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Nagisa Momoe
Japanese Name	百江なぎさ (Momoe Nagisa)
Voiced by	Japanese: Kana Asumi Italian: Martina Felli
Age	11 (estimated)
Weapon	Trumpet

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Nagisa Momoe is a magical girl introduced in the movie Rebellion.

Personality

Nagisa is usually rather childish, though she's shown to be more perceptive than she seems. She tends to speaks rather eloquently (ex. "Let me explain that from my own lips", "We were once bringers of hope, who despaired and spread our curses").

As Bebe, she was shown to have a very close relationship with Mami.

History

At the moment, Nagisa only appears in Rebellion. In fact, she technically appeared in Episode 3 of the anime as the witch Charlotte. She is presumed to have been taken into Law of Cycles by Madoka at the end of the anime.

Prior to the beginning of Rebellion, Madoka, Sayaka and Nagisa enter Homura's witch barrier from the Law of Cycles. (Although the movie doesn't explicitly say this, Nagisa is essentially an angel for Madoka.) In order to stop Kyubey's plan to observe and control the Law of Cycles, Madoka entrusted her memories and powers to both Nagisa and Sayaka so they could reawaken her to save Homura at the right time. Nagisa later explains that she took the mission because she wanted to eat cheese again.

Once she enters Homura's barrier, Nagisa disguises herself as her witch form (which Kyubey would not recognize). The other characters call her Bebe. While disguised, she stays at Mami's house and helps the magical girls fight Nightmares. The memory altering effects of the barrier causes Mami to believe that Bebe is her oldest friend. Although her own memories are unaffected, Nagisa seems to reciprocate Mami's friendship.

Eventually Homura begins to discover the truth of the false world and suspects Nagisa/Bebe as the culprit due to her appearance as Charlotte. Homura tries to interrogate Bebe, but is stopped by Mami. Bebe escapes as Mami and Homura fight each other. When the battle concludes, Sayaka helps Homura escape from Mami, and Nagisa returns to her human form. She apologizes to Mami for deceiving her and explains the truth to Mami.

Nagisa reappears as Bebe once Homura transforms into Homulilly. She transforms back into her human form and uses her weapon, an explosive bubble blowing trumpet, to create cracks in Homulilly's barrier. Ultimately, the magical girls hold off Homulilly and her familiars long enought to break through the barrier, revealing the Isolation Field that Homura's Soul Gem was trapped in. Madoka calls out to Homura's remaining humanity and together they destroy the Isolation Field from within, foiling the Incubators' plot.

Once the barrier disappears, Ultimate Madoka descends from the sky along with a carriage containing both Sayaka and Nagisa. Madoka intends to take Homura into the Law of Cycles. However, Homura has been changed by her experiences in her barrier and grabs Madoka before she can take her Soul Gem. Homura then separates Madoka from the Law of Cycles and uses her new powers to rewrite reality. Nagisa is shown to be engulfed by the colors spilling out of Homura's Soul Gem and spreading to cover the universe.

In Homura's new reality, Nagisa is unable to return to the Law of Cycles. She is seen happily running about in her civilian outfit, implying that Homura has erased her memories of being a magical girl. It is also suggested Homura has suppressed her magical girl and witch powers, effectively turning Nagisa back into an ordinary human. Eventually Nagisa meets up with a group of kids her own age and leaves with them. It is implied that they are all going to school together.

At the end of the movie Mami saves Nagisa from falling packages of cheese, suggesting that they will become friends again in the new reality.

