| Yakumo Tsukamoto | |
 Yakumo Tsukamoto | |
| Age | 15 |
| Birthday | March 23 (Aries) |
| Relations | Tenma Tsukamoto (Older sister) Iori (Pet) |
| Class | 1-D |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 166 cm |
| Blood Type | AB |
| Hair | Black |
| Eyes | Red |
| First Appearance (Manga) |
Plan1 from Outerspace |
| First Appearance (Anime) |
Season 1 Episode 01 |
| Last Appearance (Manga) |
Diamonds on the Inside |
| Last Appearance (Anime) |
Season 2 OVA Episode 2 |
| Seiyuu | Mamiko Noto |
| English | Caitlin Glass |
Yakumo Tsukamoto (塚本 八雲, Tsukamoto Yakumo) is a girl who carries a strong presence with her wherever she goes, and she can hear the thoughts of people who have strong feelings for her. She is also a member of the Tea Club and works at Cafe Mercado.
Yakumo makes her debut appearance in chapter 1 of the manga (Episode 1 in the anime). Her picture appears on the cover of Volume 2. She is also the featured character of the second image album.
She is also referred to as Imouto-san/Tenma Tsukamoto's sister by Kenji Harima.
Personality[]
Yakumo is a beautiful, shy, smart, caring, and soft-spoken girl with strong family ties. Thus, in Yakumo's case, her dependency would be Tenma Tsukamoto. She has a strong personal duty to housework and cleaning, and is very diligent and well-mannered. She accepts the social position of caretaker and executes her responsibilities without complaints. She does not have a personal agenda nor any `real` long-term goals not beyond her sole desire is to serve her family and to see to their comfort and happiness.
This persona relates to her closely with the generic female role in Asia (should be seen and not heard, until needed or called for), but it also crosses her over into another classification, that of "the Housewife", or Yamato Nadeshiko, which is commonly found in male audience-oriented anime. On top of her house duties, Yakumo's demure and shy nature blends with her acute mannerisms to portray the superficial perfect wife candidate. This character trait is further emphasized by Yakumo's ability to excel in almost everything and anything, such as sports, schoolwork, chores, and games. She is well knowledgeable and elegant yet has a high tolerance threshold. She is never overtly angry nor does she show signs of losing to frustration with her sister. Despite this, she has quite a taciturn and calm personality, she speaks much but often too quietly and mumbles oodly somewhat childishly when embarrassed which like her sister is frequent. Additionally, she has a habit of falling asleep without notice (almost like a bout of dropsy) and in some unsafe places, and for this people call her Spring Goddess.
Occupation[]
Yakumo at Cafe Mercado
Yakumo works at a local Cafe in Yagami called Cafe Mercado. There, she is a waitress serving customers and assisting them like a normal restaurant waitress. Cafe Mercado's dress code encourages different outfits for seasonal occasions.
Talents[]
Yakumo has multiple talents. She is capable of reading mindsé hearing other`s thoughts if they dwell on herself as well as drawing manga at a professional level. Yakumo appears to succeed in everything she does (aside from skiing).
Psychic Ability[]
Yakumo has the ability to hear the thoughts of people who have a love interest in her. This happens often throughout the story, creating awkward moments for her. Her psychic ability is a slight deterrent as it keeps her from developing feelings for most guys. However, one character that does intrigue Yakumo is Kenji Harima. His infatuation with Yakumo's older sister Tenma Tsukamoto, keeps Harima's thoughts shrouded from Yakumo. These circumstances contribute to the development of a somewhat normal relationship between Harima and Yakumo (However, Yakumo does develop romantic feelings for Harima). Because of Tenma's sisterly love for her, Yakumo is also privy to her thoughts.
Cooking[]
Her cooking ability is far above par. Yakumo's cooking as can be seen on several occasions throughout the series is universally praised by all who get to eat her culinary efforts. The other characters always comment on her exceptional culinary skills. A few memorable instances are when she makes Onigiri for Harima when he comes to her house to fix her AC. Another instance is when her sister has a sleepover and Yakumo serves the girls dessert. Another one is when she cooked fish for that stray black cat. (Iori)
Drawing[]
Yakumo takes manga editing lessons from Yuzan Goto, the gigantic Chief Editor. She also assists Harima with his Manga doing the inking work.
Sewing[]
Yakumo is talented and well-trained when it comes to sewing. One occasion where you see an instance of this is in Episode 24. Previously Eri had made repairs on a jacket of Harima's. Without knowing, Yakumo sees the poor stitch work and repairs it herself with an exceptional result.
