Towada Yae is a new character in Yoigoshi-hen who comes to Hinamizawa with her boyfriend, Kurosawa Takumi. When Otobe Akira and "Sonozaki Mion" first find them they are holed up in the old meeting hall near the Furude Shrine, trying to wait out the weather. When the others go to explore the saiguden behind the temple, Yae and the now awake Takumi attempt to leave, only to find their car missing. She spots someone behind Takumi, and when the others find her she says that he's disappeared.