History Characters / StrawberryMarshmallow

A 5th grader who is friends with Chika and Miu. She is timid and tends to scare (and fall down) easily. Nevertheless, Nobue seems to be attracted to her particular brand of cuteness for some reason.

[[folder:Nobue In General]]

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Black or grey are her usual clothing colours of choice.

* MeaningfulName: In the dictionary episode, the girls look up the meaning of their own names - Nobue means "increase faith".

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Blue is her primary clothing colour of choice.

* MeaningfulName: Chika implies "thousands of skills" - basically being good at lots of things.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Pink/Red is her primary clothing colour of choice.

* MeaningfulName: Miu means "beautiful wings", and she's very proud of it...

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Green is her primary clothing colour of choice.

* MeaningfulName: Matsuri means "festival", and it's also a type of flower.

* ColorCodedForYourConvenience: Lavender or White are her primary clothing colours of choice.

* MeaningfulName: In the dictionary episode, Ana is furious when Miu spells her name in kanji to mean "hole", "bone", and "cave", which becomes a RunningGag.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/FumikoOrikasa (Japanese), Caitlynne Medrek (English)

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/HitomiNabatame (Japanese), Carol-Anne Day (English)

* CoolBigSis

* EvilChef: One time, when Miu kept dragging the rest of the crew to the café, where Nobue worked part time and repeatedly extorted fancy ice cream from her, she spiked Miu's ice cream with hot sauce. This escalated to a big food fight between Mio and Nobue, which got Nobue fired and not only without pay for the days she worked there, but even with debts to the café for cleaning and damages.

* SmokingIsCool

* ActuallyPrettyFunny: For Chika.
* ACupAngst
* AttentionWhore

* DropInCharacter
* FieryRedhead

* HomosexualReproduction: After she spent a night in Nobue's bed, she stuffed two pillow under her shirt and pretended to be pregnant.

* GirlishPigtails

*JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sometimes.
* MeaningfulName: Miu means "beautiful wings", and she's very proud of it....
* RefugeInAudacity

* StraightManAndWiseGuy: With Chika.

* BlindWithoutEm
* ButtMonkey
* CatGirl: Ashamed of her odd hair, she invests in a cute hat with cat-ears attached. Bizarrely, she spontaneously sprouts a cat ''tail'' as well. Nobue, quite taken with her new look, insists she add a little "Nyah" (meow!) to the end of every sentence....

* CuteClumsyGirl

* {{Meganekko}}
* ShrinkingViolet

* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged:]] Although she ''is'' an foreigner (she and both of her parents are British), [[GoingNative she lived in Japan since a young age and spoke even at home only Japanese, resulting in her almost entirely forgetting her own mother tongue]]. She tried to feign ignorance of Japanese language and customs and proficiency in the English language, but failed at both tasks (the Japanese language and culture were too deeply ingrained in her for that, her Japanese classmates speak English better than her and she has a better command of the Japanese language than her native Japanese classmates have). That bothers and embarrasses her very much, since she wants to keep her cultural identity and connection with her country of birth and even tries to re-learn English with her friend Matsuri's help.
* GorgeousGaijin: In universe example - when Nobue meets Ana for the first time (whilst a little tipsy), she's instantly smitten with her.

** It's fairly justified where Ana is concerned, as England (being in Northern Europe) is a nation with a relatively high occurance of fair-hair, especially amongst children.
* TokenWhite

* FragileFlower: Miu often makes fun of her weak constitution.

** ForeignFanservice: In universe example - when Nobue meets Ana for the first time (whilst a little tipsy), she's instantly smitten with her.
-->'''Nobue''' (''thinking''): "Smooth, blond hair, clear blue eyes, skin as white as porcelain, slender long legs..."
-->'''Nobue''': "[[ImTakingHerHomeWithMe She's mine!!!]]" [=*=]{{Glomp}}[=*=]

* JapanesePronouns: She frequently refers to Miu using "temé!", a ''deeply'' impolite form of "you" literally meaning "you bastard" (because Miu is a pain in her ass very, very often).

