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

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

Personality
Chika was once a kind, loving and soft-spoken woman who loved her family. She tried to protect her 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. 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. 」''

Trivia

 * The name Chika means "thousand" (千), "wisdom, intellect" (智) or "scatter" (散) (chi) and "good, beautiful" (佳) or "flower" (花) (ka).
 * Chika's surname Hatori means "wing of a bird" (羽鳥).
 * Chapter 42 implies that before meeting Yuuki, Chika had gone through similar things when she was younger but she was able to preserves. The stress of dealing with it again along raising Chise was what made her susceptible to her manipulation and near strangulation of her daughter.
 * It is possibly implied that she might be a Sleigh Beggy like Chise. When Yuuki said she was frail like Chise. a.k.a like a Sleigh Beggy.