Ama Shigure

Ama Shigure (時雨 亜麻) is a side character in the Shuffle! series. She is the mother of Asa Shigure.

Personality
Ama has a lively personality and speaks in a sloppy tone. In addition, she was frequently mistaken for Asa's younger sister due to her childish demeanor and appearance. Nonetheless, her qualities as a mother are first-class, and she takes care of her daughter dearly. Ama and Asa seem, at surface observation, to be more like good friends than an average mother and daughter relationship. She is also talented in the culinary arts, though not as proficient as her daughter.

Background
Ama was once a demon who dwelt in the demon realm. For reasons unknown, she fell into deep, near-suicidal depression. Feeling that she had nothing to lose, Ama volunteered to be a test subject for the joint- god & demon experiment, dubbed Project Yggdrasil, which aimed to create a superior magical being. Though successful, the terrible strain of genetic modifications and experiments were too much for Ama. She lost control of her enhanced powers, albeit for only a temporary.

Ama simultaneously destroyed the lab facility in a massive explosion and teleported herself to Earth, specifically Japan. There she was found by an unknown Japanese male who brought her back to his home and nursed her back to full health; he then allowed her to live with him. Eventually, she became infatuated with her caretaker, and they married some time after. From that bond, Ama gave birth to Asa.

Ama's husband died from an unexplained sacrifice to protect his daughter and wife.

Character Relationships

 * Asa: Her daughter that she dots her on. She cared for Asa when she was sick when she was younger and often teased her about her relationship with Rin. When Asa's hair grows, she is the one to cut it back to its usual short style.
 * Rin Tsuchimi: Friend. Rin learns the truth about Asa from Ama. Ama also tends to tease him about his relationship with her daughter.
 * King of Devils/King of Gods: Ama was the first attempt that the Gods and Devils tried in Project Yggdrasil. Though they don't interact in the visual novel or anime, the last episode shows them catching a glimpse of Ama. And when the King of Devils asks, the King of Gods says she looks like someone he knew that passed away and that he would tell her he's sorry if she were alive.

Trivia

 * The name Ama means "second, Asia" (亜) (a) and "hemp" (麻) (ma).
 * Ama's surname Shigure means "time" (時) (shi) and "rain" (雨) (gure).
 * Like the other experiments of Project Yggdrasil, Ama has purple eyes.
 * She inherently passed her eye color on to her daughter Asa.
 * Ama has the habit of drastically reducing names to cute nicknames
 * For instance, Asa is referred to as "A-chan."
 * Ama is usually seen wearing a cat-ear hat as a way to hide her devil ears.