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Youko
陽子
Tsuki no Kage, Kage no Umi
Kaze no Banri, Reimei no Sora
Tasogare no Kishi, Akatsuki no Sora
Youko was a normal Japanese high school student until she started having these weird dreams. She tries to be a good student who no one can complain about, but ever since she started having these dreams, her hair has been getting redder and redder, which is a big “no-no” for high-schoolers in the homogenous Japanese society. It doesn’t help that one day, a strange white-haired man appears before her at school, and calls her his “master.” Youko has no idea who this man is, and as her teachers and classmates begin to speculate about her relationship with him, a strange bird-monster attacks the school. As a consequence, Youko becomes drawn into the alternate world from whence the white-haired man came to find her. Unfortunately, when she arrives the man in nowhere in sight, and Youko is left trying to figure out why she was brought to this place as she seeks the white-haired man so he can bring her home…
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Upon becoming the empress of Kei, Youko is given the ruling name "Sekishi," meaning "red child," deriven from the red color of her hair and the fact that her councilors considered her to be a child, as becomes obvious in the second Youko ark, as certain factions attempt to take advantage of Youko's inexperience with politics and the world of the twelve kingdoms in order to treat her as a puppet empress. However, it does not take long before Youko gets an inkling of what is going on, and her actions are a testament to her character as she strives to find out who she can really trust to have the best interests of the citizens of Kei in mind. Keiki arranges for her to stay at a rike in Kokei under the alias of Chuu Youshi. There she is tutored by a man named Enho with the orphans Rangyoku and Keikei.
Nakajima Youko — 中嶋陽子
(middle + island + sun + child)
Sekishi — 赤子 (red + child)
Chuu Youshi — 中陽子 (middle + sun + child)
Yuuzen
勇前
Higashi no Watatsumi, Nishi no Soukai
A farmer in Gen Province in En.
Yuuzen — 勇前 (courageous + front)