* CutenessProximity: Her trigger is [[{{Lolicon}} Ana and Matsuri]].

* {{Lolicon}}

* TokenMinority

The oldest of the bunch, at 16 years old (20 in the anime). Elder sister to Chika, whom she loves to mess with when in need of money to feed her smoking habit.

* CoolBigSis

* SmokingIsCool

The oldest of the bunch, at 16 years old she is a teenage delinquent who smokes and steals from people and is a bad person.

* CoolBigSis Nobue is not this because she is a bad older sister who does bad things and hurts her sister.

* SmokingIsCool

The oldest of the bunch, at 16 years old (20 in the anime). Elder sister to Chika, whom she loves to mess with when in need of money to feed her smoking habit.

* CoolBigSis

!!!Voiced by: Creator/HitomiNabatame [JP], Carol-Anne Day [EN]

* BerserkButton: Don't make jokes about her age or weight, or esle she'll kick your ass or at least [[FaceDoodling scribble nonsense on your face]].

* EvilChef: One time, when Miu kept draggin the rest of the crew to the café, where Nobue worked part time and repeatedly extorted fancy ice cream from her, she spiked Miu's ice cream with hot sauce. This escalated to a big food fight between Mio and Nobue, which got Nobue fired and not only without pay for the days she worked there, but even with debts to the café for cleaning and damages.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/SaekoChiba [JP], Wendy Morrison [EN]

** StraightManAndWiseGuy: With Miu.

!!!Voiced by: Creator/FumikoOrikasa [JP], Caitlynne Medrek [EN]

!!!Voiced by: Creator/AyakoKawasumi [JP], Kylie Beaven [EN]

--> '''Matsuri''': "Konnichi-nyah"

!!!Voiced by: MamikoNoto [JP], Katie Rowan [EN]

Ana first appears in Episode 2 (anime; chapter 11 in the manga)

* {{Fauxreigner}}: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged:]] Although she IS an foreigner (she and both of her parents are British), [[GoingNative she lived in Japan since a young age and spoke even at home only Japanese, resulting in her almost entirely forgetting her own mother tongue]]. She tried to feign ignorance of Japanese language and customs and proficiency in the English language, but failed at both tasks (the Japanese language and culture were too deeply ingrained in her for that, her Japanese classmates speak English better than her and she has a better command of the Japanese language than her native Japanese classmates have). That bothers and embarrasses her very much, since she wants to keep her cultural identity and connection with her country of birth and even tries to re-learn English with her friend Matsuri's help.

* PhenotypeStereotype: blue eyes? Check. Golden hair? Check. Originally from an English-speaking country? Check.

-->'''Nobue''': "She's mine!!!" * {{Glomp}} *

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-->'''Nobue''': "Matsuri! it's Miu! She's ''dead!''"

* JapanesePronouns: She frequently refers to Miu using "temé!", a ''deeply'' impolite form of "you" literally meaning "you bastard" (because Miu is a pain in her ass very, very often)!

!!!Voiced by: SaekoChiba [JP], Wendy Morrison [EN]

--> '''Nobue''': "Idiot..."

* Fauxreigner: [[ZigZaggingTrope Zig-zagged:]] Although she IS an foreigner (British), [[GoingNative she lived in Japan since a young age and spoke even at home only Japanese, resulting in her almost entirely forgetting her own mother tongue]]. She tried to feign ignorance of Japanese language and customs and proficiency in the English language, but failed at both tasks (the Japanese language and culture were too deeply ingrained in her for that, her Japanese classmates speak English better than her and she has a better command of the Japanese language than her native Japanese classmates have). That bothers and embarrasses her very much, since she wants to keep her cultural identity and connection with her country of birth and even tries to re-learn English with her friend Matsuri's help.

* TheWestCountry: Her origin, before the move to Japan.

!!!Voiced by: FumikoOrikasa [JP], Caitlynne Medrek [EN]