Katie Forester (Japanese: 木霊文花 Kodama Fumika) is the main character of the manga Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days and a major character in the manga.
Appearances[]
- Yo-kai Watch: Major character
- Yo-kai Watch: Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days: Major protagonist
Physical Traits[]
Appearance[]
In the manga, Katie retains her appearance from the games and anime.
Katie has black eyes and brown hair tied in a ponytail with a pink ribbon. She wears a white pullover over a collarless shirt with black and white stripes and a pink heart on the right side of her pullover. She wears blue shorts with dark gray socks and black tennis shoes with white soles and white shoelaces. In Wakuwaku Nyanderful days she wears her Yo-kai Watch around her neck, which easily disguises the watch as a necklace with a watch pendant. In Wakuwaku nyanderful days her cardigan is also often depicted as more yellow than white.
Relationships[]
Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days[]
Nate[]
Katie and Nate are classmates and friends. Whisper asks Katie is Nate is her boyfriend in Chapter 2 but Katie tells him he's not and that he's too average and boring.
Whisper[]
Whisper is Katie's Yo-kai butler and advises her on Yo-kai. Katie treats Whisper better than she does in the anime.
Jibanyan[]
Jibanyan is very fond of Katie and enjoys napping on her lap. Jibanyan has also been shown to get jealous of other Yo-kai who get her attention. In chapter 8, when Komasan is sitting in Katie's lap Jibanyan angrily states that Komasan's in "his spot".
In chapter 15, by a dream eaten by Baku, it's shown that Jibanyan's dream is to be able to rest on Katie's lap forever and be adored by her and the members of Next HarMEOWny.
Komasan[]
Kyubi[]
Katie gets along well with Kyubi and treats him as a friend. She is impressed by his skills portrayed at a festival but doesn't accept all his gifts to her, only taking one. Katie seems a little oblivious to his advances but not as much as she is in the anime. he also tries to make Katie fall for him as he and Frostail have made a bet to see who can get a human to fall for them first. He thought it would be easy, but it turns out Katie isn't effected by his charm as he thought she would be.
In Chapter 9, he asks Katie if she's ever fallen in love before. She says she doesn't know and he admits that he also doesn't know if he's ever fallen in love, but tells her, "You'll fall in love one day. And hopefully...it'll be with me."
Venoct[]
After Katie revives an unconscious Venoct with food, he asks her to give him a task to repay her. He becomes annoyed when she simply asks him to do chores but when a gust of wind knocks down a road sign he saves Katie from the falling object. Venoct is a little hesitant to befriend Katie but does so anyway, warning her of Kyubi.
Kenny[]
In a bonus comic, Katie gifts Manju to her grandfather in the past. She calls him handsome since it was what her grandma always called him.
Main Manga[]
Nate[]
Katie is friends with Nate however often finds his actions weird.
Bear[]
In I Want Girls to like Me!!, Cupistol shoots Katie so that she falls in love with Bear. Under his possession, she acts fondly towards him. However, once the effect wears off, she screams and runs away when she realised she was so close to Bear.
Shelley[]
In Some Things Are Better Left unsaid!, under the influence of Tattletell, Katie tells Shelley that her outfit is ugly, making Shelley run away crying. Once Nate deals with Tattletell, he summons Wazzat to make everyone in the class forget the mean things Katie said. Katie then goes with Shelley to play outside, the two on good terms again.
History[]
Wakuwaku Nyanderful Days[]
Katie debuts in Chapter 1 where she finds a new antique shop while going for a walk. She finds a stuffed animal of Jibanyan and accidentally removes a seal from it. As Jibanyan takes her off guard, she knocks an orb off the side releasing Whisper. In a panic, Katie runs out of the shop but the two Yo-kai follow her. Whisper introduces himself to Katie and gives her a Yo-kai Watch.
In this chapter we see Katie herself who begins explaining that she is able to sense things others cannot. Feeling like she is being watched she turns around to see a human boy who is actually Kyubi in disguise, unbeknownst to Katie. She then finds herself passing an old antique shop and decides to go inside to look around.
She spots a stuffed toy cat with a magic seal on its face. As Katie picks up the toy the paper seal falls off and unexpectedly the cat comes to life, freaking Katie out. Panicking, she bumps into a table knocking over a little ball which ends up cracking, releasing a white ghost. Completely panicking Katie runs away only to be followed by both the toy cat and the white ghost who reveal themselves as Whisper and Jibanyan. Whisper explains to Katie that he is a Yo-kai and most people can't see Yo-kai, Whisper gives Katie a watch telling her to look through the lens there she spots Roughraff.
Afterwards Whisper mentions that Katie can see them without the watch is because she believes in them, Whisper tells her that he hopes Katie could serve as a bridge between the Human World and the Yo-kai World making friends with other Yo-kai but Katie questions why would she want to do that as she's put off by how Jibanyan is acting towards her, being too clingy. As she's getting annoyed and tries to leave Jibanyan says he got excited because she reminded him of his former owner when he was still alive. Jibanyan apologizes and Katie introduces herself and befriends him. Back at home, Katie is shocked when Jibanyan and Whisper decide to live with her. Whisper claims that "friends should stick together".
In Chapter 2 Katie befriends Dazzabel after she inspirits Nates then Katie, Whisper and Jibanyan to wear fancy clothing.
In Chapter 3 Katie befriends Grumples by giving her moisturiser which makes her skin smooth. At the end of the chapter she returns as Everfore.
Yo-kai Watch manga[]
Katie doesn't appear in the manga until Volume 3. She appears in art and as a cameo in Volume 1.
Katie debuts in Some Things Are Better Left unsaid! where Nate is staring at her lovingly in class. However, Katie begins to state that Shelly’s outfit is lame. Shelly asks why she’s being mean but Katie continues to note issues with her outfit. Shelly then runs away crying but Katie is shocked, seemingly unaware of what she said. The class quickly chastises Katie for her rudeness. Nate knows Katie would never say such a thing so searches to see if a Yo-kai is to blame but can’t seem to find anything. Bear then speaks up, noting that Katie must really be awful if she thinks such a way about Shelly. Nate approaches Bear and sees the Yo-kai hanging onto his chin. They run away and Whisper tells Nate that it's Tattletell, a Yo-kai that forces you to say exactly what you're thinking. Nate defeats Tattletell and returns. People are gossiping about Katie while she feels remorseful. Nate quickly uses Wazzat to remove everyone's memories of the incident. Bear pipes up, saying he remembers being mad but he can't remember what about. The class agrees but Bear simply asks if everyone wants to play outside which they do.
Katie reappears in The Legendary Luxurious Yo-kai! where she is looking for her mother's diamond ring that she accidentally lost.
In I Want Girls to like Me!!, Nate asks Cupistol to shoot Katie so that she'll like him. However, Cupistol makes Katie fall in love with Bear instead and the two head to the next class together. When Cupistol's effect wears off, Katie is horrified to be so close to Bear and runs away from him.
In Bu-Bump, Bu-Bump, Ka-Blam!, Katie and Nate meet up to spend the day together. However, Kyubi takes an interest in Katie and tries to woo her. Nate knocks Katie out with Baku's sleep dust so he can deal with Kyubi without interference. Nate summons Shogunyan to help him but when he has no one to possess, he possesses Katie and defeats Kyubi.