Reki (Haibane Renmei)

Reki is one of the main characters from the Haibane Renmei anime and manga.

The second-oldest Haibane in Old Home. Patient and kind to a fault, Reki is helpful to everyone, though she loses patience with the Young Feathers. Reki works with the Young Feathers as a caretaker and paints in her spare time. She knows a lot more about the world than most and seems to be hiding secret. She arrived in Old Home Sin-bound and was ostracized as a result. Only Kuramori showed her any kindness at first but eventually Nemu warmed up to her. When Kuramori took her Day of Flight without warning, Reki felt abandoned and ran away to the Abandoned Factory where she befriended Hyouko and Midori. She talked Hyouko into helping her escape and when they were caught, they were both forbidden from ever setting foot in each other's areas again. She almost fails to achieve her Day of Flight but fortunately Rakka helps her achieve salvation.

Appearance
Reki is a tall girl with a long black hair styled in a himecut and has dark eyes. She has a pair of wings on her back.

Personality
Reki is most always cheerful, at least on the surface. We receive hints of a darker past throughout the series. Despite whatever these problems from her past may be, Reki is a strong and reliable person, which explains why the other Haibane respect her as they do.

Trivia

 * Reki is a former smoker. She stops smoking in the eleventh episode, *Parting*--*Darkness in the Heart*--*Irreplacable Thing*.
 * Kuramori gave her the job of tending to the newborn Haibane and the Young Feathers.
 * Reki is the one who found Rakka's cocoon in Old Home.
 * After her stunt with Hyouko, she was banned from the east district.
 * Like Rakka, The Communicator gave her the riddle, "To recognize one's own sin is to have no sin."