TV-Series
Description
Kotori Takatori is a gentle and soft-hearted magician who appears as one of the main characters in the series. She escaped from a clandestine research organization that creates and controls witches, and she is designated as lab number 1107. In her earliest days of freedom, she lived in hiding with her close friend Chie, another escapee. When their supply of life-sustaining pills ran out, Chie sacrificed herself so that Kotori could survive and have the chance to experience a birthday, a loss that colors Kotori's entire existence.
Her personality is sweet, innocent, and markedly clumsy. She becomes flustered and stutters when she is nervous, yet she is unfailingly kind. Kotori finds little interest in studying and prefers to spend her time drawing. She has an enormous appetite and adores food, especially desserts, and is known to eat with great enthusiasm. Her gentle nature and romantic imagination make her a gentle presence among the group.
Kotori's primary motivation is simply to live peacefully alongside the other escaped witches, free from the cruelty of the organization and the witch-hunting faction called Hexenjagd. As her hidden nature comes to light, however, she is forced to confront a much larger and more terrifying purpose that she never chose.
In the story, Kotori joins the Astronomy Club and becomes part of the circle of witches protected by Ryouta Murakami and Neko Kuroha. Unknown to her, the scientist Chisato had carefully selected her as a host vessel for a special drasill known as Grane. This drasill carries the memories of Chisato's dead younger sister, Rena, and Chisato aims to revive Rena by letting Grane fully hatch. This makes Kotori a hunted target. When Chisato and the powerful witch Valkyria attack the observatory and kidnap her, the true scope of her role is revealed. In a desperate battle, Grane awakens and begins emitting a curtain of light that would dissolve all living things on Earth. To prevent this catastrophe, Kotori begs Ryouta to eject her harness, accepting her own death. Her final moments after ejection suggest that Rena's consciousness surfaces, speaking with fury toward Chisato, though whether Kotori herself ever held Rena's awareness remains an unanswered question.
Kotori's most important personal relationship was with Chie, whose sacrifice gave her life. She also forms a caring bond with Ryouta, Neko, and the other astronomy club witches, who shield her and treat her as family. Her relationship with Chisato is purely that of a tool to an experimenter, and she is relentlessly pursued by Valkyria and the forces that seek to exploit her.
Over the course of the narrative, Kotori develops from a shy, unassuming girl with little self-confidence into someone who faces an apocalyptic burden with quiet courage. Though she never loses her tenderness, she is forced to confront a destiny far greater than herself, and her self-sacrifice becomes a crucial turning point in the story. Her death is not only a personal tragedy but also a disruption of Chisato's plans, leaving behind the spectral echo of Rena's rage.
Kotori possesses a unique magical ability known as transposition. She can instantly switch places with any person or object and can bring others along when she teleports. The power is draining: she can only use it once before losing consciousness. Despite this severe limitation, she employs it strategically in life-or-death situations to protect her friends or reposition herself and allies. Far beyond her personal magic, the drasill Grane inside her grants a catastrophic power. When Grane hatches, it can nullify all magic in its vicinity and produce a dissolving light that would eradicate all life. This overwhelming force is not under Kotori's control, and its emergence forces her final, painful act of sacrifice.
Her personality is sweet, innocent, and markedly clumsy. She becomes flustered and stutters when she is nervous, yet she is unfailingly kind. Kotori finds little interest in studying and prefers to spend her time drawing. She has an enormous appetite and adores food, especially desserts, and is known to eat with great enthusiasm. Her gentle nature and romantic imagination make her a gentle presence among the group.
Kotori's primary motivation is simply to live peacefully alongside the other escaped witches, free from the cruelty of the organization and the witch-hunting faction called Hexenjagd. As her hidden nature comes to light, however, she is forced to confront a much larger and more terrifying purpose that she never chose.
In the story, Kotori joins the Astronomy Club and becomes part of the circle of witches protected by Ryouta Murakami and Neko Kuroha. Unknown to her, the scientist Chisato had carefully selected her as a host vessel for a special drasill known as Grane. This drasill carries the memories of Chisato's dead younger sister, Rena, and Chisato aims to revive Rena by letting Grane fully hatch. This makes Kotori a hunted target. When Chisato and the powerful witch Valkyria attack the observatory and kidnap her, the true scope of her role is revealed. In a desperate battle, Grane awakens and begins emitting a curtain of light that would dissolve all living things on Earth. To prevent this catastrophe, Kotori begs Ryouta to eject her harness, accepting her own death. Her final moments after ejection suggest that Rena's consciousness surfaces, speaking with fury toward Chisato, though whether Kotori herself ever held Rena's awareness remains an unanswered question.
Kotori's most important personal relationship was with Chie, whose sacrifice gave her life. She also forms a caring bond with Ryouta, Neko, and the other astronomy club witches, who shield her and treat her as family. Her relationship with Chisato is purely that of a tool to an experimenter, and she is relentlessly pursued by Valkyria and the forces that seek to exploit her.
Over the course of the narrative, Kotori develops from a shy, unassuming girl with little self-confidence into someone who faces an apocalyptic burden with quiet courage. Though she never loses her tenderness, she is forced to confront a destiny far greater than herself, and her self-sacrifice becomes a crucial turning point in the story. Her death is not only a personal tragedy but also a disruption of Chisato's plans, leaving behind the spectral echo of Rena's rage.
Kotori possesses a unique magical ability known as transposition. She can instantly switch places with any person or object and can bring others along when she teleports. The power is draining: she can only use it once before losing consciousness. Despite this severe limitation, she employs it strategically in life-or-death situations to protect her friends or reposition herself and allies. Far beyond her personal magic, the drasill Grane inside her grants a catastrophic power. When Grane hatches, it can nullify all magic in its vicinity and produce a dissolving light that would eradicate all life. This overwhelming force is not under Kotori's control, and its emergence forces her final, painful act of sacrifice.