Minori Koizumi [Persona User]

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Minori Koizumi
Since when has being soft-hearted a weakness?

The Biography

Birth Name: Minori Koizumi
Aliases: Nori, Mimi
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Birth Day: May 21st
Arcana: The Lovers
Evoker: Tarot Card (P4)
Place of Residence: San Malarus Island
School Year: Second
Class: 2-B

After School Club: Arts and Music Club

Part Time Job: Works at her mother’s flower store, Koizumi Florists.

Appearance:

Minori:

Minori's appearance has changed more within the past year than it has throughout her whole life. A personal decision led her to bleach her brown hair, dying it a pale--but still undoubtedly flashy--pink that fades to blonde. Similarly, she chose to cover up the natural green of her eyes in favour of lavender colour contacts. The cutesy braids and ribbons that she had once liked to style her hair with have been discarded, with simple side ponytails taking their place. All in all, the sixteen year old looks far more vibrant and confident than she once did--or so she hopes, anyways.

Stature-wise, Minori stands at an unimpressive 5'3" which she sometimes tries to accommodate for by wearing heels. She's slender in figure and pale, a clear indication that she isn't used to heavy labour or any sort of athletics. Her clothing preferences revolve around dresses and skirts, leaning moreso to styles that could be considered "mature" and "elegant" over cute ones.

Personality:

Bubbly, bright, and friendly, Minori gives off the impression of being a social butterfly. She makes an effort to reach out to everyone who crosses her path, paying little to no mind to matters such as social standing or other potential barriers. All in all, she possesses a warm heart and appears to be at her happiest when she is surrounded by many people.

Unfortunately, the majority of the relationships that Minori forms are rather shallow. They are friends in that they are a familiar, friendly face that she can talk to if they happen to share a class or run into on another, but it rarely extends beyond that. This inability to form deep, meaningful bonds lies more with Minori than it does the other person, and spawns primarily from her own self-esteem issues.

For all the confidence and elegance that she tries to exude, she is in fact a rather awkward and timid individual. Her feelings of self-worth are heavily linked to how she thinks others perceive her and as a result, her personality and mannerisms have shifted to assimilate to how she thinks the other people would like her to act. However, this personality is but a mask--it sits only on the surface, but does not penetrate and change who Minori is at her core. It is for that reason that she tries to keep people at a friendly distance lest they get too close and discover that she is not, in fact, as poised and put-together as she seems.

In reality, Minori's "flawed" self--really, her real, natural self--is not that much different from any other teenage girl. She is still warm and compassionate, albeit far more soft-spoken than her facade. There is a hint of awkwardness in the way she carries herself and she appears to be far more easily embarrassed by things, though the latter can be attributed to the fact that she simply suppresses or brushes off said embarrassment when acting as her more upbeat counterpart. Her original personality was the base in which her "new" personality was built upon, and while there are some prominent differences, those who truly get to know her may find that it's not as drastic of a change as Minori would think.

The Potential

Strengths:

—Strength Name: Perceptive
—Description: Minori possesses a keen eye for detail, picking up on small cues that others may not notice. This is particularly true when it comes to other people, where even the faintest of frowns or twitches may catch her attention. This does, however, imply that she has to be paying some kind of attention to the thing or individual that she is observing--she doesn't always notice things if she's not either consciously or subconsciously looking for them.

—Strength Name: Empathetic
—Description: She doesn't have much trouble putting herself in the shoes of another, and see thing from their point of view. She frequently takes the feelings and thoughts of others into consideration before speaking or acting.

—Strength Name: Innovative
—Description: Minori has a talent in coming up creative ways to solve problems. In relation to her perception, she likes to look at things from a number of different angles, coming up with ideas that may be unique and out of the norm, but effective nonetheless.

—Strength Name: Accepting
—Description: Perhaps it is due to her own self-esteem issues, but Minori is unabashedly accepting of other people, trying to be as nonjudgmental as she can regardless of their standing, preferences, or so on.

—Strength Name: Flower Language
—Description: An unusual skill, but a sort of skill nonetheless. Her mother's shop and her own avid interest in flowers has given her a great deal of knowledge into the art of flower symbolism. She uses this to her advantage when making bouquets for customers or friends, but otherwise this has yet to crop up as a particularly useful talent.

