Manami Kasuga, also referred to as Manuela, is a supporting character in the series Kimagure Orange Road. She is one of the younger twin sisters of the protagonist Kyosuke Kasuga, and she is the older of the twins by a few minutes. She is a teenage girl with blue hair, brown eyes, and frequently wears a hairbow and glasses, with her hair styled in a ponytail or double buns. Her personality is primarily reserved, kind, and gentle. She is depicted as the homemaker of the Kasuga household, taking responsibility for cooking meals, vacuuming, and doing laundry. Despite her calm exterior, it is revealed in both the manga and the anime that she possesses a wild side that occasionally needs release. Her reserved nature extends to her use of her esper powers; she avoids using them unless absolutely necessary. Manami's esper abilities include teleportation and telekinesis, inherited from the Kasuga family line. In terms of her role in the story, she serves as a supportive sibling to Kyosuke and a foil to her more energetic twin sister Kurumi. She often participates in the domestic scenes of the family and provides a quiet, stabilizing presence. Her motivations are centered around maintaining family harmony and helping her brother navigate his complicated love life, though the extent of her involvement differs between adaptations. In the original manga, she is especially fond of Madoka Ayukawa and wishes to see Kyosuke and Madoka together. This storyline is absent from the anime adaptation, where she and Kurumi at times urge Kyosuke to choose between Madoka and Hikaru without showing a personal preference. However, even in the manga, she remains unaware of the full situation between Kyosuke and Madoka. Her key relationships include her twin sister Kurumi, with whom she shares a close bond; her brother Kyosuke, whom she supports; and Madoka, for whom she holds a special fondness in the manga. Her development is subtle: she remains consistent in her gentle demeanor but occasionally reveals her hidden wild side, showing that she is more complex than her calm appearance suggests. Her notable abilities, aside from esper powers, include her domestic skills and her capacity to remain composed in stressful situations.