Nonako Miyokata

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## Nonako Miyokata / Anna Sarizae

* Restart
* Manga

**Nonako Miyokata**, or **Miyokata Nonako** (御世方那子) in the original Japanese release, also known by her real name **Anna Sarizae** (アンナ・サリザエ), is one of the main protagonists of *Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart*.

Nonako Miyokata is a member of Team Clantail. She is a kind girl who loves animals.

## Appearance

### Human

Given that it is stated that Anna is a foreigner, it can be assumed that Anna does not look Japanese.

### Magical Girl

As a Magical Girl, Nonako Miyokata has blunt, long, reddish-brown hair with bangs, two long strands from the side of the head that are connected to Yin and Yang symbols, and two short strands with white tips.

She wears a pale brown crown headband with darker colored designs at each end and has a triangle, pale brown earrings with fuchsia-colored string at the end.

Her eyes are grey-brown. She has fuchsia eyeshadow and lipstick, short eyelashes, and her skin is somewhat pale.

For her costume, she wears a miko outfit which consists of a fuchsia hakama and a pale brown kimono top, two fuchsia rings on her right hand, a pale brown and fuchsia choker, and multiple fuchsia bows. It’s also worth noting that the hakama should have some kind of trousers, yet Miyokata is not wearing any.

Miyokata wears bandages right above the ankle and has black sandals on.

## Personality

Eccentric and loud, Miyokata is a friendly individual that is very obviously of foreign descent. She loves Japanese culture so much that when she was chosen to become a Magical Girl, she picked out an "ultra-Japanese" name and an aesthetic based on a Japanese shrine maiden. For many years, her friends straightforwardly referred to her as a "weeaboo".

She is kind, albeit a bit overenthusiastic, and deeply loves animals. Miyokata befriends a goblin and then a small dragon while adventuring through the game. In reality, she owns a pet hamster, too.

Although she is easygoing, Miyokata does not get along well with Rionetta and the two argue a majority of their time together. She is the first to visibly warm up to Pechka.

She tends to say some words in English in the original Japanese text despite appearing traditionally Japanese, likely a sign of her original nationality. In the official release, she frequently uses French phrases instead.

## Magic

***Can make friends with any animal.***

Nonako's magic allows her to befriend any animal that she encounters. Before using her magic, she must first win against the animal in some way. This can include winning a fight, or winning its affection, or any other form of "winning".

Afterward, she will automatically befriend the animal. It will be loyal to her and will do its best to act in her best interests. During this period, Nonako can communicate with the animal itself.

Her magic is only usable on animals, and does not work on humans or plants. In addition, she is only able to befriend one animal at a time. Her magic is canceled if the animal she befriends dies, or if she befriends another animal.

## Relationships

### Rionetta

Nonako Miyokata and Rionetta are both part of Team Clantail.

From the moment they meet, neither of them get along with each other. Rionetta criticizes Miyokata’s Japanese, her adopted mannerisms, the loud volume of her voice, her strange accent, and generally everything about her. Miyokata, in turn, argues with Rionetta and the two will not stop unless Clantail intervenes. They function together when it comes down to their teamwork, but their personalities heavily clash.

After discovering the Evil King's room empty, Rionetta and Miyokata's usual bickering becomes aggressively violent. It is during an intense argument that Nonako's dragon attacks Rionetta to protect its master, and Rionetta kills Miyokata's dragon in return. There is a brief moment where Nonako tries desperately to revive her dragon, only for her, Pechka, and Rionetta to be attacked by the creatures of the library. One of the shadows crawls into Nonako's throat and she dies through internal rupturing. Rionetta unsteadily leaves the scene and Nonako's body, mumbling, "Why?"

It is revealed by Nokko that she was using her power to amplify their hostility in hopes they would eventually take each other out. The level in which the two disliked each other is a mystery, though it is certain they would've never liked each other anyway, even without Nokko meddling.

### Pechka

Miyokata and Pechka are both parts of Team Clantail.

The two of them become closer once paired together for an excursion. Nonako seems to be the first one in Team Clantail to treat Pechka like she isn't burdensome. Similar to her other teammates, Miyokata eats Pechka's food and becomes very fond of her. She squabbles with Rionetta over which one of them is closest to Pechka and says that Pechka and herself are like sisters.

It's Pechka that tries fruitlessly to use recovery medicine on Miyokata after she dies in the library.

### Clantail

Miyokata and Clantail are both parts of Team Clantail.

Miyokata voices that the first time she saw Clantail, she wanted to make her, "her pet". She was disappointed to discover Clantail was a Magical Girl rather than an animal to befriend. Miyokata respects Clantail's leadership and, like Rionetta, will allow Clantail to mediate her arguments within the group.

### Tama

Tama is Anna's pet hamster. In A Cherna Christmas, Anna discovers a Japanese spiny lobster head in her beloved pet's cage, confused on how it got there and remarking how she wouldn't have gave it to Tama as food.

### Cherna Mouse

While Cherna Mouse and Miyokata do not interact during the events of *Restart*, it is speculated that Cherna could possibly be Miyokata's pet hamster, Tama.

## Etymology

* The kanjis in her Magical Girl name stand for "honorable" or "govern" (御 mi), "world" or "society" (世 yo), "direction" or "person" (方 kata), "beautiful" or "what?" (那 nona) and "child" (子 ko).
	+ Despite this, 那 shouldn’t be read as ”nona", it should be read just as a "na".
		- Although this could be due to Miyokata's poor knowledge about the Japanese language.

## Trivia

* In Fanbook 1, Nonako Miyokata has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 3/5
Communication Skill: 3/5
Magic Rarity: 3/5
Magic Experience: 3/5
Mental Strength: 3/5
Japanese Language: 3/5
* She is the only Magical Girl whose stats are all the same number (Three).
* The Fanbook states that Nonako Miyokata is a foreigner. In the Yen Press translation of the series, it is heavily implied that she is french.
	+ For example, Nonako speaks french numerous times throughout the stories she appears in, and enjoys french-originating desserts such as Mont Blanc and Marron glacé.
* In the calendar art, Nonako Miyokata is holding a white lily, which has the meaning of chastity and purity. This might be related to her love for animals.
* Nonako Miyokata tends to call Rionetta "Putain de poupée" which means Fucking Doll in French.
* Miyokata passed her exam by using small insects like spies and gathering information that way.

## References

https://letsdiscoverthingsthataregood.wordpress.com/2020/10/26/maruinos-and-asari-endous-commentary-on-the-mahoiku-characters/