Observations

She is the magical girl that became Charlotte.
Nagisa claims she came back, as a herald of Ultimate Madoka, to eat cheese again.
She is said to have a childlike appearance.
Her weapon is a trumpet styled like Charlotte, that can shoot bubbles powerful enough to put cracks in a witch's barrier.
Her soul gem is shaped like a candy.
Her associated colour is possibly either white or orange.
Unlike the other magical girls in Madoka Magica, Nagisa's hair, eyes and soul gem are not all the same colour.
She seems to really hate Kyubey, as she is seen snarling at him several times as Bebe.
She can channel or change her form to and from Bebe (and by extension Charlotte's second form). She can also summon Charlotte's, and other witch's, familiars. The Pyotrs she summons don't do anything, but a Polina is seen helping Mami with her trapezes. This is because of special powers granted to her as a herald of Ultimate Madoka, as well as being a part of the Law of Cycles.
- She rides on a Sebastian during the battle with Homulilly.
Her magical girl design is a rip-off of the initially-proposed beta outfit for Yuma. In fact, her design in general, as well as parts of her personality, seem almost directly copied from Yuma's and disguised.

Trivia

Nagisa's and Bebe's designs

Nagisa's given name is written in hiragana, but it can mean "beach" or "seashore" when written in kanji.
The first character for Momoe (百) means "hundred", but also carries the connotation of "a lot of things". The second character (江) means "inlet" or "bay". "Momoe" could be translated as "a hundred rivers".
Nagisa is voiced by Kana Asumi, who played Yuno in Hidamari Sketch. According to an interview, Madoka Kaname is based on Yuno.
Nagisa is the Madoka Magica franchise's third cat girl. The first is Satomi Usagi, and the second is Yuma Chitose.
In many languages, "bebe" means "baby". This fits with Mami's name, which is pronounced similar to "mummy".
Nagisa's trasformation starts with her saying "Parmigiano Reggiano!", a sort of cheese also known as parmesan.

Speculation

The theories below have been proven right.
At least one element from the franchise is rendering them valid.

The most prominent speculation is that Nagisa is the magical girl form of Charlotte. It has been pointed out that Nagisa's bangs resemble part of Charlotte's forehead in doll form, and her pigtails resemble Charlotte's "ears" in both forms. Nagisa also has a similar color scheme to Charlotte, as she has white hair and wears clothing that is colored brown, red, and pink with polka dots. Finally, Nagisa has unusually colored eyes that are yellow in the center and red at the edge of each iris. This is similar to Charlotte's eyes in her larger form, which are colored blue near the center but then change to yellow and other colors. This theory was supported with the new trailer, showing Nagisa in her magical girl form which looks quite similar to Charlotte.
- This article shows that this speculation is even supported by popcorn.

The theories below have been proven wrong.
They are only kept here for the sake of completeness.

Nagisa's white hair and unusually colored eyes have also drawn comparisons to Kyubey and Ultimate Madoka. There are speculations that Nagisa is an Incubator in human form, or some kind of manifestation of Madoka in the new world she created.
Because the Faust legend references feature somewhat prominently in Madoka Magica, and due to the new ending animation shown at the end of the first movie (the sequence had a pink silhouette holding another, smaller silhouette inside of it - much like a fetus), it is speculated that Nagisa may be the child of Ultimate Madoka. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it. Evidence to support this theory is fairly obvious - Nagisa's own design (most prominently her face) looking very similar to Madoka's, much like how a child would resemble their parents to an extent.
Nagisa's last name is similar to Mami Tomoe's last name, as well as the given name of Kyoko Sakura's sister Momo. This might indicate a connection with both characters. Evidence to support this is in the new theatrical release poster, where it depicts Nagisa attempting to hide behind Mami and in return, Mami is seemingly trying to hold her close.
Because of the reading of her name 百江 (Momoe) = hundred rivers and なぎさ (Nagisa) = shore, it is speculated she could be the convergence of timelines.
If Nagisa is connected to Madoka, Nagisa's magical girl form resembling a cat could reference Madoka's wish in the first timeline to save a cat.
- However, if Nagisa is associated with the Incubators, her magical girl form resembling a cat could reference the Incubators' cat/ferret-like appearance.
Nagisa's given name could be a reference to Nagisa Misumi from the magical girl anime Futari wa Pretty Cure. It could also be a reference to Kaworu Nagisa from the anime Neon Genesis Evangelion or Nagisa Furukawa from CLANNAD. All are likely for symbolic purposes: the first Nagisa is a magical girl, the second is speculated to be travelling through time loops in his canon's own reboot movies, and the third is saved by her love interest causing a similar time loop.
- Given the ending of Rebellion, it can also be noted that in the movie version of CLANNAD, the time loops were removed and attempts to save Nagisa failed...

