Kanata Shinkai/Relationships

Aira Shiratori




Hiiro Amagi




Hinata Aoi


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Sora Harukawa


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Tori Himemiya


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Yuta Aoi


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Adonis Otogari


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 * Met during Palace of the Ocean, the two became acquainted with each other. Kanata had invited Adonis to become part of the Marine Life Club after hearing he liked fish, but declined as he was devoted to the Track and Field Club.

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Anzu


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 * Kanata is Anzu's senior. Kanata tends to listen to what Anzu says, saying he owes a lot to her.

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Koga Oogami
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Mayoi Ayase
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Mika Kagehira
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Natsume Sakasaki
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 * Fellow oddballs, Natsume highly respects Kanata. They were both present at Wataru's final live against fine, along with Rei and Shu, which sealed their defeat at the hands of the Student Council.

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Souma Kanzaki
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 * Kanata is the captain of the Marine Life Club. Souma highly respects Kanata and found his admiration of the sea through him. He sometimes gets submerged in the school's fountain by Kanata, as being showed in Quarrel Festival and the Ensemble Stars manga's weekly 4-koma - marine bio club's case.


 * Although he is troubled when Kanata lazes around in the fountain because it breaks the school rules, he doesn't want to tell him not to do something he clearly enjoys so much and so sometimes stands guard for him, keeping a lookout in case any student council members come by.


 * He and Kanata often go to the aquarium together for Marine Bio Club activities, and it always ends with Souma excitedly point out all different kinds of fish for Kanata to teach him about.

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Tatsumi Kazehaya
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Yuzuru Fushimi
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Chiaki Morisawa
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Chiaki and Kanata are the seniors of RYUSEITAI, and have a close friendship that has developed ever since their first year of high school. Chiaki, being the one who saved Kanata when he was about to be subjucated during the War, and truly brought him to live amongst humans, inspiring him to develop in his humanity. Kanata has always been by his side ever since, supporting him to the best of his abilities. They both clearly care very much for each other, shown in ways such as Chiaki doing his best to prevent Kanata swimming in the fountain during winter and becoming very worried when he disappears, and Kanata occasionately adopting a protective attitude towards Chiaki, doing as much as he can to ensure Chiaki's dream of becoming a hero comes true, going as far as to hide personal issues from him so they do not interfere with RYUSEITAI's brilliance. Even so, it's clear that their relationship is built on lots of trust, Chiaki going as far to say that if Kanata is ever in need of being saved, he can call out to him, to which Kanata replies that he will gladly do so— even if there is no reason to call for him.

Kanata is also one of the people Chiaki confides in the most, being one of the few people he shows his true self to without hesitation. They each have good understanding of the other's selves and aspirations, albeit not perfect. Kanata is deeply aware of Chiaki's more vulnerable, weaker self, while Chiaki understands that what Kanata truly wants is to live amongst the people he loves, as a human, even if he can sometimes be enigmatic.

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Eichi Tenshouin
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 * Since Kanata is one of the Five Oddballs, he does not get along very well with Eichi. Kanata is open about disliking him, which is just about what Eichi expects. As shown in Climax, they occasionally have passive aggressive dialogues.

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Kaoru Hakaze
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 * Kanata and Kaoru get along very well, both being in the Marine Bio Club. Kanata is one of the few males Kaoru is content having a friendship with. Kanata often reprimands Kaoru for his passes at Anzu, and Kaoru often finds himself at the mercy of Kanata’s whims. They both trust and understand each other deeply, enough for Kaoru to be voluntarily emotionally vulnerable enough around Kanata to be able to talk about his private life, and offering to shelter Kanata should he ever find himself at odds with his family. Overall, they have a deep friendship between themselves.

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 * Kanata and Kaoru still get along and care for each other, hanging out with each other during their circle activities. Kaoru offers to be there for Kanata if he ever finds himself needing help managing his aquarium.

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Keito Hasumi
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Kuro Kiryu
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Madara Mikejima
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 * Kanata and Madara are childhood friends that grew apart due to Madara being forced overseas by his family, which led to Kanata feeling betrayed and abandoned by him. In their initial onscreen interactions, Kanata is shown to treat Madara harshly at times, yet other times he treats him with understanding. Madara comments in Meteor Impact that Kanata is strict towards him, and only him. Madara spends many of their interactions in Enstars! trying to rekindle their past friendship despite Kanata’s briskness. He bends over backwards to help Kanata, going so far as to threaten others . In Purple Wisterias of May, Kanata mentions that when they were kids, he was happy that Madara invited him to play together; and thanks Madara for leaving the Vice President role of RYUSEITAI to him, allowing him to meet Chiaki. Over time, it is shown that Kanata is beginning to warm up to him again after he realizes that Madara did care for him all along.

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 * In A Dark Night's Passing, Souma reveals in Epilogue 1 that Kanata is grateful for Madara making him happy and worries about all the burdens he had taken on on his own, such as working to dismantle the long-reigning Shinkai family religion which resulted in Madara being partially disowned by his parents.


 * In this official tweet briefly describing the relationships between the characters, Madara’s line to Kanata says “I couldn’t save you”, which reflects on his insecurities and inability to allow himself to take credit for his role in setting Kanata free.

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Rei Sakuma
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Shu Itsuki
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 * When Kanata and Shu first met in second year, Shu was unwilling to become Kanata's friend. Shu especially disliked how Kanata presented himself as a god because he hated people looking down on him. Moreover, Shu did not believe in any gods. However, even though he was annoyed by Kanata in second year, he retracted his statement about Kanata being like a siren after seeing him hurt by being called a monster. Despite Shu's reluctance, Kanata did his best to befriend him by talking to him and learning his likes and dislikes until he finally acknowledged him as his friend.


 * As part of the Five Oddballs, the two are considered to be close friends, and were both present for Wataru's final live against fine. Kanata was the first person who called Shu "kind", as shown in Eccentric. However, it could also be seen in Meteor Impact that Kanata had attempted to call him kind in second year as well.

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Tsumugi Aoba
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Wataru Hibiki
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Seiya Hidaka
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Gatekeeper
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