Motoko Maeda

Motoko Maeda (前田 元子 Maeda Motoko), also known as Moto-chan, is a protagonist of episode 21.5 and a major pivotal character overall as she is the one who sealed Sotoba's fate in the end and started the fire that destroyed it. She was a young housewife from Lower Sotoba and worked in Chigusa. She was Kanami's childhood friend, Isami's wife, Iwao's and Tomiko's daughter-in-law and Shigeki's and Shihori's mother. She was also responsible for burning Sotoba out of insanity.