Manako Kagami

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## Family

**Manako Kagami** (鏡 マナコ, *Kagami Manako*) is one of the supporting characters of the *Murenase! Seton Gakuen* series.

## Appearance

Manako is a young girl with short dark gray hair and large eyes with beady gray pupils, though they do enlarge when she is in a dark area. She has tarsier ears on her head and a tarsier tail.

## Personality

Manako is usually nervous around other people and becomes stressed when anyone suddenly tries to interact with her, causing her to instinctively commit suicide. However, she is able to befriend other students willing to get close to her despite her fragile nature.

Manako is also a fan of Meimei and often watched the panda from a distance, since talking to her would stress Manako out from happiness, though they would become friends and she got to be a little more comfortable around Meimei.

She also has something in common with Miyubi Shishio, as both die frequently without really wanting to, and it was that connection that allowed them to become friends as well.

## Abilities

As a tarsier, Manako is shown to possess great jumping ability, being able to jump up to incredible heights roughly 25 times her own height.

Manako will often instinctively bang her head and die when in stressful situations, but she can easily come back to life shortly afterwards, much like Miyubi Shishio.

## History

While Meimei, Jin, and Ranka helped Miyubi get to their club room, Manako watched Meimei from behind a door. However, as Jin left the room, she was soon spotted and eagerly approached by the idol. The sudden encounter had stressed Manako out enough for her to repeatedly slam her head against a wall and die, shocking Ranka and Meimei.

During a P.E class, Manako continued to watch Meimei from a distance, but was once again spotted by her. When the panda went to greet her, she tried to run away but reluctantly stayed. She admitted that she had been following her because she was a fan. Meimei then invited her to have a proper chat, but Manako became so happy that she got too stressed and fell to her instincts, jumping up high and dying after a crash landing.

Afterwards, with Miyubi’s help, the two made steady progress to get closer, and Meimei began to wear a mask so Manako wouldn’t get stressed from happiness seeing her. She would later go with Meimei and Miyubi to meet the rest of their club, though she was very nervous around unfamiliar people and died after Ranka suddenly began talking to her. Meimei then described Manako as a tough person, as she was willing to come see her again despite her instincts, and said that she wanted everyone to know about her new friend. After hearing Meimei and the club’s acceptance of her, Manako finally spoke, saying that there was nothing special about her and yet they were kind to her, making her so happy that she wouldn’t mind dying.

At that moment, she suddenly got on the floor and was about die once again, but was stopped by Miyubi, who “slapped” and scolded her, telling Manako that she shouldn’t give in to her instincts. Manako agreed and began to grow closer to her as well, though she was overwhelmed by a sudden hug from Meimei and died anyway. After that meeting, Manako was much more comfortable being around Meimei even without a mask.

## Trivia

Manako is a feminine Japanese name that can mean several things depending on the kanji used, the possible meanings for Manako's name include 'love child', 'sand child', 'true child', 'capital calm', 'true greens child' or 'matsuri tree child'.

Her surname, Kagami means 'Mirror'.