{ "Not all storms come to disrupt your life, some come to clear your path." }
Minami Nomura
Age & Grade
Seventeen, Rising Senior
Number of Years at Laurel
Ten (since 1st grade)
Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual
Group?
Gifted
Talent/Family Industry/Power
Art
Drawing||Painting||Cooking||She is a good listener||Independent||Adaptable||Patient||Funny||Enthusiastic||Affectionate||Highly imaginative||Gentle||Curious||
Learns quickly||DIY projects||Nail art||
Weaknesses
Singing and dancing. Though that doesn't stop her.||Procrastination||Insecure||Indecisive||Nervous||Impulsive||Baking||Math||Way too forgiving||Finds it hard to say no to people||She cries when she is frustrated||She is way too hard on herself||Lazy||Stubborn||
Fears
Abandonment - Mina is emotionally vulnerable, so she doesn't let a lot of people in to share her deepest feelings. It’s hard for her to trust anyone but her closest friends. When she does form a strong bond with someone, her greatest fear is that that person will go away, leaving a big empty space in her heart that she won't know how to fill.
Making a wrong decision - Mina is a person who thinks carefully before making important life decisions. One of her biggest fears is that she will one day make a miscalculation and take a wrong turn along the way that screws up everything that she has worked so hard for.
Secrets
She had a pregnancy scare a few months ago.
{ Resilient, Optimistic, Outgoing, Passionate, Competitive }
Mina didn't have the easiest childhood, so she learned from a young age to let go of the past and not dwell on what might have beens . Instead, she moves forward with glass-half-full optimism and an ability to always look on the bright side—and land on her feet—in nearly any situation.
With a mind that's constantly racing, even when she's just quietly hanging out, Mina rarely gets bored. In fact, she is happy keeping her own company, and can often turns her solitary daydreams into beautiful artwork.
Energetic and passionate, Mina can breathe new life into a same-old routine and excite other people simply by her all-in presence. Competitive to the max, the best way to motivate Mina is to turn something into a contest. She will put everything she has (and then some) into winning. Which resulted in some epic prank wars, that got her weeks of extra classes.
Even though Mina is easily the life of the party without trying, she also has a deep emotional side that needs care and feeding. So sometimes she needs to take some time to herself.
Mina is great at making everyone happy—but what good is that if Mina herself doesn't feel fulfilled? While she has a fine-tuned internal compass, she sometimes ignores what she wants in favor of what makes everyone else happy—and this habit sometimes ends up backfiring. She is a master communicator. She doesn't stress about having a difficult conversation, and although she doesn't try to smooth talk, she gets deals and bargains wherever she goes simply because reason and charm are her MO.
Music||Books||Chats with nearly anyone||Picnics||People watching||The outdoors||Animals, especially cats.||Comfortable clothes||Coffee||Swimming||Roller and ice skating||Horror movies||Chocolate||Vanilla ice-cream||Swimming||Dresses with pockets||The smell of rain||Gummy bears||Video games||Stargazing||Playing darts||Fairy lights||Doing people's nails||Poetry
Violence||Broken promises||Spicy food||Cinnamon||Frogs||Crying in front of people||Cigarettes||Spiders||Lies||People being cruel to animals||Strong smelling perfume||Raisins||Being late||Needles||The smell of rubbing alcohol||Orange juice with pulp||Peanut butter||Snakes||Mayo||Humidity||Running out of hot water||Thunder||Pineapple on pizza||Wet socks||Reality TV shows||
Minami's mother, Fumiko, grew up in a strict household. Her father was a well respected cardiologist who expected his only daughter to follow in his footsteps. Getting into a great college was the only thing that mattered to them, but even with all the extra classes and private lessons the stress got to Fumiko, making her fail the entrance exam. Her parents were very disappointed, but Fumiko promised she would study harder and make it next year. During the months her friend were going to college, Fumiko continued going to Cram school. That's where Fumiko met Minami's father, Keiji. He was on of the college students who sometimes helped out at the Cram school. One thing led to another and Fumiko found herself pregnant and Keiji didn't want anything to do with her.
Her father was furious to say the least. They were thinking of taking her for an abortion, but she was too far along for that so they came up with a solution. Fumiko would take the exam, and if she passed he would try to pull a few string so she could enroll when she gave birth. In the meanwhile they would be taking care of the child, and all Fumiko would have to do was concentrate on her studies.
Minami didn't see much of her mother during her early childhood, and when she did see her , Fumiko would smile at her in passing with a smile that didn't quite reach her eyes. Even at the young age of four, Minami knew that she was unwanted. When her grandparents had guests over they would usually tell her to go to her room and not make a sound. So that's what she did. She sat at her window and drew. She filled notebook after notebook with drawings. When they found her notebooks and saw potential, they decided to enroll her into art classes. She was a quick learner and had such a unique art style that even her teacher was left in awe. The same teacher, who was former Laurel Academy student sent a couple of her artwork to Laurel Academy, and when they sent back a positive feedback, he managed to talk her grandparent into letting her enroll.
Dialogue Color: #49a9a6
Face Claim: Kiko Mizuhara
