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|jname=佳奈美 穂香<br>(Kanami Honoka)
|jname=穂香 佳奈美<br>(Honoka Kanami)
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{{nihongo|'''Honoka Kanami'''|佳奈美 穂香|''Kanami Honoka}} is a minor supporting character from ''[[Puella Magi Suzune Magica]]''.
{{nihongo|'''Kanami Honoka'''|穂香 佳奈美|''Honoka Kanami}} is a minor supporting character from ''[[Puella Magi Suzune Magica]]''.


==General info==
==General info==
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==Personality==
==Personality==
Honoka is a lone magical girl with a cheerful and friendly personality. She was wowed by Suzune's fire-elemental magic.
Kanami is a lone magical girl with a cheerful and friendly personality. She was wowed by Suzune's fire-elemental magic.


According to tweets by GAN, Kanami is friendly and easily trusting of people, but also rather gullible.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref> She is also kind to the elderly.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564493173032886273</ref>
According to tweets by GAN, Kanami is friendly and easily trusting of people, but also rather gullible.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref> She is also kind to the elderly.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564493173032886273</ref>


==Story==
==Story==
Honoka was saved from a witch by Suzune, but was promptly killed after telling Suzune her name.
Kanami was saved from a witch by Suzune, but was promptly killed after telling Suzune her name.


==Abilities==
==Abilities==
Honoka dual-wields knives with handguards as her weapons. Her powers are unknown. She seems to be either unpracticed or rather weak in strength.
Kanami dual-wields knives with handguards as her weapons. Her powers are unknown. She seems to be either unpracticed or rather weak in strength.


==Observations==
==Observations==
* Honoka bears some slight resemblances to [[Madoka Kaname]]. Her last name is spelled similar to Madoka's last name, and she has a similar hairstyle, colour scheme, and personality. Honoka's magical girl outfit is also slightly similar to Madoka's.
* Kanami bears some slight resemblances to [[Madoka Kaname]]. Her first name is spelled similar to Madoka's last name, and she has a similar hairstyle, colour scheme, and personality. Kanami's magical girl outfit is also slightly similar to Madoka's.
* Though GAN's official art of Honoka (see her profile picture above) gives her socks with fancy tops, she is never seen having these in the manga panels.
* Though GAN's official art of Kanami (see her profile picture above) gives her socks with fancy tops, she is never seen having these in the manga panels.


==Etymology==
==Etymology==
* The characters of her last name mean "佳" (good), "奈" (crow), and "美" (beauty) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "佳" (good), "奈" (crow), and "美" (beauty) respectively.
* The characters of her first name mean "穂" (tip) and "香" (aroma) respectively.  
* The characters of her last name mean "穂" (tip) and "香" (aroma) respectively.  


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* According to tweets from GAN:
* According to tweets from GAN:
** Honoka's design is a reused design they had once scrapped.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref>
** Kanami's design is a reused design they had once scrapped.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref>
** Honoka did not originally have a set colour scheme. However, after seeing fanart by [http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=2011725 風雪] depicting her with a red-and-white colour scheme, GAN decided to use this as Kanami's official colour scheme.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564491599044825088</ref>
** Kanami did not originally have a set colour scheme. However, after seeing fanart by [http://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=2011725 風雪] depicting her with a red-and-white colour scheme, GAN decided to use this as Kanami's official colour scheme.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564491599044825088</ref>
** Honoka's hobby is saving money.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref>
** Kanami's hobby is saving money.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref>
** Her favourite food is baked sweet potato.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref>
** Her favourite food is baked sweet potato.<ref>https://twitter.com/oshirase_gan/status/564492743037046785</ref>
* Her first name was revealed by the author in a comment to [http://xxshanimunixx.blog92.fc2.com/blog-entry-116.html#comment this blog post].
* Her last name was shown in a newspaper article in chapter 2, but with a blur effect that made it difficult to read. In a comment to [http://xxshanimunixx.blog92.fc2.com/blog-entry-116.html#comment this blog post], the author revealed that he had forgotten her last name but thought it looked like "穂香".


==Gallery==
==Gallery==

Revision as of 11:41, 4 November 2021

Kanami Honoka
Kanami.jpg
Japanese Name 穂香 佳奈美
(Honoka Kanami)

Kanami Honoka (穂香 佳奈美 Honoka Kanami) is a minor supporting character from Puella Magi Suzune Magica.

General info

Physical features

  • Age: Unknown
  • Eye colour: Light blue or teal
  • Hair colour: Red-brown

Other

  • Soul gem: Red circular gem in the center of a ribbon worn over her collar.
  • Weapon: Knives
  • Wish: Unknown
  • Japanese pronoun: Watashi ()

Personality

Kanami is a lone magical girl with a cheerful and friendly personality. She was wowed by Suzune's fire-elemental magic.

According to tweets by GAN, Kanami is friendly and easily trusting of people, but also rather gullible.[1] She is also kind to the elderly.[2]

Story

Kanami was saved from a witch by Suzune, but was promptly killed after telling Suzune her name.

Abilities

Kanami dual-wields knives with handguards as her weapons. Her powers are unknown. She seems to be either unpracticed or rather weak in strength.

Observations

  • Kanami bears some slight resemblances to Madoka Kaname. Her first name is spelled similar to Madoka's last name, and she has a similar hairstyle, colour scheme, and personality. Kanami's magical girl outfit is also slightly similar to Madoka's.
  • Though GAN's official art of Kanami (see her profile picture above) gives her socks with fancy tops, she is never seen having these in the manga panels.

Etymology

  • The characters of her first name mean "佳" (good), "奈" (crow), and "美" (beauty) respectively.
  • The characters of her last name mean "穂" (tip) and "香" (aroma) respectively.

Trivia

  • According to tweets from GAN:
    • Kanami's design is a reused design they had once scrapped.[3]
    • Kanami did not originally have a set colour scheme. However, after seeing fanart by 風雪 depicting her with a red-and-white colour scheme, GAN decided to use this as Kanami's official colour scheme.[4]
    • Kanami's hobby is saving money.[5]
    • Her favourite food is baked sweet potato.[6]
  • Her last name was shown in a newspaper article in chapter 2, but with a blur effect that made it difficult to read. In a comment to this blog post, the author revealed that he had forgotten her last name but thought it looked like "穂香".

Gallery

Official art

Manga pages

References