Primula

Nicknamed Rimu (リム Rimu?), Primula is a strange, stoic and calm girl who is often seen carrying a stuffed cat around — a present from Rin to Lycoris who, in turn, gave it to Primula before she died. She is the third artificial life form created from a result of the gods' and devils' experimentations from which she escaped to visit the human world in order to search for Rin because Lycoris had told her about him. Primula has good relationships with the other clones, because she was Lycoris's sister. Most of the time she shows either very little or no emotions whatsoever. As explained by Forbesii and Eustoma, it's not that she lacks emotions, she simply doesn't know how to express them at first. This is due to being raised in isolation and not being close to anyone but Lycoris, who she looked up to as a sister. However, during her route in the game (and a couple of other routes in Shuffle! Essence+), she starts to trust Rin enough to start showing her real personality, that of an extremely happy and bubbly girl. Additionally, with her young appearance, Primula serves to fill the lolicon niche of the series. In the anime, there are hints that she has some foreseeing abilities, like warning Rin and Kaede for an oncoming earthquake a few moments before it happens and making medicine out of herbs to cure Kaede's cold before the latter even exhibits the symptoms. Voiced by: Hitomi (Japanese), Cherami Leigh (English)