Midori Imaji

A modernday Japanese housewife who prides herself on a clean home a balanced budget and a frugal yet quottastyquot dinner. Although at times she finds nifty tricks to multitask and consolidate household chores like vacuuming the rug and waxing the wooden floor all at once she is awfully clumsy and gets herself into sticky situations from losing control. Despite her hard work she is also known for being somewhat lazy by taking copious afternoon naps watching TV while eating senbei and skimping out on shopping and/or cooking on rainy days. She often steps out on shopping trips and afternoon teas with her good friends Mrs. Mizushima and Mrs. Toyama. Additionally they often take part in activities with the more affluent Mrs. Misumi. They often envy Mrs. Misumi039s quotrichquot lifestyle and try to find quotaffordable waysquot to be more stylish and upbeat. Her hobbies include shodou and cooking and eating chikuwa. She was also born in ita Prefecture. Her childhood name was quotBanbanquot. Although she had a childhood friend that she liked a lot and hoped to marry she was placed into an Omiai arranged marriage and married Father. She is also a very strict mother to her two children and tries to have them waste less money/electricity/food etc. Although she tries to make herself look more upbeat she is very traditional in thinking when it comes to her daughter Mikan. She won039t allow pierced ears staying out late for Karaoke excessive fashions and values housework over homework. She is sweet on her younger son however and often lets him slide with things Mikan can039t get away with.