Kaori Misaka

Kaori Misaka (美坂 香里) is the older sister of Shiori Misaka and a friend of Nayuki Minase.

Appearance


Kaori is a light-skinned young woman of average height with long, flowing dark brown hair that she leaves unbraided with hair parted at the middle where it hangs down the sides (just like Nayuki Minase) and light blue eyes.

Kaori is usually seen in her school uniform, but can also be seen wearing a winter jumper.

Personality
Kaori is initially very cold towards Shiori Misaka (Kaori's younger sister), but she does care about her.

Back before Shiori was ill, she and Kaori were the best of friends. She opens up to Shiori after she hangs out with Yuichi Aizawa and Jun Kitagawa where she is always by Nayuki Minase's side for support.

In the Anime
Kaori is mainly in Shiori Misaka's story, but she is regularly seen due to her being Nayuki Minase's best friend/classmate and Yuichi Aizawa's classmate, as well as the class representative. She is very smart and knows a lot about her schoolmates and the townspeople, but she doesn't appear to be aware of any of the supernatural things that happen, despite the changes in the city following Yuichi's appearance. Her surname and appearance indicate that she is Shiori's sister, and Shiori affirms this, but Kaori vehemently denies it. Jun Kitagawa once commented on how she started to act differently once they entered their second year in high school.

Kaori's main involvement in the story is during her younger sister Shiori's arc. When Yuichi starts to spend more time with Shiori away from school, Kaori asks Yuichi to meet one night at school to tell him something. At their meeting, Kaori informs Yuichi that Shiori does not have very long to live and that by her next birthday, Shiori may die. Kaori tells him that the reason she does not want to get close to Shiori is that she does not want to feel the intense pain that will result from Shiori's death. Kaori breaks down after saying this, crying on Yuichi and lamenting the pointlessness of Shiori's birth.

After this point, Kaori starts to avoid Shiori even more than usual. When confronted by Yuichi about how she has been acting, Kaori tells him that she has no younger sister. For Shiori's birthday, Yuichi decides to throw a birthday party at a local café with several people invited including Ayu Tsukimiya, Nayuki, Jun and even Kaori herself among others. At the beginning of the party, Kaori is not there, though she shows up later. The mood at the party instantly grows cold when Kaori arrives, as she still refuses to acknowledge her sister's existence despite the situation. After the party, however, Kaori finally accepts Shiori as her younger sister and as she is walking away to leave Yuichi and Shiori alone for the rest of the day, she tells Shiori that they should talk later to catch up on things. This rightfully so makes Shiori very happy, and she thanks Yuichi for all he has done. She manages to stay by Shiori's side after this even though the chances of her recovering are very slim. Kaori remains supportive of her sister even after her recovery, as seen during Nayuki's arc.

Etymology

 * The name Kaori means "fragrance, fragrant" (香) (kao) and "village" (里) (ri).
 * Kaori's surname Misaka means "beautiful" (美) (mi) and "slope" (坂) (saka).

Quotes
Visual Novel =

Kanon (2002)

Kanon (2006) =
 * “She may seem like she doesn’t have a care in the world, but sometimes, she overdoes it, so please watch over her.”
 * "I knew she was going to leave me soon. That's why I tried to avoid her, wishing I didn't have a sister."
 * "I don't know anyone named Shiori. Get out of my way."
 * "When I'm doing this, it feels as though time has stopped. Although really it'll never stop."
 * "You really don't have an eye for girls, do you, Aizawa-kun?"
 * “Miracles don’t occur that easily.”