Chikane Himemiya (
She is the Lunar Priestess (Miko), is seemingly a lesbian, and she is reunited with Himeko Kurusugawa in both versions of the series, regardless of their reincarnated forms.
Appearance[]
Chikane is a very beautiful teenage girl of average height and weight with knee-length, dark blue hair (dark turquoise hair in the manga) with has a yellow headband on top with bangs hanging over her face while she has chest-length hair strands hanging on either side and light blue eyes (brown eyes in the manga).
In Episode 3, Himeko Kurusugawa is amazed at how (different versions):
- "Her skin is as white as snow and her breasts are so full and beautiful. Even a girl like me gets wrapped in her beauty." (English dub)
- "Her's skin as white as snow, and her breasts are big and beautiful. Even girls like me get absorbed by her beauty." (English sub)
She is shown wearing the standard school outfit, which is a red medium dress, black stockings, and brown shoes or boots, but she sometimes wears her Lunar Priestess hakama.
Personality[]
Chikane seems to be the perfect young woman; beautiful, talented, the heiress of a prestigious family, and the most popular girl at school. Everyone at school worships her like a princess because of her great beauty and many talents. Despite this, Chikane doesn't let her popularity go to her head, is very polite, and actively builds a friendship with Himeko, not caring at all about their highly different social positions at school.
She is the subject of adoration of almost every student at her school, but they think she's so perfect that it isn't even worth it to think she might look at them. Himeko is the only one who has ever treated Chikane like an approachable person instead of an idol to be admired from a distance. This is what guided Chikane to fall in love with Himeko.
Abilities[]
- Reincarnation: As the Lunar Miko, Chikane can reincarnate after death, and has been reincarnated throughout time alongside the Solar Miko. It is uncertain, but Chikane appears to reincarnate with the same appearance each time.
Equipment[]
- Lunar Miko Hakama: As the Lunar Priestess, Chikane wears a blue and white hakama. However, in the few episodes of the anime series, she wears Himeko's Solar Miko hakama when facing her, and Himeko is forced to wear her Lunar Miko hakama.
- Solar Miko Hakama: Originally, Himeko would wear the hakama belonging to the Solar Miko, but when Chikane took her hakama, Himeko was forced to wear Chikane's hakama before confronting her.
- Sword: In the last episode of the anime and manga, Chikane fights Himeko with a sword.
- Bow and Arrow: Chikane, due to having trained in Japanese-styled archery, knows how to use a bow and arrow effectively, and has used them against several of the Orochi necks, often targeting their marks on their bodies, which appears to petrify them.
Story[]
In Episode 1, Chikane made her debut when she catches Himeko Kurusugawa before she falls. She embraced her and asked her if she's ok. After this, she tells Himeko, "afternoon, in the rose garden." Here they have lunch together and also take pictures. Chikane invites her personally to their birthday party. When the Orochi arrives, Chikane tries to rescue Himeko from Sōma Ōgami's hands, but fails. After Soma came to his senses, Himeko falls and Chikane catches her again.
In Episode 2, after Chikane and Himeko learned about the lunar and solar priestess and that Soma is actually an Orochi, the girls are attacked by Girochi, the third neck. Chikane tries to protect Himeko but fails again, but Soma arrives in time to fight with Girochi and stop him.
In Episode 3, after Girochi's attack, Himeko comes to live with Chikane. They spend time together. At school, Izumi and her group become jealous over Himeko and pushed her on the stairs, but Soma catches her before she falls. Chikane witnessed and gives Izumi a "look" that made her afraid. Later, they started to antrenate for the future fights but Chikane is injured after protecting Himeko. While they were at the beach, Chikane promised Himeko she will protect her. When Nekoko attacks, they are separated underwater but, again, Souma saves them and defeats Nekoko. Chikane, angry because she couldn't protect Himeko, punches the robot's hand.
Relationships[]
Himeko Kurusugawa[]
Chikane has had a crush on Himeko ever since they first met, although she does not reveal it until much later, all the while hiding her jealousy at the sight of Himeko and Sōma Ōgami together. As the Solar Miko, Himeko is Chikane's opposite as the Lunar Miko in their struggle against the Orochi.
In the manga, the two are reborn as twins.
Sōma Ōgami[]
Many people at school believe that Chikane has a relationship with Sōma. They are on good terms.
Girochi[]
As a member of the Orochi, Girochi is an enemy of the Lunar and Solar Miko, which makes him an enemy of Chikane. According to Girochi, he hates Chikane because he thinks her breasts are too big.
Etymology[]
- The name Chikane means "thousand" (千) (chi), "song, poetry" (歌) (ka) and "sound" (音) (ne).
- Chikane's surname, Himemiya, means "princess, young lady of noble birth" (姫) (hime) and "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya), which literally means "princess temple" altogether.
Trivia[]
- Chikane's character is based on Kiraha Meiou from The Cross Triangle, a previous work of the author, down to having the same appearance and personality.
- She's best friends with Kurusu (whose design inspired Himeko). While Kurusu is in love with Ogami (whose design inspired Sōma), she's afraid to confess her feelings because she mistakenly believes he and Kiraha are dating.
- Kiraha had a crush on Kurusu, but steps down because she's realized that she doesn't feel the same and only sees her as a friend.
- Near the end of the manga, she's possessed and her negative feelings are amplified, such as her possessiveness and jealousy, until she's saved by Kurusu. Later, Kurusu and Ogami end up together, and Kiraha didn't mind and seems happy.
- Her current reincarnation's birthday is on October 1st.
- The color of Chikane's hair and eyes are a reminder of the moon, her lunar symbol.
- She also carries her lunar symbol on her back.
- Regardless of which version, anime or manga, the lunar symbol is always in the form of a crescent-shaped moon.
- However, in the manga, the crescent moon symbol is nearest her right shoulder, whereas in the anime, it is the middle of her back just below her nape.
- Chikane is a member of the prestigious kyūdō (Japanese-style archery) club and is exceptionally skilled in the areas of tennis and, more significantly, the piano.
- She also knows how to ride horseback, and has a horse named Saint Just.
- Makoto Saotome revealed the fact that Chikane receives many love letters from both male and female students every day.
- Chikane is the only female student to receive such letters from other female students in the academy.
- Chikane, as a member of the Orochi, likely has access to Yokusemi no Mizuchi, but has never used it.
- Instead, it is used by the other Orochi members to escape from defeat.
- Instead of using it for her own purposes, she takes control of Sōma's mecha, Take no Yasukunazuchi.
- Chikane kisses Himeko at the end of the first episode of the anime series.
- Chikane says the title of the series, Kannazuki no Miko, in the last episode of the anime.
- Chikane has sexually assaulted Himeko twice; once in both the anime and the manga.
- It is unknown how many times Chikane and Himeko have been reincarnated in the struggle between Ame no Murakumo and Orochi.
- It is also unknown how many times they have been forced to kill one another. However, in at least one of their previous lives, possibly before their present ones, Chikane was the one to kill Himeko.
- Because she didn't join the Orochi until towards the end of the series, Chikane would be the third member of the group whose surname is known.
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