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  A bit on Sakura's mother:
Birthday: May 20th
Favourite Colour: White
Favourite Food: Sweet things and Black Tea
Least Favourite Food: none
Favourite Thing: Sunshine
Occupation: Model
Favourite Flowers: Ivy, peach & cherry blossom
Best Recipe: none
Weak Point: Remembering people's faces
Speciality: She falls asleep everywhere
 The name Nadeshiko comes from the Japanese flower, 'pink'.
Nadeshiko was an ideal woman for a man like Fujitaka; the romantic, beautiful, feminine lady. I doubt she would have been a very good mother in the household side, but Fujitaka would have made up for that. She was a very loving and gentle person, with a little bit of cute. She could fall asleep anywhere, and was terribly clumsy. Being a model, she was also very thin, sickly and pale, though. It was partially because of her sadness. The only person who made her happy was Fujitaka, who she had met as her teacher. (Her prestigious, high-class family scorned the relationship, though, because they expected her to marry 'well'.)
Nadeshiko was adored by everyone, especially her cousin Sonomi. I find this interesting because Sakura is just as idolized by her cousin. Runs in the family, doesn't it?
Nadeshiko died when she was 27, when Sakura was three and Touya was ten. She often visited the house as a spirit, so it seemed, and Touya was able to see her then. Poor Sakura, however, has always been afraid of ghosts. I wonder if they're connected.
What do we think of Nadeshiko Kinomoto?
 Richard: I wish she were more important in the story, because she has that omniscient thing going on, rather like Touya. It's no wonder she has that thing going on now that she's a ghost, but still, I have a feeling that if she were alive, she'd still be able to offer Sakura the same all-knowing care. I think that Kaho Mizuki is probably the closest living person to Nadeshiko's personality; perhaps that's not as coincidental as it seems?
Viscay: Nadeshiko reminds me so very much of the person I call mother. She's caring, graceful and fun, cheerful and romantic and just so happened to -quite literally- fall for a teacher! I'm always going to love her. (I have Nadeshiko's picture up in my locker!)
Riki: The more I read about Nadeshiko, the more I like her. She's everything I try to be, which is definitely the epitome of ideal woman in my eyes. (Except I'd perhaps like to be a little more healthy?) Like Richard, however, I wish she were a bigger part of the story, but CLAMP does have a large character base, and the fact that Fujitaka is a single parent living in the memory of his wife makes the story ever so much more realistic and interesting.
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