Midori Amano

**Midori Amano** is another tadpole subject in the *Wonderland* series. She comes along and saves Mikado Ryuugamine and Masaomi Kida from getting shot by a paranoid former gangster named Genjo Eto. Midori was also a mental patient at Chou Mori Institution. She is part of the second generation of tadpoles.

## Appearance and Personality

### Appearance

When she was a teenager, Midori cut her hair and dyed it blonde.

## Back Story

   Midori's parents never married, but remained good friends. She would often visit her father on the weekends. On one such visit when she was eight years old, everything started out normal. Midori and her father had breakfast at Denny's and then went out shopping for a birthday present for her grandmother. While in a store at the mall, she was kidnapped and taken to Chou Mori Institution. She ended up a test subject in the Tadpole Project.

Shortly after going home, her mother and father constantly checked on her well-being to the point that her father would call her every ten minutes if she went out somewhere just to check on her. Throughout the rest of her life, Midori lived a normal life. But, she still had strange dreams about being at Chou Mori and all of the things that happened to her. Every trace of a normal life ends when she gets her awakening.

## Storyline History

### Wonderland Chaos

Shinra was the one who made the first contact with Midori. She is sent to pick up Mikado so that he can be informed of the new discovery in the tadpoles. Midori manages to save Mikado and Masaomi from getting shot to death by a paranoid man. She calls an ambulance for the blackmail and she and the boys leave to head back to Shinra and Celty's apartment. There, Midori and the other tadpoles learn that Celty can neutralize their powers when she is near them.

Midori's the one who convinces Tetsu Aso to tell Taichi Adachi the truth about his powers. She also suggests that the other tadpoles find somebody to keep them grounded to prevent them from turning out like Satoshi and Azusa. In "Thursday", Midori makes contact with Madoka Kurosawa. Because of her new abilities, she is able to solve a Rubix cube under ten seconds. She's later seen looking for Mikado when he goes missing.

In "Girls", Midori talks with her mother on the phone. Her mother asks if she should date this guy she meant at work. Her daughter encourages her to do so, but then asks if her mother would still love her if she changed in any way into something "terrifying". Her mother says yes, making Midori feeling like crying and hanging up on her.

In "Exposed" Midori and Madoka get messages from a tadpole named Naomi Aizawa. It is Midori who asks the questions and asks to meet up. The three tadpoles meet up in a coffee shop. Naomi shows them her power, leaving Midori amazed.

### Caged Wonderland

Midori participates in the mock sports' day with the other tadpoles to test the effects of the Kratos drug. In "4:44 a.m.", Midori gets an e-mail from an unknown address at 4:44 a.m. The heading says, "Open Me!" Against her better judgment, she opens it. The tadpole freaks out when the message says, "I know what you all are. You can't hide from us. You are now the performers for our entertainment. Do not try to get out our demands. We will make you comply. WE ARE WATCHING YOU!' Later on, Midori gets another e-mail from a deleted address at 4:44 a.m. She shows her friends, Tamako, Shiori, and Eriko, the message showing a video taken of her with short blonde hair and a long white dress walking on top of a stone wall near what looked to be a beach. There was no sound in the video and the film was taken without her knowledge while on vacation with her parents. It freaks her out. Shiori tells her to call the police.

### The Month of No Gods

Midori is out having lunch with her mother. She pushes her to start dating this coworker that has a crush on her. But then Midori hears a voice whispering that it is going to kill her mother.

### Black Swan Wonderland

Midori is pulled into another Tandeki experiment. Now, she can't feel pain anymore. After Emily's death, Midori gets a small spirit familiar to command around.

### Edge of Wonderland

Midori is pulled into another experiment where she has a chalky taste in her throat that she can't get rid of. She goes to Shinjuku with Hifumi Ushimaru to go and pick up Riku Ishii and her sister, Risa. They meet up with Risa and praise for the good work that she is doing with the lawsuit against Chou Mori. She is pulled into another experiment where she is sick as a dog. Midori then gets better after Masaomi Kida became a player in the game and turned back time. The side effects of the antidote lets her see the last moments of a person's life before they died in her dreams.

### Tadpole Diaries II

Midori calls up her mom just to check on her. They talk about her mother's date. She wants to save her mother. but she doesn't when or how she doing to die. Midori turns to Madoka for help. She asks if Madoka would rather know when she will die or how she will die. She explains the whole situation to her.

## Tadpole Powers

### Primary Traits

Midori can control time. She freezes it when she holds up two fingers. To unfreeze time, she simply drops her fingers by her side.

### Secondary Traits

Midori can also hear thoughts of anyone nearby her and increase a person's desires. She can communicate with the other tadpoles telepathically. Thanks to the new experiment, Midori can't get sick, drunk, or high anymore. After another new experiment, she doesn't need to sleep anymore. After another new experiment, she eats like a horse. The next experiment took away her ability to feel pain. After Emily's death, Midori now controls a small spirit familiar.

The side effects of the antidote let her see the last moments of a person's life before they died in her dreams. Midori can now talk to animals.

### Augmentations

She also became very attractive, highly intelligent, and can see the future. Thanks to the new Kratos drug, Midori is now more athletic.

## Relationships

### Madoka Kurosawa

*Main Article: Madoka Kurosawa*

Madoka and Midori seem to be developing a friendship due to being forced together in their current situation. Midori is the one to turn Madoka when she doesn't know how to save her mother. Madoka agrees to help.

### Mother

Midori has a good relationship with her mother. They talk on the phone every night. In fact, Midori pushes her mother to date again. Now, something is threatening to kill her mother. Midori wants to protect her but doesn't know how or when her mother will die.

### Father

Midori's father is very protective of her, even more so ever since she was kidnapped and taken to Chou Mori. He would call and see if she was okay and where she was even if she was just at the convenient store.

### Naomi Aizawa

*Main Article: Naomi Aizawa*

Naomi makes contact with Midori and Madoka. They meet up and shows them her power. Midori seems little more open to the new tadpole than Madoka is.

## Trivia

* Midori's inspiration comes from the character of Midori Tokiwa of *Tamako Market*.
* One of the members of Vozrozhdeniye is worried that Midori might try to use her powers to go back in time and change the outcome of the game. Another one thinks that she will be able to be controlled.
* Boris Oleneva is fascinated with her.