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This is the Three-hundredth-twenty-third week of using the "Perfect Anime Girl Sheet". Notice: This Blog may contain Unmarked Spoilers.

Welcome back everyone. As you may have seen last week I'm currently under attack by Nozomi for no reason.

: It ain't for no reason! But first, ain't you forgett'n your "review" part. I'm sure one o' your readers should... appreciate it...

Of course. How could I forget such an important aspect! Here we go

===Flashback filter and music===

: Finally you arrive, Mana. I hope you have something to say!

: I certainly do... I have to go now. My dimension needs me.

*Mana poorly flies away outside of Cure form. However, it's more like someone moving the animation film she's on upward rather than a separate animation. After she's past the upper part of the screen a poorly scrawled note that says "Note: Mana died on the way back to her home dimension."*

===End Flashback===

: Ya know that ain't what I'm talking about. I meant the-

Oh, you mean your introduction? That got far too much play on your show anyway. I don't want to make it even worse.

: Fancy that, you ain't going for the obvious fanservice moment.

I'm impressed at myself, but I figure that you're just trying to trick me somehow!

*Nozomi clicks her tongue*

: Was it dat obvious? And here I was thinking you'd be an easy capture.

I'm surprisingly agile, but what are you going to do with me?

: It all started a while ago. You see, many idols have joined forces ta defeat ya and your unfair dislike of them.

But I've been starting to like them more and more. Plus it's not like I dislike-

: I wasn't finished! But you're right. Not all of the Chessmasters want revenge against ya in particular. We're just helpin' others do their dirty work. Heck, not even all of the girls are IDOLS!

That'll just make it harder to figure them all out. Any hints?

: I've heard dat da rank o' the piece shows how strong they are, be it in combat or hatred of you. I forgot to mention, but all da girls are also named after a chess piece. I'm a Pawn myself meaning I ain't much compared to the big dogs.

So why are you going after me in particular?

: Right Knight has told us that you've recently blogged her friend and made her disappear. As a result I have to bring you in for capture and possibly extermination.

That sounds terrible. Any way I can get out of it?

: Well, since I'm in such a good mood I'll tell ya. Ya see, I and two other fortune telling pawns have forseen your success, but ONLY if you find and blog about the three Saviors.

I see... Any idea who these "saviors" are?

: Ya think I'm dumb enough to tell ya that? Well, even if I knew.

A shame. Hey, if you're going to eliminate me, how about I do a blog about you next?

: I don't see any harm in it. Go right ahead!

Well, you heard her. It seems that...



: (Hee hee hee. All I gotta do is delay him. I already have another pawn coming this way...)

Head
Hair: Nozomi has really nice hair. It's long, going all the way to her hips or so. She does keep her hair in twintails, which I'm not exactly fond of, but they're the lower type so she doesn't look “cutesy” either. In fact, if you didn't know that they were twintails you could guess that she had wavy hair from the front. Other than the bumps from her head to shoulders, which is where her bands are. Her bangs are there, but they seem to be brushed to the left to create a windswept look. In fact her bangs seem to mirror Eli's well, another character in the show. Nozomi's sides are very slim, but they do provide some framing (it could be better). This is her main hairstyle for the anime, though she may have some variations in cards or for a performance. When in her miko outfit she puts her hair in a very nice straight-ponytail. She also puts her hair in a single braid for graduation in the final episode.
Nozomi's hair is a fantastic color though. It's a dark purple which is one of my favorite hair colors (second only to black and tied with dark blue). I will say that the promotional music videos make her hair seem even darker, to the point of looking nearly black. Not as black as Nico, but in some images it's “hard” to tell the difference between them. I say hard as I'm only looking at their hair, and sometimes Nico has her hair down in twintails like Nozomi does.
Grade: B+

Eyes: Nozomi has pretty nice eyes too. For such a mischievous girl it's surprising that she has tarame eyes. It's common due to the art style I guess. Still she'd look better with a tsurime. That said her relaxed look does look nice, as said before. Her corners are low as well. Overall she has a motherly look to her eyes. Nozomi's eye color is nice too, being a nice turquoise color.
Grade: B

Face: Let's get this off my chest first. I don't like the image MAL uses as Nozomi's main image (at least currently). Her lips look far too emphasized. It's not that bad in the show proper, but now that I looked at images she does seem to have a line showing her lower lip on occasion. I'm not a lip person. Other than that her face is fine. She's got small features, especially her dot nose, and her cheeks look soft and plump. It fits her body style well. She has a sweet smile, at least when she's not preparing to fondle one of the girls. That's probably her most significant face too as her smug pre-fondle grin is funny.
Grade: B

: Hmmm... That's not too bad yet, but couldn't ya spot me a point or two?

