Miyuki Tachibana

"*They must have...forgiveness...*"
– Miyuki's final words before succumbing to her death.

**Miyuki Tachibana** (立花みゆき, *Tachibana Miyuki*?) was the titular Protagonist of the *Nekomusume! series*. She was a humanoid Catgirl who served for good and was on the quest for looking for her parents.

## Miyuki Tachibana

* Normal
* Transformed

## Basic Information

### Age

12 (Original series)
 14 (S3-S6)
15 (S7-S9, at death)

### Hair Color

Magenta (Civillian)
Pink (Magical Girl)

## Magical Girl Information

### Family

Miyuki's Parents (Mother & Father)
Sakura Tachibana (Older sister)
Mayume Tachibana (Sister)
Jun Tachibana (Sister, †)
Ai Tachibana (Younger sister, Ancestor)

## Status

### Status

Deceased

After the events of *Idol Nekomusume!*, Miyuki died in the final episode due to a chronic illness, as she was succeeded by her younger sister when *Nekomusume Crystalize!* started airing, confirmed by the creator. She was originally voiced by **Eriko Matsui** and dubbed by **Monica Rail**.

## Appearance

Miyuki appeared to be a teenage catgirl humanoid with fair skin, magenta hair and ears with white fluff put in a side ponytail, and pink eyes.

When transformed, her hair turns pink and grows longer and wider to the length of her tailbone.

## Personality

Miyuki appears to be a kindhearted, soft, and brave girl. Miyuki is very respectful and would never show her rudeness to her family nor even her friends, leading her to slowly lose her chance of being rude when someone does something bad. She appears very meek to manipulative and violent people, yet grew out of it during the events of *Euphoria*.

## History

### Early Life

Miyuki used to live happily on Planet Kagayaku with her parents and her siblings. Just before the planet was under attack, Her parents were guardians and did anything to protect their family. As Kagayaku was attacked, the siblings were demanded to go into a pod and go somewhere safe, as their parents had to fend off evil, much to Miyuki's dismay and calling out to them when she was going to earth.

As she arrived on earth in Kiragaoka Town, she met a gardener named Tsubaki Hanabusa, who she befriended.

## Sypnosis

Miyuki's first ever appearance was in episode 01 of Nekomusume!, as she appeared to be a humanoid catgirl inhabitat from Planet Kagayaku, who moved to Earth and landed in Kiragaoka City as Tsubaki caught her from falling to the ground. Tsubaki, thinking that Miyuki was homeless, took her into her apartment as Miyuki has started living there since.

### Illness & Death

Miyuki stepped down to a disease, where there were crystal shards appearing on her face and cracking half of her body, as she grew weaker and weaker even if she was treated for it with care. The others grew concerned for her, especially Namida and her family, who she was very close to. As she tried fighting as a magical girl, her condition seemed to worsen as her face cracked a lot more and she was coughing up blood. Namida and the others tell her that she cannot fight any longer in order to keep her disease from worsening and killing her instantly. Mayume comes up to visit Miyuki, as she is scared to lose her sister and blames herself for not taking care of Miyuki, as Miyuki confirms that this is not Mayume's fault and that she doesn't have to be sorry about anything that is going on right now as she claims that she will be fine, causing Mayume to yell at her saying that she won't be fine because she is dying as she grabs a mirror and shoves it into Miyuki's face trying to confirm to her about how she looks due to her illness.

## Magical Girl

Miyuki is the pink magical girl of affection, love, and peace. Miyuki's attacks and sub-attacks are related to affection and care.

### **Seasons 1-4**

* **Long Version:** Miyuki grabs her compact and charm. As the compact opens, Miyuki inserts her charm and shouts the phase **"Lovely Magic, Transform!"**, as she spins around and puts down her foot as she is transported in a pink, sparkly background and wearing a white, silky dress. As a round sigma appears at her feet, her shoes and leggings appear, as she dances with "creating her dress" (doing hand movements around her waist) as her dress suddenly appears, with her gloves appearing next, as she puts both hands to her chest, and lets it go as her top appears, and her hair and ears change color as her tail grows and she opens her eyes. She flies to the ground and does her final pose as she catches her wand in her left hand.
	+ **Short Version -** Miyuki grabs her compact as she inserts her charm, shouting the phase **"Lovely Magic, Transform!"**, Miyuki's body is enveloped in pink ribbons as she grabs her wand, as she changes her appearance. She then lands to the ground as she does her final pose.

