Koharu

Koharu 「こはる, Koharu」 is one of the three main heroines of Norn9. She's one of the members of the Norn ship.

Appearance
Koharu has shoulder length pink hair and bright pink eyes to match. She wears a clip. She's the shortest of the heroines.

She usually wears the Norn uniform. Her uniform is a fully sleeved sailor top with a red bow attached to it in the middle. The collar of the top has a black outline. As for the bottom, she wears a black godet skirt with a white middle outline near the ends. Her footwear is a pair of below-the-knees brown boots.

In Last Era, her civilian attire consists of a yellow frilly dress and a pink jacket with an orange flower brooch, a pair of thigh-highs with two dark pink ribbons, and brown shoes.

Personality
Koharu is ignorant and fearless. She is also serene, thoughtful, cheerful, and very polite—as noted from her always addressing people with proper honorifics.

She lived a life of utter solitude and seclusion, and this resulted in her being fairly naive and gullible. She also possesses less knowledge than most, and is often seen taking down notes of everything. It's shown that she's incredibly bad with jokes.

History
Koharu lived alone on the hill for a long time, because the villagers feared she might burn their houses and crops. Whenever she went down to the village, the villagers would complain and claim that the reason they would bring her food was because they didn't want her to go down there. They'd call her a "monster".

One day, she met a traveler, which was revealed to be Shiro, who gave her a name and uniform, saying when she turns 17, a ship will come for her and she will never be lonely again.

"One day, I want to be able to be with people again"—that wish, combined with her desire to not be hated by people, was the reason she started reading books about manners.

Ability
Koharu's ability is being able to control flames. Her ability is extremely powerful. She frantically hides this, so nobody finds out. She fears that when they find out, they'll treat her like a monster and they'll leave her.

Trivia

 * On the first character popularity poll, Koharu placed 9th with 410 votes; on the second character popularity poll, Koharu placed 11th with 506 votes.

Quotes

 * "Using my powers for peace... I wonder if this is what the traveler was talking about..." — Koharu to herself, Norn9 Episode 2, "Ability"