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Rei Matsumoto (まつもと礼, Matsumoto Rei) is a one-shot character who features in the anime. Appearing in Episode 8 of the anime and Chapter 9 of the manga, she is a human girl who Yuzu runs into on the beach.

Appearance

Rei has chestnut colored hair with light brown eyes and tan skin. In flashbacks, she wore a sailor fuku, while during her time spent with Yuzu, she is seen only wearing a dark blue, midriff-baring tank top and denim short shorts. Although she might not be aware of it, the tank top also shows her cleavage.

Personality

Not much is known about her personality apart from her tendency to daydream and her desire for friends. However, these two traits have proven very much incompatible for most of her life, as her fantasies have led her to make up stories and acquire the reputation of a liar.

History

Early Life

Most of Rei's early life is unknown, but as reinforced by her first actions in her debut, she had acquired a reputation as a habitual liar. In truth she finds the real world dull to a painful degree. In fact, Rei has been falling into depression, and has lacked a real hobby or interest. Once Rei lost the will to attend school, Tanabe, the girl who sat in front of her in class, had started to grow concern for her, and came looking for her on this day to bring the handouts from class, only to find Rei's shoes sitting abandoned at the top of a cliff by the sea...

The Sound of Waves

Screenshot 20200126-071501 — Rei lying on the Beach

In the same plane as Konohanatei, a young fox named Yuzu stumbled upon an unconscious Rei washed up on a shore close to Konohanatei. After Yuzu approaching her to check and see if she was okay, Rei panicked and scared Yuzu just moments after waking up, then chased her around the beach until finally she lost stamina and collapsed onto her back again.

Despite the fox's previous shock, Yuzu continued to express concern, asking if the Rei was alright. Rei initially claims to have been shipwrecked, to which Yuzu offers her a manjuu. Rei politely turns her down and admits to lying, instead claiming to be a lost mermaid searching for her friends. After Yuzu helped her search for a short while (in the process getting her tail grabbed and subsequently asked about in the human's fit of curiosity), Rei finally admitted to not only having lied about being a mermaid, but also having friends to speak of.

She henceforth opened up to Yuzu about her story, about how she doesn't get along with her parents and classmates due to her habitual lies, yet doesn't find not lying and living with reality any better. Yuzu brought up her own perspective, enjoying life due to how her job as an inn attendant allows her to meet many different guests, to which Rei commented Yuzu at least had a job she liked, and that she herself felt she had no real aspirations or prospects for the future beyond a monotonous, presumably white-collar life.

Unique to the anime, she also brings up interests in picture books and drawing, but lacks the confidence to aim for an art-related career.

Finally, Rei apologized for deceiving Yuzu and attempted to leave, but sensing some sincerity behind her lies, Yuzu finally manages to console her, telling Rei that the lies she told had no real negative consequences and reminding her that some lies can be fun. Rei wished for a friend just like Yuzu, to which the blonde in question brought up the possibility that there is such a person that Rei doesn't yet know about.

Contented by the benevolent fox's words, Rei faded from the border world, while Yuzu returned to her coworkers, who went looking for her.

Aftermath

Rei woke in the mortal world to the sound of Tanabe desperately trying to wake her up. Seeing the bespectacled classmate worried for Rei's life and well-being, she apologized for frightening Tanabe and managed to amuse and comfort her, claiming that she tried to catch a flying fish that she saw before falling and swimming back to shore. The two girls left the beach in much better moods than previously, having made earnest friends with each other.

In the anime, it is shown near the end of the same episode that she was introduced in that Rei grows up to become a picture book author.

Gallery

Trivia

Not much is known about Rei due to only having one appearance in the anime and manga each, that being the chapter/episode of her debut
By the fact that Rei tends to make up stories and finding the real world dull could be that Rei could most likely have chūnibyō, a made-up condition that is known to result in the individual making up stories and appearing that way by coincidence.
She could be like an innocent teen girl version of Arthur Fleck from the Joker movie.
She is the first of two strange visitors in episode 8.
She did have parents, but she said her mother called her a liar harshly. It is unknown what happened to her mother or father if she ever had one or why she thought the real world was dull in the first place. If her mother only appeared in a flashback and other relatives are unknown it could speculate that she is an orphan.
By the appearance of her chestnut hair once being dark, along with her brown eyes, she might have a mixed heritage, if her hair wasn't dyed. One contributor suspected her as being part-Japanese, part-Iranian, and part-German.
When she appeared on the beach some viewers of the anime were confused at first due to the fact Yuzu has lived in a mountainous region with dense forests. It could be that Yuzu coincidentally ended up there. The confusion was intro saying Yuzu meets a strange visitor in the Inn.

