Characters / Sakura Wars: Flower Division (Paris Combat Revue)

Sakura Wars Main Character Index
Protagonists
Flower Division (Original Imperial Combat Revue) | Flower Division (Paris Combat Revue) | Star Division | Flower Division (New Imperial Combat Revue) | Flower Division (Future Imperial Combat Revue)
Combat Revues
Original Imperial Combat Revue | Paris Combat Revue | New York Combat Revue | New Imperial Combat Revue | Other Combat Revues | Great Imperial Combat Revue B.L.A.C.K.
Miscellaneous Characters
Civilians | Villains

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Spoilers for all works, including Sakura Wars (2019), are unmarked.

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As a group

"Beneath the banner of love!"

• Color-Coded Characters: Along with Ogami, each division member has a distinct color seen in their uniforms and machines: red for Erica, blue for Glycine, pink for Coquelicot, green for Lobelia, and black for Hanabi.
• Feather Motif: Despite being called the Flower Division, this particular group is often depicted with white feathers to distinguish them from their counterparts in Japan.
• Five-Token Band: The heroines in the series consist of two French girls, a Japanese-French girl, a Vietnamese girl, and a Romanian-Italian girl.
• Happy Ending Override: They get hit with this trope in the backstory of Sakura Wars (2019), where after they sealed themselves to end the Great Demon War, the demons return 10 years later to terrorize the world once more.
• Heroic Sacrifice: A non-fatal example. In the backstory of Sakura Wars (2019), they sealed themselves to stop the demons, along with the Imperial and New York Combat Revues.
• Iconic Sequel Character: They first appeared in Sakura Wars 3: Is Paris Burning? and have since become popular characters.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: Initially suffered from this due to their clashing personalities and lack of coordination with one another. After seeing Sakura, Sumire, and Iris during the contest in Is Paris Burning? Chapter 7, they realize their own lack of teamwork in comparison, and so strive to improve themselves.

Ichiro Ogami

Captain Ichiro Ogami

See his separate page.

Erica Fontaine

Erica Fontaine

Voiced by: Noriko Hidaka (Japanese), Caitlin Glass (English, Sakura Wars: École de Paris)
Portrayed by: Noriko Hidaka (stage plays)

Erica is a novitiate nun by day; cabaret dancer by night; mecha pilot in secret; cute, clumsy, and friendly 24/7. Was the first member of the Paris Combat Revue to be recruited by the Grand-Mère after she saw her spiritual powers at work. She's the main female lead of Sakura Wars 3.

