Yuzu

* Manga
* Anime

**Yuzu** (柚, lit. "grapefruit, pomelo, citrus fruit") is the protagonist of the *Konohana Kitan* series. An innocent and hardworking country fox. She was raised by Bikuni, a nun with a rather extensive knowledge of things.

## Appearance

Yuzu is a fox girl of average height. She has calf-length blonde hair; sticking straight up her head is a cowlick that is sometimes used to express emotion. The bottom edges of her ears have small tufts of hair sticking out where they meet her head.

She commonly wears a similar color kimono to Ren, and like the others, she wears white *tabi* socks and magenta *zouri* sandals.

## Personality

Yuzu is an innocent and loving girl, one who holds compassion for everyone around her as demonstrated in almost all of her appearances to date.

She is somewhat klutzy and a little naive, for instance having limited knowledge of urban events such as the Summer Festival. However, due to Bikuni's teachings, she can display a surprising wealth of human knowledge, typically able to provide advice when there is a person in need.

In spite of her country background, she is also able to read and write, and is an erudite reader of the Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters), the oldest surviving book of Japanese history and mythology.

## Relationships

### Satsuki

Initially, Satsuki seemed not to like Yuzu as Satsuki would yell at her to do things correctly and to never slack off. However, after seeing Yuzu treat her with respect, even after everything she did, Satsuki began to develop feelings for Yuzu. Yuzu began feeling the same way after seeing Satsuki's sweet side.

* In the Episode 1, they slept and bathed together.
* In the Episode 2, they fed each other, onsen together once more and there's even a point where Satsuki and Yuzu are jumping out a tree with it implied to be romantic by the music. At the end of the episode, they're seen holding hands as they walk out of town.
* In the Episode 4, Satsuki had a dream about Yuzu comforting her, and when Yuzu asked about her dream, Satsuki's face turned red, and she claimed not to remember.
* In the Episode 5, Yuzu called Satsuki's laugh pretty.
* In the Episode 6, Satsuki and Yuzu are exploring Konohanatei when Satsuki insists she isn't afraid of ghosts. However, upon seeing a ghost-like figure, Yuzu falls onto the ground as Satsuki begins hugging her and crying. Yuzu says "Satsuki is so soft", but their moment is cut off when Natsume intrudes and asks why they're cuddling. Later in the episode, Satsuki notices Yuzu is missing. Yuzu has gone with the morphing ghost, who changes into the person her target cherishes most. The ghost turned into Satsuki to lure Yuzu, signifying that Yuzu loves Satsuki the most. In the outro, they seemed to be mirroring Natsume and Ren, or the canon couple of the anime.

### Kiri

Kiri and Yuzu don't interact a lot but they both do get along.

### Ren

Yuzu looks up to Ren, even though initially Ren was sarcastic and looked down on Yuzu. However, Ren did offer to let Yuzu use one of her work kimonos on her first day at Konohanatei.

In the 2nd episode, Ren pointed out that the color of Yuzu's obi was wrong and even helped her change it. Her attitude when raising her voice surprised Yuzu. She found Ren to be both cute and amusing.

## Trivia

* **Yuzu**(柚) is also that of an aromatic citrus fruit originating from East Asia. The fruit resembles a small grapefruit with uneven skin, and is more often used as an ingredient in various recipes than eaten as a fruit.

## References

1. ↑ https://twitter.com/amanosakuya/status/931752661740765184/photo/1
2. ↑ https://twitter.com/amanosakuya/status/1009065005977776128