maki is based on rapunzel.. babey is trapped in a tower.. but she’s not a damsel in distress! no she is self trained and will fight you . she has killed before. she hates men bc she’s been conditioned to fear them so she will literally kill a mankaede is based off Flynn from tangled - sorta. she’s a baker in the kingdom of kusabana. she lives with saihara and amami, who are dating by the way, and she was raised in an orphanage with amami (they’re basically siblings)

one day kaede takes a walk in the woods and finds makis tower. she strikes it as odd so she returns a few days later with a rope. and she climbs up the tower