Kazuki Kazami

Kazuki Kazami is a character from the Fruit of Grisaia. She is the brother of the main character Yuuji Kazami, and became friends with Amane Suou, someone that Yuuji would later meet.

She was raised in a semi-normal family, although because Kazuki was a genius, she was favored much more heavily than her brother Yuuji, and Yuuji was always being compared to Kazuki as not good enough. However, Kazuki always treated her brother well, so they shared a close bond. Maybe a bit too close, cause it was implied she has romantic feelings for her brother as well.

Anyways, throughout her life, Kazuki found that she could basically do anything she tried. On her first attempt, she could usually produce adequate results. If it was a field she found particularly difficult, it might take three days of effort for her to reach average skill.

When she entered(I think high school) as a freshmen, she joined her school’s basketball team. They were coming back from a trip of training when suddenly the bus they were on crashed, and the bus fell over a cliff down into a steep ravine (I think). In total there were 13 people on the bus: First Year student Tamaki Hirooka, Second Year student Saaya Kaneda, the Club Advisor / Teacher Yoshihiko Ochi, the Third Year student and Club Vice President Mifuyu Sakurai, the Second Year student Ritsu Koide, the First Year student Megumi Komori with her puppy Alione, the Third Year student Minori Sakuma, the First Year student Haruna Ibuki, the First Year student Amane Suou, the First Year student Kazuki Kazami, and the Third Year student and Club President Chiaki Sakashita. Besides these 11, there were two others who died instantly when the bus crashed. Hirooka had fractured both her legs, and Mifuyu had an abdominal laceration. The group decided they should work in pairs, and throughout the entire time, Kazuki was paired with Amane.

They were without any internet connection so they could not call for help, and they had been taking a road that most people don’t use, so it’s very unlikely that anybody could come across them. So, the group starts rationing and decides to wait out until help arrives. However, multiple days pass, and yet help doesn’t arrive. Their sick members start to die, as Hirroka and Mifuyu are the first to go. Next is the dog Alione which dies from drinking contaminated water (I think), and her owner Komori hangs herself.

However, it seems suddenly that Ochi and the Captain Chiaki soon gain enough strength to actually start hunting, and they bring back meat to eat. However, Kazuki eventually realizes that they are actually cannibalizing on the people who’ve died so far, so she takes Amane with her and runs. But as she tries to escape, the others start coming after her (it turns out, everybody else was also knowingly eating the human meat, not just Ochi and Chiaki). To save Amane, Kazuki “sacrifices” herself so that Amane can continue and escape. Kazuki wouldn't be able to find this out, but Amane did end up surviving and escaping.

Somehow though, Kazuki was able to survive, and everyone else ended up dying. Not that Kazuki killed them; rather,they didn’t properly cook the human meat, and thus they caught lethal diseases and died. For some reason, Kazuki would fake her death by creating a fake corpse of her from the other peoples’ corpses.

As for important character relations, first and foremost is Amane. Kazuki basically ends up taking Amane under her wing and forms a friendship with her. The likely reason for why Kazuki ends up taking a liking to Amane is because of her fairly innocent personality, and how she’s one of the few that would actually care about Kazuki, not just caring about how Kazuki would be useful to the group. Although, it did take a while for Amane to realize Kazuki wasn’t a bad person. In the end, Kazuki prioritizes Amane’s life over her own, giving her a bag of food she’d been secretly hiding just for Amane and herself. Pretty much everything Kazuki does is for Amane, as she even puts the group at detriment by having stole some of the rations (and puts herself at detriment too at the very end by sacrificing herself to buy time for Amane). I’m not sure of the reason why she was stealing the rations to hoard for an escape, but it’s likely because she believing the Captain and Ochi were themselves hoarding food and likely because even though she tried to help out the entire group, in the end she was looking out for herself and Amane the most.

