Tsubomi Kido/Relationships

Relationships

 * Shuuya Kano: Kido first met Kano outside her orphanage, where she gave him her scarf so that "there wouldn't be anyone dying in the cold". He didn't notice her at first, which upset her, so he used Deceiving Eyes to make himself look like Ayano and then his mother to cheer her up. He then asked her to hit him with all her might to cancel his ability, a request which she obliged but also caused her to thereupon have a bad impression of him. He joined her and Seto in their room in the orphanage, and the three quickly learned about each others' abilities. Kano sometimes used his ability to cheer Kido and Seto up by making himself seem like a cat. All three were eventually adopted together by the Tateyama family and looked up to Ayano together as an older sister. Kano tends to tease Kido a lot, and gets hit or kicked by her as a result most of the time, since she doesn't show any tolerance for it. Even though he gets called an "idiot" by Kido a lot, they seem to be rather close friends. Kano describes Kido's past self as "cute," causing her to, often times, react violently towards him. They had both called each other by first name when they were young until Ayano's death. In the fifth novel, Kido notes that she will continue hurting Kano if she feels like he isn't being honest and using his eye ability. Of course, this isn't the only reason that she punches the boy. Most of the time, it's her reacting negatively and violently to his teasing and joking. After Ayano's death, Kido is unaware of his involvement with the Snake of Clearing Eyes but complies with his suggestion that they and Seto move out from the Tateyama household, which now only has Kenjirou. Kano was the one who suggested that Kido become the Mekakushi Dan's new leader and that the three of them should use their last names as code names. Kano becomes very internally distraught after her death in the novels and asks why it had to be her out of all people, and in Manga Route 2, he uses Deceiving Eyes to make himself seem smiling and composed around her body, which he says goodbye to and that he will be joining her soon.


 * Kousuke Seto: Seto and Kido were roommates in their orphanage before Kano joined them. There, Kido often got annoyed whenever Seto cried, apologized or spoke politely (keigo), all which he did often, and would even threatened to harm him. The three of them were eventually adopted together by the Tateyama family. Sometime after Ayaka's death, Kido explains to Seto that she didn't like his use of keigo was because her previous family made backhand comments using it, making her policy "friends don't use keigo". The two make amends and Seto adapts his speech pattern into a different variation. They get along quite well and now live together in an apartment with their brother Kano and the part-gorgon Marry. In the anime, Kido is shown to know Seto well, commenting that he is a worrywart despite not showing and excusing him to search for Kano.


 * Marry Kozakura: Kido met Marry for the first time when Seto took her with him to Marry's cottage to recruit her as a member of the Mekakushi Dan. She lives with Kido, Kano, and Seto in their hideout, and Kido cooks meals for them all. Kido is protective over Marry and especially her status as partially inhuman, and she asks Momo if Marry's ancestry would affect how she treats her. In Manga Route 2, she even slaps her elder adopted sister Ayano when she suggests killing Marry to free them from their suffering with the Snake of Clearing Eyes and the Kagerou Daze.


 * Momo Kisaragi: Kido seeks Momo out to recruit her for the Mekakushi Dan by Kano's words, though in Mekakucity Actors she and the others sought her out after seeing her red eyes in media. She meets her in an alleyway and takes her to the Mekakushi Dan hideout, where they introduce her to Marry (and Seto, in the anime) and tell her about their eye abilities. Momo agrees to join them after learning that they can teach her how to control her own abilities.  She can suppress Momo's ability with her own, which allows her to go outside without worry of drawing in people around her for the first time in years. She is also seen taking care of Momo when she faints in Otsukimi Recital. In the anime, she made Momo faint after their first meeting by using her abilities to try to "make an impression" at Kano's suggestion. Also in the anime, they work together to bring other members of Mekakushi Dan to their location without notifying the Snake of Clearing Eyes' workers. In Manga Route 2, Kido asks Kano to recruit Momo and becomes visibly depressed when he reports that she rejected their offer.


 * Takane Enomoto: Kido went with Kano to Kenjirou's school's culture festival, and Kido decided to play in Takane's booth. Back then, Kido couldn't control her power yet, so Takane doesn't notice her until after introducing the game. She also used Concealing Eyes while they played, causing Takane's cross-hairs to disappear from the monitor.


 * Ayano Tateyama: When they were all younger, Ayano's mother told her to be a "big sister" for Kido, Kano, and Seto. Ayano was happy to befriend all the three of them, which turned out to be difficult as they thought of themselves as "monsters" because of their red eyes and abilities. Eventually, Ayano came up with the plan to create a secret club of heroes. Donning her red scarf, she announced the four of them as heroes and members of a "secret organization" known as the Mekakushi Dan. In Manga Route 2, Kido severs ties with Ayano after she suggests killing Marry to end their suffering and is unable to make up with her.


