Mayumi

**Yumi,** or Mayumi, is a human female in *Lilin* who is one of Lilin's only female friends. Despite being unaware of her friend's true identity, Yumi does her best to support Lilin navigate her feelings about Rio, while contemplating her own opinions about love and relationships.

## Appearances

### Appears in

Episode 4: "Fairytale", Episode 5: "Enemy", Episode 8: "Yumi"

## Appearance

Yumi is a young girl with long burgundy hair tied in a high ponytail, and has pink eyes and wears thin wire-frame glasses. She usually dresses in simple, casual clothes like t-shirts or shorts, when not in her school uniform. After Lilin gave her a fashion makeover to seem more of a desirable date for guys, she felt most comfortable with a grey sweater layered over a purple shirt, and a modest purple floral maxi skirt.

In other episodes, Lilin is still compelled to dress her up, partly as a gag and to kid around with her friend's reaction, but ultimately goes with what she knows Yumi would like as a sign of respect.

## Personality

Yumi appears to be a shy and meek girl at first glance, complete with otaku hobbies such as reading romance novels, trying on Lolita fashion dresses, cosplay, and creating romance visual novels. However, despite her soft voice and becoming flustered easily when joked around, she also is not afraid to voice her opinions or set clear boundaries if she feels too uncomfortable.

Unlike Lilin, she believes that true love is possible and can conquer all adversities, even if that mindset comes from the books and worlds of fantasy that she reads (and in some cases, accidentally aloud.) Just as Lilin can sense that she needs more confidence in her full potential, Yumi can also detect Lilin's nervousness around Rio and her hesitation to pursue the relationship deeper.

## Biography

When Yumi debuted in *Episode 5: "Fairytale",* her school uniform appears similar to Lilin's series debut when she was a high schooler named Lillie. When she first meets her, she explains that she wants to become a voice actress and gain more confidence, and this desire and her passion for romance novels was what spurned her into learning how to create visual novels.

It's unknown if Yumi lives with family while attending school, though in her morning montage in *Episode 8: "Yumi",* she's capable of being independent and looking after herself.

In the same episode, when Lilin decided to flirt with a guy on the beach to apply suntan lotion on her, Yumi becomes triggered and snaps at her to consider Rio's feelings before betraying him like that. This erupts into an argument, which is resolved when Yumi explains that she had been lied to and betrayed at her other high school, when a boy she liked lead her on so badly that she had to change schools to escape the shame she felt. This discussion becomes one of the facets Lilin slowly faces about her lifestyle as a Night Creature, and whether or not to kill Rio.

## Trivia

* In *Episode 4, "Fairytale",* Lilin first meets Yumi at a cafe and overhears her reading her romance novel out loud, in which Lilin comments "Whatever it is, I'll have what you're having." This is a derivative of the famous line from *When Harry Met Sally...*, which also took place in a cafe (diner) in the film.
* The scene in the same episode where Yumi explains to Lilin about her visual novel projects and writer's block is an interesting parallel to the format the show is presented in, as the characters' dialogue appears in a text box just like in the games Yumi is referring to.
* In the Cast Commentary for *Episode 4,* while contemplating Yumi's sexual orientation, Daggertail100 confirmed that he didn't write her to be straight.
* In *Episode 8: "Yumi",* a fantasy TV show called *"Last Knight"* is displayed briefly on her TV screen. This is seen again in *Episode 11: "Rio",* this time on Rio's Nintendo Switch in his bedroom.