Gallery

Screenshots

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Mami saves Nagisa from falling packages of cheese.

Official Art

First full official visual of Nagisa as a Puella Magi
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By Ume Aoki
Nagisa's soul gem in it's transformed state.
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By Kana Asumi, Nagisa's voice actor.
Ume's original design of Nagisa.

Speculation

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Nagisa and the shadowy figure from the first trailer for Movie 3 seem to look alike. Perhaps they are the same person?
Nagisa shares some similarities to Charlotte.
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Nagisa also shares some design features with Kyubey.
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Comparison of Charlotte from production notes, Mystery Girl and Nagisa
Cheese flavored popcorn?

Fanart

This section contains fanart images

Everything in the following fan gallery is created, or the comments accompanying them are created, for entertainment value and should not be confused with actual canon events of the Puella Magi franchise.

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Fan art from Pixiv
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Fan art from Pixiv
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Fan art from Pixiv
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It all makes sense now.
The cycle is now complete.
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External links

Nagisa Momoe at Pixiv image repository (Japanese)
Nagisa Momoe at Danbooru image repository (NSFW)

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-'''Nagisa Momoe''' is a magical girl introduced in the movie ''[[The Rebellion Story]]''. The [http://www.madoka-magica.com/character/ character page] only says she has a child-like appearance and that her wish and role in the movie are unknown.
+'''Nagisa Momoe''' is a magical girl introduced in the movie ''[[The Rebellion Story|Rebellion]]''.
-{{Spoiler|During the movie, Nagisa disguises herself as her witch form Charlotte [[Charlotte|(link)]], which the other characters call "Bebe".}}
 ==Personality==
-Nagisa is usually rather childish, though she's shown to be more perceptive than she seems.
+Nagisa is usually rather childish, though she's shown to be more perceptive than she seems. She tends to speaks rather eloquently (ex. "Let me explain that from my own lips", "We were once bringers of hope, who despaired and spread our curses").
 As Bebe, she was shown to have a very close relationship with [[Mami Tomoe|Mami]].
 ==History==
-At the moment, Nagisa only appears in ''The Rebellion Story''. (In fact, she technically appeared in [[Episode 3]] of the anime as the witch Charlotte. She is presumed to have been taken into Law of Cycles by [[Madoka]] [[Episode 12|at the end of the anime]].)
+At the moment, Nagisa only appears in ''Rebellion''. In fact, she technically appeared in [[Episode 3]] of the anime as the witch Charlotte. She is presumed to have been taken into Law of Cycles by [[Madoka]] [[Episode 12|at the end of the anime]].
 Prior to the beginning of ''Rebellion'', Madoka, [[Sayaka]] and Nagisa enter [[Homura]]'s witch barrier from the Law of Cycles. (Although the movie doesn't explicitly say this, Nagisa is essentially an angel for Madoka.) In order to stop [[Kyubey]]'s plan to observe and control the Law of Cycles, Madoka entrusted her memories and powers to both Nagisa and Sayaka so they could reawaken her to save Homura at the right time. Nagisa later explains that she took the mission because she wanted to eat cheese again.
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 Once the barrier disappears, Ultimate Madoka descends from the sky along with a carriage containing both Sayaka and Nagisa. Madoka intends to take Homura into the Law of Cycles. However, Homura has been changed by her experiences in her barrier and grabs Madoka before she can take her Soul Gem. Homura then separates Madoka from the Law of Cycles and uses her new powers to rewrite reality. Nagisa is shown to be engulfed by the colors spilling out of Homura's Soul Gem and spreading to cover the universe.
