Naotoku Nagomi

Naotoku Nagomi (正独 なごみ) is a character from Puella Magi ☆ Kakera Magica.

General Info
Origin: Kamimura village (transfered to Kazusada ward of Kotonazo City)

Japanese pronouns: watashi (私)

Wish: "I want to go to High school! I want to study more! Any school doesn't matter, I just want to go to High school!"

Ability: Nullification (nullify personal magic of other magical girls for a period of time)

Witch form/Doppel: Moyenne

Soul Gem: Purple butterfly brooch on chest

Weapon: Handguns

Known relatives:
 * Naotoku Namiko (正独 凡子) (mother)
 * Masatsune Tokiwa (正常 トキワ) (aunt)
 * Masatsune Amane (正常 普) (father)
 * Masatsune Masao (正常 将雄) (grandfather, deceased)

School: Kazusada Preparatory High school, 10th grade

Stats and abilities
Base rarity: 4*

Type: Balance

Element: Dark

Discs layout: AABBC (Blast: 1 vertical, 1 horizontal)

Connect: Can I trust you? (信じてもいいでしょうか？)
 * Attack up [IX]
 * Chance to Critical Hit [VI]
 * Chance to Stun [V]

Magia: Myriad Ammo (無数の弾薬) Doppel:  Moyenne
 * Damage all enemies
 * Chance to Stun [VIII] (Enemies/1 turn)
 * Chance to critical hit [VII] (Self/3 turns)
 * Attribute-strengthened damage all enemies
 * Chance to Stun [IX] (Enemies/3 turns)
 * Chance to critical hit [VIII] (Self/3 turns)
 * Attack up [X] (Self/3 turns)

Magical Girl descriptions
An unlucky girl who, although intelligent and smart, she still did not get a chance to go to the school she wants. Her parents were divorced and she has been living with her mother. When she gets into a new school, she is severely bullied by others because of untrue rumours, thus leading to her having suspicions around people and her protest of opening up to others.

Doppel description
Moyenne, the Doppel of Miracles. Its form is a Meteoroid. The master of this emotion is overjoyed yet desperated in the presence of her Doppel. With its space-like body, the Doppel can produce endless star showers, each star worth a single wish. However it has the worst luck trying to catch any of them for its master to wish upon, despite its many arms. Despite the master's intelligence, she has failed to see that the being attached to her is the "true" miracle all along and the day has yet to come when the master realizes this. Until then however, she will continue to try catching the shooting stars... before the one attached to her burns out.

Witch descriptions
The Witch of normalcy. Her nature is average. The barrier is made of countless stars and comets, creating miracles supposed to be non-existent. To her dismay, those miracles only last for a certain amount of time, leading to tantrums and rampages, opposed to her mature personality.

Civilian
Nagomi has fair skin and an average height. She has dark brown hair that reaches her midthighs, which is tied to two low twintails and two small braids, and her bangs almost covered her left eye. Her eyes are black, with the colour compared to two obsidian stones. She also wears round glasses due to having nearsightedness. She usually wears a Kazusada school's uniform with black tights and shoes.

Magical Girl
As a Magical Girl, she has her glasses off and let her hair down, but still keeps her braids. She wears a sailor-collared top with her Soul Gem rested in the center, and another collar adorned with a red gem as a button on her neck, with butterfly wing-patterned sleeves, belts and small pouches to carry her guns and ammo. On the bottom are a two-layered skirt in a butterfly pattern, dark purple stockings with the faintly same design, and black boots. She also wears black gloves and a beret with two black ribbons hanging in the bottom.

Personality
Nagomi tends to act distant toward people, always calling others by their full name or last name with the suffix "-san" (さん), and speaks in a polite way. She is also said to be quite smart, being one of the top aces in education, besides Rei when still in Kamimura Village, and in the top 10 of Kazusada school. Due to constantly being bullied, she became emotionally shut off, thus leading to her having suspicions around people and her protest of opening up to others.

Ep 1
The Masatsune family was having dinner at their home in Kamimura Village. Nagomi's parents asked her about her school work. She eagerly replied that her test score was top-notch, and her grandfather Masao rubbed her head when hearing, saying that he was proud to have such a smart grandchild. Here, it was shown that Nagomi's surname was Masatsune. But an incident stuck and tore her happy family apart.

