Character Profile: Haruko Kamio

Although Misuzu calls Haruko her mother, she is in fact Misuzu's aunt, older sister of Misuzu's real mother. When her sister died, she was forced to take in Misuzu at a young age, and even though she says she doesn't care about Misuzu, she worries her head off about her niece, trying to take the role of the mother to her.

Ever since she took Misuzu in, she didn't want to become close to her adopted daughter, knowing that it would be hard on Misuzu with her illness and as well as on her, knowing that one day, Misuzu would be taken away from her life by her father, Keisuke. For example, she always buys Misuzu a dinosaur animal, her favorite toy, for Misuzu's birthday but never gives her one out of fear. Finally when Misuzu loses her memory and can no longer walk that well, she is determined to keep Misuzu and become a real mother. Unfortunately, Misuzu leaves her for the sky before they can become a real family.

She loves to drink and has multiple jobs, always convincing Yukito while he lives there to drink with her and forces him to listen to her stories. Her greatest wish is for Misuzu to be happy and tells Yukito constantly to take care of her.