Kanae Ohtori MBTI Personality Type
Personality
What personality type is Kanae Ohtori? Kanae Ohtori is an personality type in MBTI, - sp/so - 369 in Enneagram, in Big 5, in Socionics.
Despite how little we get of her character within the series Kanae seems to be a clear sx3. Some of what we know or can infer about Kanae is that she comes from a prestigious and dignified family with an image to uphold, and that as the daughter of that family success would be expected of her, meaning that her engagement to Akio came about, not of her own desire, but mainly because her family wanted it and she wanted to please them, in the process convincing herself that she was in love with him and that he was the perfect man. She finds worth and success in being loved by Akio and acts as the ideal wife for him. “To Sexual Threes, physical and sexual appeal seems like the key to being desired, so they emphasize their gender characteristics. As a general style, the males exaggerate their virility and masculinity, and the women intensify their femininity. When attracted to someone, they take on the attributes of that person’s inner masculine or feminine ideal—in Jungian terms, shaping themselves into the other’s animus or anima. They are competitive with others about being seen as the most attractive, and being successful is measured by being desired. The passion of lying manifests here in deceiving themselves that love is the answer, that they must shape themselves into their beloved’s ideal to be loved, and ultimately that they are that image. It also appears in their use of duplicity to outmaneuver their rivals and win over the object of their desire.” -Sandra Maitri This fits her much better than the prideful, intensely passionate, femme fatale-esque sx2. The white Lillies, which she is associated with symbolize femininity and purity, and tie together with her role as the disposable fiancé, who is even more of a status symbol for Akio than he is for her. She also harbors the shyness, complacency, and insecurity present in sx3s, which would not make sense with sx2, an aggressive and active type, at all. “Today it seems to me that the fundamental pathology of these people lies in the fact that, instead of acting from an instinctive freedom, they put all their passion in the thirst for love and in the corresponding seduction through complacency or the image that is supposed attractive and exciting. The result of this is that the woman, being too aware of pleasing the man, loses the ability to enjoy her. Also added to this character is a certain passion for the family that, despite not appearing as a defect, embodies an exaggerated need to please that perpetuates self-alienation.” -Claudio Naranjo She is very preoccupied with being liked and appearing as the docilel beautiful wife-to-be that she presents herself as, which is why her problems with Anthy come up. Anthy acts strange and cold to her, refusing to refer to Kanae as her sister. Not being fully accepted like this disrupts her image, and drives her to contempt. However she still feels the need to present as kind and sweet, hiding her dislike, as revealed in her elevator confession. There she says: “Next spring, as soon as I graduate I plan on getting married. It will be to the man my father, the chairman, has selected for me. He’s… He’s very kind… Childlike in some ways, and yet really so much more mature than I am. He watches over me very warmly. I want to do something—Anything for him. I feel that way from the bottom of my heart. Except… Except…” “Deeper… Go deeper…” “Except… Except, he has a younger sister. And no matter what I do she still doesn’t like me. Something happened once. I offered her one of my favorite scarves to wear. She simply said ‘Thank you,’ and then wiper her glasses with it! I was so shocked, and told her it wasn’t for wiping glasses with! Then, without a word she just turned to me and smiled. And when I saw her eyes, I shivered. Because they were cold, alien! Father, I think he fell ill because that awful girl has been visiting us recently. I just—I just don’t have the confidence to face her terrible smile anymore. I’ve tried so hard to make her like me! But it’s no use! No matter what I try, no matter what I do… It’s no use!” For many of the same reasons she is clearly an ESFJ. The conflation of her worth with outer standards speaks to extroversion and her hyper-awareness of how others feel about her, as well as compulsion to please and attract others, is indicative of extroverted feeling. Sources: 27 personajes en busca del ser by Naranjo translated by @itzmelol The Spiritual Dimension of the Enneagram by Sandra Maitri
Biography
Kanae is the daughter of the Chairman of the Board of Ohtori Academy, and engaged to Akio. Anthy's passive-aggressive refusal to welcome her as a member of the family fuels a jealous hatred that may have within it more understanding of the relationship she's not part of than she realizes. This frustration comes out of her in the Black Rose duel "aliéation".
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