Natsume

Hyuuga Natsume (日向 棗^?) Voiced by: Romi Paku

A.K.A. Kuro Neko (Black Cat), Gureno no kimi

Age: 10 (debut), 12, 16 (current)

D.O.B: November 27

Alice: Fire

Class: Dangerous Ability Class

Relatives: Aoi Hyuuga (younger sister); Kaoru Igarashi (mother, deceased); Mr. Hyuuga (father); Mikan Sakura (girlfriend/fiance)

Natsume is the male protagonist in the series. He is a genius and likes to ditch class frequently. He is hated and feared by a lot of students and is unhappy with the school, and knows of the intentions of its adults. Natsume is involved in top-secret missions for the Academy as he belongs to the Dangerous Ability Class. He is the only Special Star in the Elementary Division. Despite his intelligence, he has no other talents, especially in music, and doesn't care about his studies. He is disliked by several students and teachers who see him as a bad influence or because of his Alice. However, he is admired by some of his classmates for his rebellious attitude and has several female admirers, much to his dismay. He possesses the Alice of Fire, and is referred to as the "most powerful student of the lower classes" by Narumi. Early in the series, he is seen as physically ill and frequently going to the hospital. He is later seen coughing up blood. In the Z arc, it is revealed that he actually suffers from the 4th shape of Alice called Limtiless, which damages his body each time he uses his Alice. Because of this, he wear two control devices on each of his ears that should control his Alice a bit, but this proves to be futile because his Alice is too strong. In the Time Travel arc, it is discovered that he inherited his illness from his mother. Natsume acknowledges that his illness is shortening his life and that he can die from it.

In the Hime Hana arc, it is revealed that Natsume lived with his father and younger sister, Aoi. His mother died in a car accident when he was young. He was enrolled into the academy because his sister, Aoi, became ill and burned their village down after finding an Alice stone Persona had left for Natsume. To protect Aoi, Natsume took the blame for her and was despised by the villagers, which explains why many students at the academy call him a "murderer". His time in the academy was no better; he is physically and emotionally abused by the Elementary Principle and Persona. He is forced to do secret missions for the academy because the Elementary Principle held Aoi captive and threatened to harm other people Natsume cares for (ex. Ruka and later Mikan). Like Mikan, he is bullied by older students, but he never hesitates to use his Alice on them.

He was paired-up as Mikan's "partner" by Narumi because of she is the only person that can cancel Natsume's powers and that only she can save Natsume from the academy's darkness. At first, he thought of Mikan as annoying and ignored her, and whenever he did pay attention to her, he insulted her and bullied her. However, as he gets to know her, he develops a softness for her and lets her be around him more. Due to her innocent and cheerful personality, Natsume falls in love with Mikan, and although he doesn't say it, he shows it through his jealousy when Mikan is with other guys. He is well aware that his best friend, Ruka, is also in love with Mikan, and at times he would push Mikan to him. He frequently sexually harasses her and calls her names. Despite how he treats her, he truly cares about her and wants to protect her. He and Ruka have a seemingly friendly rivalry over Mikan, who is oblivious about their feelings, even though Natsume had kissed her on the lips twice and gets overprotective of her in critical moments. Natsume later makes more obvious signs to Mikan that he loves her (such as leaving her his Alice stone, holding her hand, hugging her, and vowing to protect her with his life). Due to Luna's chaos, they are estranged, but still care for each other. When Mikan is transferred to the Dangerous Ability Class by the Elementary Principle, Natsume defends her and confesses to the entire class that he loves her. Then, while running away from the elementary Principle, he says that he wants to become an adult so he can run away with Mikan. As they looked into Mikan's mother's past, Mikan and Natsume reconcile and accept their relationship. In chapters 144-145, they directly confess their love to each other and exchange Alice stones, and he makes an indirect "marriage proposal" to her, which she accepts. He also told Mikan that she is his for eternity. Natsume dies during the battle against the ESP from exhaustion and blood loss, despite Mikan sacrificing her Alices to save him. He is later saved by Hotaru and Subaru, and after learning that she was expelled and her memories were deleted, Natsume searches for Mikan and reunites with her four years later.