Weaknesses:

—Weakness Name: Insecure
—Description: Most certainly the core of her issues and a large part of Minori as a whole. It was her insecurity and her belief that she would not be as well-received as she was that led her to change herself, physically and personality-wise. Even if this is something that may slowly diminish over time, it is unlikely that it will ever fully disappear as it has been deeply engrained in her since she was a child.

—Weakness Name: Pushover
—Description: Relating to the desire to be liked, Minori can be quite the pushover. She has trouble saying no to people if or when they ask her for a favour, and will almost doubtlessly accept with a smile and a chipper attitude. She thinks that it's right to be generous, but there is a big difference between being kind and opening oneself to being stepped on.

—Weakness Name: Difficulty moving on
—Description: Once someone has fallen out of her good graces, it's quite the challenge to get back in because her mind tends to dwell on how they have (supposedly) wronged her. This extends to situations as well--if she was thrown into something that made her feel powerless or where she lost something important, she has trouble bringing herself back out from her negative thoughts.

—Weakness Name: Impulsive
—Description: Minori is very much driven more by her heart than by her mind. Even in situations where it would clearly be dangerous to act, that reckless, irrational side of her mind will force her feet forward anyways if there is anything--such as an injured ally--that would prompt her to act.

—Weakness Name: Nag
—Description: She can come off as a bit of a mom, which may have its pros, but does come with the fact that she can be an incessant nag at times. She truly means well, but not many people are necessarily capable of taking her doting well. She usually lightens up a little if called out on it, but otherwise it's instinctive for her.

Soul Bound Weapon: A pair of tessen linked to one another by a thin black cord that spans about 4 feet across. The tessen themselves are the size of average folding fans.

Weapon Name: Blooms in the Wind
Weapon Description: Twin folding fan where the ribs are made of iron as opposed to wood. The end of each spoke is sharpened to a point, but the weapons otherwise remain inconspicuous if viewed from the front or while folded.
Weapon Image:

Tessen:

Weapon Attack Type: Slash
Weapon Element: --

The Background

History:

Minori was born into a family of three that consisted of her mother, her father, and a sister--Natsumi--who was 7 years her elder. She had a content childhood, but she had always been a rather quiet child; she was skittish and shy in contrast to her much more outgoing sister. Those who met the siblings always praised Natsumi more than they did her, complimenting her on her clever wit and sociability while Minori was simply looked upon as being "sweet". She didn't really mind though, content with hiding behind the sister whom she loved with all her heart.

This continued on until she was fifteen. Throughout the years, very little changed, with the only exception that Natsumi's beauty had been brought into the circle of praise as well. She had grown up beautifully, gone to a top school, and found a lovely boyfriend. Since they were so close, Minori was incredibly happy for her, up until the point where she found out that her sister was getting married and that they planned to move elsewhere after the wedding.

All of a sudden, Minori had lost that protective "shield". She was pulled out of her sister's shadow and thrown into the light. As soon as her sister moved away, her parents'--particular her mother's--attention soon turned on her. While there was never any doubt that they loved both of their daughters, it had always been clear that Natsumi had been her mother's princess--the favourite. This had never bothered Minori before, but now that she was the only one living at home, her mother began to pay more attention to her.

And it wasn't all good. Although it probably wasn't meant to be malicious, her mother frequently compared her to Natsumi. Why was she inside tinkering on the piano when she could be out with friends, like how her sister used to spend her Saturdays? Why couldn't she greet the customers at the store more brightly like how Natsumi used to? Why wasn't she more outgoing, more fashionable, more--

She got offhanded comments from the people who visited their flower shop as well, mostly little things like how they missed her sister, or how she "didn't really look like Natsumi". They were all innocent little comments--harmless, really--but each of them created cracks in her self-esteem on top of the much bigger ones that her mother inadvertently made.

And so when she turned sixteen, she decided to change it all to become more like the daughter that people seemed to want her to be. She found it to be a struggle at first, and upon looking in the mirror one morning, she realized that it was her appearance that was the problem; people who had known her for years had trouble associating her gentle, girlish appearance with anything but the shy girl that she had always been, and this included Minori herself. It was for that reason that she decided to go for a full makeover, going so far as to buy herself a new wardrobe.

The pink hair and lavender contacts somehow made her feel stronger, more confident. Although people were surprised at first, they seemed to take quickly to the change, which only served as positive reinforcement for the girl. Needless to say, Minori relies heavily on her new look and refuses to be anywhere--even at home with her parents--without it.

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