Misaki Fujioka

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Gender Female
Age 15
Anime debut Episode 10 (Flashback) "The Other"
Manga debut Mentioned in Chapter 1
Eyes Red
Hair Brown
Affiliation 'Deaths of April'
Occupation Tofu Shop employee Middle School Student
Status Deceased
Height 152cm
Kanji 藤岡 未咲
Romaji Fujioka Misaki
Birth 04/04/1983
Family Mitsuyo Fujioka (Mother) Mei Misaki (Older Twin Sister) Yukiyo Misaki (Maternal Aunt) Unborn Cousin † Amane (Maternal Grandmother)
Death Died from complications following a kidney transplant (novel, manga) Died after diagnosed of acute leukemia (anime)
Seiyuu Igarashi Hiromi
English Felecia Angelle

"I'm sorry, Mei."

- Misaki Fujioka

Misaki Fujioka (藤岡 美咲, Fujioka Misaki) is Mei Misaki's late twin sister. Early in the anime series, Mei claims that Misaki was her cousin.

Background

misaki bebe.jpg More than thirty years ago, Misaki and Mei's mother, Mitsuyo Fujioka, was born with a twin sister named Yukiyo Misaki. They both married, and Mitsuyo became pregnant with twins. These twins were Misaki and Mei. Yukiyo also became pregnant, but she lost her baby, leaving her devastated. At that time, the Fujioka family was experiencing financial problems. Because of this and the fact that Yukiyo was still trying to cope with the loss, Misaki and Mei were separated at birth, and Mei was given to Yukiyo. Even though Kirika didn't allow Mei to see her sister and mother, Misaki and Mei were meeting each other secretly. After this, Misaki needed a kidney transplant. In the manga, Mei said that she wanted to donate one of her kidneys to Misaki, but she could not do so because the rules said that children below 15 years of age were not allowed to. In the end, the donor was their mother, Mitsuyo. The transplant was a success, and Misaki's recovery appeared to be progressing smoothly until late April, when Misaki's condition suddenly took a turn for the worst. Before doctors could do anything to stabilize her condition, Misaki succumbed to complications from the transplant. This information is never revealed in the anime, since in that adaptation, Misaki had leukemia.

Personality

In the OVA, Misaki is first seen joking around with a random boy about her doppelganger until Mei arrives. She is fun-loving, cheerful, outgoing, and caring towards Mei. She also states that she likes cute things like the dolls in Studio M, just like Mei, thus making this one of their similarities. Her definition of cute is "A little off base," according to Mei. Misaki told Mei that she found out they were twin sisters before Amane (their grandmother) let it slip, because they looked alike.

Appearance

misaki manga.jpg Misaki is a short girl with slightly pale skin. She has short brown hair with a small braid on the right side of her face and red eyes. Her appearance is very similar to that of Mei. They also have similar names. Misaki Fujioka's "Misaki" is her given name, while Misaki Mei's "Misaki" is her family name. In the manga, she has black hair and black eyes, similar to Mei. Misaki's height is the same as Mei's at 152cm.

Misaki and Mei typically wear coordinated outfits.

Plot

Another

Misaki dies in Episode 1 from the 9th Grade Class 3-3 curse, being "the death of April", the first one who died because of the curse. Mei was delivering a present at the Yomiyama Hospital's morgue, a doll. Mei referred to her as "her other half" during her first meeting with Kōichi Sakakibara and later as her twin sister.

In Episode 11, it is revealed that Misaki attended the same elementary school as Takako Sugiura. Takako remembered a "Misaki," though she was confused and thought the girl was Mei, and not her twin sister. This led Takako to suspect Mei was the other, as when they were younger, she remembered Misaki having both eyes.

Another OVA

Misaki appears in Episode 0 (OVA) and meets Mei in secret. The sisters take a ride on a Ferris wheel, but a bird strikes the glass and causes Misaki to fall out. Mei tried to save her sister, but Misaki realized this would only cause them both to fall and slid her hand out of Mei's, telling her she was sorry. Fortunately, they were much closer to the ground than either girl realized, and both survived the ride. After their near brush with death, the two sisters departed. Shortly thereafter, Misaki collapsed due to a flare-up of her leukemia, possibly aggravated by the stress of nearly dying earlier. In her final moments, Misaki tried in vain to grab her doll.

Another 2001

Misaki is resurrected in the novel as "Misaki Makise", the second extra person of that year, as a direct result of the countermeasures' decision to have two nonexistent students. Her mother, Mitsuyo Fujioka, divorced the unnamed Fujioka father and married a man with the last name Makise two years before the event in the novel takes place. As one of the calamity alterations, Misaki adopted Makise's surname as she was resurrected. Misaki appeared at the strategy session in March 2001 as a frail, sickly girl who volunteered as the second "non-exister" but was turned down as the class decided to draw lots instead. Misaki has been hospitalized since April, the start of the school year, and doesn't attend class. It is revealed in Chapter 16 that Misaki is the second extra person, and she is killed in her sleep by Mei with a stab to the neck.

Relationships

Mei Misaki

Misaki and Mei were best friends and often met in secret, and were often found together. They talked to each other a lot, and told each other secrets, bathed together, slept together, and dressed similarly, etc. Mei was very attached to Misaki. In Another 2001, the resurrected Misaki is supposed to be Mei's younger sister.

Trivia

  • In the original novel, the doll that Mei brings to the morgue was a gift to Misaki after her kidney transplant. The kidney Misaki received was not Mei's (due to minors not being allowed to donate). Misaki told Mei which doll she wanted, but died before Mei could bring it to the hospital.
  • In the OVA, Misaki states that she has a crush on a boy and that he's quiet.
  • Misaki shares the same music taste as the aforementioned boy, as she likes heavy metal.
  • She calls her aunt, Yukiyo Misaki (Kirika), Yuki.
  • Misaki considered moving out of Yomiyama to pursue a music education and career.
  • Mei and Misaki started to see each other in the fifth year of elementary school, when Mei found out she was actually Mitsuyo's daughter.
  • In the original novel, Mei and Misaki were in neighboring elementary schools and lived in households close to one another before Misaki changed schools and moved to another part of the city further away. By middle school, Mei and Misaki started meeting in secret on occasion, and that was when Misaki found out that she was Mei's twin sister.
  • Misaki died on April 27th, five days before the countermeasures for Class 3-3 were enacted.
  • Misaki was the third (chronologically the first) person in the series that the audience could see the color of death in Mei's POV.
  • Despite being the catalyst for Takako and the others attacking Mei in the anime and the main reason for her loneliness in the manga and novel, Misaki does not appear in the film, nor is she mentioned.
  • In the original novel, Mei never saw the color of death on Misaki during any of her hospital visits prior to Misaki's death, which meant that Mei never had the chance to warn Misaki about her fate, due to Misaki's condition deteriorating so suddenly. This differs from the OVA, where Mei saw the color of death on Misaki while the latter was asleep in Mei's bedroom and tried to protect her during their hangout at the amusement park without telling her about it.

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