Kohane Tsuyuri
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Kohane Tsuyuri (五月七日小羽 Tsuyuri Kohane?) is a fictional character in the Clamp manga xxxHolic. Her first name in kanji is translated as "small feathers" and her last name literally means May 7th. She is introduced volume 9 in the manga.
Watanuki Kimihiro and Kohane first met underneath a sakura tree that had a spirit of a woman that Kohane could sense ( or was supposedly should lay to rest). Upon their first meeting Kohane could feel that Watanuki was like her. She is around 11 years old, and is widely known in public as a child prodigy, medium and exorcist. Due to her abilities she is invited and featured on many Paranormal based TV shows.
Kohane is somewhat a quiet and lonely girl due to the upbringing she had. She also acts very mature for her age and even though she is severely criticized she keeps her composure well. Watanuki seems to be the only person that makes her smile due to the care and genuine concern he has shown her. She mentioned to Watanuki that she hasn't been called by her first name as far as she can remember, marking Watanuki calling her "Kohane-chan" as a first. She appears to have a crush on Watanuki, and is the only one in the series so far that calls him Kimihiro-kun.
Due to the restrictions imposed by her mother, Kohane doesn’t have many friends. Watanuki seems to be her only friend and is the only one to call her by her name. She and Watanuki seem to have some sort of connection: both can see spirits and their family names are related. In volume 10 of the manga, she mentions that she hasn't been to school since her first year of elementary school. Watanuki has so far been the only person to show a genuine desire to protect Kohane from harm.
Kohane may have more powerful abilities than she chooses to show, as in chapter 139 after her mother hurts Watanuki she gives her mother a warning: "Mother, you can do anything to me, but I won't forgive you for hurting someone I care about."
Yuko also hinted that as Watanuki managed to bring Kohane into the shop, it means that, like everyone else who ever entered there, she also has a wish to be realized. In the end of chapter 153 in the manga while Watanuki was comforting Kohane, Yuuko and Domeki were discussing Kohane's circumstances. Yuuko hinted that Watanuki and Kohane's bond is strong or rather their hearts are closer than anything. Suggesting that Kohane may have an integral part in Watanuki's Hitsuzen.
Chapter 155 revealed just exactly what Kohane's wish is: for her mother to be happy. She blames herself for her mother's state and so wants to take responsibility for removing the darkness swarming her mother. In exchange for her wish, Kohane has offered up her entire power to Yūko. Yūko then states that it is too much, and will also include the rumors about Kohane. The true souce of Kohane's exorcism powers was then unveiled - her body was in fact holding one of Sakura's feathers, which was retrieved by Yūko.
[edit] Kohane's Harassment
Kohane's mother often books Kohane into Ghost hunting shows that often Kohane receives harsh criticism because she read differently (or rather more accurately) than the other mediums. Come chapter 147-148 Watanuki heard the news that after Kohane failed to locate a mothers missing girl during a live Ghost hunt show, Kohane was badly beaten. Her house was found badly vandalized with the words " Liar" " Evil" around it.
[edit] Kohane's Mother
Kohane's mother will go to such extremes to make sure that she takes advantage much of Kohane's abilities for her own material benefit (their home is scattered with clothes and jewelry everywhere), even after their house is vandalized. She also makes sure that no one interacts with Kohane, especially Watanuki, going so far as to physically hurt him. Kohane is also not allowed to touch any objects deemed “impure” by her mother and does not eat “impure” food either (her food is vegetarian just like the food monks eat to purify themselves). Kohane is also not allowed to have toys and only has rudimentary furniture in her house. Most of time Kohane's mother is seen always on the phone arguing or rather bartering with TV producers on how much profit she can make if Kohane will guest or perform and exorcism for them.
According to Kohane's mother does not dare to touch her as she also considers herself an impure person. After having an argument with her mother and being protected by Watanuki, she is taken to Yuko's shop where she reveals that her mother was caring and kind at first, but her demeanor changed after her daughter's powers awakened, and she helped her discover that her husband was having an affair with one of his co-workers. Since then, Kohane is able to sense a dark aura growing around her mother and is afraid that one day that aura may engulf her entirely.
After Kohane was rescued and brought to Yuuko's shop after the TV station incident, Kohane was finally able to express feeling of sadness from all that has happened to her.
[edit] Abilities
Like Watanuki Kohane has the abilities to see and sense spirits. She also has the ability to exorcise them as well. One incident is the Ghost girl customer of Yuko Ichihara who didn't realize that she was a ghost. The Ghost wished to rid of the scary presence in the house that she stayed on, later the living family on the same house called Kohane to eliminate the lost spirit.
She can also sense curses or other types of malicious auras on a person. When Watanuki made a pinky promise with Himawari Kunogi (which later caused him to fall from the second floor at school), Kohane was able to sense what he had done and predict that he would suffer ill fortune.
In one of the Supernatural TV shows she guested on along with other mediums Kohane was able to sense a secondary spirit of a woman who committed suicide in the abandoned building. Since 5 of the mediums only guessed one, this caused a negative effect on her popularity. She was then called a fake and to Watanuki's horror on one of his visits, Kohane was covered in bandages after being pushed down the stairs. Her home was vandalized and her answering machine was full of threats.
In Chapter 150-153 during another Ghost TV show appearance she and another medium was to find the missing husband of a lady. The other medium said that the husband was still alive and well. Kohane whispered to the lady that her husband is dead and in fact is buried in the lady's home, also citing the woman killed her own husband.
Also, in Chapter 156, Kohane relenquished the source of her exorcism powers (Sakura's feather) as payment for Yuko to fulfill her wish. However according to Yüko, her ability to just see spirits is still intact, as it was a natural trait of hers. Yüko also states that the time when Kohane gained her exorcism powers and the time when Sakura's feathers were scattered doesn't coincide, meaning that the time-space continuum is starting to collapse.
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