Tomoe Tachibana

Tomoe Tachibana is one of the main protagonists of the light novel and anime series Absolute Duo. She is a student at Kouryu Academy in the same class as Tooru Kokonoe and Julie Sigtuna, and is good friends with both of them. She comes from a family that is legendary for their influence on martial arts and, like Tor, grew up in a dojo. Her Duo partner is Miyabi Hotaka, who is also her best friend.

She is voiced by Ayaka Suwa in the Japanese version of the anime and Whitney Rodgers in the English version, the latter of whom also voices Yozora Mikazuki and Shutaura Sequenzia.

Appearance
Tomoe has dark blue hair with a yellow headband attached to the side of her hair. She has orange eyes and a fair skin complexion. However, in the anime her eye colour was changed to a more light brownish colour.

Personality
Tomoe's general personality is that of a yamato nadeshiko; very kind, polite and possessing a dignified atmosphere. This is likely why her Blaze manifests as a kusarigama, a traditional Japanese weapon. She cares a great deal for the people close to her, particularly MIyabi, whom she choose to form a Duo with despite being objectively the stronger and smarter of the two. This makes Miyabi insecure, causing her to believe that she's just a burden to Tomoe, frequently causing Tomoe to encourage Miyabi by telling her that she's the person she chose to be her Duo, and she will never regret that decision.

However, Tomoe can also be rather bossy, which stems from her highly chauvinistic upbringing; being a vegetarian, she considers Tor's all-meat diet to be very unhealthy and often gives him a plate of vegetables to keep his strength up. She always gives advice to eat vegetables for a balanced diet and to regain stamina and power. She is also very prone to jumping to conclusions, always finding Tor in situations that leads to her calling him a pervert, or a "dog" as she puts it. Nevertheless, Tomoe will admit that she's wrong when it's pointed out to her, and whenever she does, she ends up bowing to Tor and begging for his forgiveness, much to his annoyance.

Due to her very strict upbringing, Tomoe grew up not knowing what love is, despite her otherwise very mature nature. When she discovered that Miyabi is in love with Tooru, she couldn't give any advice but still kept supporting her in any way she could. She later discovers that she has feelings for Tooru as well, though she can't act on them due to her inexperience. Her hobbies include playing Shogi, and would frequently do so back in her family's dojo.