Mami Nanami is the main antagonist of the 2017 romantic comedy manga Rent-A-Girlfriend and its 2020 anime adaptation.
She is voiced by Aoi Yūuki and Laura Stahl in the dub.
Biography[]
After dating Kazuya Kinoshita, Mami dumps him a month later under the claim that she had met someone "new." As a result of this, Kazuya becomes depressed before discovering "Rent-A-Girlfriend" an app where he could pay a girl to be his girlfriend. Through the app, Kazuya meets Chizuru Mizuhara only to become disillusioned when he realizes that her outer personality was a sham.
Sometime after dating, the two discover that they are both attending Nerima University and they are additionally neighbors at the same apartment complex. During their time settling in, Kazuya gets invited out to a restaurant where he inadvertently invites Chizuru to attend.
Seeing that Kazuya seemingly had a new girlfriend, Mami becomes jealous and begins to formulate a plan to sabotage the relationship. She starts to throw jabs at Kazuya mocking how he was incompetent throughout their relationship particularly when it came to their intimate moments together. Chizuru, disgusted at how Kazuya would not defend himself, calls Mami out on her abuse. However, Mami then turns her attention to her ex-boyfriend forcing Kazuya to apologize for her.
Walking home with Kazuya, Mami proceeds to speak badly about Chizuru, but this time, Kazuya talks up to her. Fuming over it, Mami communicates with her female friends through text messages that she was going to break the two up no matter what. In episode 3, Kazuya and his friends decide to go out to the beach which Mami takes advantage of. Whilst swimming in the water, she pulls Kazuya away by pretending that she had lost an expensive bracelet. With Kazuya not being the wiser, Mami steals a kiss from him.
Personality[]
Described as an angel by Kazuya, Mami has a cheerful and friendly demeanor. However, on the inside, Mami is a deeply possessive young woman who immediately becomes suspicious of her ex-boyfriend's relationship with Chizuru. Despite her dumping Kazuya to begin with, Mami becomes jealous and makes it her mission to sabotage the relationship. Worse, it is not because she wants Kazuya back, but her actions are motivated by the fact that she cannot stand that Kazuya seemingly moved on from her.
In addition, Mami is manipulative constantly sending Kazuya mixed messages about whether she wants to date him again or not. She also freely belittles him without remorse and when called on it, she immediately reverts back to her loving girlfriend facade demanding that Kazuya apologize for her. In the end, she truly views Kazuya to be a worthless loser, but she will not allow him a chance at happiness.
External links[]
- Mami Nanami on the Rent a Girlfriend Wiki.