BnT : Fujishima Maho

Maho was the born as the youngest of 5 in Nakano, Tokyo– her mother was a business woman and her father was the gym teacher at the local high school, as well as coaching many different sports teams as the kids grew up. It was about a year after Maho was born though, that her mother received a big promotion at work, which would mean she'd rarely be home (about once or twice every two months), and would have to travel around and out of the country on a weekly basis. Because of this, Maho didn't have a strong feminine figure in her life, and ended up acting much different than the other little girls-- while the others in her preschool would be playing with dolls, she'd be running around with many of the boys outside and pushing them into the mud. Her brothers and her fathers didn't have very good manners at all, especially not around each other-- at the dinner table they'd be grabbing for food and shouting-- of course none of this minded this! With their strict mother away, they could act all crazy, and the family enjoyed their time together, even when the boys (and Maho) would get into fights.

Since all her brothers did sports in school, it wasn't surprising to anyone that Maho followed suit and excelled. Her father coached sports at whatever school his kids were at; since they were all close in age he was able to just go from school to school as they did. Though Maho enjoyed sports she wasn't much for the social aspect of it-- she preferred to be on co-ed teams because she felt more comfortable around the boys.

Then, during the middle of her last year in middle school, her mother got another promotion which meant she'd be at the center building of the company-- which meant she'd be living at home again. Before, Maho's mother wouldn't be home long enough to see the full capacity of Maho's rudeness-- but upon returning home permanently, she was appalled by her daughter's behavior. At first she tried to improve Maho's manners on her own, but it was no good—especially because her brothers manners were pretty poor as well. Maho didn't see why she had to be all polite if her brothers didn't, and so her mother was unable to change her daughter's mind.

Her solution was to send Maho to live with Ikura and Mai Akutagawa, Maho's incredibly strict and well-mannered grandparents, hoping maybe they would have some luck with the tomboyish girl. Maho was very unhappy and protested up until the day she left, but had been forced to settle in Koshu by the end of the summer. She's now beginning her first year at the local highschool, and she's mostly looking forward to doing sports at her new school.