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-{{Infobox_(Character)|name = Rei Matsumoto|image = Screenshot 20200126-070402.jpg|species = Human|gender = Female|age = Around 14-16|anime = [[Konohana Kitan]]|japanese = Reina Ueda|english = Macy Anne Johnson}}Rei Matsumoto is a human girl who Appears in episode 8 of the [[Konohana Kitan (anime)]]. She is a one apperance episode character who runs into [[Yuzu]]. She is the girl Yuzu ran into on the Beach.
+{{Infobox_(Character)|name = Rei Matsumoto|image = Screenshot 20200126-070402.jpg|species = Human|gender = Female|age = Unspecified (Teenaged)|anime = Episode 8 - The Transient Guest|japanese = Reina Ueda|english = Macy Anne Johnson|manga = [[The Sound of Waves|Chapter 10]] (KK)|aliases = Rei Hasegawa (長谷川 礼, <em>Hasegawa Rei</em>; Her name in the manga)}}'''Rei Matsumoto''' (まつもと 礼, ''Matsumoto Rei'') is a one-shot character who features in [[Konohana Kitan (anime)|the anime]]. Appearing in Episode 8 of the anime and [[The Sound of Waves|Chapter 9]] of [[Konohana Kitan (manga)|the manga]], she is a human girl who [[Yuzu]] runs into on the beach.
-== Apperance ==
+== Appearance ==
-She has chestnut colored hair with light brown eyes and tan skin. She only wears a navy blue bikini and and navy blue shorts with three buttons.
+Rei has chestnut colored hair with light brown eyes and tan skin. In flashbacks, she wore a [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/School_uniforms_in_Japan#Sailor_fuku sailor fuku], while during her time spent with Yuzu, she is seen only wearing a dark blue, midriff-baring tank top and denim short shorts. Although she might not be aware of it, the tank top also shows her cleavage.
 == Personality ==
-Nothing else is known about her personality except that she is a girl who just wants people in her life. However this does not come true due to the fact she likes to make up stories in general and people realize she's lying.
+Not much is known about her personality apart from her tendency to daydream and her desire for friends. However, these two traits have proven very much incompatible for most of her life, as her fantasies have led her to make up stories and acquire the reputation of a liar.
 == History ==
 === Early Life ===
-Most of her Early life is unknown but by her first actions in the Episode she was known to lie. In truth she finds the real world dull. In fact Matsumoto, has been falling into depression, and lately she’s lacked the will to even go to school. Her classmate, Tanabe, has been worried about her, and came looking for her on this day to bring the handouts from class, only to find Matsumoto’s shoes sitting abandoned at the top of a cliff by the sea.
+Most of Rei's early life is unknown, but as reinforced by her first actions in her debut, she had acquired a reputation as a habitual liar. In truth she finds the real world dull to a painful degree. In fact, Rei has been falling into depression, and has lacked a real hobby or interest. Once Rei lost the will to attend school, Tanabe, the girl who sat in front of her in class, had started to grow concern for her, and came looking for her on this day to bring the handouts from class, only to find Rei's shoes sitting abandoned at the top of a cliff by the sea...
-=== Meeting [[Yuzu]] ===
+=== The Sound of Waves ===
 [[File:Screenshot_20200126-071501.jpg|link=https://konohana-kitan.fandom.com/wiki/File:Screenshot_20200126-071501.jpg|thumb|220x220px|Rei lying on the Beach]]
+In the same plane as Konohanatei, a young fox named [[Yuzu]] stumbled upon an unconscious Rei washed up on a shore close to Konohanatei. After Yuzu approaching her to check and see if she was okay, Rei panicked and scared Yuzu just moments after waking up, then chased her around the beach until finally she lost stamina and collapsed onto her back again.
-Yuzu had seen this human girl on a beach somehow and wondered if she is in [[Spring Blossoms]]'s world or not. Curious Yuzu had went close to the girl to look at her but apparently that was too close as the girl woke up and freaked out Yuzu waking her up and she chased Yuzu until she fainted.
+Despite the fox's previous shock, Yuzu continued to express concern, asking if the Rei was alright. Rei initially claims to have been shipwrecked, to which Yuzu offers her a manjuu. Rei politely turns her down and admits to lying, instead claiming to be a lost mermaid searching for her friends. After Yuzu helped her search for a short while (in the process getting her tail grabbed and subsequently asked about in the human's fit of curiosity), Rei finally admitted to not only having lied about being a mermaid, but also having friends to speak of.
-She apologized for chasing Yuzu and explained why she ended up on the beach as by the look of her apperance she looks like a shipwreck survivor. However this was told false because she has a way of making up stories like this. She then pulled the tail of Yuzu by accident thinking it was a prop of cosplay.
