Mitsuyo Fujioka

Mitsuyo Fujioka (藤岡 光代 Fujioka Mitsuyo) is the daughter of Amane, the twin sister of Yukiyo Misaki and the mother of Mei Misaki and Misaki Fujioka.

Background
Before the start of the series, around thirty years ago, Mitsuyo was born with her twin sister named Yukiyo (or Kirika). They both got married and soon Mitsuyo was pregnant with twins. Those twins are revealed to be Mei and Misaki. Yukiyo also became pregnant, but she lost the little girl, leaving her devastated. At that time, the Fujioka family was experiencing financial difficulties. Because of this and the fact that Yukiyo was still trying to cope with the loss, Mei was given to her. After this, Misaki needed a kidney transplant. The giver was Mitsuyo herself. This information is never revealed in the anime.

Appearance
In the manga, Mitsuyo has long straight black hair and black eyes. She looks like Yukiyo.

Personality
Misaki said in the OVA that Mitsuyo still hopes Mei can forgive her. Also, she thinks of Mei as her daughter and wants to see her. Mitsuyo knows it was wrong to send Mei away. Misaki also said that she&apos;s still suffering. From what Misaki said, Mitsuyo seems to be a kind-hearted, gentle and, protective mother.

Plot
In the anime, Kouichi and Mei talked about Mei's mother, but her name wasn't revealed until the OVA when she is mentioned by Misaki.

Etymology

 * The name Mitsuyo means "light" (光) (mitsu) and "generation" (代) (yo), which literally means "generation of light".
 * Mitsuyo's surname Fujioka means "wisteria" (藤) (fuji) and "ridge, hill" (岡) (oka).

Trivia

 * In the anime, Mitsuyo is never mentioned, except for the OVA.