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Mutsumi Otohime (Otohime Mutsumi) is a very gentle, very frail, clumsy and soft-spoken 21 year old girl
who lives in Okinawa. Keitaro and Naru meet her while taking some time off for a brief vacation after
flunking their entrance exams. (In the anime, Keitaro has a brief and near-fatal encounter with her on his way to the entrance exam.)
Like Keitaro and Naru, Mutsumi had just flunked her entrance exam for Tokyo U, and was also taking a trip to
get a hold of herself again. And like Keitaro, she too is a third year Ronin.
The young Mutsumi played matchmaker to Naru and Keitaro after it became clear that
Naru wanted to go to Tokyo University with Keitaro. She deliberately lost a game of Janken
(rock-paper-scissors) which was to decide who out of Naru and Mutsumi would become Keitaro's wife.
She then made a promise with Naru that both she and Naru would later go to Tokyo University, so that
Naru would remember the promise (she was too young to be able to remember when Keitaro made the promise).
Despite being clumsy in small things and anemic, Mutsumi generally has good luck when it comes to life-changing
matters and always seems to come out all right, even if she gets a few bruises along the way.
Even more than Keitaro, Mutsumi has the tendency to fall down, run into things, and generally get
into injurous situations while recovering quite quickly. She also frequently has near-death experiences.
Her outlook on life is somewhat disconnected with reality, a point reinforced by her worldly
goods consisting of watermelons, her test study techniques consisting of random chance guessing,
and her almost unrealistically optimistic outlook on life. As something of a counterbalance to her
inability to do things anyone could do, she has a number of unusual qualities.
She can speak "turtlese" (though she claims she can't), and her guessing method for test taking,
involving the sides of a pencil, actually got her through the Tokyo U entrance exams.
Her surname, Otohime, comes from the legend of Urashima Taro, where Otohime is the beautiful daughter
of the Sea King and the eventual wife of Urashima. Otohime first appears in the legend as
a beautiful five colored sea turtle, providing the basis for Mutsumi's association with supernatural turtles.
Her character design was supposedly modelled on Aeris of Final Fantasy fame.
The portrayal of the Naru/Keitaro/Mutsumi relationship is somewhat different and more bluntly depicted in the anime.
She gave Narusegawa her Liddo-kun doll when she left Hinata when she was young.
It's a strange way how things turn out. If you were to put Keitaro and Mutsumi face to face, it'd almost be
like putting a mirror in their face. As Naru pointed out once, Mutsumi is practically a female version
of Keitaro. Like he, she's generally good natured, if clumsy and funny at times, and having a lot of Keitaro's habits.
Also like Keitaro, she seems to have made a childhood promise to someone to get into Tokyo University...and again
like Keitaro, she's a two-time Ronin, though not because she has trouble with the test persay. She could easily pass...
if she didn't faint the day of the test...or forget to write her name on the thing...you get the problem.
Her big failing is her tendency to choke when it really counts. She's anemic and prone
to fainting (the first time she and Keitaro met, they literally ran into each other, and she ended up catatonic for several minutes),
and she forgets things now and then.
Mutsumi has a tendency to kiss friends and acquaintances she happens to run into (friendly ones only, mind you).
She also has a pet turtle named Onsen Tamago (Tama for short), who she eventually gives to the Hinata residents as
a pet. She seems to be able to communicate with it.
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Monday, February 28, 2011
I went to the market this morning. I was delighted to find out the many tourists that were buying all sorts of souvenirs and produce there. I feel proud. No wait. I'm not a local. Still I feel proud.
Ara, one of the tourists asked if they could take a picture of me with them. My my I'm flattered. I didn't speak their language but with their big fancy cameras in hand, I thought that's what they wanted. Don't worry, diary, they really look like nice people. And it was group photo. I wonder what people would think if a stranger asked me if they could take my picture.
After buying everything I need for the week, I came back home. Just then I realized that I had to go back outside because of this new book out today. It's for my Asian literature. So I went to the mall.
I was surprised that there were a lot of guys doing rounds through each stores in the mall. Come to think of it, tomorrow is golden week. Hihi. Keitaro's friends were there too, Haitani-san and Shirai-san. How nice. They're buying stuff for their beloved ones. Hmm... I just don't know what kind of shop they left. What does XXX stand for?
I'll say it's been a productive day. But my allowance has taken a toll. Maybe..., I could apply for a job. Oh right. Tomorrow's Tuesday, so Mom and Dad will send me money.
stamped at 5:02 PM
- otohime mutsumi
Wednesday, February 23, 2011
"Ohayou, Kitsune-san. This is for you."
"What's this?"
"Strawberry wine." I have plenty of strawberry wine back in my apartment.
"Wine in the morning? Um... Thanks." Kitsune-san said. "Where can you find strawberry wine?"
"Oh, my mom sent me the strawberry wine. But actually, she got it from her cousin who has a friend, and her cousin's friend's elder sister runs a strawberry plantation; her childhood friend knows how to ferment strawberries and turn them into wine. Then her childhood friend's older brother runs a liquor store to sell them but his cousin's younger sister sent out too many to my mom's cousin. And my dad isn't really into alcohol and so my mom sent the extras to me instead. She figured that I might have friends in nearby who loves to drink." um... I can't possibly tell this to anybody I'd give a strawberry wine. It's a mouthful. "My mom sent me heaps of them." I told Kitsune-san instead. "See, I also have one for Haruka-san and..." I have one for Seta-san, Keitaro-kun, Naru-san and Kentaro-san. "... ano... I only brought two bottles of strawberry wine with me because I only have two hands."
"Is it strong?" remarked Kitsune-san.
"Ara. I'm not sure. I know how it tastes though. A bit sweet and tangy." Well, time to go find Haruka-san. "Do you know where I can find Haruka-san?"
"Oh, don't bother. I'll give it to her on your stead."
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- otohime mutsumi
