Yoshino Himekawa, commonly known mononymously as Yoshino, is a character from the Date A Live light novel series authored by Koushi Tachibana and illustrated by Tsunako. She is the second "Spirit" saved by the protagonist Shidou Itsuka. Her defining traits include a shy personality and owning a hand puppet named Yoshinon (よしのん) which she performs ventriloquism with.
They called her "The Hermit." They called her a coward. But she did not care.
In fact, all Yoshino ever wanted was some peace and quiet in her life. However, with all those strange people with guns shooting at her, the only thing Yoshino can do is hop away to the next safe location. The last thing Yoshino wants is to fight with those people. She believes that, if she does not like to get hurt, the other side must probably feel the same. But if she cannot shrug them off, there is always the option of summoning her angel to freeze her opponents and then run away. That way, they cannot chase after her anymore, and she can be safe from their attacks...if only for a short time.
Yoshino does not mind being alone. But then again, she is never truly all on her own. Yoshino always wears a puppet glove over her left hand, which acts as her conversation partner whenever she desires company. The puppet symbolizes an alter ego, someone whom Yoshino aspires to become. While Yoshino is shy, reserved, and tends to keep things to herself, her puppet is rash, arrogant, and has no restraing on stating its opinion about other people.
Yoshino wants to become a little more outgoing, honest, and open about her opinion, but she cannot do that just by talking to a puppet. As it is, it might seem like she is overly reliant on her imaginary friend to speak out for her. Sadly, with everyone else she meets out to get her, she cannot practice talking to them either.
It might take a while, but Yoshino will find the right person to express her feelings to, one tiny bunny hop at a time.
Nova 2nd (34-0-1)
