Preview Of Miraroma

Kaede! And Ai!

The whole story starts off with Shinichi breaking a (cheap-looking) mirror that he saw in a flea market while he was looking around for Ai-chan, his “little sister” (who was busy running around like a headless chicken). An old man was trying to sell it to him, but he accidentally breaks it after some girl accidentally knocks into him, and a strange pattern ends up appearing on his arms.

The next day, a cosplaying religious solicitator nutcase girl dressed as a nun appears at his doorstep, and after introducing herself as Seihouin Erika, tells Shinichi that he can rest assured and leave the curse to her. What she’s referring to is the pattern on his left hand, and she tells him that she’ll handle it, after a few harsh remarks and insults regarding his sanity and manhood. Standard tsundere fare. She says that she’ll need to closely monitor him in order to purify the curse, and after she tries to abduct convince Shinichi to live with her in the hotel where she’s staying for the time being, he objects. What happens next is that Erika buys out his parents as a way of paying for the rent so that she can stay at his house instead, and Shinichi’s parents gladly accept, leaving the house ASAP. Of course, he gets additional guests: a miko classmate of his who is actually the whole school’s most sought-after girl, the school’s nurse who’s quite tennen, and a mysterious girl from nowhere who comes crashing in from Shinichi’s attic. Hilarity ensues as they all try and live under one roof.

Takahara Shinichi

and the guy who has a curse haunting him, which is the whole reason why all four girls (excluding Ai-chan, since she’s already staying with him) are staying at his house. He’s quite a character: he’s fickle, is quite a goofball, and definitely perverted. He’s not like most nice guy eroge protagonists, as he often sleeps in class, tends to joke around with the girls, and shares a hobby with his friend Hamaoka Ryouta…in collecting ero DVDs and manga (though he won’t admit to Ryouta being his friend). He often thinks of himself first, and is quite dense when it comes to relationships, as with all harem leads.

He’s not that bad, though, and definitely nowhere near the level of School Days’ Makoto bad. Shinichi is quite sarcastic and often jokes around with everyone though he actually cares for the people around him, though he won’t openly admit it. And when push comes to shove, he takes a stand in order to protect those dearest to him, no matter what the cost. All in all, he’s quite likable. There’s more to his character than meets the eye, and there’s also a reason as to why he’s become so cynical and lazy.

Takahara Ai

Ai isn’t actually Shinichi’s blood sister - her parents died several years ago, and Shinichi’s family decided to adopt her, as they were already friends before the whole incident. She’s quite cheerful, hyperactive and genki, and is always the one to wake up Shinichi whenever it’s time to go to school. Beware of her ladle: it’s her hissatsu waza, and is usually used whenever she spouts the words “oniichan no baka“, “super baka“, etc, and she can summon it from out of nowhere. She’s terribly infatuated with Shinichi, and she’s always rushing towards his classroom during lunchtime so she can share her bento with him. Unfortunately for Shinichi, her bento easily rivals Kusuha’s health drink in terms of how it can effectively bring a person unconscious.

Seihouin Erika

laughs with the back of her open hand covering her mouth, and packs quite a punch (and kick) to boot. Shinichi knows that last one best. She moves into Shinichi’s house in order to purify him of the curse, as is her duty as a Sister of the Seihouin Church. Thing is, she doesn’t know what the exact nature of the curse is, what it does, and how to purify it. After moving in with Shinichi, she enters his school as a transfer student, and immediately moves up the list of popular girls in school, almost beating Kaede out of her top spot.

Despite that harsh demeanor and sarcastic tongue, she has quite a soft spot for helping out people, though she just doesn’t like to show it. It’s also hilarious seeing the other characters make fun of Erika’s being a gaijin. Her route is the next one I’ll be going for, because aside from her hotness,

Yuki Yukie

Shinichi’s school nurse, she also takes up residence in Shinichi’s house. Her reason? She’s there to try and cure Shinichi of whatever ailment is inflicting him…which is, of course, referring to the curse. She’s quite an airhead, though she’s very smart, but her behavior will lead you to think otherwise. Oh, and she’s a pretty good driver too, if you can catch this reference:

Tsukimiya Kaede

Ah, Tsukimiya Kaede. Miko of the Shinto Shrine near Shinichi’s place, and his classmate. She’s very popular, though she’s not aware of it. In the words (or thoughts) of Shinichi himself.She’s quite soft-spoken, and is easily rattled and startled, but she’s very good natured and cares a lot about other people. She also smiles a lot, and even Shinichi remarked that her smile never seems to leave her face.


She’s also quite a cook, which is something that Shinichi wasn’t expecting, and is definitely better than Ai, if you ask him. She often stutters whenever Shinichi is around her, and is prone to being easily confused, gasping for breath, blushing a deep shade of crimson, fainting, and occasionally, collapsing while her eyes swirl around

Oh, and she also tends to get physically weak whenever she and Shinichi are together in an isolated corner of a room. Don’t ask me why. Or for that matter, how.

Arima Mari

She’s a witch who dropped down on Shinichi’s attic the night Yuki and Kaede moved in with Shinichi, and brainwashed Kaede’s memory into thinking that Mari is someone familiar to her when she came up to investigate the noise. She’s a witch who was trained in Northern Russia, at least according to Erika, and her purpose for coming is the same as Yuki’s, Erika’s, and Kaede’s: to purify the curse on Shinichi’s hand.

She doesn’t speak a lot, and often replies with either nods or shakes of the head. She also refers to herself as “washi“. She performs karate chops in order to use her magic, and she transfers to Shinichi’s school two days after Erika. If I remember right, she can barely cook, and she always carries that stuffed animal around with her.

No…nosebleed…gah…