Relationships[]
Family[]
Tenma Tsukamoto[]
Yakumo is Tenma's younger sister. However, their roles are often reversed with Yakumo being the primary caretaker of Tenma; she is also sometimes mistaken as the older sister of Tenma, due to the latter being shorter and possessing a more childish personality. Yakumo has a very close relationship with Tenma and is very protective. One example would be Episode 8 when Tenma is attempting to cook a curry dish for Ooji Karasuma. Although Tenma remains reluctant and refuses Yakumo's help, Yakumo continually comes by to check on her. Then Tenma accidentally lights the stove on fire and Yakumo comes to extinguish her engulfed curry. This metaphorical example illustrates the kind of protective relationship Yakumo has with her sister. Contrary to Yakumo's usual role with her sister, Tenma has always acted in a protective manner with Yakumo out of family obligations, although Tenma is more than aware that it isn`t needed, Yakumo would have it no other way. In Episode 16 during the camping trip, Yakumo becomes increasingly friendly with Harima. Due to certain situations in previous episodes, Tenma has a poor opinion of Harima and warns Yakumo to stay away from him.
Friends[]
Sarah Adiemus[]
Yakumo is rather self-kept when it comes to socialization with other characters although unbeknownst to her, she is very popular in school. By far her closest friend is Sarah Adiemus, a fellow Class 1-D student. Sarah introduces Yakumo into the Tea Club which Sarah is a member of. The background behind the beginning of their friendship isn't introduced until the 1st season OVA episode. During this episode, Yakumo is chasing after her cat Iori when suddenly a fierce dog appears. Yakumo, not being comfortable with dogs, becomes timid and scared. Sarah seeing this appears and scares the dog away saving Yakumo. This forms a relationship between the two girls and they quickly become best friends.
Shuuji Harima []
Yakumo takes Shuuji into the Tsukomoto home for a brief period to get him out of the rain, and Shuuji has a deep admiration for her.
Eri Sawachika, Mikoto Suo, and Akira Takano[]
As Yakumo is very close to her sister and goes on trips and other activities with her, Tenma's three best friends are fairly close to Yakumo as well. Akira and Yakumo work together on Tea Club activities as well.
Rivals[]
Eri Sawachika[]
Due to the frequent misunderstandings that Yakumo was going out with Harima, Eri and Yakumo have a slight rivalry that has manifested itself most notably during the school Cultural Festival play. During the walking festival , when Harima and Yakumo kissed , Eri was very angry and jealous of her and she thinks Yakumo is doing it on purpose.
Pets[]
Iori[]
Although Yakumo's relationships with other humans are often hesitant and somewhat trying, she always seems to have an interest in animals. Early on in the series, Yakumo is seen making an extra bento box. We later find out that Yakumo has prepared a meal for a stray cat at the local Yagami Shrine. The relationship that Yakumo has with Iori starts out gradually. Iori acts timid around people and at first, Yakumo is no exception. Further into the story, their relationship begins to build. Iori eventually becomes the Tsukamoto's house pet and makes random appearances in a quite few different episodes. And in season 1 OVA episode 2, a pack of aggressive stray dogs appear and attack Yakumo. Starting with bitting her wrist, ankle and hand. Then just as the stray dogs are about to finish her off, Sarah comes to the rescue once again scaring them off. Sarah tells Yakumo that she is okay, but then actually seeing that it is otherwise tells her that she is bleeding quite badly. Sarah Adiemus then puts bandages on her wrist, angle and hand. and Sarah and Yakumo met the final time she saved her and Iori`s lives.
Love Interests[]
Kenji Harima[]
The only male whose mind she cannot read, Harima helps Yakumo discover an interest in manga, an interest that she later pursues by taking manga editing lessons. Harima considers Yakumo his closest friend, and Yakumo clearly cares deeply for him, going way out of her way to help him out at the drop of a hat. Eventually, Yakumo falls in love with Harima, but refuses to have a relationship with him because of Harima's love for Tenma her older sister. It remains unknown whether Harima felt the same way about Yakumo, but it is unlikely due to him still being in love with Tenma.
She started to build feelings for Harima when Harima helped Iori out, discovering that he likes animals also made way for Yakumo to develop feelings for Harima but at the same time with Eri, Yakumo's relationship with Harima was built due to a lot of misunderstandings though. Yakumo has never been on dates with Harima or anyone else, but does present feelings for him throughout the later episodes of the anime and within the manga also. Yakumo fell in love with Harima after spending more and more time with him alone (helping him with his manga). When Yakumo was able to read Harima's thoughts (For the first and last time) saying "She was cute". that time Harima was being delusional and he mistook Yakumo for Tenma. Eri, however, was angry to figure out that Yakumo liked Harima just like her, and tried to make sure Harima didn't end up with her. Yakumo admits her feelings to Harima, but Eri wouldn't accept it, and tried to get between them.
In the manga, Volume 21 chapter 258 , Harima told Yakumo that if they get together from now on, then interupting Yakumo tried to also confess her feelings but before she could finish, Harima interrupted and mis-hearing saying she loves manga too and they will continue on with it as long as they are doing as well as Karasuma.
Etymology[]
- The name Yakumo means "eight" (八) (ya) and "cloud" (雲) (kumo).
- Yakumo's surname Tsukamoto means "mound" (塚) (tsuka) and "base, root, origin" (本) (moto).
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