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• Badass Adorable: She's cute and surprisingly handy with her submachine gun, despite her clumsiness.
• Beware the Nice Ones: She becomes absolutely furious with Ogami after the defeat of Calamar when he doesn't remember his promise to her.
  Erica: I fought wishing only to live in the city I love with the person I love! And despite that, to think you would forget!
  • In Super Robot Wars 30, she goes really gung-ho against the Zanscare Empire due to their use of the guillotine as a execution method. As a Frenchwoman, Erica has LOTS of reasons for hating them, besides being the bad guys
• The Captain: She becomes one in the Le Nouveau Paris OVA during Ogami's absence, but steps down when the other members start bossing her around.
• Cat Girl: Her stage outfit at Chattes Noire is a cat outfit.
• Chronic Hero Syndrome: Whenever she sees someone in trouble, she always rushes over to help them the best she can. Though, this being Erica...
• Church Militant: A variation; she's both a nun and a member of the Paris Combat Revue. The convent she belongs to is not a military organization in itself.
• Cute Clumsy Girl: So much that it's a known running gag whenever Erica is around.
• Dark and Troubled Past: When Erica was little, her spiritual powers accidentally activated. This injured her adoptive parents and a few bystanders nearby.
  • The prequel novel goes into greater detail about her past. When more people learned of Erica's powers, she became the target of rumors from neighbors and was constantly hounded by cults that wanted to indoctrinate her. Things got worse when the government tried to use her status as the "Angel of Montmartre" to boost morale during the European War. The media coverage resulted in backlash from the public, causing many people to unfairly accuse the Fontaines of being swindlers and attracting the attention of local criminals. Because of all the negative attention she received from the public, Erica decided it was best to join a monastery in order to hide herself.
• Destructive Savior: Erica tries to help people, but given her clumsiness, she tends to cause more problems than she solves.
• The Ditz: She can be a bit airheaded and misinformed at times.
• Doorstop Baby: In her backstory, Erica was abandoned on a bridge as a baby. Then, the Fontaines found her and raised her as if she was their daughter.
• Earn Your Title: In one of the prequel novels, people would often refer to Erica as the "Angel of Montmartre" for her miraculous healing abilities.
• Establishing Character Moment: In the opening sequence of the École de Paris OVA: Grand Mere finds Erica in a church, praying for the prosperity and good fortune of everyone in the world, with a gigantic pair of angel wings extending from her back, that only disappear when Grand-Mère interrupts her. In under a minute, Erica then trips and falls right on top of her.
• Fantastic Racism: While those who know of Erica's power are grateful, there were others who secretly hated her for it and feared that her spiritual powers could harm them. This drove her to find refuge in the Roman Catholic Church.
• Floral Theme Naming: She's named after the "Erica" genus of heathers.
• Friend to All Children: She can often be found playing games with kids in the park.
• Genki Girl: Always upbeat and energetic, especially with Erica's Good Morning Dance. Seriously, try to keep it out of your head after hearing it.
• Guns Akimbo: Befitting her religious background, the guns are shaped like crosses.
• Happily Adopted: Erica lived a rather happy life with her adopted parents until her spiritual powers got triggered during a car accident. Concerned for her parents' safety, she decided to enter a monastery and become a nun. The novels reveal that they're not too happy seeing her go for their sake.
• Healer Signs On Early: Erica, being the healer of the team, is already available at the start of the third game.
• I Call It "Vera": She carries two cross-shaped machine guns named "Raphael" and "Gabriel".
• Idiot Ball: Sure, Erica, walk around with your machine gun while the police are on high alert. That won't get you in trouble or anything.
• Irony: The fact that she was allowed to perform at the Les Chattes Noires as a known cabaret performer, or the fact that she wields a machine gun in battle, despite being a nun.
• Kawaiiko: The most "cutesy" of the franchise's "main" girls.
• Lethal Chef: She's so bad at cooking that it's one of the reasons why Leno asks Erica to leave the convent.
• Love at First Sight: She admits this to Ogami if he chooses her as the vice-captain.
• Nice Girl: Always bright and friendly to everyone she meets and is willing to lend a hand when necessary.
• No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: For healing numerous soldiers during the European War, Erica gets subjected to constant harassment from the Paparazzi and gangsters who want to take advantage of her powers.
• Not So Similar: To Sakura. While both girls share parallels with one another, they both have very contrasting traits: Erica is the first person to be recruited in the Paris Flower Division, has a fascination for Japanese culture, and is beloved by many in spite of her clumsy behavior. However, she slacks-off outside of battle, is rather indulgent with sweets, and tends to exaggerate said cheerfulness to compensate for her own inadequacy. Sakura, on the other hand, is the last member to join her respective squad, initially struggles to adapt to city life, and is mocked for her clumsiness. She makes up for it by diligently working on her swordsmanship and acting skills while steadily forming a sincere bond with everyone else. Even the way they behave towards Ogami is different; Erica is absolutely shameless of her love for Ogami whereas Sakura acts more self-conscious about it or gets jealous whenever he shows interest in another woman.
• Nuns Are Mikos: She's a nun who has spiritual powers and fights demons.
• Origins Episode: The first episode of the École De Paris OVA shows how Erica was recruited into the Paris Combat Revue.
• Propaganda Piece: In the novel, a young Erica inadvertently became a propaganda symbol for the French army for healing the soldiers wounded in battle by the German forces.
• Secret Identity: Averted. She performs at the Les Chattes Noires as a dancer, but no one in the audience knows that she's really a novitiate nun in reality. Might have something to do with her not using her full name when dancing on stage.
• Sexual Euphemism: She dances for Ogami because Father Leno told her that "men and women dance in the morning" in the École de Paris OVA.
• Sleepyhead: She's shown in the École de Paris OVA to fall asleep in strange places such as the backstage of Chattes Noire, the library, and even the briefing room.
• Small Girl, Big Gun: Her weapons of choice are machine guns. Double-barreled machine guns. The prequel novel reveals that she was given these weapons from the soldiers healed by her during the European War.
• Stepford Smiler: She's constantly upbeat and happy to cover up the depression she feels over her own clumsiness.
• Sweet Tooth: She is fond of eating sweets, especially pudding.
• Token Religious Teammate: Despite being a bit ditzy, Erica still does her job as a nun very well.
• Trademark Favorite Food: She loves pudding.
• You Are in Command Now: By the time of Le Nouveau Paris, Erica has become the combat revue's Captain, lasting throughout the OVA.

