Mimihime

Mimihime (ミミヒメ) is a supporting character in the Heavenly Delusion series.

Character Profile
Mimihime is a 14 year old girl and is one of the students living at Takahara Academy. She is secretive of her own opinions and thoughts, and can see things that others cannot. She often has visions about the future, although she never knows when they are about to happen. She believes there is an outside world beyond the walls of the Academy. Even with her ability to see the future, she doesn't tell anyone about her visions. She understands that she is the only one with this ability and not many other people may understand her thoughts.

Appearance
Mimihime is girl in her mid-adolescence. She has medium-length light brown hair which reaches slightly past her shoulders, and has two furry ears which are the same color as her hair. She has dark bushy eyebrows which are peeking out of her hair. She has a calm expression on her face, and rarely shows any emotion, which can result to her looking bored or disinterested. She wears the standard Takahara Academy uniform, with dark brown socks.

Takahara Academy
Mimihime, like all other students in Takahara Academy, was raised in a controlled environment. The series starts off with her staring at the domed ceiling of the facility, pondering about an outside world. She's interrupted by Tokio, who asks her what exactly she's doing. She brushes it off and tells Tokio about the upcoming test, which had never been mentioned prior by any of the proctors.

She's eventually approached by Shiro who asks her about a peculiar photo she had "sent" him the day prior. Unaware of it, she asks him to elaborate. Shiro goes on a tangent of terribly conveyed emotions and urges he feels toward her, though he doesn't really get through to her.

With pick-up day nearing, the 5th generation children are introduced to Heaven. Mimihime notices a melodica playing somewhere and approaches Ohma, a small girl with sunglasses. She asks Ohma why she's sitting alone and not playing with everyone else. Ohma begins to cry and tells her that she'll only get in the way of the other kids. Mimihime, with no idea of the nightmare that rests behind the glasses, grabs her handkerchief and removes Ohma's glasses. Suddenly, parts of the walls move outward, in them are massive surgical tools which grab Mimihime and begin to relentlessly puncture her. However, all of it is none more than a hallucination. She screams, has a seizure, and loses consciousness.

Mimihime wakes and finds herself in the schools infirmary along with Kona, who had been admitted due to Tokio's labor, which had incapacitated him. She tells him of her ability to unwillingly see the future and unluckily, one of her premonitions begin as Kona morphs into his future form. She tells the vision to go away over and over until, it does. She quickly leaves the room and goes outside where she finds Ohma, who had been waiting until she had left the infirmary to return the handkerchief. Mimihime, surprised and willing to test her newfound ability to resist cognition modifiers, removes Ohma's glasses again despite her quick reluctance. The floor bursts outwards and she is once more assaulted by the equipment. However, Mimihime resists the illusion and manages to completely nullify its effects on her. The two quickly grow close following the incident

Mimihime will continue to have visions of the future. These are extremely important to the foreshadowing of the story. One of these premonitions involve Maru and Kiruko, another one she sees herself in a cave, alone and scared. Suddenly a light appears and she sees Shiro. Confused, Tokio asks why she is so happy, and she replies that she doesn't know why. Mimihime wasn't cognizant that this was a vision of her and Shiro's own death.

Extradition
With Japan now aware of Takahara's Heaven and their involvement with the dooming of the entire world, they retaliate with a bombing and breach the facility. Taka and Shiro notice a gaping hole to the outside. Curious, Anzu, Taka, Shiro, and Mimihime venture out to the real world, and are left stunned by the uncomfortable terrain and temperature. The four of them agree to split, thinking of the circumstances as a test.

While moving through the woods, the ground collapses beneath Mimihime and she falls from the ledge. Shiro panics and dives after her and takes the impact, protecting her from further harm. Completely baffled, she yells at him for risking his life for her, causing Shiro to confess to her. When he stops talking, she gives him one of her Takahara pins.

Later, Aoshima finds the the pair on a road and uses this chance to take the four kids with the intent of completely extraditing them from the facility. They are then integrated into society, learning all kinds of new things.

Illness
Years after the cataclysm, Mimihime begins to develop spots as her core has started the process of killing her. She and Shiro immigrate to a large building that would later become the Immortal Order, though it wasn't named by Shiro. Shiro realizes that there is no way to reverse this "disease," and instead uses his knowledge of machinery to extend her life as far as possible.

In conjunction to this period; Ohma, who had split off from Michika to look for Mimihime, finally reunites with her. However, this brief moment of happiness is quickly swept away, as Ohma also has "the spots." Sometime later she dies within the garage of the building, and morphs into her full Hiruko form. Shiro, with no way to kill it, locks her now reanimated corpse in the garage, where it enters a near-death states to preserve its hunger. After an unknown amount of time, Maru and Kiruko make contact with Mimihime; now in her mutilated state. Shiro asks Maru if he is able to kill Mimihime, to which Maru replies he can; though requests that she give her consent. Mimihime asks to see the sky one last time, and they wheel her out to the balcony. She smiles, finally accepting her fate. Before Maru had crushed her core, she left one final message for Shiro, now Dr. Usami.

Shiro
During Takahara Academy, Mimihime considered Shiro to be her close friend. She didn't understand his feelings towards her at first, and was not able to reciprocate them. However, Mimihime trusted and cared about Shiro deeply. Mimihime has a vision of her and Shiro finding each other in the darkness, and feels a sense of peace and happiness. She thinks of this as another vision and doesn't realize it foreshadows their own deaths.

After they had both left the Academy, Mimihime started to fall ill as her core had begun killing her. Shiro did not have extensive knowledge about the disease, and prolongs her death as long as possible. Sometime after, Mimihime had finally reciprocated Shiro's feelings for her. After her disease worsens, Shiro stays with her and messes around with his equipment for her enjoyment. Before her death, Mimihime thanks Shiro for all he's done to save her life, and letting her die as a human instead of a monster.

Hiruko Child
As a product of Mina, Mimihime was born with a Hiruko core.
 * Premonition: Mimihime sees visions of the past and future, whether it be during a dream or while conscious. These episodes can occur from within minutes of viewing, to many years in the future. They don’t always include events involving her.
 * Hyperacusis: Mimihime can move her auricle and focus to hear what is otherwise impossible for a normal human.
 * Psychic: Mimihime is able to counteract cognitive hazards, such as Ohma's 'invincible eyes.'