Kanae Kaburagi

**Kanae Kaburagi** (鏑木(かぶらぎ) 香奈恵(かなえ), *Kaburagi Kanae*) is a character who is introduced in *Soukyuu no Fafner Exodus*.

## Biography

### *Soukyuu no Fafner Exodus*

Kanae is working in her barber shop when her husband enters with Fumihiko Makabe and Chizuru Toomi. They sit down and Fumihiko tells them that their son is becoming a Fafner pilot when Kanae mentions that they will go anywhere if ordered to just like their deceased daughter. Later that night, Kanae spots Sui taking a hair from Sanae and she slaps him in the face. She then hugs Sanae's photo and her hair and mutters that she was supposed to go while crying. Kanae is working behind her computer when Sui thanks her for the dinner. Sui sees her proposal for the Second Plan L and wonders if she is submitting another to which she responds that his father is going to submit this one. As Sui mentions that Commander Makabe isn't going to accept it, she orders him to put it down since it is important. Kanae spills some coffee when she suddenly hears Sui and someone else scream. She and her husband go to Sui's room and are surprised to see Rina Nishio, who is covering herself with a blanket, opening the door. Still in a bit of a shock, Kanae is thanked by Rina for lending her some clothes.

Kanae overhears Saki Masaoka and Mitsugu Jinnai's conversation while holding her Second Plan L proposal. During the funeral, she goes to Fumihiko to talk about the Second Plan L but he refuses to accept it, saying that they should focus on finding the enemy. Kanae later wants Sui to talk about the Second Plan L to Commander Makabe, but Sui refuses as he doesn't want the same thing what happened to Olga Katina Betrenko to happen to his mother. Kanae doesn't want to hear it and wants Sui to listen to her to which Sui yells with tears in his eyes that she should listen to him instead. The two start to argue and Kanae slaps Sui, which causes Mitsuru to intervene who just came home. She tells that Sanae is calling for them when suddenly, Rina is standing behind them and starts to yell, wondering why she would even call for her surviving family. Rina collapses due to her SDP and while Sui and Mitsuru go to her, Kanae angrily asks what her problem is.

Kanae and Mitsuru are standing outside the medical room when Sui exists the room and tells them that Rina is doing fine. Kanae wonders how long they are going to stay here but Mitsuru stops her, showing the good luck charm he found earlier. Kanae looks inside and to her shock, she sees an old family photo, realizing that the charm is from Sanae. Seeing the charm, Sui states his feelings on the matter and wants them to move on from what happened, causing everyone to shed some tears. Later that evening, Kanae and Mitsuru are on a cliff and while holding onto the Sanae's charm, Kanae throws away the papers she had on the Second Plan L. They go home and see Sui eating dinner. Kanae sits down and thanks Mitsuru for grabbing dinner. She sees the paper about the Tanabata Festival and mutters that they never launched a lantern into the bay for Sanae. Changing the subject, she is impressed that Sui can eat so much since she threw up every time she had to monitor a battle when she was a rookie. During the Tanabata Festival, they launch a lantern into the bay for Sanae for the first time and Kanae wonders if they have released the shield. Seeing the tide, she realizes that the enemy is the sea.

Kanae helps Sui to the hangar due to effects of his SDP and she wants to help him up the stairs but Sui responds that he should be fine now. Before Sui leaves, she tells him that she and her father will be waiting for him and that they should have dinner together when he gets back.

### *Soukyuu no Fafner The Beyond*

Kanae and Mitsuru are eating with the parents of Seri Tatekami in Ryouhei Douma's restaurant. Kanae and Mitsuru see Sui off when he is selected to participate in the Second Plan L and Kanae is later seen at the CDC. The Kaburagi family places a lantern into the water for their deceased daughter.

## Trivia

### Etymology

* The name **Kanae** means "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (**ka**), "apple tree" (奈) (**na**) and "favor, benefit" (恵) (**e**).
* Kanae's surname **Kaburagi** means "arrowhead" (鏑) (**kabura**) and "tree, wood" (木) (**ki**/**gi**).

## References

1. ↑ Exodus Episode 4: The Successors
2. ↑ Exodus Episode 11: Transformation
3. ↑ Exodus Episode 16: Where Life Is
4. ↑ Exodus Episode 17: Flames of the Final Farewell
5. ↑ Exodus Episode 24: The Third Alvis
6. ↑ The Beyond Episode 4: The Powerless Ones
7. ↑ The Beyond Episode 8: Message Passed On
8. ↑ The Beyond Episode 12: Beyond the Azure