Glycine Bleumer

Glycine Bleumer

Voiced by: Saeko Shimazu (Japanese), Colleen Clinkenbeard (English, Sakura Wars: École de Paris)
Portrayed by: Saeko Shimazu (stage plays)

The only heir of the Bleumer family in Paris, Glycine was the second member to be recruited into the Paris Combat Revue after meeting Erica in the city streets. She is proud of her heritage and wishes to do her part to contribute to French society to make it a better and prosperous country for everyone.

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• Arranged Marriage: Has to go through this someday in order to continue the Bleumer family line. However, Glycine refuses to settle with just about any man and will only go for those who pass her rigid standards with flying colors.
• Best Her to Bed Her: The "Bleumer Bridegroom Test". Ogami loses on purpose when Glycine engages Ogami in a duel at the Bleumer Estate. It's a tradition of the family dating back to when the family established themselves in France.
• Blue Blood: She traces her aristocratic roots to Vikings that settled in modern-day Paris.
• Character Development: Glycine respects Ogami after finding out why he lost to her at the "Bleumer Test" and witnessing the depths of his dedication to defend Paris.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: She's usually the one to keep Erica in check.
• Cuteness Proximity: Towards cute animals, much to her embarrassment. If Ogami takes her on a date during Chapter 6 of Is Paris Burning, the sight of little rabbits actually causes her voice to go up a few octaves.
• A Day in the Limelight: Chapter 3 of Is Paris Burning? focuses on her.
• Does Not Like Spam: Hates eating octopi due to being forced to eat an entire plate of it every year as part of Bleumer tradition.
• Extremely Protective Child: When Glycine was just a child, she used to be rather protective of her Cool Uncle who clearly stood out among the other nobles for his frugality and enlightened demeanor.
• Father, I Want to Marry My Brother: In the novel, Glycine harbored feelings for her uncle Richard and sought to marry him in order to be his constant protector.
• Floral Theme Naming: The "Glycine" genus (formerly wisteria; now soybeans).
• Her Heart Will Go On: In the novel, Glycine is left heartbroken after the uncle she had a crush on died in the battlefield. However, she gets over it by the time the third game starts.
• Lady of War: The most elegant of heavy hitters.
• Morality Pet: She has a soft spot for Hanabi, her good friend from their boarding school days. In the novel, she was initially against the idea of Hanabi marrying Philippe due to his He-Man Woman Hater status at the time.
• Noblewoman's Laugh: Sometimes does this when in a good mood, though not as much as Sumire.
• Non-Idle Rich: Glycine exemplifies this trope in order to defy the standards expected of nobles.
• Opposites Attract: The headstrong Glycine gradually becomes attracted to Ogami's kindness after acknowledging him as a worthy leader of the Flower Division. This also applies to her own uncle whose gentle demeanor often triggered her protective side in the past.
• Origins Episode: The first episode of the École De Paris OVA shows how Glycine was recruited into the Paris Combat Revue.
• The Ojou: Respected as the Bleumer heir.
• Pretty in Mink: She wears one when performing on stage as "Blue Eyes".
• Rich Bitch: Downplayed. While she might come off as quite haughty and prideful due her status, she's very serious about it, and doesn't use it as an excuse to be malicious or demeaning to others.
• The Rival: She becomes rivals with Sumire during Chapter 7 of Is Paris Burning?. They get over it after the chapter's battle.
• Secret Identity: To protect her noble family's image, she uses the pseudonym "Blue Eyes" when working at Les Chattes Noires.
• Smart People Play Chess: Loves playing chess and happens to be one of the more intelligent members of the Flower Division. In the novels, she was apparently a Grade Skipper during her time in boarding school.
• Super-Strength: Glycine's spiritual power allows her to wield the halberd with immense ease. This has been going on since her youth as she had already been trained with using the weapon at the age of 6 according to the novel.
• Superpowerful Genetics: According to the prequel novel, the Bleumer family has a history of producing individuals gifted with spiritual powers. Glycine and her uncle Richard are two examples, though it doesn't help the latter much during the European War.
• Tsundere: Due to her pride, Glycine is not very open to others. She softens up considerably as Ogami gradually earns her trust and respect. If the he makes an effort in romancing her, she comes to see him as the perfect bridegroom.
• Wanted a Son Instead: Subverted. While Glycine's father originally wanted a son, he decided to make his daughter heir of the family line after realizing her potential early on.

