Naoko Osato (大郷 楠宝子, Osato Naoko) est une personnage principale du one-shot Thus Spoke Rohan Kishibe - Episode 2 : La Pente des Six Murs.
Naoko Osata est l'héritière d'une famille riche vivant dans la montagne. Sa vie prendre une tournure étrangement horrifique au moment où elle tue son petit ami Gunpei Kamafusa par accident.
Naoko est une femme de taille moyenne et de corpulence mince. Elle a des cheveux bruns ondulés au-dessus des épaules et des sourcils légèrement inclinés. Elle porte une robe à pois dans le manga, et une robe unie dans l'OAV.
Lorsqu'elle est plus âgée, elle porte un débardeur à froufrous avec une chemise à col par-dessus, ainsi qu'une jupe.
Naoko a vécu une jeunesse privilégiée avec des parents très protecteurs mais aimants. Comme elle appartient à une famille riche et prestigieuse, elle a plusieurs responsabilités qu'elle se devait de prendre au sérieux. Par exemple, elle était fiancée à un homme nommée Shuichi par sa famille et elle accepta cette responsabilité pour le bien de sa famille. Cela ne l'a pas empêchée d'avoir un petit ami en secret en la personne de Gunpei Kamafusa, le jardinier travaillant dans leur manoir.
Alors que le jour de ses fiançailles approche, Naoko décide de prendre ses responsabilités et de mettre fin à sa relation avec Gunpei, voulant se distancer avec lui et essayant de le payer pour qu'il accepte la rupture, disant qu'elle aime bien Gunpei mais se sentant obligée d'obéir aux règles de sa famille.
Lorsque Gunpei meurt, Naoko est naturellement bouleversée d'avoir tuée Gunpei et craignant qu'on ne l'incrimine, essaie de cacher son corps. Alors que Gunpei continue de saigner, elle fait preuve de ressource en essayant de plusieurs manière de stopper le saignement, même si elle n'y parviendra jamais. Acculée, Naoko a la détermination nécessaire d'avaler son sang pour cacher le saignement à Shuichi. Pendant des années, la vie de Naoko tournera autour de la nécessité de cacher Gunpei et de se débarrasser de son sang. Sous l'influence du "Yokai de la Pente des Six Murs", Naoko s'attache de façon morbide au corps de Gunpei et aura des enfants avec lui. Elle semble être une mère aimante envers ses enfants. [1]
Naoko Osato is the only daughter of a wealthy family of a lineage that had been successfully producing miso for 300 years. Their mansion is located at the end of a small road surrounded by mountains, all of them belonging to the Osato family. Her overprotective parents wouldn't allow her to live alone in S City, where her school is located. Instead, they have a driver take her to school for her entire ten years of middle school, high school, and college, even though the trip takes two hours to get there. Her family arranges to have her marry Shuichi after graduation, but Naoko falls in love with the gardener Gunpei Kamafusa.
She is currently in her final year of college, but Naoko has to keep her relationship with Gunpei a secret because her overprotective father would never allow them to be together. However, Naoko starts distancing herself from Gunpei in September, a few months before her marriage set in the following spring. While Gunpei is playing video games at her house, Naoko looks out the window and sees Shuichi and her father approaching the house. She quickly hides her and Gunpei's teacups and asks if he can leave. She gives Gunpei an envelope full of money, but when she mentions they have to break up, they get into a fight which ends with Gunpei pushed towards a golf club and killed by the impact.
She initially thinks that Gunpei is playing a joke on her but realizes that he died and quickly tries hiding her crime. However, Gunpei's blood starts continuously leaking out from his body to the point where he shrivels up. Shuichi and her father arrive at the door and, despite her efforts, Naoko is unable to contain the continuous blood coming out of Gunpei's body. She tries to get her father and Shuichi to wait at the main house but Shuichi stays behind, suspicious because he thought he saw another silhouette with Naoko inside. Naoko tries stitching Gunpei's wound and then cauterizing it but both methods fail to stop the blood from flowing. With no choice, Naoko hides his corpse on top of a fridge and pretends that she was cleaning the kitchen just as Shuichi enters the house. In reality, she had Gunpei's blood leaking from the top of the fridge into her mouth so that Shuichi wouldn't notice.
Since then, she hides Gunpei's body in a guest room and secretly disposes of his blood each morning by having it flow into a glass bottle. Naoko marries Shuichi in spring and continues her daily routine of attending to Gunpei's corpse. Even though all signs of life had left his body, he seems to be "continuously dying". Naoko noticed his face would turn back to normal for a few moments if water was sprayed at his face. Still in love with Gunpei, Naoko somehow ends up pregnant from his corpse and gives birth to a daughter and son. Despite having no passion toward Shuichi, she lives a happy life with him and her kids.[1]
Naoko coincidentally comes across Rohan Kishibe while he is researching at Mutsu-kabe Hill. Rohan uses his Stand Heaven's Door on her for his research about yokais, leading him to discover that Gunpei was possessed by one. He later learns that Naoko's daughter is also possessed by one as it is the child of the one possessing Gunpei.
After Rohan prevents Naoko's daughter from dying, she runs back home and asks her mom if she thinks she'll ever marry a wonderful person. Naoko responds that she's sure her daughter will if she's a good girl.[1]
Citations
Naoko's first appearance as Rohan tells her story
Hiding her tea with Gunpei
Naoko grabs money to give to Gunpei
Gunpei not letting Naoko go
Naoko slaps Gunpei
Gunpei hits Naoko back
Naoko pushes Gunpei away
Naoko worried about Gunpei's death
Trying to stitch Gunpei's wound
Turned into a book by Heaven's Door
Naoko and Gunpei's children
Naoko's first appearance as Rohan tells her story
Naoko elbows Gunpei
Gunpei hits Naoko back
Naoko begs Gunpei to leave
Naoko worried that Gunpei died
Naoko stressed after Gunpei's death
Trying to hide Gunpei's body
Shuichi sees Naoko cleaning
Naoko married with Shuichi
Naoko and Gunpei's morbid relationship
Turned into a book by Heaven's Door
