Hanako Ikezawa: Difference between revisions

[[Mr. and Mrs. Ikezawa]] (Hanako's parents) died in a house fire when Hanako was eight and she only survived because her mother shielded her from the flames. Unfortunately, the entire right side of Hanako's body was badly burned and scarred. With no living relatives, Hanako became a ward of the state.

Hanako has only brief acquaintances with her fellow students; the only person at Yamaku with whom she has a deeper relationship is [[Lilly Satou]]. Their friendship started when Lilly moved into the dorm room next to hers. Hanako was able to open up to Lilly, presumably because her blindness meant that Lilly would not react to Hanako's scarring. Ever since Lilly moved into the dorm, their friendship deepened, with Hanako depending the most on Lilly. Lilly deeply cares for Hanako, always looking out for her well being. She even bought Hanako a doll for her birthday and a phone for Christmas. Although [[Shizune Hakamichi]] and [[Shiina Mikado]] care for her well being as a student, they frown upon the liberties granted to her due to her social anxiety. Hanako is shown to be crippled in social situations on multiple occasions, and is prone to running away or even breaking down, going so far as becoming catatonic, only worsened by other students staring and speculating on what had happened. Later in Lilly's route she ends up joining the newspaper club and makes a few more friends, eventually overcoming her anxiety.  

Hanako only interacts with the [[Yamaku Academy]]'s staff members if necessary. Usually the teachers, mostly [[Akio Mutou]], try to give Hanako time to herself, which often leads to her secluding herself in the library, even during class hours. Hanako is also acquainted with [[Yuuko Shirakawa]] the librarian through Lilly.

Hanako has few acquaintances outside of Yamaku. She is shown to be very fond of [[Akira Satou]] ([[Lilly Satou]]'s elder sister), who even attends Hanako's birthday party with a gift of two wine bottles. Akira takes Lilly, Hanako and [[Hisao Nakai]] for a night out in the city just before Lilly leaves for Scotland to visit her family. It is also mentioned that Hanako visits a therapist every weekend.

Ten years before the story, Hanako's house inexplicably caught fire while her family slept (this was hinted to have occurred on the night of her birthday), which killed her parents and badly scarred Hanako herself. Hanako told [[Hisao Nakai]] that the only reason she survived was that her mother shielded her from the fire before succumbing to the heat. After spending a length of time in the hospital recovering, Hanako lived at an orphanage where she was constantly bullied, even by those who used to be her closest friends, because of her appearance. This made her become very aware of her scarring, and this self-consciousness developed into paralyzing social anxiety, prompting her self-isolation. She secluded herself in the orphanage's library until she was offered the opportunity to attend [[Yamaku Academy]].

*The name '''Hanako''' means "flower" (花) ('''hana''') and "child" (子) ('''ko''').

**The name complements the name '''Lilly''' (though it is spelled "[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lilium lily]").

*Hanako appears more outgoing in [[Lilly Satou]]'s route than her own "good route" (though this is understandable, as the elapsed time of Lilly's route is longer than Hanako's).

*Hanako is reading <u>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Life_of_Pi Life of Pi]''</u> when [[Hisao Nakai]] first meets her. Later she and Hisao discuss a book series that appears to be Frank Herbert's <u>''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dune Dune]''</u>.

**Hanako indirectly caused the death of someone she had romantic feelings for. During the confession, she ran away, but the boy ran after her. He was hit by a speeding vehicle and killed instantly.