Coquelicot

Coquelicot

Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura (Japanese), Monica Rial (English, Sakura Wars: École de Paris)
Portrayed by: Etsuko Kozakura (stage plays)

A young girl from the French protectorate of Annam (modern-day central Vietnam), Coquelicot was adopted by and raised in a French circus. Coquelicot is known to the public as a magician in a circus group called "Circus De Europe". She routinely travels to downtown Paris to take food leftovers in order to feed them to the animals. She was the next girl to be recruited by Ogami into the ranks of the Paris Combat Revue. After the death of the original "Circus De Europe" ringmaster Jacques Denicourt, Coquelicot took over as the next ringmaster and performs there and at the Les Chattes Noires whenever they needed a magician to perform as her "official" cover.

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• Adorably Precocious Child: Possibly the most mature member of the team; definitely more so than Erica, anyways!
• The Apprentice: She serves as an apprentice to Jacques Denicourt at the Circus de Europe until the latter's death.
• Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: Becomes this for Erica if Glycine's not around.
• Dark and Troubled Past: She was orphaned at a young age in Annam and was taken in by Jacques Denicourt. Things went From Bad to Worse for her when a Circus De Europe performer named Quartierla, who she calls as her mother, was a phantom named Python. It's only thanks to Ogami and Erica that she was able to move on from her troubled past.
  • According to the novelization, Coquelicot was the result of an affair between a local worker and the daughter of a plantation owner. When the daughter's father found them, she was forced to return to France and marry another man. Her father died in the European War trying to find his wife, leaving Coquelicot to fend for herself.
• A Day in the Limelight: Chapter 2 of Is Paris Burning? focuses on her.
• Early-Bird Cameo: She can be seen as a circus barker (without a bust shot portrait) in Chapter 1 before her official introduction in the next chapter.
• Floral Theme Naming: "Coquelicot" is the French word for corn poppies.
• Friend to All Living Things: One reason why she travels to Paris is to get scraps of food for the animals in "Circle De Europe".
• I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: While Coquelicot does find her mother in the official novel, she opts not to reveal herself after seeing the latter living happily with a new family. Fortunately, things do get better for her in the fourth game when she reveals that her mother's current partner decided to adopt her.
• Only One Name: She doesn't have a surname, which goes along with her lack of a traditional family.
• Parental Abandonment: See Dark and Troubled Past for more details.
• Precocious Crush: Like Iris, has one with Ogami during his stay in Paris. Iris doesn't take it that well when they meet up.
• Samus Is a Girl: Downplayed. When she first steps in to calm down a horse that was running rampant, Ogami and Erica mistake her for a boy because she is wearing her hat (which conceals her Girlish Pigtails).
• Secret Identity: Averted with her since she performs at the Les Chattes Noires with her real name.
• Stepford Smiler: Would rather smile than share any sad feelings she has. It's thanks to Ogami's influence that she decides to be more emotionally honest with herself.
• Token Mini-Moe: She's the smallest and youngest member of the Paris Flower Division.
• The Rival: To Iris for Ogami's affection when she meets her alongside Sakura and Sumire during Chapter 7 of Is Paris Burning?. They mostly get over it after the chapter's battle.

Lobelia Carlini

Lobelia Carlini

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (Japanese), Ashley Moynihan (English, Sakura Wars: École de Paris)
Portrayed by: Kikuko Inoue (stage plays)

A thief of mixed Romanian-Italian descent from Transylvania, Lobelia is known as the "greatest villain of Paris", which earned a thousand-year sentence for her crimes (said to constitute 80% of the criminal activity in the city). Recruited by the Paris Flower Division as a Boxed Crook.

