Kanade "Angel" Tachibana

Originally voiced by Emily Neves

Kanade does not appear to be much different than a typical High School girl, but this is contrasted by her lack of detectable emotion. It is difficult to understand what she is thinking due to her rarely showing any outward emotion. Her lack of expression also makes it difficult to determine whether or not she has any consciousness. The story reveals her to be rather intelligent, as she was able to make use of the Angel Player program, creating weapons and giving herself defense mechanisms. This lead to the Afterlife Battle Front to believe she is an angel from God. In later events, she is shown to have abandoned being friendly because of the rules of the world she is in, as her newly-found friends inevitably leave her when they disappear. As the series progresses, she shows a little of her emotions, mostly to Otonashi. In Episode 13, Kanade goes as far as to give a small pout and can be seen smiling at times.

She is fond of eating Mapo Tofu, even going so far as to ignore school rules to eat it. She also includes it in her self-made school anthem at the close of the series. She spends portions of her free time gardening, and is actually part of the disbanded gardening club. She recently became friends with Otonashi, even though she didn't realize this until Otonashi said so. Although this did not alter her personality much, she allows him to call her by her first name, Kanade, and seems to exclusively talk to and hang around him. Kanade helped him fight Naoi and saved Otonashi and the SSS from being eaten by the River Monster.

Later on, she opens up to Otonashi, talking to him casually and even helping out in Otonashi's plans to help the SSS confront their lingering feelings of angst and regret over their deaths. After spending more time with her, Otonashi discovers her lack of common sense. Otonashi describes her as a "Clumsy Angel". She seems to have a large amount of pain tolerance, as she has been shot several times by the SSS without any reaction or indication of suffering. In skirmishes with the SSS, she usually ends up being injured; She always recovers with ease.