Kotono Kashiwaba

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## Kotono Kashiwaba

* Normal
* Catharsis
* Anime

### Flower

Cosmos (コスモス)
Nemophila (ネモフィラ)

## Character Information

* Mobius
* Reality

### Relatives

Unnamed mother
Tokiko Chiba (Family Friend)
Takkun (son)

## Media

### Voice Actor

Rie Murakawa

**Kotono Kashiwaba** is a third-year student at Kishimai High School and a member of the Go-Home Club.

## Appearance

Kotono has long straight brown hair with a blue flower pinned into the left side of her hair. She also has brown eyes. She wears a slightly modified school outfit; she wears black stockings and the design of her shirt is different. Instead of a normal white dress shirt, her shirt seems to have a different design and a flowery design along the collar.

Her Catharsis Effect weapon is a bow with twisted ends; in the illustration it is blue-tinted, but its model in-game is the same red-tinted as the other Go-Home Club members' Catharsis Effects. Her left arm is blackened up to the forearm, and her outfit is modified to the same area. Her arrows are long white stakes with no tips, and the fletchings are black wedges.

Her Catharsis Effect also modifies her entire lower body. She gains a white wing-like shroud, as well as two looped white belts with metal ends that have special black-colored slots for her arrows. Between the shroud and her skirt, the flowers of her Catharsis Effect also bloom. Her legs, which are entirely black, are marked with a flower sigil on the thigh. Her shoes transform into grey heels.

## History

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In the real world, Kotono is actually a single mother with a son named Takkun. Her ex-boyfriend accidentally impregnated her in high school and left soon after, forcing her to look after Takkun by herself. The event itself made her somewhat misandrist, neglecting and even physically abusing Takkun for being male. She entered Mobius when she heard one of μ's songs while she was working at her mother's bar.

## Catharsis Effect

With the ability to lower the enemy's Defense and Accuracy on top of being the traditional healer of the group, being able to grant HP regeneration, and be one of the three units in the game that can revive teammates (other two being Suzuna Kagura and Ayana Amamoto), Kotono fits extremely well in any team and is an actual lifesaver in harder difficulties. Despite having terrible Attack and Defense, having the ability to lower enemy Accuracy while having good Evasion still makes her a solid member to have on the team just as long as the enemy isn't applying any pressure on her. Here are her Catharsis Effect Skills and Support Skills.

### **Catharsis Effect**

* **Bow of Artemis (グシスナウタル)**
	+ Must fill the Stress Meter
	+ Uses 0 SP
	+ Power 1160
	+ Attack Skill Level 3 / Defense Skill Level 3
	+ Hit 1
	+ [Overdose Skill] Impale an enemy in the air, then strike its heart with a powerful, final arrow.
* **Bull's Eye (シューティングビジョン)**
	+ Requires 8 Skills Points to upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 35 SP in first phase, 28 SP in second phase, 17 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 200  >  Level 2: Power 230  >  Level 3: Power 260
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 2
	+ Fires two powerful arrows straight ahead.
* **Draw a Bead (コロシーブスナイプ)**
	+ Requires 8 Skills Points to upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 40 SP in first phase, 32 SP in second phase, 20 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 220  > Level 2: Power 253  > Level 3: Power 286
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 1
	+ A long-range strike that cripples the target, reducing defense at a chance.
	+ Inflicts Defense Down.
* **Hunting Arrow (ヴィシドシュート)**
	+ Requires 12 Skills Points to upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 40 SP in first phase, 32 SP in second phase, 20 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 220  >  Level 2: Power 253  > Level 3: Power 286
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 1
	+ [Air Only] Fire off arrows into the sky. Increases Risk on airborne enemies.
	+ Inflicts Risk Up.
* **Twin Veil (トワィンヴェール)**
	+ Requires 8 Skills Points and reach Level 20 to unlock and upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 40 SP in first phase, 32 SP in second phase, 20 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 220  > Level 2: Power 253  > Level 3: Power 286
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 1
	+ A ranged attack that has a chance of lowering Accuracy.
	+ Inflicts Accuracy Down.
* **Looming Crescent (ディフィートアプローチ)**
	+ Requires 12 Skills Points and reach Level 30 to unlock and upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 75 SP in first phase, 60 SP in second phase, 37 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 145  > Level 2: Power 166  > Level 3: Power 187
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 3
	+ [Ranged Counter] Close in for a quick strike, then retreat with an arrow.
* **Focus Barrage (スナイピングアライアンス)**
	+ Requires 12 Skill Points and reach Level 35 to unlock and upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 60 SP in first phase, 48 SP in second phase, 30 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 15  >  Level 2: Power 17  >  Level 3: Power 19
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 24
	+ Unleashes a flurry of arrows into the sky. When an enemy is launched by another skill, triggers a follow-up skill.
	+ Triggers "**Line Drive**", a Shooting Skill where it continues raining down arrows on a launched enemy keeping them in the air. Hits 8 times.
* **Angel's Descent (アセンションセラフィム)**
	+ Requires 48 Skill Points and completed Kotono's Character Scenario to unlock and upgrade
	+ Shooting Skill
	+ Uses 120 SP in first phase, 96 SP in second phase, 60 SP in third phase
	+ Level 1: Power 220  >  Level 2: Power 253  >  Level 3: Power 286
	+ Attack Skill Level 1 / Defense Skill Level 1
	+ Hit 1
	+ Strikes an enemy with the fury of angels, increasing Risk. Triggers a secondary Ultimate attack when hitting airborne enemies.
	+ Triggers "**Shining Liner**", Kotono's Ultimate Skill, a Shooting Skill where an onslaught of arrows from a steady hand gets unleashed rapidly towards the enemy. Hits 12 times.

