​Voiced by: Hanazawa Kana (​花澤香菜)

Name in Japanese: 立華かなで

Height: 160 cm

Weight: 36 kg
Age: 16 (Before Death)

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Tachibana Kanade does not appear to be less than a typical human being in physical form, but this is contrasted by her lack of detectable emotion, even in skirmishes with the SSS which usually end up with her being injured. It is difficult to understand what she is thinking due to her rarely showing any outward emotion. In later events, she is shown to have abandoned being friendly because of the rules of the world she is in, as her newly-found friends inevitably leave her when they disappear.As the series progresses, she shows a little of her emotions, mostly to Otonashi Yuzuru.



She is fond of eating Mapo Tofu, even going so far as to ignore school rules to eat it, and also goes on to include it in her self-made school anthem at the close of the series. She spends some of her free time gardening. She is actually part of the gardening club. She recently became friends with Otonashi, even though she didn't realize this until Otonashi Yuzuru said so. Although this did not alter her personality much, she allows him to call her by her first name, Kanade, and seems to exclusively talk to and hang around him. Tachibana Kanade, in later events, has helped him to fight Naoi Ayato and has saved him from being eaten by the River Monster.



Later on, she opens up to Otonashi Yuzuru, talking to him casually and she even helps out in Otonashi Yuzuru's plans to help the SSS get over their regrets. After spending more time with her, Otonashi Yuzuru discovers more of her personality and somewhat lack of common sense. Otonashi Yuzuru describes her as a "Clumsy Angel". She seems to have a large amount of endurance to pain, as she has been shot several times by the SSS without showing any reaction or indication of suffering.







Tachibana Kanade's Achievements at ISML

Tachibana Kanade

List of Guard Skills:

​Hand Sonic: Calls forth a single blade or a pair of blades on each hand. The blades are capable of slicing through steel or even easily dispatching of Shadows.

Tachibana Kanade has shown variations to its form:

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Version 1: Regular shape resembling a longsword. The main version she uses when fighting the SSS.



Version 2: A thinner, longer version than the previous. It has a curved-diamond shape on its tip. She made this version thinner for higher speed.



Version 3: Is shaped like a traditional sai. She once remarked that this version is "inelegant".



Version 4: A variation which is shaped like a lotus flower with no edges other than, perhaps, its petals. Apparently more of a bludgeoning weapon than a slicing one. Tachibana Kanade admits to have created it in her attempt to make her weapon "cuter".



Version 5: Tachibana Kanade's most recent variation of Hand Sonic. It is basically a pair of pincers secured on the arm by a violet gauntlet-like accessory that resembles a demon's head, horns and shape. She created this version due to Otonashi's advice that she should give herself a more ruthless image. She also used this version as a makeshift slingshot and for dispatching the Shadows.



Distortion: Allows her to deflects bullets and other projectiles away using an invisible shield in front of her. The drawback of this skill is that she has to take it down should she want to switch from defense to offense.



Delay: Creates a sort of after-image for close range. It is effective in dodging melee attacks by confusing the enemy into attacking elsewhere.



Harmonics: Makes a clone of herself which is identical to her, except it has blood-red eyes. Clones created through this ability have their own consciousness, as well as all the abilities of the original - including Harmonics itself. This ability is apparently glitched slightly, as her clones were shown to rebel against her to the extent of almost killing her.



Absorb: A "hidden ability" which acts as the reverse of Harmonics. It allows the reintegration of clones created through Harmonics into her body. This, however, poses some risks as Harmonics clones also possess their own consciousness. This ability is connected to Harmonics using a command called timewait, which is simply a wait command which delays the execution of this ability. This ability was created by Yuri as method of dealing with the Harmonics clones.​



Overdrive: A passive ability that gives her superhuman strength. The word "Passive" is supposed to refer to a fact that, unlike other guard skills, this skill can be used without an explicit invocation.



Howling: Emits powerful high-frequency, high-amplitude sound-waves from crossed Hand Sonic blades, meant to make an enemy faint. Created by one of the Harmonics clones.



​​Extras:

Angel Wings: Sprouts wings from her back that, while they don't enable her to fly, can be used to slow her descent. They also allow her survive long drops, such as jumping from the roof of a building.



Sonic Rotation: This unnamed technique produces a blue aura when used. Kanade produces a Version One Hand Sonic on each arm and spins rapidly, effectively destroying everything in the vincity. It was stated to be as powerful as a bomb by Naoi, after it demolished a mass of Shadows and left a round crater in the ground.​

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