Kusanagi Nene/en

: "I don't want to feel nervous anymore. I have to do whatever I can...!"
: ―Kusanagi Nene (Brand New World)
Kusanagi Nene (草薙 寧々) is a second-year student at Kamiyama High School. She's part of the musical show unit Wonderlands×Showtime.
== Character Bio ==
"Nene joined the group at Rui's recommendation. She's sharp-tongued, but honey-voiced, with the singing ability of a budding musical star. For some reason, she refuses to show herself to Tsukasa and Emu, deploying Robo-Nene to perform shows in her place."
== Background ==
Nene and Kamishiro Rui are next-door neighbors and childhood friends. Rui was the one who recommended her to join the troupe. She's a great singer and dreams of singing onstage for a musical. In the events of Wonderlands x Showtime main story, she doesn't appear on stage. Instead, she operates her Nene-Robo and performs through it. However, after certain events, she realizes that she wants to perform on stage in person and with everyone else.
At one point in middle school, her anxieties caused her to forget her lines during a play and embarrass herself. This lead to her giving up on shows, feeling humiliated, leading also to a rift in hers and Rui's friendship. They became friends again after Rui went to her and asked her to join Wonderlands X Showtime.
At school, she was formerly classmates with Aoyagi Toya. Currently, she is classmates with Shiraishi An and Shinonome Akito.
== Appearance ==
Nene has purple eyes and long grayish-green hair, with the front strands tied at the ends.
=== Original ===
Her show outfit consisted of a sleeveless top with a pink bow and smiley-face buttons down the front over a frilly skirt. The back side of the outfit consists of coattails and a big pink bow. She also wore a hairband with a butterfly-like decoration and knee-high leg warmers. The legwarmers and edges of her top had white fuzz. It's mentioned that Akiyama Mizuki made this outfit for her to match her Nene-Robo.
=== Brand New World ===
Nene has three outfits as of Brand New World.
Her unit outfit consists of a white coat with pink, green, and yellow stripes, poofy short sleeves, and large petal-shapes coattails. Layered under it is a skirt consisting of layers of yellow, green, and white fabric. She wears a green collar, long white gloves, and a pom-pom hair clip with wings, as well as fluffy black and white socks and green Mary Jane shoes.
Her casual outfit consists of a green long-sleeved shirt under a long navy blue dress, with a gold pendant necklace.
Her school outfit is the standard female Kamiyama High School uniform with a bow tie.
== Personality ==
Nene is the opposite of Emu and Tsukasa, usually keeping to herself. She is quite an introvert and extremely shy, and used to have stage fright. She likes to play games quite frequently and is very good at them. While she still suffers from stage fright, it has noticeably improved from when she first joined the troupe. She also thinks of her friends as “weirdos”, but cares deeply for them. She speaks bluntly when she’s talking to people she’s comfortable with.
In On a Holy Night, with This Singing Voice, Nene’s passion for singing and acting is shown.
== Relationships ==
* : Fellow group member. These two bicker quite a bit but quickly resolve their conflict. Nene thinks he's an idiot, but appreciates his caring qualities.
* : Fellow group member. Nene thinks she's a weirdo who doesn't listen, but tries to be helpful. She appreciates Emu's determination.
* : Fellow group member. They're neighbors and childhood friends. It was Rui who invited Nene to join WxS and tried to help her overcome her trauma. Rui was also the one who built NeneRobo for her to try to help her cope with her stage fright. Nene thinks he's nosy, but she wants to help him with his problems.
* : Friends. Nene taught Ichika how to improve on her singing and overcome stage fright.
* : Second-year classmates. Nene thinks An is very friendly.
* : Second-year classmates. Nene used to think he was weird because of his fake personality, but now she sees that he is kind and passionate.
* : First-year classmates. Nene and Toya are both good at arcade games, as seen in Close game/OFFLINE. They are also both introverted and quiet.
* : Acquaintances. They helped each other make Valentine's Day gifts in Memories Carried by the Scent of Candles.
== Trivia ==
* The appearance of NeneRobo appears to be inspired by Mikudayo.
* She has a beautiful singing voice.
* Nene loves playing video games. This is further explored in the Close game/OFFLINE event.
* Nene doesn't like mint.
== Navigation ==
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