One day, Masao passed away so suddenly that the family did not know until two days later, thinking he was just sleeping. Coincidentally, he and his daughter-in-law had been having a fight. Nagomi's mother Namiko wanted her daughter to transfer to Kotonazo City because it had more convenience, but Masao immediately refused. Nagomi's aunt Tokiwa brought it up, assuming her attitude had something to do with Masao's death. Namiko denied, as she did not talk to him about it ever since. Tokiwa's brother Amane, who was also Namiko's wife and father of Nagomi joined the conversation. He said Namiko had thought Kamimura Village as an old-fashioned place, full of inconveniences and fogeys. Tokiwa smirked, saying she had told her brother not to marry a snobbish girl from the cities. Namiko wanted to prove her innocence and make up, but the other two refused to believe.

Nagomi only knew about her grandfather's death several days later, when her parents told her that they were divorced, and she would live with her mother. The paperwork was done, and from then on, she would adopt her mother's maiden name Naotoku.

Namiko told her daughter to pack things more quickly. Nagomi had been dozing off, but soon snapped out of it and returned to do the packing. She had been thinking about her happy memories with her family, and really wanted to reunite them again. Kyuubey appeared and offered her a wish, but Nagomi thought she was having hallucinations, so she did not notice and continued packing.

The bus leading to Kotonazo City arrived. Amane gave her his last hug, told her that she would always be his daughter forever. Tokiwa from afar just folded her arms and smirked again, said that Nagomi's name sounded like garbage. Nagomi did not care, she followed her mother in the bus, looking at her father one last time. The vehicle started to roll its wheels, the image of Kamimura city kept getting smaller and smaller in Nagomi's eyes.

Ep 2
The apartment in Kotonazo City was bigger and much more luxurious, but Nagomi still missed her time sleeping in the warm futon in her old home. To her, that was much more comfortable than a big, yet cold western bed. The time she transferred to her new place was also her time she needed to have a test to get into High school, yet the incident prevented her from concentrating on her schoolwork.

Kyuubey appeared again, and Nagomi could see him clearly this time. Unlike other girls, she did not freak out, only rubbing her eyes, thinking she was imagining again. Only when Kyuubey began to speak that she startled a little. He said he could grant one wish to her. Nagomi asked the price, then shook her head upon hearing the answer that she would have to fight Witches, telling him that she needed to study so she could get to the school she wanted. Kyuubey suggested her to wish that she would pass the exam in the first place, but Nagomi refused, saying that it would be meaningless. Kyuubey told her that after the examination day, he would meet her again, and jumped out of the window. Nagomi almost screamed, worrying something bad would happen to him, but when she peered out of the window, Kyuubey's silhouette was nowhere to be found.

The examination day passed. On the way home, Nagomi met Kyuubey again. Although he kept rambling and rambling about wishes and Magical Girls, she neither listened nor answered. She told him that she needed to wait for the results of the exam as well. But she failed miserably, and only needed more 0,25 points to pass. Nagomi was so desperate that she tore the result sheet, and with the results, combined with her mother's scolding and the memories of her family, she broke down crying. Kyuubey offered a wish, and Nagomi wished to be able to go to High school.

Then, after her mother's endless attempts and the results of her wish, she finally got into Kazusada Preparatory School, but Namiko had a new job to pay the intuition fee, and had to go on various business trips, leaving Nagomi alone. She also studied as hard as she can to not make her mother disappointed.

Ep 3
However, even before the school year started, the rumor about Namiko bribed the Principal so her daughter can study at the school had been brought up by many students. For the teachers, after seeing her high test score, were really delighted and keep calling her every lesson. Nagomi was bullied by the majority of the school, both boys and girls. Even if some did not, they still badmouthing behind her back or took advantage of her to copy her answers when having an exam. But the most cruel on her has to be Suzukaze Polka's clique. At first, they acted as if they were her friends, protecting her from the bullying, but after school, they are the one who smashed her glasses, throwing her to the school fountain, and ruin her borrowed things, such as books from the library. Nagomi convinced herself that it was not a big deal, but she burst into tears, saying she was not used to it at all.

