Sanae Hanekoma
From The World Ends With You
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| Name | Sanae Hanekoma |
| Age | Unknown |
| Noise form | Panthera Cantus |
| Classification | Producer |
| Nicknames | Mr. Hanekoma, Mr. H, King a' Coffee, Coffee Man, CAT |
Sanae Hanekoma (羽狛 早苗 Hanekoma Sanae?) is a major character in The World Ends with You.
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[edit] Main Information
Sanae Hanekoma (also known as Mr. H) is the self-described "dandy café owner" of WildKat and is also the successful, multi-talented artist CAT. He is a valuable ally to Neku and his friends, acting like a guardian of the players, and always making sure that the game is fair and everyone follows the rules. He is also on good terms with Joshua. According to Hanekoma himself, he was born on March 3 and has a blood type of A. The Japanese word for cat, ねこ (neko) is embedded in his last name, はねこま (Hanekoma), as is hane (feathers) and thus hints at his identity as Shibuya-famous artist, CAT, and to his other secrets.
[edit] Personality
Hanekoma's personality is laid back and enigmatic. He shows many talents, but does not reveal why to most, except perhaps Joshua. He has a tendency to show up where ever the characters are to assist them, or drop a clue about their situation. Although he gets a kick out of seeing Neku flustered, Hanekoma often gives Neku the more powerful pieces of advice that he reflects upon throughout the game.
[edit] Story
Hanekoma is introduced in the first week as sort of a "rule keeper" and a guardian to the players, though he is very enigmatic at times. Besides though it may seem that he is the source of Neku's nickname, "Phones", truth is that the one calling him first time by this nickname is Beat when these players meet at the begining of Shiki's week Day 2.
Spoiler warning: Plot and/or ending details follow.
Hanekoma is the Game's Producer, who carries out requests for special items by the Composer, and observes the game's events in general. He wrote the Secret Reports, and is involved in many things "behind the scenes" (e.g., he designed and built the Player Pins). He claims to be an "Angel" from a "Higher Plane," and some of the reports seem to note that he has powers even greater than the Composer's. Hanekoma taught Sho Minamimoto how to produce Taboo Noise in the hopes that Minamimoto would be able to stop the Composer from winning his own game and destroying Shibuya. This crime led to his new status as a "Fallen Angel", though he "Happily accept(s) the stigma of Fallen Angel for this cause[of saving Shibuya]". In the Another Day Chapter, the Hanekoma from the main story meets Neku at the top of Pork City after Neku followed him up there and "tests" him with his noise form, Panthera Cantus (パンテーラカンタス Pantēra Kantasu?, Latin for "singing panther"). This is actually just a red palette swap of Leo Cantus on the bottom screen, and a blue palette swap of Tigris Cantus on the top screen.
In the Another Day Chapter, as well, the Hanekoma of the parallel universe seems to be searching for the real Hanekoma. Once Hanekoma is seen approaching Pork City, WildKat closes. However, if approached after talking to Rhyme in the Tin Pin storyline, he can be found there, where he'll mention a set of Secret Reports. Whether this is his own or the real Hanekoma's reports are unknown, but he mentions to never read it.
[edit] Name
The kanji for Hane-koma Sa-nae literally translate to: Feathers, lion-dog, fast, sapling.
