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She is a very shy and slightly withdrawn girl, having trouble conversing and interacting with others. She's always had trouble finding a way to start conversations with other people and often runs away frightened. The main reasons she acts as such is because of the fact she is an Otaku, which is not looked upon well in Japan. 

As a result, she keeps this persona she has as an Otaku away from everyone, locking it away within her. Letting it out when she is alone in her apartment, with her anime, manga, figures and posters. She feels she can express herself more when she is alone and is more comfortable as such. 

She presently lives in an apartment to which was given to her by her cousin, who still pays for the rent, as long as she pays a small portion of it. To pay for that small portion, she has gotten a job though it is one she is slightly uncomfortable with. With the extra money she has, she uses it buy things that she is interested in, that being anime and the like.

The job she has is a cashier at a local supermarket, to which does not get as many customers as it should but she is better suited for it that way. The main reason she took up this job was to force herself to interact with other people and possibly get rid of her fear of other people. 

Other than that, she is surrounded by the anime figures she has around her room, as well as manga, anime, posters and cutouts of her favorite characters. The desk with her computer is also full of games, this is what introduced her to 'The World'. It was through a gaming forum online she found a thread about 'The World', she read about it and felt it would be another task that would allow her to better interact with others. 

Mayu was born to a rather normal, middle class family, having an older brother by the name of Akihiro and gaining a little sister a few years later named Mizuki. She grew up as a middle child and felt herself drift from them.

As the years passed, she realized her obsession with anime, the exact opposite her brother and sister. Akihiro was the athletic member of the family, being apart of many of the sports teams at their school. Mizuki on the other hand was the fashionista of the family, designing her own clothes and combining styles together to make completely amazing new combinations. 

However, something all three of them had was their passion for music. Every family event and competition in school, they would show this off, singing and playing hand instruments. However, with Akihiro and Mizuki being the more confident of the three, Mayu ended up being the back up vocals. 

However, when Mayu left to go into college, she finally revealed her true self. She was an Otaku, a Neet. She likes videos, anime and other interactive media. After that, she left and found comfort from only one person, her cousin, Hikaru. He gave her a place to stay and let her go through her life the way she wanted. 

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