| “ | I just want to live each day sleeping, reading and writing. There are other things I want to do but I can do those all while i sleep. | ” |
Utaha Kasumigaoka (霞ヶ丘 詩羽 Kasumigaoka Utaha) is an up-and-coming young novelist. She is a student in class 3C and wears two hats as a student and a writer.
She is one of the main characters of the Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata series.
Biography
She writes her novels under the pen name of Utako Kasumi (霞 詩子 Kasumi Utako). Her first novel Koisuru Metronome (恋するメトロノーム Koisuru Metoronōmu,, lit. The Metronome in Love) was published under the Fushikawa Fantastic Bunko imprint and sold over 500,000 copies. She has both intelligence and beauty, and is the brightest student in the school. Most of the students hold her in awe.
She is in charge of writing the scenario for the game by Blessing Software.
Appearance
Utaha is a tall beautiful girl with a slim and hourglass figure. She has dark purple (black) hair which reaches down to at least somewhere around her stomach and she always wear a white hair band to style her hair. In the novel, her eye color was brown, but in the anime it was changed to purple-redish.
Personality
Utaha is a hardworking girl. Her usual disinterested expression strikes others as an unapproachable person. When she is alone with Tomoya's circle, she reverts to her disdainful self who enjoys making sarcastic remarks. She seems to be calm and quiet, but she actually has a sharp tongue. Utaha can be a little aggressive, (for example, when Tomoya said that he and Megumi would go out on a ''date''). She easily finished writing their game's plot in the span of a night.
Utaha is also very intelligent, the smartest student in the school. she even writes plays for the drama club as a hobby. She is also a little cold of a nature, but she never talks against her parents, making her well-mannered. However, when Tomoya complimented her one time, she was acting like a shy, embarrassed girl, and called Tomoya as Tomoya-kun, instead of Rinri-kun.
Background
Relationships
Tomoya Aki
- Tomoya is her only friend that has been mentioned so far besides Eriri and Megumi. She used to call Tomoya for Tomoya-kun (倫也君) but now she calls him Rinri-kun (倫理君). She began to call him by the nickname Rinri-kun after the incident of him not wanting to read her novel before the actual release date. That hurt Utaha, and Tomoya sometimes wonders if she has forgiven him. However, they are now on good terms, and Tomoya also said that Utaha is his inspiration. It is hinted that Utaha has romantic feelings for Tomoya, but it isn't 100% clear yet. (In anime). Although she didn't show it in the beginning, she is slowly and slowly showing her feelings for him, like going really near him and sniffing at him (Which makes Eriri angry and jealous), and she even slept in the same bed as him two times. Furthermore, she is shown to be jealous usually when Tomoya gets close with other girls such as Megumi. She enjoys saying sarcastic jokes to Tomoya and tease him. However, she gets a little aggressive when she gets jealous, usually when it comes to Megumi and Tomoya, however, they are able to openly share and discuss their opinions on the characters and plot on Tomoya's project.However in her side story manga Utaha shows more openly affections to Tomoya such as teasing him in a romantic way, laying down on his lap or shoulder when she feels like it,and also doesn't mind laying down with him on the same bed. She also stole Tomoya's first kiss.
Eriri Sawamura
- Eriri sees Utaha as her rival. However, Utaha doesn't seem to be bothered by it. She sometimes teases Eriri about her flat chest. Occasionally, she gets into verbal fights with Eriri when she is annoyed by other things. They still get along very well when working on Tomoya's game, though.
Megumi Kato
- Not so much shown about their relationship (yet), but Utaha helped Megumi when she came back from Hokkaido to do the ''fate summons'' again. However, Utaha hit her on the head when she did wrong. Utaha has also shown jealousy towards her for Tomoya's affection.
Sonoko Machida
- Sonoko is Utaha's editor. They both seem to trust each other and Utaha has never lied about her book with her. However, they can have small arguments sometimes. Sonoko also supports Utaha; she sometimes gives advice to her and she often brings up Tomoya's name. She is aware of Utaha's feelings and tries to support her and Tomoya. This, however, sometimes irritates Utaha, who says that she doesn't have any interest in him.
Chronology
Gallery
Trivia
- In Saenai Heroine no Sodatekata - Blessing Software Special CD Vol.4, A Cover of Higurashi When They Cry's "Dear You" can be found with Utaha Kasumigaoka (CV. Ai Kayano) listed as the singer/Artist. (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lWIshqGiQWw)
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