Kirie Fujou

Fujou Kirie (巫条霧絵) was the antagonist of the first chapter of Kara no Kyoukai.

She is a member of the Fujou clan, a family of the Demon Hunter's Association who were skilled in curses, which in common Magecraft are difficult to actualize.

History and abilities
Kirie is the last surviving member of the main family of Fujou clan, though Kohaku and Hisui are members of a branch family. Her immediate family died many years prior to the events of Fukan Fukei in a car accident. She was stricken with a terminal illness as a child, and was bedridden. Her ancestry granted her unnatural vitality, but this only prolonged her life beyond what a normal human being should be able to survive, rather than allowing her to overcome her illness. In addition to her fragile health, she also lost most of her eyesight when her latent powers manifested, though this allowed her the ability to view remotely from locations she fixated on while still able to see.

She developed a romantic attraction to Kokuto Mikiya and jealousy towards Ryougi Shiki during the two years in which Mikiya visited the comatose Ryougi, though he appears to be oblivious to this.

Her character may be inspired by the traditional Japanese Itako.

Role
After Araya Souren gave her a second body that allowed her to enter the state of a Double Existence, she unconsciously used these innate curse abilities to perpetuate the Fujou Building Suicides that dominate the events of Kara no Kyoukai's first chapter, Overlooking View. The records of the eight victims remain as illusions on top of the twenty story building. They haven't caught up to real time, so they remained floating in their unconscious minds. It was originally owned by Kirie's family but after her parents died, it was bought off by others.

In the end, having been discovered by Shiki, her ghostly self is killed. This was enough to cause some damage to her true self, but the separation was sufficient for her not to get killed by Shiki's knife. However, after a conversation with Touko, she commits suicide, since she has nothing to live for, and her body is one that does not allow her to leave her room. (In fact, Touko points out that her hair is the only part that does NOT have problems.) In fact, it is her suicide which opens the story, though this fact is not revealed until the end. Shiki's only response is that "It's just that she wasn't able to fly today."