### **Support** (Exclusive Skills)

* **Heal Virtue (ヒーリングヴァーチャー)**
	+ Requires 12 Skill Points to unlock
	+ Uses 80 SP in first phase, 64 SP second phase, 40 SP third phase
	+ Restore a large amount of health to an ally.
* **Resurrection Arc (リザレクションアーク)**
	+ Requires 32 Skill Points to unlock
	+ Uses 120 SP in first phase, 96 SP second phase, 60 SP third phase
	+ Revive a defeated ally and restore a large amount of HP.
* **Ecstatic High (アフィクションエクスタシー)**
	+ Requires 16 Skill Points to unlock
	+ Uses 40 SP in first phase, 32 SP second phase, 20 SP third phase
	+ Immediately recover the HP of allies in an area, then grants them HP regeneration over time.

## Flower language (Hanakotoba)

*"Also... the Hidden? Couldn't that be something even you don't want to know?"***The following content contains spoilers.** Please proceed at your own risk.
### Nemophila

Nemophila represents forgiveness, they can also be called "baby blue eyes" plant, which conects them to such traits as innocence, trust and tenderness. They're also associated with first love and majestic beauty.

### Cosmos

Cosmos can mean maiden's purity, humility, harmony and love.

Cosmos's name comes from greek kosmos, which can mean harmony or order.

### Ties to the character

Purity, innocence and love refer to Kotono's desires to relive her youth and experience the romance she missed. "Baby blue eyes" name can refer to her child.

## Etymology

* The name **Kotono** means "Japanese harp" (琴) (**koto**) and "from" (乃) (**no**).
* Kotono's surname **Kashiwaba** means "oak" (柏) (**kashiwa**) and "leaf" (葉) (**ha**/**ba**).

## Gallery

Kotono's status sprite.Kotono's sprite sheet.Kotono's status cut-in sprite.Official Steam card for *The Caligula Effect: Overdose,* featuring Kotono and Mirei.Special illustration featuring the Go-Home Club of *The Caligula Effect: Overdose.*Special illustration featuring Kotono and her fellow female Go-Home Club members.Special illustration featuring the Male Protagonist and Kotono.Official headshots of Kotono from the *Caligula* anime.Official key artwork of the Go-Home Club for the *Caligula* anime.Official artwork for the *Caligula* anime, featuring Kotono, Suzuna, and Aria.Album cover artwork for the ending theme song for the *Caligula* anime, featuring Kotono and her fellow female Go-Home Club members.Kotono's WIRE icon.Official Twitter icon of Kotono.Official Twitter icon of Kotono mid Catharsis Effect.Kotono's sprite page in the official *Caligula Effect: Overdose* complete guide.Kotono's page in the official *Caligula Effect: Overdose* complete guide.Concept artwork of Kotono and Naruko from the official *Caligula Effect: Overdose* complete guide.Alternative costume DLC for the Go-Home Club, featuring a black school uniform.Alternative costume DLC for the Go-Home Club, featuring casual outfits.Concept artwork for casual outfits for the Go-Home Club.Swimsuit DLC concept artwork.Special illustration for the *Caligula Effect: Overdose* complete guide, featuring Kotono with her fellow Go-Home Club members.Special illustration for a 2018 issue of Megami Magazine, featuring Kotono and her fellow female cast members of the *Caligula* anime.