Yayoi Kanbara

Yayoi Kanbara (神原 弥生 Kanbara Yayoi) is a secondary character in the Kyoukai no Kanata series. She is a Spirit World Warrior and Akihito's mother. Yayoi first appears as a young woman with neck-length beige hair and yellow eyes with cat pupils. She wears cat-like clothes consisting of a strapless black dress secured with a blue belt, knee-length black boots, and a red bow around her neck. Her most notable features are the black cat ears on her head and a cat tail with a red ribbon. Her forearms have a gradient shading into black hands, and she has a blue cat paw-print tattoo on her left thigh. Later, she appears in other ridiculous outfits such as a hamster outfit, a huge knight costume, a rabbit, etc. Yayoi is an energetic young woman with an optimistic personality. Ayaka describes her as a big-busted mother with "a few screws loose," between crazy and genius. However, Yayoi also shows a serious side when warning her son about the Calm. During the last episodes, she becomes more serious and mysterious. In Episode 11, Akihito asks her why she knows where Mirai is, and she answers: "Don't you know your mother is Kanbara Yayoi?" In Episode 2 Akihito says she isn’t a youmu, but her eye color and outfits change at the drop of a hat, especially in Episode 11. Despite her unique personality, she is honest about her feelings with respect to her son and whenever he is in danger, she's not afraid to do whatever it takes to keep him safe. It is also shown that she has taken care of her son very well even though she has not always been there for him.