her since birth. Chika has always tried her best to be better than her sister in things like sports and academics but she consistently comes in second to her sister. Due to this, she developed an inferiority complex at a very young age.

Chika eventually started to do figure skating thanks to the influence of her mother and she instantly loved it. Figure skating was the only time she was able to match her sister in something. However, Chika lost a big competition and could not stand the pain of defeat and ran away from figure skating.

Soon after, she decided to enroll at Saint Angraecum Academy. She became good friends with one of her amitié partners but due to her low self-esteem she mistakes her amitié's kindness as love. She confesses her feelings to her but ends up rejected. This story is covered more in the Automne Shapeshifter Incident.

She makes up with her amitié partners but feels it is a little awkward. Rikka notices this and recommends she joins the Council of Nicaea to help take her mind off of things. While they are working together, Chika learns of Rikka's past and finds out that they come from similar backgrounds. Rikka was often compared to her older brother who was very talented just like Chika was always compared to her older sister. As they started to spend more time together, they eventually developed more romantic feelings for each other.