Another important relation she has with the Captain, Chiaki Sakashita. She very frequently butts heads with her. The captain doesn’t like Kazuki for her sharp tongue and she’s jealous of the fact that Kazuki’s more competent than her, and Kazuki doesn’t like the Captain for how she tries to prioritize feeling in control above all else, as she makes decisions that are to the detriment of the group if it means preserving her pride. Kazuki does probably get deep down that the Captain is just like them and trying to do what’s best for the group, but even so she doesn’t like her prideful attitude.

As for the others, she doesn’t really interact with them that much.

Kazuki was the main one who was on duty to care for Hirroka and Sakurai, and she did seem to take her job regarding that very seriously, even skipping out on meals to give her portions to them.

Ritsu Koide was kinda the Captain’s sidekick. She was weak-willed and a bit shy in the situation, and typically just did whatever the Captain told her to do. Kazuki, while fairly polite to her, didn’t seem to really have that much respect for her, because she couldn’t really stand up for herself or make hard decisions to help the group. Kazuki did try to help her out a few times though, like helping her disguise that a carrot was missing when someone had stolen it.

Ochi was the teacher and he barely did anything, preferring the Captain to make most of the decisions despite her being around like 15. He was also hiding food as well from the others. I’m guessing Kazuki didn’t really have much respect for his spineless and selfish behavior.

She barely interacts with any of the others, though I feel like out of the rest, the one she would have the most respect for was Minori Sakuma, considering that Sakuma was fairly mature and easy-going, and could probably tell that Kazuki was a good person.

As for her actual personality, she is a bit cold to others, and always seems to have a slightly sleepy/neutral expression on her face. She keeps most of the people at arms length, and she isn’t exactly someone easily to get along with, as she can be slightly snarky, headstrong, impatient with others, sharp-tongued, and brutally honest. Even so, she doesn’t exactly act disrespectful to people she hasn’t perceived have wronged her.

She seems to get annoyed and frustrated easily by others’ incompetence, specifically if it is detrimental to the group. Though, her outwardly showing it is fairly rare, though she does sometimes snap at Amane and once at Ritsu.

As mentioned, Kazuki’s very much a genius. She can pick up almost anything with ease, and she can basically read minds honestly. Sometimes she’ll respond to what someone is thinking before they even voice it. She also has great observation skills and excels in reading people and their motives. Her deductive skills are also very good.

Although her personality is a bit caustic, Kazuki doesn’t seem to act self-important or arrogant; she knows she’s a genius and has confidence in her skills, but she doesn’t act high-and-mighty, and doesn’t expect others to be geniuses either (though she does expect them to do their best).

While it initially seems like she only cares for herself, this is not the case. She tries to save everyone during the whole ordeal, even the weak ones who were injured. She just has trouble expressing the fact that she does care because she hides her true self, and her personality makes her come across as if she’s cold and distant. However, she will get easily flustered if someone says they care about her deeply, like if Amane started hugging her and saying “I love youuuuu!!” she’d be very embarrassed.

If it come down to it, she will prioritize herself over others, except for the ones she cares about. Her priorities are probably Yuuji > Amane > Kazuki > her teammates on the basketball team. Despite her prioritizing her own life, she will stretch herself very thin when she’s trying to protect others, skipping out on meals and not allowing herself to take a break.

Worst part is, she’s the type of person to try to hide her struggles from others. She doesn’t even allow herself to reveal that she’s struggling with the burden to Amane despite them being the closest ones here, as she tries to pretend that she’s strong and doing fine even despite having many of the burdens.

Here’s the physical description:

Hair: Very long, straight, and silver or light gray in color. The hair reaches well past the waist and features soft layers and bangs that frame the face.

Eyes: Large, almond-shaped, and a striking shade of deep red or crimson, with a glossy, reflective quality typical of anime-style characters.

Skin tone: Fair complexion.

Clothing: A school uniform consisting of a white short-sleeved blouse, a dark blue jumper dress (or pinafore) over it, and a black ribbon tied at the collar.

Build: Slim and petite, with delicate features.