Ami Kuzuki (葛木亜魅, Kuzuki Ami?) is a member of the Inspection Committee of Asagami Private High Class Academy in Hana no Miyako.
Profile[]
Background[]
Ami is the daughter of Souichirou Kuzuki and an unnamed and unseen Greek woman presumed to be Medea, or rather, their equivalents in the Hana no Miyako universe. Aside of her unusual parentage, Ami's life has apparently been fairly normal. She grew up in Misaki Town.
When she was younger, she would, for fun, model clothes designed by her mother, who works in the fashion industry. Her father always took photos, and keeps them in a large family scrapbook. She stopped sometime around when she was in middle school, however.
Appearance[]
Ami looks much like a stereotypical goth, albeit with some punk influence. She wears her school uniform in a raggedy fashion, alongside multiple ear studs, calf boots, dark eyeshadow, and an eyepatch (which is just for show, as she still has both of her eyes). At home, she appears to prefer either a white slip or a black mini-dress, and eschews her eyepatch and the other miscellany she wears at school.
Ami's physical features greatly resemble those of someone suffering from albinism, with her pale skin, white hair, and grey eyes (instead of the inaccurate red eyes often ascribed to albino humans in fiction). Given also her apparent aversion to sunlight, another common trait of albino humans, she may in fact actually have albinism rather than merely looking like it.
One piece of concept art also depicts her as having feathery wings.
Her ears appear to be slightly pointed.
Personality[]
Ami acts the part of a rowdy, anti-social girl. According to her father, this is to deter people who might otherwise harass her because of her delicate appearance,[2] but given her actions and the stated fact that she keeps her parents in the dark about her habit of getting into fights, it seems more likely that this is simply how she is.
Ami is violent and hotheaded, often getting into fights purely for her own enjoyment. She relishes any opportunity to fight someone, especially those who can put up a challenge. Anyone who shows overwhelming strength immediately earns her respect and, in the case of Miyako, her affections.
Aside of fighting, however, Ami has little energy to spare for anything she doesn't have to do, often spending large amounts of time wasting the hours away doing nothing but eating junk food and reading comedy manga or sleeping.
Her aesthetic tastes lean towards the grim and edgy.
At home, she instead acts demure and kind.[2]
Role[]
Hana no Miyako[]
She first appeared as an onlooker who, unbeknownst to anyone, witnessed Miyako defeating Minoru Mitsuzuri in one blow. From there she established herself as a wild card, often attempting to goad Miyako into a fight (having become fascinated by Miyako's strength) and causing trouble in other ways, but also occasionally helping out, such as by saving Shiki from a gang of bullies.
Later on, Ami witnesses Miyako going all-out in a fight with Maria E Sokaris (a frenemy of sorts to Ami). Although she is initially upset that she didn't get to fight Miyako herself, Ami seems to get over it quite quickly.[3] Afterwards, Ami stops trying to goad Miyako into fights quite as much, and instead seems infatuated with her.
Abilities[]
Ami possesses the inexplicable ability to perfectly copy any technique that she has seen in action even once. Over time, she has cobbled together an extensive collection of mismatched martial arts techniques from various disciplines, and uses them to great effect in fights.
She is also an excellent acrobat.
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 Hana no Miyako Chapter 8: "Maria's Trap (Part 3)"
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Hana no Miyako Chapter 17.5: "A Certain Family Everyday Scene"
- ↑ Hana no Miyako Chapter 10: "The Advent of Her Highness"