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Grandfather
Mishima - Akiko's grandfather, and the owner of
Mishima Heavy Industries. Since his granddaughter
became President, he no longer takes such an active
role in the direction of his company, and lives in
retirement on a large and palatial estate. An odd
old man, whose idea of fun is playing shoot-em-up
games with robots - programmed, one supposes, to
let him win. Ryunosuke and Nuku Nuku introduced him
to paragliding and he was never the same again.
*^.^* He keeps a white mouse as a pet, and although
he is, of course, a hard-nosed mercenary warmonger,
seems like a decent enough old buffer.
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Hagiwara
Yoshimi - Ryunosuke's little friend, who went
to the beach with him and Nuku Nuku, and was
invited to spend Christmas Eve with the Natsumes.
Ryu has a bit of a crush on her. Yoshimi does not
have much personality; she's just a nice little
girl. Something of a pawn.
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Hagiwara
Shinichi - Yoshimi's slacker uncle. He lives in
an old house near the beach, which is where Nuku
Nuku, Ryu and Yoshimi stayed on vacation. Shinichi
has a terrible crush on Nuku Nuku and went to great
lengths to impress her. He's not exactly sleazy,
but would fit right into the British comedy Men
Behaving Badly. Apart from meeting Nuku Nuku,
probably the coolest thing that ever happened to
Shinichi was helping Kyusaku crash the Land Rover
into a giant armoured octopus. A very boysy moment.
(He's the one on the right. I couldn't find any
better pictures of him.)
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The
Weird Boys - That's just what I call
them. They might also be termed Nuku Nuku's fan
club, or the Nosebleed Brigade. They're four
teenage boys (there's also a tall, chubby one who
isn't in this picture) who spend a lot of time, and
money they can ill afford, in Akie's restaurant
while Nuku Nuku is waitressing there. They are all
desperately in love with her and believe Kyusaku is
some kind of Humbert Humbert exploiting her. Full
marks for daring go to the little one on the right
- when Nuku Nuku says the manager will scold her
for sleeping on the job, he says 'Why don't you
come over to my house, and we can sleep
together?'
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