### **Season 5**

* **Long Version -** Miyuki shouts **"Love Chord, Musical Initiation!"**, as her clothes disappear and she is put in a white dress, as she strums her chords, as her dress appears first, with her shoes appearing second. She then uses one of the chords for her top area, and she pops a music note onto her head, changing her hair drastically. She grabs the chord and turns it into a mic-like weapon, as she says her final phrase **"Miyuki, Transformation Complete!"** then poses.
	+ **Short Version -** Miyuki shouts **"Love Chord, Musical Initiation!"**, as she strums her chords and does a little dance, as a few silhouettes dance with her. The chords surround her body as she raises her arms, and she fully appears. She turns one of the chords into her weapon, and she yells **"Miyuki, Transformation Complete!"** then poses.

### **Season 6-A&N**

* **Long Version - TBA**
	+ **Short Version - TBA**

### **Season 7-10**

* **Long Version - TBA**
	+ **Short Version - TBA**

### Attacks & Spells

* **Love Slayer** - Miyuki's first, initial attack.
* **Passionate Inhalation** - Miyuki's finisher.

### Equipment

* **Compact** - Miyuki's transformation device used in *Nekomusume!* to *Nekomusume! Pure Magic*.
* **Love Chord** - Miyuki's transformation device used in *Nekomusume! Euphoria*.
* **Commune** - Miyuki's transformation device used in *Nekomusume! RPG* and *Asuka & Nekomusume*.
* **Bracelet** - Miyuki's transformation device used in *Nekomusume! Paradise* to *Idol Nekomusume!*.