Grade: B Grade: B

: Geez, no reasons to be a broken record.

Grade: B Grade: B

: I SAID...

*Nozomi turns to face Topaz, but in his place is one of the record players with the huge horns. A Phonograph, if you will.*

Phonograph: Grade: B Grade B

: Oh, I see. So ya ARE a broken record. My mistake.... Wait, I lost him!

*She spots Topaz running off in the distance.*

Darn! That's what I get for not keeping up with technology!

: Dun be thinking I can't catch ya!

*She starts chasing after Topaz. They run through the streets, avoiding various people in classic chase sequence style. At one point Topaz even dives on his knees under a window pane being carried by two people. Nozomi stops to let them pass.*

: I'm still on ya tail!

That's given me some time, but what else can I do?

*He looks around. Eventually he sees the perfect solution. He climbs a large stack of books and jumps on a rooftop.*

: HEY! Those aren't yours to climb on!

Desparate times call for desparate measures! Besides, it's not like they're yours. I'd respect yours too much.

: Thanks you for that.

Plus you'd cry if I stepped on your doujinshi.

: *nods* I probably-HEY!

*Nozomi catches up with Topaz, other than being on the ground.*

: Hey, ya think I can climb up on dose?

: What? NO! In fact I'm moving it away so people don't keep stepping on it. Some people these days...

*Sensei pushes the cart away. Topaz taunts Nozomi from the top.*

Neener Neener!

: Ya think ya are so smart? I can jus' climb the inside stairs!

*She rushes inside.*

Hopefully she takes a while in there and I can complete her blog...



Body
Build: Nozomi is 159 cm tall and her three sizes are 90/60/82. Already you can see one slight problem. That's right- Nozomi is shorter than Eli, her main love interest (who is 162 cm), though it seems that the anime makes Nozomi a bit shorter than that! Wait, that's not it? Oh, yeah, I see it now. Nozomi is supposed to be a “plump” girl but her waist is the same size as Eli or Hanayo's. At least Hanayo makes sense but Eli should be more slender. I'd wish that Nozomi was a bit bigger, but I blame her wearing clothes as they do make her look bigger around. Nothing wrong with that, she's got a robust figure and I'm a big fan of those type of girls. Something else you say? Well, I suppose that she doesn't show her legs all too much. The few official images I've seen show that they aren't bad, with nice thighs at least, but I'll admit that she's not a leg girl.
Of course, I'm just jerking you around. I know exactly what you're thinking. Nozomi is extremely top-heavy, having a 90 cm chest while her hips are 8 cm smaller. This is the biggest difference among this series as well. This is a bad thing as I prefer my girls to be hourglass-shaped and I give a leeway of 5 cm. For this Nozomi would have to add 3 cm to her hips, making them 85 cm, “butt” I wouldn't mind it getting even bigger. Though if we're doing that I hope that Eli's hips are growing as well since I don't want the bustiest girl to be the same girl as the butt-iest. Nozomi's chest already hogs her artwork and moments, but more on that in the next area...
Grade: B+

*Ring Ring. Topaz pulls out his cell phone and opens it while talking to himself.*

I really should get a new ringtone and not turn it on during blogs, but I guess this can't hurt. Hello?

: The cards tell me ya're talking about my bum, aren't ya?

Sure, but where did you get my number?

: Ignore that. But speaking of “numbers” how dare you say that my hips need to increase by 3 cm!

Hey, I like my girls hourglass-shaped, not top-heavy. Well, to be fair I don't mind them but I also don't score them as well as I do the more even-figured girls.

: I blame ya friend poisoning ya'lls mind. Beside, he's got an 8-cm advantage for HIS favorite of Nico!

What are you talking about? Nico's chest and hip measurements are only separated by 5 cm!

: HA! That's what she WANTS ya ta think! Ya'll mock me for a “3 cm diff'rence”, but SHE'S the one who dun it ta make 'er chest bigger!

You're lying, there's no way that Nico could have a 71 chest!

: She's the one lying here. My hands an' cards never lie. Plus I went and red 'er diary. Seems she admits to lying on 'er profile!

Wow, hopefully a certain reader appreciates this new knowledge. Well, more that his favorite has a bigger butt:chest ratio and not that she feels that she needs to hide her beauty. Or that I'm picking on him, he needs more confidence and I wouldn't do that. If that's all I'm hanging up on you now.

: Grrr... Fine then! I'll be catching ya shortly anyway!

*Click beeeewooopppp...*

Well, let's see if we can't complete the blog before that...

