Aoi would stay in the main house, while Kaoru would stay in the cottage, only to be invited in to the main house with the approval of Miyabi, and only on some occasions-he would never be able to stay there. The property had two houses, a large main house and a cottage once meant for use by servants. Aoi's mother for her part seemed impressed that her fragile flower of a daughter was showing such strength.Ī property owned by the Sakuraba family was set aside for their use, under several restrictive conditions. This was followed in turn by the arrival of Aoi's childhood guardian and mentor, Kagurazaki Miyabi, who, astonished that her demands for Aoi's return were resisted by the normally obedient girl, reluctantly made an arrangement that would let them be together while keeping the Sakurabas' honor intact. Taking her to his apartment, an awkward but intimate night was followed by an attempted departure that both were glad Aoi relented on. Kaoru realized how his departure had affected Aoi, but could not bring himself to return to his abusive family. Kaoru, by this time attending college while working a job in order to get by on his own, found her and tried to aid her in finding the man who turned out to be himself. The conflict between obedience to her family, which decided to accept the broken engagement, and devotion to Kaoru on all levels proved too much and Aoi ventured forth into a world she was ill-prepared for, having only a forwarding address to go by. Besides their friendship, Aoi had been raised with the idea of being the perfect wife for Kaoru, and a life without him was not within her to contemplate. When the Hanabishis announced that the engagement was therefore ended, Aoi found this unacceptable and pursued him.Īoi had been raised as a Yamato Nadeshiko, seen as the perfect ideal of a Japanese woman. Kaoru had endured a difficult and abusive childhood at the hands of his strict grandfather, until he could bear no more and left his family behind. Friends from childhood, the two had not seen each other for some years. Aoi is the heiress of the Sakurabas' wealthy business concerns, while Kaoru is the heir to the Hanabishi Zaibatsu, or business conglomerate. For most of the course of the series, she is seen by most characters as the landlady of the cottage they rent rooms in in fact she is secretly the betrothed from childhood of Kaoru Hanabishi (David Wittenberg). Gentle in demeanor.unyielding in seeking to be with her man.Īoi Sakuraba is the female lead of the anime/manga romance series, Ai Yori Aoshi. Ds,merid livs klvkm lurvvt54 gp5mpmhrmd is right