Chika Hatori

Chika Hatori (羽鳥 智花 Hatori Chika) was the wife of Yuuki Hatori and the mother of Chise Hatori and Fumiki Hatori.

Appearance
Chika was a slim fair-skinned young woman of average height with ginger red hair that she wore in a wavy bob-cut and dark gray-sea-green eyes.

After Yuuki Hatori ran away with Fumiki Hatori, Chika has grown her hair to mid-back length.

Personality
Chika was once a kind, loving and soft-spoken woman who loved her family and she tried to protect Chise Hatori (Chika's daughter) from the creatures drawn to her, but all the suffering and stress that this caused her lead her to hate Chise. She became depressed and likely suicidal. Most of Chise's memories was remembering her mother crying and angry.

History
Chika was a happy woman with her family, until Yuuki Hatori and Fumiki Hatori ran away and Chika was alone with Chise Hatori. Yuuki gave protection to the family from the Neighbors, good and bad that were attracted to Chise, with this gone, the Neighbors plagued the mother and daughter night and day, leaving Chika anguished and exhausted. Chika was originally determined to protect her daughter from the troublesome neighbors, but one day could not endure the stress and suffering of it for any longer. She made an attempt to kill Chise by strangling her in hopes of her ordeal coming to an end, but couldn't bare to do it, she apologized to her daughter before committing suicide by jumping off of a balcony.

The Sight
Chise's mother is able to see the Neighbors.

Quotes
English= — To Chise — Chika's final words to Chise Japanese= — Chika's final words to Chise — Chika's final words to Chise
 * "'Why?' Is that what you said? You should have never been born."
 * "I’m sorry, Chise. …Please forgive me."
 * 「なんでって？あなたがうの？あなたなんか、まなきゃよかった. 」''
 * 「ごめんね、. ……してね. 」''

Etymology

 * The name Chika means "wisdom, intellect" (智) (chi) and "flower, blossom" (花) (ka).
 * Chika's surname Hatori means "feather" (羽) (ha) and "bird" (鳥) (tori), which literally means "wing of a bird" altogether.

Trivia

 * Chapter 42 implies that before meeting Yuuki Hatori, Chika had gone through similar things when she was younger, but she was able to persevere. The stress of dealing with it again along with raising Chise Hatori made her susceptible to nearly murdering her daughter.
 * It's implied that Chika was be a Sleigh Beggy like Chise, as Yuuki Hatori noted both were similarly frail.