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• Anti-Hero: A first in the franchise. Lobelia's a known criminal in the French underworld.
• The Atoner: In her ending, Lobelia decides to turn herself in to the police in an attempt to atone for her crimes and make herself a worthy partner for Ogami. By the fourth game, she's allowed to go to Japan due to being a model prisoner.
• Buxom Beauty Standard: As Ogami notes to himself, with a telling smile on his face, Lobelia's chest has "quite the volume."
• A Day in the Limelight: Chapter 4 of Is Paris Burning? focuses on her.
• The Exile: She was exiled from Transylvania because the local citizens feared her family's special powers.
• Floral Theme Naming: The "Lobelia" and "Carlina" genuses.
• The Gadfly: Sometimes likes to mess around with Ogami and Glycine, and even gets impressed if the former tries to turn it around her.
• Heel–Face Turn: Eventually becomes something of a genuine hero.
• Irony: The fact that the Paris Combat Revue recruited a villain like her. Fortunately, Grand-Mère has backup plans at the ready in case Lobelia decides to strike on her own again and go rogue.
• Jerk with a Heart of Gold: When the team is searching for Erica in episode 8, Lobelia brushes them off and goes to the bar. When Ogami runs into her there, it turns out she actually went to see if anyone had seen Erica. It eventually becomes clear that her professed dislike for the rest of the team is just a façade to hide the fact that she does actually care about them.
• Longer-Than-Life Sentence: She is sentenced to one thousand years of confinement for her numerous crimes, and she joins the Paris Flower Division under the condition that her sentence would be reduced (on the other hand, if she refuses to join, Grand-Mère has the right to kill her).
• Love Redeems: Lobelia gradually becomes a more heroic figure thanks to Ogami's influence, especially if he decides to pursue her as a love interest.
• Playing with Fire: She specializes in pyrokinesis.
• Punch-Clock Hero: She only joined the Paris Combat Revue so that her sentence would be reduced. She eventually becomes a more genuine hero.
• Recruiting the Criminal: Being a Boxed Crook and all that.
• Right for the Wrong Reasons: When Nadel threatens to tear the Mosa Lina, she burns the painting without hesitation, to everyone's surprise. Later, she offhandedly explains it couldn't be the real thing because it had no brows; to which Glycine gasps out that it doesn't have any brows to begin with.
• Secret Identity: She's known to the patrons and the staff (those not involved with the force) in Les Chattes Noires as "Sapphire". In her case, it's legitimate since the club doesn't want the Préfecture de police de Paris to know that they're harboring a known criminal.
• Shadow Walker: Her Koubu's movement in gameplay involves it sinking into its shadow.
• Shrouded in Myth: Lobelia is so notorious in the criminal underworld that European law enforcement, including the Préfecture de police de Paris, thinks that she's a demon in disguise.
• Tsundere: Presents an unpleasant façade to keep people from getting too close to her, but her soft side still pops up from time to time.
• Variable-Length Chain: Has one attached to her right arm.
• Visual Pun: Lobelia does this to Préfecture de police de Paris officers (In anti-heat suits) sent to arrest her to fulfill the plans of Countess Isabel "Grand-Mère" Lilac in recruiting her to the Paris Combat Revue during the events of the École de Paris OVA by using her pyrokinesis to burn their suits and get them to retreat.
  Lobelia: "Sorry boys. Guess I'm just too hot for you."
• Wolverine Claws: Her Koubu F's weapons are long claws on its right hand, with her Koubu F2 having them on both hands.
• You Are Number 6: Her "I Am" Song, "192455631"^note imprisoned on May 5th, 1924, room six, number 31, sings about how her prisoner number is dehumanizing and deprives her of her hope.

Hanabi Kitaoji

Hanabi Kitaoji

Voiced by: Yoshino Takamori (Japanese), Elise Baughman (English, Sakura Wars: École de Paris)
Portrayed by: Yoshino Takamori (stage plays)

The only daughter of Masamichi Kitaoji, a Japanese baron with ties to France, and a French mother. Hanabi was friends with Glycine when they started to attend boarding school together prior to her father's journey back to Japan. She's always seen in public wearing a black dress while visiting a public cemetery. Hanabi was the last girl to be recruited by Ogami into the Paris Combat Revue.

