Kagami Jou

Kagami Jou receives limited direct characterization, with much of what is known about her conveyed through the memories and emotions of her family.

Her importance comes from the affection her children hold for her. The grief attached to that bond becomes especially significant once Bakugami begins removing sorrow from the people of Kagami.

Kagami Jou is a human with no established magical abilities.

Her role belongs to Kagami's royal family rather than the magical institutions surrounding witches and Majiks.

The queen's history is gradually connected to the emotional state of Kagami's royal family. Her family experiences the same central tension that eventually affects the wider country: painful emotions can be removed, but doing so changes the meaning attached to memories that produced them.

Kagami Jou dies before the main events of the Bakugami storyline. Richia's grief over losing her becomes one of the emotions affected by Bakugami's power, helping Gokuraku recognize that the Majik's "happiness" is taking something essential from the people it supposedly helps.

Her memory consequently becomes important evidence against the idea that sorrow is inherently worthless. Grief can hurt precisely because the person who has been lost mattered.

Richia Kagami is Kagami Jou's daughter. Richia's grief and memories concerning her mother become central to exposing the emotional cost of Bakugami's power.

Gokuraku Kagami is Kagami Jou's son and one of the people who refuses to accept the emotional changes produced by Bakugami.

Kagami Ou is her husband and the king of Kagami.

Bakugami's influence alters how Kagami's royal family experiences painful memories connected to the queen.