Kusano

Kusano is one of the protagonists of the story and Minato's second Sekirei. Kusano is the smallest and youngest Sekirei in Minato's group. Her appearance remains throughout the entire story the same except that she wore a ribbon in her hair when she first appeared. She has yellow hair, wears a one piece with a ribbon on the back and often tries out a costume from Uzume's collection in order to show it to Minato. While at the beach or washing with a hose she wears a dark blue one piece swimsuit with number 108 on the front. She is also seen in a green nightgown or an orange pajama while in bed. Kusano has the personality of a little kid. She cries easily and hates it when people fight. This fear of people fighting has broken up a couple fights before, making her one of two people to break up fights in Izumo Inn, the other being Miya. However, she is rarely (if ever) bratty and mostly acts like a typical, cheerful, innocent girl, and along with Musubi is one of Minato's more pure and happy-go-lucky Sekirei. She usually carries a potted plant or seeds around so that she can use her abilities anywhere she goes. Kusano is also shown to hate being alone, as after being separated from Takami, she cried and begged for someone to help her before being saved by Minato, Musubi and Seo. She is very close with No. 107 Shiina, because his power of decay is what used to stop her plant powers from going out of control. Because of this, she misses him dearly and wishes to be reunited with him. Kusano, like all of Minato's other Sekirei, is very fond of him, and calls him her Onii-chan (Big Brother). She is very determined to be his wife when she gets older and can be quite clingy, though this only really started once Tsukiumi started declaring herself as Minato's wife. She is also violently protective of him, and is prone to biting Seo whenever she suspects he might be bullying Minato. She can be very possessive of Minato at times, even biting her fellow Sekirei when they start to get too close to him, and on occasion Minato himself when she thinks he is paying more attention to one of his five other Sekirei, although this is played off as comical and is not done with intent to hurt anyone. Another interesting thing about Kusano is her emotional intelligence, which is high for her age. She is the one who convinces Tsukiumi to go help Minato when he is fighting the Disciplinary Squad on the bridge by stating that "she is not Minato's wife, even if she wants to be, if she doesn't even support him when he truly believes in something". She is also very impressionable and often copies Musubi, Tsukiumi and Kazehana's mannerisms.