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• Arranged Marriage: While her marriage with Philippe was arranged for political reasons, the two of them came to love one another over time, turning it into a Perfectly Arranged Marriage before the latter's untimely death.
• Automatic Crossbows: Her Kohbu-F is equipped with this as her main weapon. Her Kohbu-F ditches it for a Japanese bow.
• Beware the Nice Ones: Hanabi is just as much of a Nice Girl as Erica, if not more so, but when she's armed with a Yumi or when she's on her Kohbu-F, she can be dangerously efficient, as seen when she saves the rest of the Paris Flower Division from Corbeau during Is Paris Burning?
• Blue Blood: Her family, especially since her father Masamichi is a noble with the rank of Baron.
• But Not Too Foreign: Her father is a Japanese noble and her mother is from France.
• The Confidant: Serves as one for Glycine due to their friendship.
• Dark and Troubled Past: Before the events of Is Paris Burning?, Hanabi was engaged to a Frenchman named Philippe de Malebranche, who died at sea when the ship he was on sank in 1925, during their wedding day nonetheless. Glycine is the one responsible for telling Ogami about this in Is Paris Burning?.
• Dark Is Not Evil: She wears all black throughout Is Paris Burning? and serves as one of the heroines in the Flower Division.
• A Day in the Limelight: Chapter 5 of Is Paris Burning? focuses on her.
• Death Seeker: She initially wants to die so she could be with her beloved Philippe, who perished in 1925. Her chapter revolves around her realizing that she has to live for the sake of others.
• Driven to Suicide: She tries jumping off a bridge before being intercepted by Ogami.
• Extreme Doormat: Hanabi was raised to be submissive during her youth. Fortunately, she learns how to stand up for herself thanks to the influence of the Flower Division.
• Floral Theme Naming: "Hanabi" is both a type of hydrangea and a homophone for the Japanese word for fireworks — "fire flowers".
• Lady of War: The most traditionally feminine member of the team, but no less badass for it.
• Marry for Love: In the novel, Hanabi initially found it unusual to marry for love since she was thoroughly raised to be an obedient housewife one day. But after getting to know Philippe and falling in love with him, their relationship became more genuine.
• Master Archer: Thanking to reading up on Japanese women during her time in France, Hanabi is trained properly to fight enemies with archery. She specializes specifically in Kyudo with a Yumi whenever she's on foot.
• Meaningful Name: "Tatamize Jeune" means literally "Japanese girl" in French.
• Readings Are Off the Scale: Ogami's spiritual power measurement device goes past the maximum reading after he falls in a river in front of her. He initially believes it got broken until Hanabi releases her true powers in front of him.
• Second Love: Can possibly have this with Ogami if her route is pursued during the games. It's also a borderline case of Romancing the Widow, as her fiancé drowned on their wedding night.
• Secret Identity: She's known to the patrons and the staff (those not involved with the force) in Les Chattes Noires as "Tatamize Jeune".
• Shrinking Violet: Right from her introduction, she's shown to be shy and withdrawn.
• Significant Wardrobe Shift: Her theme color is black, justified as she wears Widow's Weeds. However, it is implied that it used to be yellow before losing her fiancé. She starts to wear yellow again if the player gets her ending.
• Suicide is Shameful: She comes to view suicide as this after being saved by Ogami and even lashes out quite angrily when Bernadette attempts to kill herself in Mysterious Paris.
• Treacherous Spirit Chase: To tempt her to suicide one last time, Corbeau shapeshifts back into her dead fiancé midair and tries to lure her off the theater balcony. Her defying this symbolizes she's found something Worth Living For.
• Verbal Tic: The Japanese version has her sometimes say "po" after finishing a sentence.
• What Is This Thing You Call "Love"?: This is Hanabi's main struggle in the prequel novel as she agrees to marry Philippe despite not knowing how to fall in love with him. Unfortunately, the moment she finally does realize her feelings for her fiancé is when their ship sinks due to being accidentally torpedoed by the British navy, leading to his untimely death.
• When She Smiles: Her smile is one of the reasons why Philippe fell in love with her.
• Yamato Nadeshiko: She's more of one than any of the girls in the original game, possibly because she spent most of her life in France and learned the way a Japanese woman is supposed to act largely from books and her own family. As a result, she views Sakura as something of a role model while expressing confusion towards Sumire and Kanna due to them not fitting the mold.