Breasts: As said before Nozomi is the bustiest Love Live character. She just barely breaks 90 and Eli is at 88, while the third place is Hanayo at 82. As you can tell, the non-Nico third-years are VERY busty for this series. Nozomi especially, as said before, is a chest character. The result is that fanservice seemed to take this in stride, giving her many moments that revolve around her chest. For one, as parodied last time there's a moment when she uses her chest to stop a girl. This is funny, but it got over played by the third repeat (once on the preview, once on the actual show, and once more during the recap). There's also another funny moment involving her unable to chase after Nico due to her chest getting in the way. There's also an official image of ther squeezing Nozomi's chest with a measuring tape, presumably from envy. And that's not counting the loads of fanart either. In general Nozomi's chest her main physical attribute, and at least they're not overly bouncy that I remember.
Grade: A

Clothes: Even though we're on clothes I can't stop talking about Nozomi's chest. This is because a lot of her outfits do emphasize her boobs. But before that I'll talk about her main outfit, her school uniform. It consists of a nice blue blazer with a white shirt underneath, a plaid blue skirt, and a green bow tie. It would have been excellent had it been a necktie but this is still good (note that in an early promotional image she DOES have a nice blue necktie). Nozomi also wears thighhighs which give her absolute territory. The summer uniform seems to be a short-sleeved white shirt under a vanilla vest, though for obvious reasons I'm not as fond of it (not as much as the blazer, at least). Another common outfit for Nozomi is a miko outfit as she's a shrine maiden on occasion. It looks nice on her.
As far as idol outfits go, there's not too much to say. I do like the one episode where she performs in a groom-like outfit. Most of them are showing at least part of her cleavage though. Even when no one else has exposed cleavage Nozomi might. I'd rather say that this is because she's more alright with showing skin than just calling the creators on wanting to show her off more. This doesn't count the official art though, which has a lot of bikinis (though they are supportive, which I approve of), a cheerleading outfit with cleavage, a fortune teller's outfit (which fits her really well), naughty pajamas, and a maid outfit. Though she did wear a maid outfit to help out at Kotori's work. She also has cards of a short kimono and a cute winter outfit. Overall she's got a strong wardrobe but it does emphasize her chest. Oh, and her theme color is purple, which looks really great on her.
Grade: A-

*Nozomi slams the door open. She's panting from climbing all the stairs.*

: *gasp* Man, that was a TON of stairs. I guess that counts as a few days of training I should be able ta get out of. But you!

Me?

: Tha's right! I'll knock you right out!

I don't think so!

: Would you rather die here then?

I CHOOSE DEATH!

*Topaz leaps from the building.*

: That fool! Wait...

*He lands in the arms of one of his favorite girls who happened to be standing beside a cart.*

: Wow, what luck to be standing here for my part time job as a grocer!

I know, but I guess you've got to do something to past the time between seasons. Hey, nice melons!

*Char drops Topaz and covers her chest. He luckily lands on his feet, unharmed.*

: Topaz no ecchi!

Not those, though they are quite nice. I mean these.

*Topaz points to the various melons on the cart.*

: O-oh. You really should have used a different phrasing then.

*Topaz continues to look through the fruit.*

Oh, I bet Zettai would love these pears, they're his favorite shape of "bottom heavy". And of course speaking of bottoms we can't forget about apples.... Wait, I can't be distracted by healthy snacks now, I have to get away!

: I can't leave, but if you go down the blockI think there's an alley you can get through. Try that.

Great idea, I'll be off! Good to see you again.

: Always glad to help!

*Topaz runs off, escaping just as Nozomi herself leaps off the building. She lands butt-first on the display, breaking her impact but also the fruit bins.*

: WHY CAN'T PEOPLE KEEP FROM FALLING OUT OF THE SKY! I mean, Topaz was one thing but YOU! You know how much my boss is going to rant me out about this? Look, you've squished all the bananas with your fat buttocks!

: I ain't got a big bum, you're thinking of Elichi. Or maybe Maki.

*Nozomi wipes the banana off and starts chasing after Topaz again.*

: Just be glad that I'm a good employee or I'd chase after you too!

???: WHO is a good employee?

*A red haired girl poses and claps her hands in a dance-like pose. She even claps slightly.*

: SEE! This is why I didn't want to employ you! You FRENCH are all alike, always tipping over fruit carts! CULPA! That means guilt, which is what YOU have!

: Hey! It wasn't me! This time... Really, a girl fell from the sky and crushed it.

: A likely story, you cheese-eating surrender monkey!

: What, is that a common phrase or something? You're the second person to call me that.

: If the shoe fits! Now you'll have to work extra hard!

: Nooooo!



