Aoi Tohsaka (遠坂葵, Tohsaka Aoi?) is the wife of Tokiomi Tohsaka, and the mother of their two daughters, Rin and Sakura.
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Background
Formerly known as Aoi Zenjou (禅城 葵, Zenjō Aoi?), she is the childhood friend of Kariya Matou. She is a descendant of the Zenjou family, which had been a family that specialized in maximizing the magical pedigree of their partners, though the Zenjou have since become a family of ordinary people and Aoi herself has no magical circuits. She became the wife of Tokiomi, adopting his surname, and gave birth to two daughters, Rin and Sakura, who both possessed great inherent potential as mages.[3]
She accepted Tokiomi's proposal with full knowledge of what it meant to marry a mage. While Kariya loved her as well, he peacefully gave up pursuing her affections because she seemed happy accepting Tokiomi's proposal. It is implied that Aoi and Kariya remained in touch, given that her daughters, especially Sakura, were fond of Kariya's company.[4] Tokiomi's sudden decision to give Sakura away to Zouken Matou comes as a shock to Aoi, though she does not openly oppose his decision. She leaves at the beginning of the Holy Grail War with Rin to live at her parents' home for the duration of the conflict.
Personality
Aoi is a passive and loyal woman who does not interfere with her husband's affairs, described by Kirei Kotomine as the ideal version of a traditional wife.
She gives off the feeling of a well-raised young lady who became a mother, and she was designed to be a different type of "ideal mother" than Irisviel. Irisviel embodies a "fun mother", while Aoi is a "peaceful mother" who is better at using the "hidden power" that is inherent to mothers. She gives off the strong feeling of "That husband of mine, never taking care of himself", and while she looks like Rin at a glance, her behavior is more like that of Sakura.[1]
Role
Fate/zero
During the Holy Grail War, Aoi is forced to return to Fuyuki City to look for Rin, who had run away to find her friend Kotone, who earlier had been kidnapped by Caster. Later on, Kariya gives Rin back to Aoi after he finds her, which is also how Aoi finds out about his condition and his resolve to kill Tokiomi.
On the final day of the war, Aoi finds her husband dead, with Kariya present in the room, however, being unaware that Kirei was responsible for Tokiomi's death and that Kariya had arrived to confront Tokiomi only after the man was dead. In her grief, she blames Kariya and the Matou family for taking away both Sakura and her husband and claims that Kariya never loved anyone. With both his resolve and heart crushed, he violently strangles Aoi.
She survives the war, but is confined to a wheelchair and suffers from brain damage, not understanding that Tokiomi is dead and Sakura is gone. Rin takes care of her mother, but feels lonely as her mother's condition leaves her isolated. Aoi appears to have died before the events of Fate/stay night, leaving Kotomine as Rin's sole guardian.
In accordance to Tokiomi's will, Aoi inherits the properties and the estates of the Tohsaka family in trust for Rin. Because of Aoi's mental deterioration, Tokiomi's estate is actually managed by Kotomine even after Aoi's presumed death, when the estate is inherited by Rin.
References
- ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10
[] Fate/Zero material - Characters: Aoi Tohsaka, p.040-041, 087 Aoi Tohsaka
Height: 160 cm
Weight: 50 kg
Blood type: O
Birthday: September 5
Three sizes: B78/W57/H82
Image color: Light yellow-green
Talents: Smoothing a situation over
Things she likes: Mysterious things, nighttime strolls
Things she hates: Swimming
Worst enemy: None
Comment for Aoi
Takeuchi: She has the feeling of a well-raised young lady who became a mother. She was supposed to be a different type of "ideal mother" than Iri.
Urobuchi: Iri is the fun mama while Aoi is the peaceful mama, huh? But I imagine Aoi is better at using that hidden power that mothers have.
Takeuchi: You also get a strong feeling of "That husband of mine, never taking care of himself" from her. Personally, I have the image that while she looks like Rin at a glance, her behavior is like that of Sakura.
Urobuchi:WoooW, that's a really high level fusion!
Takeuchi's comment遠坂葵
Comment for Aoi
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虚淵:
武内:
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Takeuchi's comment
葵さん祭り。ページ内に入りきらなかったラフがまだこれだけ。どんだけ葵さんが好きなんだっていう。【武内】 - ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Fate/Zero Anime Visual Guide I - Characters: Aoi Tohsaka entry, p.036
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[] Fate/Zero material - Encyclopedia: Tohsaka Aoi [Person's name], p.100-101 Aoi Tohsaka [Person's name]
Tohsaka Tokiomi's wife, and Rin and Sakura's mother. Her maiden name is Zenjou.
Though the Zenjou family had a magus ancestor many generations ago, now they are simple commoners with no connection to the magical world at all. Nevertheless, the blood flowing through their veins contains a very unique trait, which was noticed and pursued by Tohsaka Tokiomi. As a result of accepting this courtship, Aoi gave birth to two sisters with absolutely preposterous magical potential.
Unlike her daughter Rin, Aoi fully understood that Tokiomi possessed an inhuman sense of values, but she still blindly loved her husband anyway. Maybe she, too, bore some distortion within herself, just like Tokiomi did. If that's the case, she probably wouldn't have been able to build a happy home even if she had married Kariya…
By the way, the activation of Tokiomi's "Tohsaka family goof-up trait" only occurs in serious, life-threatening situations. In his normal family life at home, he was an utterly perfect superman, in the same way Rin would eventually be a perfect honors student at Homurahara Academy in Fate/stay night. I hear that both Aoi and Rin were huge fans of his "cool dad" style.遠坂葵【人名】
遠坂時臣の妻であり、凛と桜の母。旧姓は禅城。
数世代前に魔術師の先祖を持つ禅城家は、今でこそ魔道とは無縁の平民だが、その血に流れる魔術の因子には特筆すべきものがあった。そこに目をつけた遠坂時臣の求愛に応えた結果、葵は途方もない魔術的素養を備えた二姉妹を産み落とすことになる。
娘の凛と違い、時臣が非人間的な価値観の持ち主であることを充分に理解していた上で、なおも夫を盲愛していた葵という女性は、やはり時臣と同様に大きな歪みを抱えた人物だったのかもしれない。たぶん雁夜と結ばれていても幸せな家庭は作れなかったんじゃ……
ちなみに時臣の遠坂うっかりエフェクトが発動するのは、本当に命に関わるほど重大な局面であって、普段の家庭における彼はまさに非の打ち所のない完璧超人だった。後日の穂村原における凛の優等生ぶりを、時臣は家族との日常生活において発揮していたのである。そんなダディのクールっぷりに凛と葵は連日メロメロであったとさ。 - ↑ Fate/Zero:Prologue 3 - Baka-Tsuki