Maria Otonashi

A beautiful but unsociable girl with a resolute personality. She transferred into Kazuki’s class on March 2nd — almost at the end of the school year. Right after her arrival she announces her intent to “break” Kazuki. Her birthday is July 2. Maria is the main female heroine of the HakoMari series. Maria is a box herself. She once met 'O' who offered her a box. Her wish was to become a box herself so that she could grant the wishes of other people. Of course her wish could not come free of charge, so every time she uses her box she loses her memories. Her box is able to give people a place where they can be happy, however she knows that this place is only fake, and the happiness is only fake. Maria Otonashi is described as a very beautiful girl with long brown hair, brown eyes, and a slender figure. Hoshino describes her mannerisms as being that of an older woman despite being younger than him. This is due to all the time she spent in the recurring classroom, equal to an entire lifetime, that she still completely remembers. Maria Otonashi is very stern in her actions and beliefs. She expressed her wish to break Hoshino at the very beginning. There is, however, one thing that Maria is terrified of, and that is killing someone. No matter what the circumstance, she refuses to kill anyone even if it means saving Kazuki's life, and even refuses to leave anyone who needs help alone. Maria cares deeply for other people, due to her wish to become a box herself. She is willing to sacrifice her own memories in order to give other people a place where they can be happy inside of her box After Kazuki "kills" Iroha Shindou to save Maria who was supposedly kidnapped on Oomine's orders, she feels as though he had betrayed her and decides to live not as Maria Otonashi, but as the box Aya Otanashi. She saves Daiya Oomine after he gets stabbed by a former follower after he lost his box to Kazuki, but in turn forgets about him and everyone he knows, including Kazuki. After she she watches Kazuki gradually losing his sanity inside of her box, she accepts the death of her sister, Aya Otanashi, and merges with the original zeroth Maria. She takes care of Kazuki after losing his sanity as well as the ability to speak until he gradually recovers. At the end of Volume 7, they get married.