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Princess Sakura (桜姫 Sakura Hime) is main protagonist in Sakura-hime Kaden and is the granddaughter of Princess Kaguya who was the wielder of Chizakura (The Blood Cherry Blossom sword) which is the only weapon that can kill and destroy, the man eating Mononoke and Youko. Because Princess Sakura is her granddaughter, and thus shares her blood, she also has the ability to wield Chizakura. She is also betrothed to Prince Oura (Aoba).

Character Concept[]

One of Arina Tanemura's favorite characters in this manga is Asagiri. Arina says "I worked backwards from Heian period - black hair. She is the princess from the moon, after all.(I wanted to give her an otherworldly look)", Arina even describes her as a "flexible personality" and that she's "very strong inside".

Sakura doesn't like to be told what to do, she has a tomboyish attitude, and likes snacks. She tries to like being in an arranged engagement, she's kind but she will stand up for herself. Sakura is the princess of the moon and she can wield the blood cherry blossom sword; she's not the average, tea-time princess and it is stated that she dislikes incenses because they stink and make her feel dizzy.

Name[]

Sakura's name, 桜, means "Cherry Blossom" in Japanese.

Appearance[]

Sakura is a gorgeous young girl of average height, with very long brown hair that reaches down to her knees. Sakura has pink eyes. Whenever Sakura transforms, her hair color changes to silver but her eyes remain the same rosy color. The reason why her hair changes color is because all those who come from the moon have silver hair, thus it can be proven that she is half human and half an inhabitant of the moon. Sakura is always seen in a traditional kimono with a range of different hair pieces. The exception is when she transforms. Her battle outfit consists of a short skirt, with long sleeves reminiscent of a kimono's sleeves, as well as a fitted bodice with the Ying and Yang symbol just above the skirt. The outfit is completed with a black neck collar with a pink diamond or ruby attached (as seen in the first image, on the top right).

Throughout the manga Sakura's beauty is often remarked upon, with even the Councillor, who later turns out to be a youko working for the series villain Enju, mentioning "her charms".

Personality[]

Sakura is a caring person to the people familiar and close to her, but when Prince Oura (also known as Aoba) comes, she instantly dislikes him and her personality drastically changes to a loud mouthed and bratty. However she does eventually get close to him and shows him her kind sidenand eventually even falls in love with him . Sakura tries her hardest as she tries to save everyone from their agony especially Aoba and Asagiri, who are both inflicted with a blood curse which shortens their life spans.  

Aoba shoots

(Sakura's and Aoba's) a youko turns up and attacks the village. Sakura rushes to help but then gets attacked herself, during the fight Aoba shoots an arrow through her chest. Her personality is shaken but it slowly restores itself when The Togu (Fujimurasaki) shows an interest in her and ends up kissing her, while Aoba is watching from an far distance. Aoba then starts to show how much he loves Sakura, and from then her personality is back to normal. Until Enju turned out to be Sakura's older brother. This resulted in Sakura becoming upset at some points and confused in others.

Soul Symbol[]

Sakura's soul symbol (滅 Metsu) translates to "Destroy".

Sakura at the beginning was confused whether that meant she would destroy either the humans or the youko. In the last volume, she realizes its true meaning, which she expresses by saying "I believe I was born to destroy sorrow. To destroy all sorrow..."

History[]

Before she moved to the capital, Sakura lived in Izumi. She lost her mother and father at a very young age and then supposedly lost her older brother, Kai, sometime later on. When her brother was alive, people in the village used to be scared of her and her brother, with ladies in waiting talking about how scary she was to the villagers. This caused Sakura to be considered an outcast and not have many friends. After her brother died, the ladies in waiting would try to not even to make eye contact and avoid being in the same room as her.

Her Brothers death[]

Sakura has always thought that her brother Kai died due to an incurable disease, but this turned out not to be true. In fact this story was used to cover up the fact that he was locked up in a water chamber. When Kai went out to meet with the Emperor, he was captured because one of the ladies in waiting reported to the Emperor that Sakura has fallen in love with her brother. Because of this the Emperor devised a plan to isolate Sakura and lock Kai in a water chamber, in order to make Sakura gain stronger feelings for Aoba by taking away her only other support.

