Kanon

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Kanon is the story of Yuuichi Aizawa and his return to his always snowy hometown after eight years. The problem is that Yuuichi doesn't remember his time there and all the people he met, so he has to gradually begin to remember everything. Of course this being a love story Yuuichi meets several girls including his cousin Naiyuki, the taiyaki obsessed Ayu, the silent Mai, the cute yet aggressive Makoto, and the terminally ill Shiori. (Source: Otakuism)

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Oct 21, 2000 to May 21, 2002

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Ayu Tsukimiya1161 fan favorites
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Birth Date: January 7, 1982 Horoscope: Capricorn Age: 17 Eye Color: Red Hair Color: Brown Height: 154 cm Weight: 41 kg Three Sizes: 80-52-79 Blood Type: AB Ayu is a rather short, strange, energetic, and a very mysterious girl who literally bumps into Yuuichi early in the story of Kanon. She is easily recognizable by her winged backpack, and her red hairband. Ayu is left handed and loves to eat taiyaki. Ayu often takes out her frustration by using the word "uguu."
Mai Kawasumi792 fan favorites
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Age: 18 Birthday: January 29, 1981 Horoscope: Aquarius Eye color: green Hair color: dark blue Height: 167 cm Weight: 49 kg BWH: 89-58-86 Blood type: O Mai Kawasumi, amongst the graduating students of Yuuichi's new high school, is a mysterious girl. Due to her disregard for what's considered "normal behavior," she's viewed as a delinquent by her peers. She holds a very close relationship with her fellow senior, Kurata Sayuri, and can usually be seen with her most of the time. [Written by MAL Rewrite]
Makoto Sawatari602 fan favorites
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Birth Date: January 6 Horoscope: Capricorn Eye Color: blue Hair Color: orange-brown Height: 159cm Weight: 46kg Three Sizes: 81-55-79 Blood Type: Unknown Makoto is a character from the Japanese visual novel Kanon, voiced by Mayumi Iizuka. She is a young girl who attacked Yuuichi Aizawa out-of-the-blue in the middle of town early on in the story. She was then carried back to Yuuichi and Nayuki Minase's house, where she lived as a guest for the remainder of her story. Despite having lost her memories, she remembered what her name was and is sure of is that she holds a grudge against Yuuichi from the past when he visited the city back when he was younger. Makoto's amnesia, or memory loss, is much more severe than Yuuichi's or Ayu Tsukimiya's, but from an entirely different source. When it comes to her opinion on taking in small animals as pets, she feels sad that pets sometimes are abandoned when their owners cannot take care of them. Due to this attitude, it takes her a while to warm up to a stray cat she finds halfway through her story which she later names Piro. Makoto is shown to love Piro very much and will often carry the cat around on her head. From early on, it becomes obvious that Makoto has a mischievous personality, which leads to her performing various pranks. These are done exclusively on Yuichi because of her strong dislike for him, something she constantly reaffirms. Her persistent attempts at pranks on Yuuichi vary in severity, such as simply dropping food on him or once even throwing lit firecrackers in his room. As time passes and Makoto beings to feel more as a member of the Minase family rather than a stranger, she honestly grows to like Yuuichi, effectively looking beyond her latent distaste for him. Makoto can be clueless about things that people her age should know, such as the fact that she can buy her own meat buns and manga; Yuuichi had commented once how she lacked common sense due to a lack of social experience. Like Ayu, she too has an idiosyncratic expression, "auu~", which she says when she is frustrated or sad; likewise, it has no real meaning. Another unique speech pattern of hers is that she always refers to herself in the third person. Near the end of her story, Makoto starts to wear two bells around her right wrist and enjoys the sound they make. (Source: Wikipedia)
Yuuichi Aizawa549 fan favorites
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Age: 17 Eye Color: Amber Hair Color: Light Brown Height: 173cm Weight: 64kg Yuuichi Aizawa is the main protagonist of Kanon. He is friendly and outgoing, and though as nice as of a person he is, he has yet to learn the sensitivity of women. He constantly teases the main cast of girls throughout the story which varies in severity depending on the girl. Despite this, he does have a soft side that likens him to an older brother as noted by Shiori Misaka. He used to visit the city in which the story takes place, but his memories of that time are gone, slowly coming back to him as he interacts with the people he met in the past. As noted by himself, he is afraid of heights. While not aware of it at first, Yuuichi slowly begins to take notice in the supernatural events occurring within the city. During these times of revelation when he will discover something outrageous, he stays strong with the girls he has made close friendships with. Since Yuuichi is a normal person, he tries to help them anyway he can and will usually go out of his way in order to protect one or more of these girls.
Nayuki Minase394 fan favorites
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Birth Date: December 23, 1982. Horoscope: Capricorn Age: 17 Eye Color: Dark Blue Hair Color: Dark Blue Height: 164 cm Weight: 47 kg Three Sizes: 83-57-82 Blood Type: B Description: Nayuki Minase is Yuichi's cousin, with whom he moves in with at the beginning of the story. She has always been in love with him (in Japan, such relationships between first cousins are legal and generally accepted) and must learn how to deal with these feelings, especially with the threat that he may fall for one of the other girls. She adores strawberry sundaes, but the mere mention of her mother's "special" homemade jam makes her sick. Nayuki is a heavy sleeper, which has led her to collect dozens of alarm clocks; they do not work on her, but instead wake Yuichi every morning. Since she has such trouble waking up, she is always running for school and is in fact the school's star runner because of this. Similarly, she became the captain of the school's female track team despite being in her second year. She takes a long time to get up in the morning and will pass out several times during the morning before completely waking up. Despite her attempts to stay conscious, she still tends to fall asleep a lot in class. Nayuki has a fondness for animals and never misses an opportunity to try to pet one, even wild animals, such as cats, dogs, or even the occasional fox if she can help it. Unfortunately for her, she is allergic to cats. One of her defining features is that she tends to talk slower than the rest of the characters. She will often state the obvious to Yuichi, such as when lunch break occurs or when school ends. Nayuki is second to Ayu as the most used character in the series' marketing. Also, in both anime adaptations, her story runs at the same time as Ayu's.
Shiori Misaka300 fan favorites
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Birth Date: February 1, 1983 Horoscope: Aquarius Age: 16 Eye Color: Blue Black Hair Color: Dark Brown Height: 157 cm Weight: 43 kg Three Sizes: 79-53-80 Blood Type: AB Shiori is a first-year student at the same school Yuuichi attends. She also likes ice-cream.