Miku Nakano

NOTE: To not be confused with Hatsune Miku.

Miku Nakano (中なか野の三み玖く, Nakano Miku?) is one of the main characters of The Quintessential Quintuplets series. She is the third sister of the Nakano Quintuplets, with the other four being Ichika, Nino, Yotsuba and Itsuki. She has a timid personality.

Why She Rocks

 * 1) She was the first quintuplet to fall in love with Fuutarou.
 * 2) * Her interactions with him after her first character arc have her either being wholeheartedly supportive of him, gentle with him, or worried for him.
 * 3) She has cute character design.
 * 4) She's adorkable as a rabbit.
 * 5) Her loving personality is what made her popular among fans.
 * 6) Miku may be emotionless, but when the time comes, her emotionless exterior melts.
 * 7) * In contrary to her reserved self, she can talk in a straightforward manner and doesn't hesitate to confront others.
 * 8) She's always seen wearing headphones, though she only ever wears them around her neck (in fact, an extra has stated that nobody has seen her properly use them). It's later subverted as she opens up to Fuutarou, and even lends her headphones to Itsuki.
 * 9) Out of all the Nakano sisters, she's the smartest out of the five.
 * 10) She's honest about her feelings. Miku confesses to Ichika that she loves Fuutaro. This marked the starting point for her trying to capture his heart as well as the others realizing they may be in love with him.
 * 11) Miku admits to Nino that she's scared she's not good enough for Fuutarou, but says that she has not given up yet.
 * 12) Miku was the first one who agreed to be Fuutarou's student, albeit she ran away from him around the school.
 * 13) She looks like a balloon whenever she pouts.
 * 14) She has the ability to imitate her sisters' looks and personality without the others recognizing; far more than the extent of Ichika's ability
 * 15) When she hears the type of girl that Fuutarou likes, she's left depressed because she's the complete opposite on two of those accounts, like always cheerful and good at cooking. She spends the rest of the series trying to change that in order to become more attractive to him. And ultimately, this also benefits her as well, since by falling in love with Fuutarou, this also enables her Character Development as she becomes more bold and confident in herself after interacting with Fuutarou.
 * 16) She takes being a graceful loser surprisingly well:
 * 17) * Despite being visibly unhappy about it since it derailed her plans of confessing to Fuutarou, she congratulates Ichika on scoring higher than her in their final exams, swearing to work even harder so that she wouldn't lose the next time.
 * 18) * Despite not being chosen, she accepts Fuutarou's final choice of Yotsuba, and does her best to help Yotsuba accept her new relationship.

Bad Qualities

 * 1) She tends to get pouty and angry whenever another girl, especially one of her sisters, gets a little too close for comfort with Fuutarou.
 * 2) * She even clench her fists when she gets angry like the aforementioned says, or whenever she's trying get her point across to Fuutarou by getting up close and personal with him. It's this tic of hers that helps Fuutarou finally correctly identify her as the Fake Itsuki during the Scrambled Eggs arc.
 * 3) * She even let out some killing intent when Yotsuba nearly gives him a smooch on his cheek because she was licking cream off his face in chapter 51.
 * 4) She often tries to self-impose conditions for additional motivation (like deciding to confess to Fuutarou if she manages to get the highest grades) and when she's unable to fulfill them, it hurts her already fragile self-esteem.
 * 5) The combination of both Ichika's betrayal and Yotsuba accidentally botching her attempt to confess during the school trip have left her in a despondent state, staying holed up in her hotel room crying her eyes out, feeling sorry for herself, and refusing to answer either phone calls or knocks from anyone, including her sisters.

Trivia

 * The name Miku means "three" (三) (mi) and "black jewel" (玖) (ku).
 * The wife of Takeda Shingen is named as Sanjō (三条?) and share a similarity in kanji writing to Miku (三玖?).
 * Among the Sengoku generals, the one Miku like the most is Takeda Shingen as it is hinted many times throughout the series when she set Takeda's crest as her phone's wallpaper.
 * Miku likes Matcha Soda.
 * Miku threw away her Kurobara Girls High School's PE uniform. Due to unexplored reasons, she bore the deepest hatred towards her previous school compared to her sisters.
 * The wife of Takeda Shingen is named as Sanjō (三条?) and share a similarity in kanji writing to Miku (三玖).
 * Miku's design and artstyle in the one-shot version is different from the current one, having shorter hair and gloomier appearance.
 * In the one-shot, Miku had short hair with pigtails instead of long hair.
 * Miku's notable accessory is a pair of headphones with a triangle design on either side, representing the number 3, which is a part of her name and the order of her birth.
 * Miku's voice actress, Miku Itou shared same name as her character, but different Kanji's first name writing. Miku (美来) for her voice actress name & Miku (三玖) for her characters name.

