On the other hand, Miyabi's stand against the relationship begins to soften, though she never relents in her instructions from the Sakurubas to persuade Kaoru to go back to his family. Taeko is given a chance by Aoi to serve as a maid at both the cottage and the main house, again over Miyabi's objections. The pair will sometimes take pains to avoid all their pursuers, a difficult task.ĭespite these unintended (if one-sided) rivals, Aoi is fast friends with these ladies, and Tina especially admires her training as a Yamato Nadeshiko, since that is seen as a Japanese ideal, and she had always felt like an outsider both in Japan and back home in America. It sometimes causes Aoi discomfort to see Kaoru with the other women, but to his credit, he goes out of his way to make this up to her, only causing her to love him all the more. With the boisterous very physical Tina, this is a serious challenge. The two conclude, and Miyabi reluctantly agrees, that in order to keep knowledge of their relationship private, they must rent the rooms to Kaoru's friends and gently fend off their more amorous advances without telling them why. In short order, Kaoru's friends Tina Foster and Minazuki Taeko offer to rent rooms there as well, at least in part to be near Kaoru, whom Tina loves deeply and who Taeko at least has a crush on. Part of Kaoru's cover story at school was that Aoi was the landlady and Miyabi the manager of the cottage he rented a room in. It was also made at least implicit that Aoi's father deeply disapproved of these arrangements, and made them only begrudgingly and somewhat bitterly.Īgreeing to abide by all terms laid down in order to be together, the young lovers encountered yet more complications. All activity on the part of the two would be monitored by Miyabi, who would make regular reports to the Sakurabas. Their relationship must stay a secret from all others, unless Kaoru returned to being the heir of his grandfather. Aoi would stay in the main house, while Kaoru would stay in the cottage, only to be invited in to the main house with the approval of Miyabi, and only on some occasions-he would never be able to stay there. The property had two houses, a large main house and a cottage once meant for use by servants. Aoi's mother for her part seemed impressed that her fragile flower of a daughter was showing such strength.Ī property owned by the Sakuraba family was set aside for their use, under several restrictive conditions. This was followed in turn by the arrival of Aoi's childhood guardian and mentor, Kagurazaki Miyabi, who, astonished that her demands for Aoi's return were resisted by the normally obedient girl, reluctantly made an arrangement that would let them be together while keeping the Sakurabas' honor intact. Taking her to his apartment, an awkward but intimate night was followed by an attempted departure that both were glad Aoi relented on. Kaoru realized how his departure had affected Aoi, but could not bring himself to return to his abusive family.
Kaoru, by this time attending college while working a job in order to get by on his own, found her and tried to aid her in finding the man who turned out to be himself. The conflict between obedience to her family, which decided to accept the broken engagement, and devotion to Kaoru on all levels proved too much and Aoi ventured forth into a world she was ill-prepared for, having only a forwarding address to go by. Besides their friendship, Aoi had been raised with the idea of being the perfect wife for Kaoru, and a life without him was not within her to contemplate. When the Hanabishis announced that the engagement was therefore ended, Aoi found this unacceptable and pursued him.Īoi had been raised as a Yamato Nadeshiko, seen as the perfect ideal of a Japanese woman. Kaoru had endured a difficult and abusive childhood at the hands of his strict grandfather, until he could bear no more and left his family behind. Friends from childhood, the two had not seen each other for some years. Aoi is the heiress of the Sakurabas' wealthy business concerns, while Kaoru is the heir to the Hanabishi Zaibatsu, or business conglomerate. For most of the course of the series, she is seen by most characters as the landlady of the cottage they rent rooms in in fact she is secretly the betrothed from childhood of Kaoru Hanabishi (David Wittenberg). Gentle in demeanor.unyielding in seeking to be with her man.Īoi Sakuraba is the female lead of the anime/manga romance series, Ai Yori Aoshi. Ds,merid livs klvkm lurvvt54 gp5mpmhrmd is right
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