Ririna Sanada

**Ririna Sanada** (真田 莉々奈 *Sanada Ririna*) is the second main heroine of the Koi to Uso (Anime) and manga series.

She is a second-year student at an all-girls school called **Rijo Girls Academy**. She is the assigned partner of Yukari Nejima and the friend of Misaki Takasaki.

Although she's Nejima's assigned partner, she claims to have no special feelings towards him, as she's fully aware of the latter and Misaki's romantic feelings towards each other. Because of this, along with the fact that she has no idea what love is or what it feels like to be in love, she suggests that both Nejima and Misaki become a couple, thus making her a matchmaker of some sorts.

Towards the end of ***Ririna's Route***, she's married to Nejima (which makes her **Ririna Nejima** officially) and they're seen to have two children together.

## ​Appearance

Ririna is a very beautiful teenage girl, she is of German descent on her father's side and Japanese on her mother's side, she is slim and petite, she also has a very attractive figure with a small chest.

She has long pink hair, styled in two pigtails with fringes that cover her forehead, two chin-length fringes that hang down both sides of her face, large amethyst-purple eyes and porcelain skin, with her small stature and delicate features, she looks like a doll.

Even when Nejima officially meets Ririna for the first time, he considers her the most beautiful girl he has ever laid eyes on.

## Personality

In stark contrast to Nejima's shy and awkward nature, along with Misaki's kind and understanding nature, including her delicate appearance, Ririna is someone who is not ashamed to speak her mind and let things be known.

Aside from her outspoken nature and tsundere appearance, she is considered naive in the sense that she does not have a clear understanding of romance. Therefore, her idea of being able to understand the basis of "love" is to be able to see it for herself, as she demonstrates when she firmly asks Misaki and Nejima to kiss. It is obvious that she is aware of how they feel about each other.

While Ririna may seem a bit naive to a certain extent, she is also prone to sensitivity, as seen when Nisaka called her out for being a virgin during one of their short but brief interactions.

Even when Nejima officially meets Ririna for the first time, he considers her the most beautiful girl he has ever laid eyes on.

## **Background**

As a child, Ririna has dealt with health complications and was often kept in a hospital room. Despite feeling lonely at the time, she would be watched over by Naoki Mimasaka, an intern who had taught her 6th grade homeroom class.

Although she wasn't able to go to school until the second term of her first year in junior high school (7th grade), complications arose along the way, which led her to stay longer at the hospital, and because of her frequent stays in the hospital, Ririna couldn't be able to make friends.

In spite of her personal circumstances, Ririna was able to return to school to where she became one of the top students, and because of how academically smart she is, this caused her to be isolated from her peers, thus giving her the nickname "Snooty Sanada".

## **Relationships**

### Yukari Nejima

​Nejima is Ririna's assigned marriage partner through the government.

​At the point when both of their families have met, their interaction overall wasn't entirely the best. But that's not to say it was entirely the worst, either. Because Nejima was still stuck in a daze, especially after having a talk with Misaki before leaving home from school and officially meeting the Sanada family, Ririna didn't take his silence lightly to where she tossed her coat at him and bluntly stated about having no manners, followed by the fact that they are strangers and how she had no intention to marry him too.

​Despite how things started off at the wrong foot, in which they were able to have a full heart to heart talk and put their differences to the side, they were able to move past it and become really good friends.

​While Ririna doesn't particularly hold any romantic feelings toward Nejima, since the latter has someone else he loves, who also becomes one of her friends, that's when she assertively suggests the idea of how he and Misaki should kiss and become a couple, all for the sole sake of having to understand the fundamentals of romance. Thus, resulting her to act as "cupid" in some sense.

​In the end of **Ririna's Route**, as shown above, she becomes the wife of Nejima (which officially makes her **Ririna Nejima**) and they're seen to have two children.

### Misaki Takasaki

Misaki considers Ririna as her first real friend.

Because of the fact how Ririna is fully aware of Misaki's feelings for Nejima, she doesn't think anything of it. Instead, it was she who insinuated the idea of Misaki and Nejima kissing and becoming a couple, in order to understand what it means to love someone and feel loved by someone. While Misaki initially thought Ririna was naive for having to suggest such a thing, knowing that Nejima is the latter's partner in the marriage system, she comes to appreciate and value Ririna as a very good friend.

Despite the circumstances revolving around the marriage arrangement, at least Ririna and Misaki were able to become very close. And while it's seen that Ririna also holds feelings for Nejima, she prefers to keep them hidden for the sake of Misaki's happiness.

Misaki's nickname for her is "Riri-chan",

### Yūsuke Nisaka

The interaction between Ririna and Nisaka did not start off too well on a good foot. Due to the latter blatantly calling her a virgin upon meeting in person for the first time.

Despite the bad impression, they were able to come to good terms afterwards and become formally acquainted with each other.

### Arisa Mimasaka

At first, Ririna would often ignore Arisa during the times when the latter would call out to her. The way she'd call out to Ririna would usually consist of various nicknames, some of which would sound as if they were insults. Although Ririna didn't seem to understand the latter at first, the misunderstanding eventually cleared when Arisa was able to admit in wanting to become friends with Ririna.

As such they were able to become close friends to where Ririna was shown to bring Arisa to Nejima's school during the school festival.

## **​Nicknames/Referrals**

* Sanadamushi - by Arisa Mimasaka (Anime only)
* Snooty Sanada - by Arisa Mimasaka (Manga Only)
* Sanada-san - by Yukari Nejima
* Lili/Riri-chan - by Misaki Takasaki
* Sanadamaru - by Arisa Mimasaka
* Lili/Ririhyon - by Arisa Mimasaka
* Lili/Riripipi - by Arisa Mimasaka
* Lili-pon - by Arisa Mimasaka (Manga only)

## ​Etymology

* The name **Ririna** means "white jasmine" (莉) (**ri**) and "apple tree" (奈) (**na**).
* Ririna's surname **Sanada** means "real, genuine" (真) (**sana**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**/**da**).
	+ Her married name **Nejima** means "root" (根) (**ne**) and "island" (島) (**shima**/**jima**).

## Trivia

* Ririna is commonly referred to by two names:
	+ **Lilina** (in the manga)
	+ **Ririna** (in the anime)
* Ririna is a quarter German on her father's side.
* Ririna is very interested in romantic stories and encounters.

## Gallery

### Anime

Ririna in her hospital bed with Naoki Mimasaka (on the left)Ririna posing for the cameraRirina in the wedding dress
### Manga

Ririna in the mangaFamily photos of Yukari and RirinaRirina in labor and giving birth to her newborn youngest daughterRirina with her eldest son, 5 years oldRirina with her daughter under 1 and a half yearsRirina Nejima, 28 years old married veterinarian
## References

1. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Episode 1
2. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 139.5
3. ↑ "Koi to Uso", Chapter 287
4. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 40
5. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 39
6. ↑ *Koi to Uso*, Chapter 107