Himiko Inaba

"Nurturing games require the spirit of altruism." ― Himiko Inaba

Himiko Inaba (伊奈葉ヒミコ Inaba Himiko) is a timid and kind nurturing-simulation game streamer who often helps out with domestic chores during emergencies. She carries flash grenades around for self-defense.

Appearance
Himiko is a fair-skinned and slim girl, although she is quite small in size for her age, with short brown hair that has a small flower located on the left side, bright and vibrant brown eyes and she has a long, orange scarf around her neck and googles around the scarf that she is rarely seen without.

Outfits

 * Casual: A plain white dress with frills on the end. Brown, long arm warmers that almost reach her elbows. She wears a brown belt + shoulder strap with two pairs of flash bombs on each side of the belt. White trousers messily tucked into her long, brown boots that almost reach her knees.

Personality
Himiko is a cute and soft-spoken girl with love for anything living. Although she comes across as easily scared and intimidated (for example through Anya Kudō's short temper), she is not afraid of most game scenarios. But being more of a motherly and warm person she hates it when people fight - so when that happens she usually uses her flash grenades to calm everyone down. Besides all of her cute and kind personality traits she can be very scary when people either insult her game genre or waste food (for example when Anya leaves or throws away the peppers).

History
Not much is known of Himiko's time before the tower, but it is likely that she has a deep guilt weighing on her heart as it was pointed out in the desert Arc, where she explained to Anya Kudō about her brother being giving up for adoption in order to "protect" Himiko. After looking into the family registry she found out that her brother went missing after the adoption and after seven years was announced dead. She feels responsible for it.

Later to find out that Akatsuki Iride was likely her older brother.

Facts
Speciality Subject: Home Economics

Favourite Game: Nurturing Games

Hobbies: Cooking, Taking Care of the Kitchen and the garden

Favourite Food: Anything with Eggs, Onigiri

Disliked Food: None

Dislikes: Karaoke, Loud People, Fights

Weapon: Specially Made Flash Grenades

Family: Grandfather, Grandmother, Mother, 3 younger brothers

A second-year student at a public middle school, Himiko’s best subject is home economics. She is skilled in training simulation games and is a good cook. She enjoys looking after those with her in the game and feels happy when they're happy as well. She's essentially the mother of the group alongside Zakuro.

Etymology

 * Himiko's surname Inaba means "that one" (伊) (i), "apple tree" (奈) (na) and "leaf" (葉) (ha/ba).
 * Na (奈) is an obsolete form of "唐梨" (red apple) and alternative form of "奈何" (what).