 * Kenjirou Tateyama: The adoptive father of Kido, Kano and Seto. At Kano's suggestion, the three of them moved out from the Tateyama's household after Ayano's death, which left only Kenjirou behind. Kido, who did not know about her adoptive father's possession by the Snake of Clearing Eyes, expressed doubts after moving to the Mekakushi Dan hideout and even cried at the thought of him living alone, showing that she cares for him.


 * Ayaka Tateyama: The adoptive mother of Kido, Kano and Seto. She gave the three of them their hoodies as a way to hide their eyes when their powers would activate. Kido was very distraught at once again losing her mother and wept openly with Ayano and Seto after Ayaka's death.


 * Shintaro Kisaragi: Kido first meets Shintaro, whom she just learned is Momo's brother, in the mall before the terrorist incident when he accidentally bumps into her, cancelling her Concealing Eyes' effect on herself. He apologizes to her, which she accepts before quickly concealing herself, though she is unsurprisingly unimpressed with him. In the Manga and Novel Routes, the Mekakushi Dan visits the amusement park where she later recruits Shintaro to go through a haunted mansion with her to find Momo, whom she left there in fear. Though they are both similarly very afraid of horror themes, Shintaro manages to be unimpressed by her dishonesty about her fear and how she falls for Momo's prank. In the Novel Route, she later impresses him with her leadership, maturity, and cooking skills and also reassures him about his doubts with Kano. After she tells him about the Kagerou Daze, the two lead the Mekakushi Dan's investigation of it, which leads them to finding Azami's journal in Marry's cottage. In Manga Route 2, a bewildered Kido meets Shintaro when she un-conceals herself while watching him penniless and groveling at a soda machine. While laughing, she buys him a soda and tells him to pay it forward to someone else with a good deed, which causes him to think that he can't stand people like her. Regardless, they depart from their meeting with smiles, and he is later shocked to hear about her death.


 * Konoha: In Manga Route 2, the Mekakushi Dan owes Konoha a favor for handling the terrorist incident at the mall. At his request, she goes out on her own that night to search for Hibiya and Hiyori while Kano searched with Konoha. The next morning and back at the Mekakushi Dan hideout, Kido tells Konoha about the Kagerou Daze and tells him to do what he thinks is best to help his friends. Before he leaves, she says that the group is there for him when he needs them. She later goes out on her own to search for Hiyori again at the cost of her own life, and Konoha respectfully transports her body back to the hideout at Kano's request.


 * Rin Kido: The biological half-sister of Tsubomi Kido. Back then, Tsubomi did not feel like she belonged in Rin's household because her, Tsubomi's, mother was not her father's wife nor Rin's mother. Despite this, Rin accepted Tsubomi as her younger sister and scolded her whenever she used keigo to her. She also would sometimes tease Tsubomi with ghost stories. When their father chained Rin to the basement of their burning mansion, Tsubomi refused to leave her and instead perished in the flames with her, and they both were swallowed by the Kagerou Daze. In their portion of the Kagerou Daze, Rin told Tsubomi to stop being afraid and pointed her to the direction of the exit.


 * Kido's Father: Tsubomi met her and Rin's father at her mother's funeral, after which he adopted her and took her into his mansion. There, he did not interact with her but sometimes played violin by himself, which she would sometimes hear without knowing its source. When his business failed, he decided to kill his wife, his mansion's workers, and Rin to begin his life anew with Tsubomi, who highly resembled his true love, her mother. Before he could kill Rin, though, Tsubomi pierced him with a spear that was held by a suit of armor in his basement and killed him. However, he had already set fire to the mansion, and the flames not long after reached the basement where his daughters were. She no longer remembers killing him thanks to Concealing Eyes and only remembers at her death in the Novel Route.


 * Azami: After already receiving the Snake of Concealing Eyes, Kido meets Azami in a portion of the Kagerou Daze that resembles the other's cottage. There, she tells Azami about her experience that lead her to the Kagerou Daze. Horrified, Azami weeps for her and then realizes that she has Concealing Eyes. She then uses Favoring Eyes to teach Kido how to use Concealing Eyes to conceal her own memories about her father's death from herself, though this also makes her forget her entire meeting with Azami. Kido remembers their meeting just before her death in the Novel Route.


 * Hiyori: In Manga Route 2, Hiyori comes out of the Kagerou Daze with Focusing Eyes, which causes her to see Kido bloody and injured. When she goes to her, she tries to stop the bleeding, but it is too late and Kido dies. Not long afterwards, Konoha, Kano, Momo, and Ene spot them, and Hiyori runs away.