Kanae Hokari

"I absolutely despise you. From the very beginning to the very end. I hate you so much I could vomit."

- Kanae to Keisuke, in the True Ending Route

Kanae Hokari (in Japanese: 帆刈 叶) is the main antagonist of the 2011 hentai visual novel Euphoria.

Appearance
Kanae is a petite teenage girl with green eyes, short black hair with a ribbon in it, and E cup breasts.

When she finally reveals her true nature to Keisuke when he wakes up from the virtual reality simulation, she wears a white scientist lab coat over her school uniform. In the CGs where she has been killed, she has very visible dark circles under her eyes, likely from overwork and sleepless nights after kidnapping Nemu.

Personality
In the simulation, Kanae is a sweet, timid, loyal childhood friend to Keisuke who dislikes partaking in the sex-by-proxy games required to escape the SAW-like dungeons.

Kanae's true personality is cold, intelligent, and arrogant. She sees Keisuke and Nemu as no more than lab subjects. She is not only very sadistic, which is masked by her innocent, youthful appearance, but she is also quite perverted, such as when she does ties up and does BDSM on Keisuke against his will.

History
During Nemu's POV story, it is heavily implied that Kanae's parents are also scientists. Nemu reveals that Mrs. Hokari (supposedly Kanae's mother) was very cruel to her, sheltering Nemu in a cave away from human contact. Some time after that, Nemu met Keisuke, who took her outside at night and taught her the song "Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star".

During the virtual reality simulation, Kanae made it so appear that Nemu was the vicious one and that the former was the kind, innocent one, when in in the real world it was all reversed around.

Kanae reveals to Keisuke that Nemu, whose name came from "Nemuri Hime", is a clone, and kidnaps said clone because she sees her as an fascinating specimen.

Three years after Keisuke kills Nemu in the simulation, Kanae is shot by Keisuke (who had undergone training in those three years), and dies from blood loss. Keisuke finally meets Nemu again, who had reverted to her original childlike state.

Quotes
"The Kanae that was always beside you and always so kind wan't real."

- True Ending Route

"You're as silly as a clown who doesn't even realize he's acting like a clown. It's unsightly."

- Kanae to Keisuke, in the True Ending Route

"Why... am... I... lying down... here...? Do whatever it takes... to reach the top... of that organization... and laugh but... Dammit... I shouldn't... haahaahhh! Have taken Nemu... I had so many... options... for running away... Why did I...? I'm such... an idiot... ..."

- Kanae's last words before she dies, in the True Ending Route

Trivia

 * She is voiced by Tomonaga Maki AKA Himari.
 * Kanae is the smallest ClockUp villain at only 153 cm/5'0" tall.