Misaki Kamikusa
"Kōhai-kun!"
Basic Information
Real Name | Kamigusa Misaki（かみいぐさ みさき） Post-marriage: Mitaka Misaki（みたか みさき） | Blood Type | Blood type O |
Voice Actor | Luci Christian (English dub) Eri Kitamura (Pre-animation Drama CD) | Measurements | B87 / W56 / H85 |
Gender | Female | Birthday | June 16 (Gemini) Anime setting: May 22, 1994 |
Height | 156 cm | Age | 17 years old at first appearance → 23 years old in later story |
Weight | 46 kg | Character Song | "ワイルドにZooっきゅ～ん！" |
Introduction
Kamigusa Misaki is a character full of contradictory charm from *The Pet Girl of Sakurasou*. She resides in Room 201 of "Sakurasou"as a genius beautiful girl, yet due to her extremely eccentric behavior, she is referred to by the male protagonist, Sorata Kanda, as an "alien."」.Voice actor:Natsumi Takamori.
Background
A third-year student in the Fine Arts Department of Suimei University of the Arts' affiliated high school. This department targets a select few elites, with an extremely low admission rate. She isthe first student in ten years to receive a Fine Arts Department scholarshipas a genius student. However, because she is overly focused on producing anime and manga, the school considers her to be "wasting her talent," forcing her to move into Sakurasou. She isA resident of Room 201 in Sakurasou, and alsothe first resident of Sakurasou, with only dorm supervisor Chihiro Sengoku present when she first moved in.
In author Hajime Kamoshida's next series, *Rascal Does Not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai*, she makes a cameo appearance alongside Jin Mitaka in a small corner of the news.
Appearance
Kamigusa Misaki is abeautiful girl, with "a mouth like a scheming cat". Her appearance is described as "a healthy, orthodox, and charmingAmerican Shorthair-type cat," featuring soft, plump thighs, an irresistibly slender waistline, a faintly visible cute navel, and a full bust. Even her sleep-tousled hair inexplicably accentuates Misaki's cuteness. If Misaki passed by 10 people, all 10 would inevitably turn back for another look at her. Her attire in Sakurasou is always very casual.
On her birthday in her third year of high school, Misaki received a small bear mascot-shaped silver accessory from Jin, which she has worn on her chest ever since. After Jin confessed his feelings to Misaki, she began wearing a silver ring on her left ring finger, designed by Jin to match her favorite character, "Biting Bear".
Personality Traits
Boundless energy and eccentric behavior: This is her most prominent characteristic. Sheperpetually maintains an excessively high level of energy and passion. Her behavior is so bizarre that she is called an "alien" by Sorata and othersalien."」. This personality often causes considerable trouble for Sorata Kanda and Jin Mitaka.
A maiden's heart toward Jin: Despite her usual carefree and fearless demeanor, but onceWhen involved with Hitomi Mitaka, Misaki becomes like a young girl. She gets jealous because of Hitomi and is very sensitive to romantic issues. Although she usually appears cheerful, when facing the Hitomi she likes, she becomes sensitive, emotionally volatile, and sometimes easily upset.
Suppression and Release of Talent: Although she has always loved making anime, shefelt dissatisfied with the scripts written by Hitomi but dared not speak up directly, thus suppressing her own thoughts. It was not until she collaborated with Mashiro Shiina and Ryunosuke Akasaka that she was able to fully unleash her talent for the first time.
Delicate Sensitivity: She is delicate in her thoughts and occasionally troubled by emotional issues.
Character Life and Abilities
Animation Prodigy
Exceptional Skill: Her artistic skills are extremely high，She is passionate about making anime and has independently completed multiple animation works.
Fame and Fortune: Her works garnered significant attention and earned her a substantial amount of money.
Representative Works: One of her representative works is the long-form anime character "Galaxy Cat Mew Polon」。
Team Contribution: She has a deep interest in anime and games, enjoys creating character designs and drawing on her own, and is the main force in art within the team.
Exceptional Initiative
Culinary Expeditions: She once drove 8 hours to Osaka just to eat takoyaki, or flew to Sapporo for a bowl of ramen, stayed for only an hour, and then returned.
Driving Others: She often drags those around her into her various novel activities.
Academic Performance
She ranked first in her grade throughout junior high school.
She maintained the top position for three consecutive years at Suimei University of the Arts.
Interpersonal Relationships
Hitomi Mitaka (Husband): Misakiis in love with Hitomi Mitaka. Hitomi is her childhood friend, and their relationship is the main storyline. Misaki once pursued Hitomi aggressively, includingplacing a love letter with a marriage registration form in his shoe locker, or on Hitomi's birthdaydecorating herself with ribbons and waiting naked. The twoeventually became husband and wife.
Fuka Kamikusa (Sister): Fuka Kamikusa is her older sister, and both are childhood friends with Hitomi Mitaka
Sorata Kanda: A junior from Sakura Hall, often troubled by Misaki's "alien-like" behavior. Misaki calls him "Junior-kun"」.
Other Nicknames: Misaki enjoys giving others nicknames, such as calling Iori "Iori-chan.".
Character Background
Moving into Sakura Hall
Due to her excessive focus on animation production, she was regarded as a problem student by the school.One week after enrollment, she was exiled to Sakura Hall.At that time, only Chihiro was there, and she kept her room tidy until Sorata and the others moved in..
Romantic Development
Bold Pursuit: Misaki made no attempt to hide her feelings for Jin, going to great lengths to capture his attention.This includedplacing a love letter with a marriage registration form in his shoe locker, as well as on Jin's birthdaydecorating herself with ribbons and waiting naked.
The Reversal at the Graduation Ceremony: At the high school graduation ceremony, shehonestly expressed how happy she had been during her time at Sakura Hall,and this served as a turning point,completely reversing the crisis of Sakura Hall’s impending demolition..
The Ring and the Promise: On her third-year high school birthday, she received a ring from Jin.Before Jin graduated from high school and left for university in Osaka,Misaki received the ring from Jin and made a promise to be together again in four years..
Sudden Marriage
At the end of the sixth volume of the novel,Jin returned the marriage registration form to Misaki, telling her to submit it four years later.However,Misaki submitted the form to the city office on the very same day to register their marriage,officially becoming "Misaka Mitaka.".
Married Life
After graduating from Suiko High School, she movednext door to Sakura Hall,becoming a neighbor to Sorata and the others.
During her university years, she produced several independently released animated films.
After graduating from university, she continued on to graduate school,claiming she would forever be a "housewife university student."
Interesting Details
Adopting Cats: When Sorata and the others were about to leave Sakura Hall, Misaki, feeling lonely living alone,adopted the orange cat "Tsubasa" and the dark brown tabby "Komachi" from Sorata..
Character Songs
She performed the first TV anime opening theme and insert song alongside Shiina Mashiro (CV: Ayana Taketatsu) and Aoyama Nanami (CV: Mariko Nakatsu), titled君が梦を连れてきた"Kimi wa Yume o Tsurete Kita" (You Came with Dreams).
An official solo character song titled"ワイルドにZooっきゅ～ん！" was also released, performed by Natsumi Takamori..
Character Reviews
Misaki is regarded asa complete genius,while also being a passionate and energetic character.Her "twisted" love story with Mitaka Jin adds many highlights to the work.Herinitiative和and persistence in love, along with herperpetually energeticpersonality, are the reasons why this character is so beloved.