Konomi Oniburi

Konomi Oniburi (鬼ぶりこのみ, Oniburi Konomi) is the Matriarch of the Oniburi Clan in Jikain Village, and the mother of four children. Similarly to other Clan leaders she is polyamorous, having married six times, however is notorious for divorcing any of her partners who fail to get her pregnant, unless she truly does love them. Konomi is also responsible for starting the rivalry between her Clan and the Rikara Clan.

Appearance
Konomi is a middle aged woman who, similarly Kikyo Zoldyck, appears physically much younger. She has light tan skin, large light brown eyes and shoulder length pale blonde hair, which also sports a large ahoge. While still fit for her age, she is slowly becoming rather feeble, and has started to walk with the help of a simple wooden cane. She doesn't need it to walk, but she says it still helps.

Konomi usually wears a traditional dark red hakamashita along with a grey hakama and dress shoes. During events in the village such as rituals, she wears the traditional outfits usually worn during such events.

Personality
While she is shown to care greatly for her children and their well being, Konomi has been known to put the clan itself first over them. She has always been obsessed with making sure there's an heir to take over the clan after her, even having her first child when she was just 14. Her precedence of the clan over her actual family has driven a wedge between her and Miyoko, her eldest son, and has resulted in him trying his best to keep his younger sisters away from Konomi, not wanting them to be dragged into clan business like Atsuji was before them. Despite his efforts however, his younger sister Shizuka has been made the clan heir by Konomi, and as such has been undergoing training to take over in the future. Shizuka's twin sister Kyoko, on the other hand, seems to have absolutely 0 interest in the clan and village as a whole, something she is constantly scolded for.

Konomi speaks in a very matter-of-fact way, sometimes even coming off as emotionless. Something she sees simply as a duty and nothing more, for example, is marriage. She herself had an arranged marriage when she was younger, although she eventually ruined the engagement with accusations that led to her fiance, Taro, being made a Renegade. She also plans to arrange for Shizuka and Kyoko to get married to another clan's members, and has been trying to get Miyoko to do the same for years, although he has so far refused. In her own words, everything that she does is for the good of the clan.

Background
Born to the previous Patriarch of the Oniburi Clan and his second wife, Konomi was his only child, and so became heir to the Clan. Her father arranged for her to be married to Taro Rikara, the son of his friend who was 5 years older than her, to strengthen relations between their Clans, however, things changed when Konomi was 14. She became pregnant with Taro's child, and, worrying that she and her child would be made a member of the Rikara Clan as he was older, she accused Taro of planning to elope with a visitor currently staying in the village, framing them as already having had sex. Konomi's accusations eventually led to Taro being deemed a Renegade, resulting in the decline of the Rikara Clan, both Taro and the visitor being kicked out of Jikain Village, and the fracturing of the two Clans friendship, as many in the Rikara Clan did not believe her claims. She went on to give birth to Miyoko, later legitimising him as a member of her Clan over his father's years later.

Around the age of 17, having already married three times and going through one divorce in the small span of just two years, Konomi gave birth to her second son, Atsuji, who she had with her third husband. He passed away a few months before his son's birth, and it is said Konomi still mourns him now, as he gave her another son, one she believed would be more fitting as heir. As such, when she became the Matriarch of her Clan around the age of 25, she declared that Atsuji would lead after her instead of Miyoko, a highly disliked decision in the village and one made much to the chagrin of her eldest son. Despite this, her two sons were always close, and while her relationship with Miyoko began to deteriorate, she stayed on good terms with Atsuji.

When Konomi was 27, Atsuji was sent to the meditation houses to try and awaken his Nen. It was believed he would be done in a years time and finally be allowed to return home, however, this never came to be. Atsuji passed away a year later, supposedly from a fatal illness caught while meditating, meaning Miyoko was once again her only son, and thus was made heir again. For the next year, they both fell in to a state of depression, and people rarely ever saw outside her house, as she sent a representative to village events in her place, unless she was forced to go herself. When she was seen in public, she was apparently a visible mess, with long, scruffy, unkempt hair, and clothes that looked like they were only washed every week or two. It was in this isolation that she came to believe that the Rikara Clan was behind Atsuji's death by using poison, as a way of getting revenge on her for ruining Taro's life, and bringing their Clan into a state of disrepair for so long.

A year later, when she was still 28, she married a sixth husband, having married two more times in the past while Atsuji was alive, and eventually became pregnant with his children, giving birth to twin daughters, first Shizuka, and then Kyoko. With their births, Konomi decided to make Shizuka the next heir to their Clan over Miyoko, once again disrespecting her son and pushing him further away from her. When the twins were around 5 years old, their father ended up passing away, leading her to have to mostly look after them herself. Because of how Atsuji passed away, she sheltered her daughters for the majority of their childhoods, rarely ever letting them out of her sight. Whenever she did, she made sure that Miyoko went with them.

Family
While not exactly good, Konomi has a somewhat stable relationship with most of her family

Miyoko Oniburi
While Konomi loves Miyoko, he doesn't seem to return her feelings, being very critical of both her and Jikain Village itself. They have the most strained relationship out of everyone in the Oniburi Clan, with Miyoko still bitter towards her due to both her lies leading to his father being made a renegade, and her removing him as the clan heir twice, opting for first his younger brother Atsuji and then his younger sister Shizuka after Atsuji's death to take over as the heir/heiress. Despite her constant attempts to reconcile with her son, he always rejects her

Atsuji Oniburi
Not much is known about Konomi and Atsuji's relationship as she doesn't talk about him often, but they are believed to have been on good terms, loving each other dearly. As her first legitimate son, Konomi was known to shelter and spoil Atsuji constantly, always looking happy as long as he was too. After his death, she fell into a state of depression for an entire year

Shizuka Oniburi
Konomi loves her daughter Shizuka just like the rest of her children, and has even been shown to favour her over both Miyoko and to a greater extent Kyoko. As Shizuka has been raised since her birth to one day become the next matriarch of the Oniburi Clan, they maintain a close relationship both personally and professionally. Konomi believes Shizuka will eventually bring their clan's status up, wanting to arrange a marriage for her so that she can 'start having kids as soon as possible', she sees the position of clan heiress as solely professional, and treats all matters surrounding it as such, including both marriage and having children. While they are close, Shizuka is wary of her mother and her ways, mainly thanks to Miyoko's influence

Kyoko Oniburi
Konomi loves her daughter Kyoko just like the rest of her children, however finds her to be the most hassle to watch over out of her three surviving children, and as such does favour Shizuka and to a lesser extent Miyoko over her. She wishes to arrange a marriage for Kyoko, something her daughter despises the idea of and constantly refuses. Despite not spending much time together and both having very opposing outlooks on Jikain Village and its systems, mostly thanks to Miyoko, they do not hate each other

Kajihiro Clan
Konomi once attended a clan meeting between her clan, the Kajihiro Clan, and the Kitano Clan, with each clan leader bringing all of their children along, suggesting they are all on good terms with each other

Kitano Clan
Konomi once attended a clan meeting between her clan, the Kitano Clan, and the Kajihiro Clan, with each clan leader bringing all of their children along, suggesting they are all on good terms with each other

Trivia

 * Konomi took some inspiration from the Tudor King Henry VIII of England
 * Both are/were obsessed with creating an heir
 * The first child of both wasn't legitimate, however Konomi legitimised her child, unlike Henry VIII
 * Konomi's first legitimately born child was with their third husband, who died soon after she became pregnant, similarly to Henry VIII with his third wife Jane Seymour and their son, who died soon after giving birth
 * Both married six times,