+She henceforth opened up to Yuzu about her story, about how she doesn't get along with her parents and classmates due to her habitual lies, yet doesn't find not lying and living with reality any better. Yuzu brought up her own perspective, enjoying life due to how her job as an inn attendant allows her to meet many different guests, to which Rei commented Yuzu at least had a job she liked, and that she herself felt she had no real aspirations or prospects for the future beyond a monotonous, presumably white-collar life.
-Later on she went on with her friend Tanabe a Yuzu left.
+Unique to the anime, she also brings up interests in picture books and drawing, but lacks the confidence to aim for an art-related career.
+Finally, Rei apologized for deceiving Yuzu and attempted to leave, but sensing some sincerity behind her lies, Yuzu finally manages to console her, telling Rei that the lies she told had no real negative consequences and reminding her that some lies can be fun. Rei wished for a friend just like Yuzu, to which the blonde in question brought up the possibility that there is such a person that Rei doesn't yet know about.
+Contented by the benevolent fox's words, Rei faded from the border world, while Yuzu returned to her coworkers, who went looking for her.
+=== Aftermath ===
+Rei woke in the mortal world to the sound of Tanabe desperately trying to wake her up. Seeing the bespectacled classmate worried for Rei's life and well-being, she apologized for frightening Tanabe and managed to amuse and comfort her, claiming that she tried to catch a flying fish that she saw before falling and swimming back to shore. The two girls left the beach in much better moods than previously, having made earnest friends with each other.
+In the anime, it is shown near the end of the same episode that she was introduced in that Rei grows up to become a picture book author.
 ==Gallery==
 <gallery>
 Screenshot 20200126-070402.jpg
-Screenshot 20200126-071501.jpg|Rei lying on the beach
 Screenshot_20200126-080503.jpg
 Screenshot_20200126-081158.jpg|Rei about to Faint
 Screenshot_20200126-081335.jpg|Rei asking Yuzu about her tail
+Screenshot_20200126-080430.jpg|Talking to Yuzu
-20200126_081446.png|Rei chasing Yuzu
+Screenshot_20200126-080702.jpg|Rei finding a friend in one of her classmates.
+Screenshot 20200131-234322.jpg|Rei chasing Yuzu
 </gallery>
 == Trivia ==
-* There is not that much known about Rei since she was a one episode apperance character due to the fact the [[Konohana Kitan (anime)]] only had 12 episodes.
+* Not much is known about Rei due to only having one appearance in the anime and manga each, that being the chapter/episode of her debut
-* By the fact that Rei tends to make up stories and finding the real world dull could be that Rei could most likely have chūnibyō, a disease that is known for resilting in the individual in making up stories and appearing that way by coiencidence.
+* By the fact that Rei tends to make up stories and finding the real world dull could be that Rei could most likely have chūnibyō, a made-up condition that is known to result in the individual making up stories and appearing that way by coincidence.
 * She could be like an innocent teen girl version of Arthur Fleck from the Joker movie.
-* She is the first strange visitor in episode 8.
+* She is the first of two strange visitors in episode 8.
-* It is unknown what happened to her parents if she ever had any or why she thought the real world was dull in the first place. If her relatives are unknown it could speculate that she is an orphan.
+* She did have parents, but she said her mother called her a liar harshly. It is unknown what happened to her mother or father if she ever had one or why she thought the real world was dull in the first place. If her mother only appeared in a flashback and other relatives are unknown it could speculate that she is an orphan.
-* By the apperance of her chestnut hair and brown eyes, she might be Part Japanese, Part Iranian and part German.
+* By the appearance of her chestnut hair once being dark, along with her brown eyes, she might have a mixed heritage, if her hair wasn't dyed. One contributor suspected her as being part-Japanese, part-Iranian, and part-German.
-* When she appeared on the beach some viewers of the anime were confused at first due to the fact Yuzu has lived in a mountainous region with dense forests. It could be that Yuzu coincedently ended up there.
+* When she appeared on the beach some viewers of the anime were confused at first due to the fact Yuzu has lived in a mountainous region with dense forests. It could be that Yuzu coincidentally ended up there. The confusion was intro saying Yuzu meets a strange visitor in the Inn.
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