Nanami Aimi

Nanami Aimi is one of the main characters in Puella Magi Hana Magica. She's a puella magi whose currently has fellow puella magi Hana Amagi living at her place with her mother and older brother. She was the first to see Nanami's Doppel, Tomoe after she unconsciously summoned it after she was attacked by a stalker and accidently killed the man, though afterwards collapsed and so Nanami saved her and took her to her place.

General Info

 * Full Name: Nanami Aimi (七海 愛美)
 * Age: 14
 * Height: 140 cm (4′7")
 * Weight: 38kg (83.78 lbs)
 * Eye Color: Royal Yellow
 * Hair Color: Gold (Golden)
 * Japanese pronoun: Watashi (私)
 * Known relatives: Karin Aimi (Mother, Alive), Masato Aimi (Older Brother, Alive)
 * School: Yonazawa Middle School, Eighth Grade

Appearance
Nanami has long loose royal yellow-colored hair, paired with golden eyes and a fair-skin tone. She's on the short and light weight side, being shorter then Hana and also not very heavy. Her chest appears to be smaller.

She can commonly be seen wearing her school uniform most of the time. Though, other times she can be seen wearing her casual clothing.

Personality
A caring, bright young lady. She has two close friends, which she deeply cares about and will do anything to make them not fight with each other. She is always smiling and having fun with her friends, from playing at the arcade, shopping, to doing crazy things together. Always seems to find a way to make Hana laugh and smile and even talk more, then being a little sad looking and quiet.

Over the time Hana stays with her and her family, they become extremely close to the point that she just wants to protect her from ever feeling the way she did before meeting. Nanami loves Hana so much she begins to fall in love with her, the protectiveness also plays a key roll in that.

Nanami also enjoys to cook. Though she even has to cook breakfast and dinner for everyone, since her mother's a horrid cook who can barely make toast right and her brother ends up burning the food he makes, so there not allowed to be in the kitchen to cook a single thing, if they are Nanami gets right on them about it.

Biography
Nanami has lived with her mother and older brother for as long as she could remember, though she never got to know her father. Her father passed before she was even born, so that plays a key roll in her not knowing who he is or what he was really like, but her mother and brother would often tell her about him, despite that there was also pictures in the house of him, with her mother and brother. She grew up a relatively normal life, besides the fact her older brother, Masato would often tease and pick on her. During kindergarten, she met her best friends, Sakura Yoko and Tomo Aiiro and the three quickly became close friends who did practically everything together. They went to the same elementary school together and were mostly in the same class almost every year, but even if they weren't, nothing between the three of them changed as they were sill close as ever. In the fourth grade, when she was 10 years old, she somehow entered a witch's labyrinth without knowing it and was almost killed by the Forget-Me-Not Witch, Gabrielle until Kyubey appeared before her. Of course she was running away scared, so Kyubey followed and then explained to her what was happening, she was in a witches labyrinth and being chased by her minions, and only way to get out alive it to fight her, but by becoming a magical girl. She was of course confused by all of it, but then he told her to make a contract to become a magical girl in order to get out alive, Nanami hesitated for a while before accepting it, she didn't want to die there, so she told him her wish, for her family to always be happy, no matter what basically.

After granting her wish and forming a contract with him, she had then transformed into her puella magi form and began fighting the witch, in order to live, of course she was starting to have fun fighting the witch, as she's never done anything this crazy before. In the end, she defeated the witch and obtained the grief seed that it dropped, though two other magical girls appeared in the labyrinth while she was fighting the Forget-Me-Not Witch by herself and saw her fighting it. They were surprised, a magical girl they never seen before, who was only new at this was doing okay up against a witch like that, so they decided not to interfere with her fight but to watch.

Information

 * Soul Gem: Yellow circle earring on right ear
 * Weapon: Balloons
 * Wish: "For my family to stay happy"
 * Ability: Smiles
 * Doppel form: Anne

Magic

 * Witch Detection: By using her Soul Gem, Nanami can detect witches.
 * Power Enhancement: Due to her wish, Nanami can make others smiles and be happy.
 * Physical Enhancement: Like all Magical Girls, Nanami gains inhuman speed and strength.
 * Weaponry Skills: Wielding Balloons, Hana is very good at using balloons, just like mini bombs. When and/or if used with magic, Hana can multiply her weapon.

Magical Girl Description
A Magical Girl who is always smiling and being happy. She lives with her mother and older brother, along with Hana. Her resolved appeared when she wanted to live when the Forget-Me-Not Witch tried to kill her, but also wants to make other people smile and be happy.

Doppel Description
The Doppel of smiles. It takes the form of an rabbit. The master of this emotion uses the power to smiles to purify others, turning their ill will into power in order to defeat them. They believe that this Doppel's power is something that fit her right to the T and will use it for the sake of purifying ill will in the city.

Family
She is super close with her mother, considering she's been with her since she was born. Growing up Karin, would always spoil Nanami a lot, being her precious princess. When Nanami started to learn how to cook, Karin supported her and always tried to help her out even if it didn't work out all the time. When she created her first easy dish, Karin was the first to taste it and think it was delicious which made her happy to hear.
 * Karin Aimi

Nanami loves her older brother a lot, even if he teases her a lot, but that's just his way of showing that he loves and cares about her and she knows that. When Masato decided he wanted to be an novelist, she supported him a lot, as she loved it whenever he wrote her small stories or even told her small stories (even bed time stories) which she loved.
 * Masato Aimi

Teammates
Nanami first met her after she saved Hana by taking her home after she collapsed and was out-cold. Hana told Nanami her story, which Nanami felt real bad for her and wanted to do something for her, by becoming her friend which made Hana smile, which made Nanami happy to see a smile on her face. After that the two started to spend major time together, that they eventually started to become close with each other. Nanami start becoming protective of her and falling in love with Hana, that she would become real protective of her when someone tried to harm her in any way.
 * Hana Amagi


 * Sakura Yoko


 * Tomo Aiiro

Genderbend / Magical Boy AU
Set in an alternate universe timeline, where magical girls don't exist, but instead there are only magical boys known as Pueri Magi (魔法の少年 Mahō Shōnen) aka Magical Boys and Witches are known as Wizards instead.

Nao Aimi is a magical boy and this universes Nanami Aimi. He's a magical boy who made a contract with Kyubey when he was 10 years old after somehow entered a wizard's labyrinth without knowing it and was almost killed by the Forget-Me-Not Wizard, Gabrielle until Kyubey appeared before him. Of course he still made the same wish, for his family to stay happy and became a magical boy in order to stay alive, so that he can be with his family happily. He finished off the wizard and obtained the grief seed it dropped, though the other two magical boys who had appeared there while he fought it, had of course watched from the sides but then they introduced themselves as Shingo Yoko and Takara Aiiro and then later on the three formed a team together.

Etymology

 * Nanami (七海): means 'seven sea'.
 * Aimi (あいみ): translates to 'love beauty'.
 * Nao (直): means 'straight'.

Credits
Character was created on Kisekae 2.

Trivia

 * Anne is referenced to Anne Shirley of Anne of Green Gables.
 * She shares her Japanese CV with Hototo from Appare-Ranman!
 * She shares her English CV with Klara Kisenaria from Fairy Gone.