Mind
Personality: Nozomi didn't get a lot of character development until the second season. Until then we only knew she was a bit of a mastermind behind Muse and had a habit of fondling the other girls when they acted up. She was also friends with Eli and the vice president to her president. She is also the wise mother-type figure, being more mature than most of the other girls, and was a miko at the place they decided to first train. Her profile states that she likes Yakiniku but dislikes caramel. Her hobby is also telling fortunes, using cards, though occasionally she bends the rules to get what she wants.
It wasn't until the second season that Nozomi really got a chance to shine, though. In general the second episode did a good job of showcasing some of the lesser-developed girls like Nozomi and Rin. In Nozomi's episode we get her backstory. You see, she used to not have any friends and was a loner. There was a scene of her just reading a book until it got dark out, all alone. She eventually approached Eli, who had been moving from place to place (much like Nozomi), as she didn't want another girl to be alone like she was. Not only this but she also brought Muse together for similar reasons. She was still nervous, but eventually her plan to get everyone together worked. I did like learning about her background, and it helped make Nozomi into my current favorite LL character (well, that and Hanayo not wearing her glasses as much too). It does sort of suck that she's defined more by her chest though, she seems like a great tricky girl.
Nozomi is voiced by Aina Kusuda. She has a fairly nice voice, giving Nozomi a mature but not too old-sounding voice. As an added mention Nozomi has a Kansai accent, but she's not from there (well, not directly but she did pick it up when she lived there). Nozomi is also part of lily white, along with Rin and Umi.
Grade: B+

Libido: Nozomi seems to be fairly high. No, not just because of the fondling. That's more of a punishment or bonding situation, not necessarily a sexual one. No, instead she has a main and a minor “pairing”. The minor one first is Nico. The reason, I assume, is because the two seem to bicker and people like pairing the bustiest girl with the flattest one. Sort of a Big-Small attack, I guess. This actually wouldn't be too major, but there are some official images of the two cuddling on a bed together in pajamas. They also have a duet pair named “Otome Shiki Ren'ai Juku“. It also seems to have a strong fanbase, but I can't see it working out. Maki is the one for Nico, and Nozomi...
My god, Nozomi and Eli have a TON of yuri scenes together. Seriously, it's like the two are married by the end of the second season. Well, it's not like they kiss, but they do get a lot of scenes. There's one where Eli stands behind a sitting Nozomi and wraps her arms around her. There's the suggestive “parfait eyes” that the two share at one point, and as a result “parfaits” became a fan nickname for “sex”. And of course I can't forget “Garden of Glass/Garasu no Hanazono”, a song about “lilies” and “secret romances”. Overall, I'd say that Nozomi has a high libido but not for me, if you understand well.
Grade: B

Age: Nozomi seems to be seventeen and her birthday is June 9th. That makes her a Gemini, and she's certainly got “twins”. Jokes aside she's also a third-year high school student who graduates. I'm not sure when Japanese graduation is, but it could be possible for her to be eighteen by the show's end (maybe). She's also the oldest girl, being a month older than Nico.
Grade: A-

Total Grades: 82
Average score: 9.1
Final Grade: B+

*As Topaz finishes his blog, he runs into an alleyway. Unfortunately for him, it's a dead end as the only exit is blocked by a car.*

: Mwahaha! Ya thought that you could escape from me? Fat chance!

Not if I slip between the car and the wall!

: Ya'll never be able ta do something like dat. Now just come peacefully!

You'll never capture and eliminate me!

*Topaz squeezes between the car and the wall. He's able to slip through somewhat easily and ends up on the other side.*

Man, it's a good thing I wasn't "happy" or I wouldn't have fit!

: Don't praise yaself like dat, I'll be right over!

*Topaz flees, but Nozomi gets stuck as her chest is too big to be able to fit through. She has to back away and think about it.*

: Hmmm... If only Rin were here...

*The mysterious purple haired girl finally arrives, but is panting from running so long.*

???: I tried to find you, Pawn 5, but you kept on running.

: Topaz is a slippery lil' bugger. But now that ya're here Pawn 6 I have a job for ya...

*Nozomi has Pawn 6 slide between the car and the wall. Her lithe middle school body is easily able to fit more than Nozomi's. She makes it through with little effort.*

: Now hurry off to the tower. Topaz will probably get lost on the way so you'll beat 'im there!

???: Sounds like a plan.

*She rushes off to the tower. Sometime later Topaz arrives.*

Man, I really seem to have gotten lost. I always take for granted how good Ririchiyo is with maps. But it looks like I'm finally here...

???: N-NO!

*A mysterious girl blocks Topaz's path inside the building.*

???: I'm the self-appointed gatekeeper here, and you're not getting i-in without my permission!

*The girl looks up, allowing Topaz to see her face finally from her hime cut. Instantly he knows who it is...*