Maimi Kusunose

> "*Ach, jest make it a roight knee-slappa, den! Nabody cares 'boot yer report! Make 'em laugh, like erry two seconds!*"
>
> —Maimi Kusunose, Mystery Club Trip

## Maimi Kusunose

### Aliases

* Mikes (by Kensuke)

* Hikaru Tsukioka

### Status

* Alive
* Dead (Worst end, Maimi Route, Saya Route?)

### Personality

Lazy, Loud, Observant, Sloppy, Smart, Talkative

### Affiliations

* Mihate High School (Student)
* Mystery Club (Member)
* Kaori Yamashiro (Club advisor)
* Yukino Otonashi (Friend, roommate)
* Kokona Morikawa (Friend)

* Mibu Kamishiro (Radio sponsor)

### Relatives

* Protagonist (Cousin, roommate)
* Unnamed Uncle
* Unnamed Grandfather (Deceased)

### Voiced by

Hisako Tojo

**Maimi Kusunose** (楠瀬 舞美, *Kusunose Maimi*)

## Profile

### In-game Description

"*A 16-year-old high school junior. 163 cm tall. She lives in the mansion and attends Mihate High School. Maimi is strong-willed and doesn't like to give up. She gets high grades and is good at sports, being the top athlete in the tennis club after joining it two years ago. She is sloppy and tomboyish despite her looks. Kensuke calls her an "unfortunate woman" and "cute if she shuts up." She has a very low tolerance for alcohol, and gets drunk off the smallest amount from a piece of fancy chocolate candy. Because her birthday is August 31st (the last day of summer break), she has never had any friends celebrate her birthday, and she has always resented this fact."*

### History

**Maimi Kusunose** is the cousin of the Protagonist. She lives in the Mansion overlooking Mihate Town with him and is first met after coming home drunk from eating a whisky bonbon and falling into his bed. Some time ago, she and the Protagonist met at a family gathering at the Mansion when they were little kids.

### Throughout the Story

#### *Prologue*

Maimi is first met when the Protagonist wakes up to find her asleep in his bed.

#### *Maimi Route*

It's revealed in her route that Maimi is Hikaru Tsukioka, the talk show host of the "*Worldend Syndrome*" radio program.
## Personality

Maimi is a very headstrong girl. She doesn't like to give up and quite assertive, although this sometimes borders on pushiness, as shown when she strong arms the Protagonist into taking on most of the cleaning duties around the house. She's also a tad forgetful, telling Kensuke that the Protagonist is her cousin after saying to keep it a secret that very morning. Maimi can be rowdy, but is actually very critical of herself, vowing to improve her alcohol tolerance by the time she turns 20 and harboring resentment and insecurities from Kensuke's remarks that she's unwomanly.

Her persona as "Hikaru Tsukioka" further exacerbate her self-esteem issues. As their personalities are so different, Maimi is afraid of people finding out the truth and being disappointed. She also does not hold grudges, something the Protagonist forgets sometimes, offering to cook dinner and buying movie tickets to apologize after their spats.

## Possible Endings

**Something far scarier than the Yomibito lurk below, SPOILERS!**
### Worst End

Maimi is killed by Kaori along with Yukino and the Protagonist
### Rei/Hanako Ending

Maimi is alive in this ending as there is no mention of her death nor reason to believe she has died.
### Maimi Ending

IT'S A REVENGE PARTY, A PARTY THAT ENDS WITH ENTRAILS ALL OVER THE LAWN
### Yukino Ending

Maimi is alive in this ending as there is no mention of her death nor reason to believe she has died.
### Miu Ending

Maimi is alive in this ending, she takes the group photo visiting Miu in the Hospital.
### Truth Ending

Maimi is alive in the Truth Ending, she is last seen with the Protagonist at school with Saya, Kensuke, Rei and Miu. The only characters to die in this ending are Kaori and Yukino who have "re-died".
## Etymology

* The name **Maimi** means "dance" (舞) (**mai**) and "beautiful" (美) (**mi**).
* Maimi's surname **Kusunose** means "camphor tree" (楠) (**kusu**) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (**se**).

## Trivia

* Maimi likes curry a lot. However, she hates potatoes in curry, saying "If you have potatoes and rice in the same dish, that's just carbs on top of carbs!"
* Maimi ranked 12th amongst the over 200 students in the junior class at Mihate High
* Maimi has a very low tolerance for alcohol, getting drunk after having a single whisky bonbon and after eating a slice of chocolate cake with alcohol in it.
* After two years of intense "training", Maimi improves her alcohol tolerance. But when she attends a company new-hire welcoming party...
* Maimi is the second heroine seen in the game but the first to be introduced