One day, she saw the clique all having Witch's kisses when bullying her, assuming that was the reason why she was being bullied, she started to find it. The Witch labyrinth was in the place where the gang usually was - the place near the incinerator - where they could gossip without being noticed. Nagomi found the Witch and took endless efforts to defeat it, lucky enough to get a Grief Seed. Polka's gang found her there and "punished" her for "wandering around their secret hide-out", even though she was beaten because of the Witch, they did not care. It turned out that if she had not fight the Witch, all of the gang would have commited suicide by jumping off the school rooftop after the school day ended. But she fought it off, so they snapped out of it. Nagomi regretted, wishing she had not fought it in the first place. And so the bullying continued...

Relationships
Suzukaze Polka - The leader of the bullies that harass Nagomi, and also the one who gave her the nickname "Gomi-chama" (ゴミちゃま). At first, she seemed to be helping her defend the bullies, but in fact, she is the one who bullies Nagomi the most.

Hisame Rei - They used to be acquaintances on amiable terms with each other when Nagomi used to live in Kamimura Village. She is the one who gave her the nickname "Nana" (なな). When Nagomi transferred, she pushed Rei away, but Rei did not seem to care. When finding out Nagomi was a Magical Girl, Rei attempted to steal Grief Seeds from her, did not hesitant in the slightest.

Kyunado Aki - Nagomi does not trust Aki due to her being a member of Polka's clique, viewing her as a hypocrite who just offer help like a rich person throw a coin to a beggar. Aki genuinely wants to help Nagomi, but to no avail because of her suspicions about her.

Togebara Natsue - The two coincidentally run up to each other as they are usually go to the same supermarket. One day, upon knowing Nagomi is a Magical Girl, Natsue attempted to acquainted with her, but Nagomi declined.

Kamimura Sakaki - Because Nagomi's family left the village without the head's knowing, her whole bloodline had been detested by the village, including Sakaki's family. Meeting her in the Annual Competition, Kaya cursed her, but she just brushed it off.

Ikazuchi Kogane - Nagomi has known Kogane when she used to live in Kamimura Village. When she left, Kogane was very sullen, but soon accepted the fact, still keep in touch with Nagomi via letters and phone calls, as she does not know how to use mail. But one day, Nagomi stopped contacting with her, making Kogane upset for sometime, but still believing in Nagomi that she would answer her someday. Kogane is one of the most rarest characters who Nagomi calls by their first name, but she changed the informal suffix "-chan" (ちゃん) to a more polite, distant one "-san" (さん).

Etymology

 * The character of her last name means "regular" (正) and "alone" (独) respectively, represented her solitary and mediocre status.
 * The character "gomi" (ごみ) in her first name means "garbage". That's also what Polka calls her, implying that she's garbage in her eyes. "Nagomi" also means "peaceful" (和).
 * Her nickname "Nana" (なな) is assembled from the first character of her full name, Naotoku Nagomi. It is also an alternative way of reading the word "anonymous" (無名).
 * Her Witch/Doppel name, "Moyenne", means "average" in French.

Quotes
"I want to go to High school! I want to study more! Any school doesn't matter, I just want to go to High school!"

- Nagomi's wish "I'm not fine at all... Can't take it anymore..."

- Nagomi summoning her Doppel "I won't fall to that hypocritical act of yours. I don't need those fake kindness. Please don't treat me like some poor beggar on the street. And yes, I am fine."

- Nagomi to Kyunado Aki "That is my parent's decision, and I do not have any authorities to change or talk over about it. My apologies, but we should set it aside."

- Nagomi to Kamimura Sakaki "So you don't have any regrets? That is good for me. Still, I shall not give you any of my Grief Seeds."

- Nagomi to Hisame Rei in Rei's MGS "I'm leaving. Please take good care of your Senpai. Goodbye, Kogane-san."

- Nagomi to Ikazuchi Kogane "I don't have any reason to have dinner with your family. We barely even know each other. Running into each other in the supermarket is just merely a coincidence. That is neither a logical nor specific reason."

- Nagomi to Nobara Natsue in Natsue's MGS

Trivia

 * Whether controlling the Doppel or not, Nagomi's face always turn white with hollow black eyes and slasher smile, similar to the Magical Girl's faces when summoning their Doppel in the Magica Record anime.

Credits

 * Although this is not on par with famous artists, even outright horrible, this is still my art and it takes time and effort for me to create and finish it. So please do not save or repost without permission.
 * The Doppel description is provided by Haruna Artist. Thank you very much for your assistance!