## Relationships

* **Ai Tachibana** - Miyuki's successor and the youngest sibling of the Tachibana Family. Ai highly admires Miyuki and wishes to become just like her and fend off evil, and to find her parents to see if they are alright or if they couldn't make it. Ai shares a few traits and likings to Miyuki, yet is more energetic and not easily tired out much to her short appearance. As of finding out that Miyuki died to her disease and even being shot by Mizuna as she confessed her actions, Ai was devastated as she scouted herself to become her own sisters' succeeding Magical Girl ancestor.
* **Mayume Tachibana** - Miyuki's second eldest sister of the Tachibana Family. Mayume appears to be strict and easily prone to anger, and acts like the mature sister, despite Sakura being a few years older than her in appearance and age. Despite being strict, she appears to be kind and mostly watches herself when she goes too far. In *Paradise!*, it was revealed that Mayume treated Jun horribly, as Jun jumped off the school rooftop and ended her life drastically. Mayume even blamed herself for being a horrible sibling with Miyuki having a horrible disease that threatened her life horribly as she wished to be more vulnerable and not so selfish towards others.
* **Sakura Tachibana** - Miyuki's third eldest sister who works at the Tachibana Cafe, debuting in *Paradise!*. Sakura talks just like an idol and is outgoing, meanwhile her actual personality is less motivative and more shy yet lazy. Despite her true personality, she cares for her family dearly and would not let anyone hurt or lay a hand on them.
* **Jun Tachibana** - Miyuki's first eldest sister who was erased from the Tachibana Family's memory, as she made her debut in *Paradise!*. She was surprised that Miyuki was less afraid of spirits as she says it has been a long time ever since she first saw Miyuki when she was still alive. She made her final appearance in the final episode of *Idol Nekomusume!*, holding Miyuki's hand as she takes her to heaven.
* **Miyuki's Parents** - Miyuki's parents appear to be guardians of Planet Kagayaku, their homeworld. They only, briefly appear in flashbacks as their status is unknown, yet revealed at the end of the episode they were alive when the sisters traveled back to Planet Kagayaku and mourned Miyuki's death.
* **Tsubaki Hanabusa**
* **Manatsu Hinata**
* **Mizuki Misushima**
* **Hanako Akita**
* **Ai Hino**
* **Misumi Aiko**
* **Itsuki Futami**
* **Hiyoko Hinabe**
* **Mizuka Ichinose**
* **Yumi Ushio**
* **Yayoi Yasaka**
* **Pengy Yashio**
* **Tsurusa Hanasaki**
* **Homugi Nanahi**
* **Umiha Kaiumi**
* **Iris Rier** - A acrobat on Miyuki's team who first appeared in *RPG*. Iris appeared to be a daughter to bartenders who are secretly thieves, as Iris took her occupation further and confirms to her family that she wants to become an acrobat instead of a thief, which some disagrees yet her parents supported her.
* **Angyn Parare / Akagi** - A novice mage on Miyuki's team who appeared in *RPG*.
* **Anguri Gannaffiare / Aguri** - A stealthy cleric (later revealed to be a divine water spirit) on Miyuki's team who appeared in *RPG*.
* **Miu Kichise**
* **Mei Kurosaka**
* **Ruri Minazuki**
* **Midori Tsuzumi** - Midori, at first, saw Miyuki as a plaything until Miyuki and Midori corrected themselves. Miyuki never knew that Midori was raised in the wild as she had a hard time speaking her native language since she spoke non-traditionally. Miyuki decided to teach her how to speak more formally, and as Midori was becoming better at these skills, she thanked Miyuki for helping her learn from time to time and even gifted her a handmade gift, with Miyuki thanking her and gifting a drumset because of her outgoing, playful personality. Midori was devastated about Miyuki's death, and was sad to grow up without her. She grew up as a drummer of a band, as she was in the group Mikan (formerly known as **MiMikan**).
* **Tsuruno Akane** - Tsuruno and Miyuki got along very quickly. Tsuruno is more quick-witted and impulsive, yet Miyuki tells her to slow down at times where she cannot even understand her at all.
* **Namida Aoi** -Namida used to be shy back then, but after she performed on stage with Miyuki, Namida gained little bits of confidence. Namida claims that Miyuki appeared to be motherly towards her, and even knew about her problems and why she had a hard time getting along with her family who treated her as a mistake and even a crybaby in which she couldn't take it anymore and isolated herself from others and even from her friends, indefinitely. Namida was the one who found out about Miyuki's disease and even her conditions, as she was sad when she visited her for the last time and had to mourn her passing. She grew up working as a part-time model, and even formed the group MiKaN in memory of Miyuki's death and even performed her song alongside with her group.

## Movies

* **Nekomusume! The Movie**
* **Nekomusume The Movie: Mirage My Dream**

## Trivia

* Miyuki's illness was similar to Linkle's chronic illness.
	+ It was revealed by Tomoe that both her AND Linkle she had the Chrysalis Disease.
* Miyuki is the second protagonist of Nekomusume to pass on.
	+ The first was Hikari Kaminaka, from *Euphoria*.
	+ The second was Umiha who was also from *Euphoria*, yet was revived by her teammates after Shino grotesquely killed her.
* Ai is revealed to be Miyuki's reincarnate since Miyuki's soul was fused with her soul after Miyuki's death.
* Miyuki was going to star in *Nekomusume Link!*, yet was scrapped as Kokoro and Ai starred in the series, succeeding her place.
* Miyuki reveals that she lived alone in *Pure Magic* and *RPG*.
	+ She was living in Tsubaki's home in the original series.
	+ She lived in a dorm in *Euphoria* and *Idol Nekomusume!*.
	+ Miyuki lived in her family's Cafe in *Paradise!*.
* She made a cameo appearance in *Magical Girl Noru* and *Magical Girl Isekai*.
* Her final words before death was a reference to the Purple Dinosaur's final words before being engulfed by lava, seen in Dinosaur Party & Camp by Fried Chili Cheese Dogs (A.K.A FCCD).