Minagi Tōno
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| Gender: | Female |
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| Seiyū: | Ryoka Yuzuki |
| Hair color: | Ash Brown |
| Eye color: | Reddish |
| Era: | Modern |
Minagi Tōno (Japanese: 遠野美凪 - Tōno Minagi) is a character in Air anime series.
Minagi is the third of the three girls featured in Air. A top student in the school, Minagi is very quiet and shy. Though she does not hold a spirit from the past like Misuzu or Kano, she is still rather isolated from others. Until she met Yukito, her only friend was Michiru. Her father is frequently away on business and works as a train conductor.
Minagi is the president of the Astronomy club at school, though she is also the only member, until she makes Yukito a member later on. Like with the other girls, Yukito begins to suspect that she is the girl in the sky, but is proven wrong. Minagi has a secret, however, which Yukito comes to discover from Hijiri.
Minagi's mother has a mental illness stemming from when she had a miscarriage with her second child, who was going to be named Michiru. Since Minagi had always been closer to her father, her mother was hoping that this second child would be close to her, but this did not happen, because the baby died. Now, Ms. Tōno thinks that Minagi is that child and adores her, but calls her Michiru instead of Minagi.
In episode 5, Minagi is completely wiped from her mother's mind as the mental illness worsens. Now she is under the belief that she never had any daughters at all, and does not recognize Minagi, driving her out of the house. Yukito finds her in distress on the roof of the school, where Minagi describes her life as part of someone else's dream. Yukito strongly suspects that Minagi may be the girl he is looking for when she states that now she is like a person with wings that cannot fly.
In episode 6, Yukito tells Minagi that he is leaving town, and he asks her to come with him so that she can learn about the world. At first Minagi accepts this offer, but then Yukito leads her back to her own house. As her mother sees her approaching, her memories of Minagi return, and the two embrace joyfully.
All this time, Michiru has been avoiding Minagi's home. However, when Ms. Tōno calls Minagi "Minagi", Michiru agrees to eat with them. Ms. Tōno has a small pause when she learns that the little girl's name is Michiru, but gets over it and accepts Michiru as a friend of her daughter. Minagi goes to the rooftop of the school with Yukito one last time, only to see Michiru, her ribbons untied, standing at the edge of the roof. Michiru reveals that Minagi's tie to the past is different from Kano's and Misuzu's, for she is not a being from the past; rather, she is connected through Michiru, who is actually a wandering spirit. Michiru saw the girl in the sky and wanted to make her smile and free her of her curse, so she went down to Earth to cheer up another sad and lonely girl, Minagi. Now Minagi can exist without her. Minagi tries to stop Michiru from leaving, but can only watch sadly as her closest friend drifts away into the sky. However, at least now she has a friend in Yukito and her mother accepts her existence.
Minagi then receives a letter from her father, who has moved to another town and married another woman. Her father and his new wife have a baby daughter now, and they want Minagi to come and visit them. Minagi agrees to go see them, and as she is about to leave, Yukito suddenly calls out to her: "Even wings that can no longer fly have a reason to exist, because they still have a memory of the time when they could fly." Minagi goes to see her father, whose child is named Michiru and looks exactly like the Michiru that Minagi knew.
[edit] External links
- Minagi Tōno at the official Air (TV) site
| Media: | Manga(2004-2006) | TV series(2005) (list of episodes) | Movie(2005) | Soundtracks |
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| Main characters: | Yukito Kunisaki | Misuzu Kamio | Haruko Kamio |
| Modern era characters: | Kano Kirishima | Minagi Tōno | Michiru | Hijiri Kirishima | Potato | Sora |
| Feudal era characters: | Ryūya | Uraha | Kanna |