Relationships[]

Aoba (Prince Oura)[]

Sakura and aoba and the togu

Sakura (middle), Aoba (left) and the Togu (right)

Sakura never really knew who he was or what he looked like. The only thing she knew about him was that he was her betrothed since birth. Later on, when she got to know him she first found his personality interesting, then confusing but later she found out that he deeply loves her. Aoba has mixed feelings for Sakura because he couldn't become the next Togu and this turned all the love he has for Sakura to hatred and lead him to killing Sakura in chapter 3 in Volume 1. However, as the story progresses, they eventually became a true couple and it is revealed that they both love each other.

Asagiri (Childhood Friend)[]

Asagiri

Asagiri on chapter 12 cover

Sakura first met Asagiri with a slave trader. At that time Asagiri didn't have a name because she didn't speak. However, Sakura refused to let her be and traded her kimono for her. Sakura slept in the spare room with Asagiri and took her out of the small animal cage. When Sakura held her in her hands, Asagiri noticed how warm Sakura's hands were. Asagiri spoke for the first time and told Sakura her name and from then they've became honourable friends.

Sakura and kai

Sakura and Kai as children

Kai (Enju)[]

Kai and Sakura are siblings and they both share a close relationship together. Unfortunately, Kai fell ill and apparently died but really that was just to cover up the fact that the moon side of him had awoken and so he was being kept in a water chamber for most of Sakura's life until she turned 14 and Enju came back to see Sakura and to take her to a place were the people of the moon stay. In chapter 10 Sakura explains how her older brother "In a way, was [her] first love". This shows that Sakura has grown feelings for her brother when she was a child and loves him even when they were reunited.

Oumi[]

Oumi is Princess Sakura's closest lady in waiting. She trusts Oumi enough to keep hold of her soul symbol. Even when Oumi betrayed her and gave Princess Sakura's soul symbol to Aoba, Princess Sakura still felt the need to protect her. Oumi trusts in Princess Sakura so much that she tells her about how her family died, which was because a youko killed them. She then gives up her life just to tell her that the counsellor was the one behind the attacks. Oumi then turns into a Youko, but Princess Sakura couldn't bring herself to kill her hoping there was another way to save her.

Kohaku[]

Sakura first met Kohaku when Kohaku introduced herself. When Sakura was shot by an arrow by Aoba, she was saved by Kohaku and she was in deep pain for three days and nights which Kohaku didn't expected her to be able to make it. And so, they became friends with each other and get to know each other better. Sakura notices that Kohaku is an extremely big lummox because of her clumsiness and mistakes. Later, a wolf howled and Sakura is suddenly distracted by a strange sound in her mind. Sakura runs away from Kohaku because she couldn't face the reality that she wanted to eat Kohaku and also that she is a youko herself too. Sakura slo thinks that everything is a lie that she is a youko. When Kohaku tries to run after her, Sakura turns around and orders Kohaku don't come near her and she pulled out a sword immediately. She tells Kohaku,"stay back! if you come any closer, I'll kill you. I'll cut you down." However, Chizakura is moving on its own again and is facing towards Kohaku. Sakura orders Chizakura to stop. Kohaku uses a body switching jutsu. Sakura is surprised and then Kohaku tells her, "I may be clumsy but I'm not stupid. I could easily tell who shot that arrow, Princess." and so on, which leads to Sakura crying. After this, the both of them shared their trust to each other and they live to share their feelings. As the story progresses, the both of them have a very good relationship and Sakura says that Kohaku is like a little sister to her.

Rurijo[]

Sakura and Rurijo did not have a very good relationship because Rurijo plots to kill her in the basement. Sakura seems to pity Rurijo when Rurijo mentioned and talked about her past. However in volume 11, Sakura sympathises with Rurijo because she has been abandoned by Enju and also the fact that she loved him so much that she was in so much agony because Enju only loved Sakura. Sakura decides to be her Master as Rurijo was abandoned by Enju. Rurijo continues crying and the both of them hugged each other as they have accepted each other.

Powers[]

Because of the fact that Sakura is the granddaughter of Kaguya, a princess of the moon, she has the blood of a creature from the moon flowing in her. Sakura can wield the Chizakura and use it to destroy youko, an immortal flesh eating mononoke (demon) that can only be killed and destroyed by using Chizakura. Chizakura has its very own personality which includes it agreeing with Sakura's feelings and emotions in battle and also includes near the beginning, the reason why Sakura couldn't control Chizakura but could summon it.

Trivia[]

  • Her birthday is on July 23rd.
  • Zodiac sign is Leo.
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