Yuka

Yuka (ユカ^?) is Kouta's cousin around his age and moves in with him at the Kaede House. It is revealed in both the manga and the anime that she has had feelings for Kouta since childhood and she reacts jealously to Kouta's attention to Nyū. However, it is later shown that she is jealous of any girl, regardless of age, who she suspects may be close to Kouta, to the point of being irrational.

At one point her feelings are returned by Kouta briefly. While Kouta and Yuka are searching for Nyu (after she escapes from the Professor's lab), they take shelter from the rain at the Sasuke Inari Shrine. While holding each other in an attempt to keep warm, Kouta apologizes for not remembering anything about the time they were together as kids, but states that he remembers that he liked her then and that he likes her now. Yuka initially kisses Kouta, and states that she never wants them to be apart again, after which Kouta wipes away her tears and kisses her back. However, shortly after, they find Lucy/Nyu, who runs crying into Kouta arms. As Kouta and Nyu share a long hug, Kouta promises Nyu that he will always be with her, and Yuka again becomes jealous as she feels that Kouta is again choosing Nyu over herself.

Mayu once described her as the "mother" at Kaede House, and Kouta as the "father". Yuka does possess a caring and mature side, and seems to be protective of both Nyū and Mayu, and later Nana. Yuka cares for the girls deeply since she, like Kouta, is unable to turn away people who have been abandoned by their parents and society. However, in quite a few ways, she is a typical teenager, particularly when it comes to dealing with her feelings for Kouta and friendships with the girls who come to live with them.

In the last chapter she is shown rebuilding the inn with the others. At the end, it is shown that years later she and Kouta have married and have a daughter who is named Nyu.

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