stem from having very little insight into other peoples' emotions. Before Mai met Yuichi or even lived in Kanons city, Mai lived in a town with her mother who was admitted into the hospital with a serious illness. When her mother was close to death, Mai started to pray that her mother would recover and starts to cry. Miraculously, Mai's mother recovers somewhat by the morning and is soon cured of her sickness. The explanation of this stems from a magical power Mai has within herself. When she cries, her tears carry incredible healing powers which even have the power to bring things back from the dead. The media picked up on this, but Mai started to get bullied and terrorized as being a freak, so Mai and her mother moved to Kanon'''s city. Ten years prior to the beginning of Kanons story, Yuichi met Mai during summer break and the two of them played together for the rest of the summer, especially in a nearby barley field. When the summer break came to a close and Yuichi had to return home, Mai became very distraught at the thought of losing a very close friend so soon after meeting with him. Mai made up a story that demons started attacking the field of barley and that she needed his help to fight them off. Yuichi told her that he was sorry but he had no choice but to go back home. Mai told him that she would wait for his return some day. The story of demons attacking the barley field was actually true but misinterpreted. The "demons" were actually construction vehicles coming to raze the field in order to construct the new high school complex. Being the place where she met Yuichi, the field contains precious memories and is a place that she cherishes. After starting to hang out with her in school, Yuichi discovers that Mai has a bad reputation at school due to the events involving the demons. Yuichi tries to improve her reputation by having her and Sayuri attend the annual school dance party, but a demon appears and makes matters worse; even attacking Sayuri. Yuichi starts training with Mai to help her fight against the demons and the two spend a night together at school fighting and destroying them. Unbeknownst to Yuichi, each time a demon has been killed, Mai has been hurt in the