Hikari Takanashi (小鳥遊 ひかり, Takanashi Hikari) is a main character in Demi-chan wa Kataritai.
Appearance[]
Hikari has shoulder-length blonde hair that resembles bat ears with bangs swept to the right side and gold eyes.
Personality[]
A vampire by nature, Hikari requires blood to sustain her biological well-being. However, unlike common depiction of Vampires, she is a very active, cheerful and full-spirited girl who is more than capable of eating garlic.
She also refrains from biting others' necks (though she does have fantasies about doing so, but doesn't due to her unwavering kindness.) Instead, she takes sustenance from government-issued blood packets.
Since hunger is associated with sexual desire for vampires, she cannot drink the blood of boys, as this embarrasses her. For this reason, Hikari can sublimate the lack of a romantic experience with guys into increased desire to drink the blood of her friends, especially Yuki. It also leads to the fact that the forces of Satou don't excite her as a girl, but causes severe overeating and drunkenness.
Being a demi-human living with a normal human sister as well as human dominant society, she keeps a highly optimistic outlook of the future and a somewhat aloof image, often helping other demi-humans in gaining more confident perspective of themselves in dire times.
Ironically, she doesn't like bright lights all too much despite her name literally translating to Light. She never wishes to put her classmates in a darkened room just for her convience.
Quirky, cute, confident, kind, and caring, she can quickly become the center of attention but nevertheless puts others' well-being first in her own ways. She tends to wear clothes, accessories and other objects with bat motifs related to her status as a vampire.
Relationships[]
Himari Takanashi[]
Tetsuo Takahashi[]
They first met a=outside the school at night where Tetsuo questioned why she was there, Hikari thought that Testuo was a creeper so she ran away, they next met when Hikari ran to him for help as Kyoko had fainted, Hikari told Tetsuo that she had taken her head but she couldn't lift her body so Tetsuo carried Kyoko's body to the nurses office, Tetsuo then found out that Hikari being a Vampire so he interviewed her and asked her about Vampire biology, the conversation then got a bit spicy as he started asking her aboout drinking blood from males which Hikari called gross, Tetsuo asked her to elaborate and Hikari responded with it being too intimate, which Tetsuo took as Hikari seeing drinking blood as kissing or having sex, Hikari would make frequent visits to his office much to his annoyance and would jump him for hugs but she sometimes gave people the wrong idea.
Kyouko Machi[]
Hikari is good friends with Kyoko, she took her to the infirmary when she collapsed, After she recovered they became best friends, Hikari introduced her to Tetsuo whom was interested in her Dullahan roots, so he interviewed her, Hikari then found out that Kyoko was in love with someone she commented that Kyoko was beautiful in appearance especially her chest, she also made a lewd joke on how Kyoko could pull off some kinky moves in the bedroom due to having her head separate, Hikari then found out that the person Kyoko loved was Tetsuo so Hikari set them up on a date but the condition was that only Kyoko's head was allowed to go and her body stayed behind with her. Hikari took great joy in messing with Koko's body whilst making her head react in public, she eventually stopped as the body was getting defensive as Hikari was constantly going for her chest. Hikari continued to be supportive and mischievous with Kyoko but they are still good friends
Yuki Kusakabe[]
Hikari loves Yuki as a friend and enjoys hugging her and nibbling her, they are really close, When Hikari found out that some girls made Yuki cry Hikari confronted the bullies and told them to stop the trash talking behind peoples backs, Hikari then told them that they really hurt Yuki and they should feel ashamed this did make the girls feel guilty, Hikari then told the girls to say it to peoples faces. After the bullies apologized to Yuki, Hikari started to hang with Yuki
Sakie Satou[]
Etymology[]
- If written, the name Hikari means "light" (光) in Japanese, which is a double play on words because not only do vampires suffer from light, but also because her personality is cheery, happy and bright.
- Hikari's surname Takanashi means "little bird, small bird" (小鳥) (taka) and "play" (遊) (nashi).
Trivia[]
- Hikari likes liver and tomato juice.
- Hikari gets supplied with blood packs once a month.
- Hikari has no experience with love, but she has lots of knowledge.
- Hikari actually wears UV blocking tights when she wears skirts.
- Hikari NEEDS blood ingested on some occasions, otherwise her predatory instinct will eventually make her attack someone for blood.
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References[]
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| Main Characters |
| Tetsuo Takahashi | Hikari Takanashi | Kyoko Machi | Yuki Kusakabe | Sakie Sato | Himari Takanashi |
| Minor Characters |
| Yuusuke Satake | Taeko Yachigusa | Ugaki | Kurtz | Soma | Koji Takanashi | Midori Takanashi | Principal | Vice Principal | Jun'ichi Ohta | Oota | Kimura | Imori | Matsuri | Yoko Takahashi | Zashiko | Kaoru Higa |