Mikatan Narugino

Mikatan Narugino is one of the main characters from Punch Line! and it's video game adaption. She is a famous idol who is part of the idol group Seas May. She is also the altar-ego of the super-heroine, Strange Juice. She is voiced by Sora Amamiya.
==History==
Mikatan was originally a girl named Chiyoko. Chiyoko was able to "uber-fy", a mysterious ability possessed by some children that seemingly allowed them to surpass the limits of human abilities. Due to this, she became a test subject at a research facility run by the Qmay Group alongside two other children, a girl called Guriko, and a boy called Pine. The three were subjected to inhumane testing. During this time, Mikatan developed a crush on Pine.
One of the researchers, Manabu Ishigata, wishing to make amends, broke the three children out of the facility. During the resulting care chase, the car swerved off the road and fell off a bridge. At that exact moment, a bolt of lightening just happened to fall from the sky and strike the car; the resulting terror felt by the children and the bolt of lighting caused their uber-fys to overload, prompting their souls to get mixed up.
When Chiyoko woke up, she found that she had Guriko's body. She was also separated from the others. She began living with Ishigata until he scarified himself in order to protect her from the Qmay Group. Mikatan began to survive on her own, until she eventually met Meika, an indistinguishably human-like robot invented by Professor Tenga Daihatsu, with the distinct purpose of a member of the future team "Justice Punch". Meika began to train Chiyoko to be able to command her use of uber-fy at will. Whenever she wills her uber-fication, her hair and eyes begin to glow orange.
By age 13, Chiyoko had begun to secretly fight crime under the super-heroine identity "Strange Juice" in Tokyo, with Meika acting as her navigator called "Pumpkin Chair". At some point she began going by the name Mikatan Narugino, and also became an idol. She began living at the Korai House apartment building, with Meika. At some point, a boy called Yūta Iritatsu moved into Korai House. On December 21st, the Qmay Group performed a bus hijacking incident. Strange Juice intervened, saving the civilians. In the process, she meets the Qmay group leader, Teraoka Ryuuto.
The incident ultimately results in the start of the time-loop that occurs within December, when Yūta's spirit is forced out of his body by his own future spirit. During the many events that occur within December, Mikatan comes to learn that Yūta is actually Pine, who now occupies her old body (using a brace to suppress the chest and use it as a male body), and that Qmay leader Teraoka Ryuuto is Guriko who now occupies Pine's old body. The other residents of Korai House also come to learn that Mikatan is Strange Juice. It is also revealed that Mikatan's body is slowly dying, because of her constant use of uber-fying as Strange Juice, and that she takes medication to hold this off.
She ultimately joins "Justice Punch" as her super-heroine identity, the team that would attempt to prevent humanity's destruction by the V-1 Asteroid, as per the wishes of the Qmay Group. Although they succeeded, Mikatan began to die in the process due to deteriorating her body too much with uber-fying. Yūta scarifies himself to save her, by shifting his soul into the body she is occupying (Guriko's), forcing Mikatan's soul back into her original body that he was occupying.
Several months later, Mikatan has gotten used to now having her old body again, although it is a little awkward as she is a girl and Yuta has been used it as a boy's body. After saying permanent goodbyes to Yūta, Mikatan continues to fight crime as Strange Juice, albeit more amaturely. She also continues to be an idol, however, due to her new body and voice, she has to secretly use the "face maker", an disguise-mask invented by Meika, to keep the act up.
==Personality==
Mikatan is a very kind-hearted and sweet girl. She loves her friends and lot, and shows a lot of concern for them. Despite being an famous idol she is very modest and doesn't see herself as anything too special. As both an ordinary person and as Strange Juice, she has a strong sense of justice and will stand up for those who are being wronged in any way, or bullied. She gets concerned for her friends when there's clearly something wrong with them, and will try and help them the best she can. All in all she doesn't really have negativity towards anyone other than criminals, delinquents, and those who choice to purposefully hurt others.
Despite this, Mikatan can also be rather abrasive and blunt, and isn't afraid to speak her mind. She can also be a little self-fulfilling and can be willing to manipulate peoples feelings to get her way at times. For example, she had been willing to start start up her uberfying to force Yuta into allowing her to tag along with him (which, in context, was akin to her holding a knife and threatening to cut herself). 
==Gallery==
8f4faa138b956265c9a94f7221674d5e--punch.jpg|Mikatan (Chiyoko) in her true body
Punch.Line.full.1899480.jpg|Mikatan post-series, with the other residents
Strange.png|As Strange Juice
D5a2e9b2ecbd1665d9fadee1977e6f80818f6842 hq.gif|Strange Juice arrives to stop the hijacking
838bb3533ae36ea00969565be11f26bb.gif|Uber-fied Strange Juice
Itomikatan.jpg|With Ito
Kopi.png|Strange Juice being interviewed on TV
Mikaitoupset.png|Mikatan sad while Ito tells her about her bully problem
Mikasanta.png|Mikatan in a Santa costume
Punchline-anime-gif-4.gif|Explaining how Ito has gone crazy
OK5MIKATAN.png|As a child test subject
F889ee0b-5de5-4046-8146-d0f2ff4730ec.png|With the other Korai House residents
Mikadying.png|Yuta sacrifies himself to save her
Ye1R9Kt.gif|Cheering up Rabura with the "Cheermacy" dance
==Trivia==
*Her name is a pun on the phrase "seigino mikata", which means "ally of justice"
*It isn't known if Mikatan continues to uber-fy while she fight crime as Strange Juice, post-series, or not. However due to the fact that she seemed to be acting more clumsy and amature-ish (she apparently crashed her bike, and she is seen simply wacking a criminal on the head with her giant straw) in the credit scenes, it can be inferred that she gave up uber-fying and is trying to fight crime still without having to rely on it. Although this clumsiness could also just be the result of her not being used to fighting crime with her new body yet. 
*Meika designed Mikatan's super hero persona around orange juice to fit the colour of her uberfication. The name "Strange Juice" is formed by taking St. Justice, then removing the "ta" in Mikatan's name. This makes word "Mikan", which is what the Japanese call the mandarin orange. So adding this into the name forms "St. Orange Juice", which becomes "Strange Juice".
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