-In Homura's new reality, Nagisa is unable to return to the Law of Cycles. She is seen happily running about in her civilian outfit, implying that Homura has erased her memories of being a magical girl. It is also suggested Homura has suppressed her magical girl and witch powers, effectively turning Nagisa back into an ordinary human. Eventually Nagisa meets up with a group of kids her own age and leaves with them. It is implied that they are all going to an elementary school together.
+In Homura's new reality, Nagisa is unable to return to the Law of Cycles. She is seen happily running about in her civilian outfit, implying that Homura has erased her memories of being a magical girl. It is also suggested Homura has suppressed her magical girl and witch powers, effectively turning Nagisa back into an ordinary human. Eventually Nagisa meets up with a group of kids her own age and leaves with them. It is implied that they are all going to school together.
 At the end of the movie Mami saves Nagisa from falling packages of cheese, suggesting that they will become friends again in the new reality.
 ==Observations==
-* She is confirmed to be the puella magi that became [[Charlotte]].
+* She is the magical girl that became [[Charlotte]].
 * Nagisa claims she came back, as a herald of Ultimate Madoka, to eat cheese again.
-* In the world Akuma Homura created, Nagisa goes to elementary school. She is seen with a school bag and laughing with her friends.
 * She is said to have a childlike appearance.
-* Her weapon is a trumpet styled like Charlotte, that can shoot bubbles powerful enough to put cracks in a Witch's barrier.
+* Her weapon is a trumpet styled like Charlotte, that can shoot bubbles powerful enough to put cracks in a witch's barrier.
 * Her soul gem is shaped like a candy.
 * Her associated colour is possibly either white or orange.
-* Unlike the other puella magi, Nagisa's hair, eyes and soul gem are not all the same colour.
+* Unlike the other magical girls in ''Madoka Magica'', Nagisa's hair, eyes and soul gem are not all the same colour.
 * She seems to really hate Kyubey, as she is seen snarling at him several times as Bebe.
 * She can channel or change her form to and from Bebe (and by extension Charlotte's second form). She can also summon Charlotte's, and other witch's, familiars. The [[Pyotr]]s she summons don't do anything, but a [[Polina]] is seen helping Mami with her trapezes. This is because of special powers granted to her as a herald of Ultimate Madoka, as well as being a part of the Law of Cycles.
 ** She rides on a [[Sebastian]] during the battle with Homulilly.
-* Color Theme: Orange.
+* Her magical girl design is a rip-off of the initially-proposed beta outfit for Yuma. In fact, her design in general, as well as parts of her personality, seem almost directly copied from Yuma's and disguised.
-** Eye color: Red + Yellow = Orange
-* Soul Gem shape: Smiling candy.
-* Elemental Themes: Sweets, music, heal(as seen in the trumpet, it has an hospital cross).
 ==Trivia==
 [[File:634512.jpg|200px|thumb|right|Nagisa's and Bebe's designs]]
 * Nagisa's given name is written in hiragana, but it can mean "beach" or "seashore" when written in kanji.
-* The first character for Momoe (百) means "hundred", but also carries the connotation of "a lot of things". The second character (江) means "inlet" or "bay".
+* The first character for Momoe (百) means "hundred", but also carries the connotation of "a lot of things". The second character (江) means "inlet" or "bay". "Momoe" could be translated as "a hundred rivers".
-**百江 (Momoe) could be translated as "hundred rivers" and なぎさ (Nagisa) as "Shore".
 * Nagisa is voiced by Kana Asumi, who played Yuno in [[wikipedia:Hidamari_Sketch|Hidamari Sketch]]. [[NewType_2011-07|According to an interview]], [[Madoka Kaname]] is based on Yuno.
 * Nagisa is the Madoka Magica franchise's third cat girl. The first is [[Satomi Usagi]], and the second is [[Yuma Chitose]].
-* In Italian/Spanish/French/Portuguese, bebè/bebé/bébé/bebê means ''"baby"'' or ''"infant"''.
+* In many languages, "bebe" means "baby". This fits with Mami's name, which is pronounced similar to "mummy".
-* Nagisa's trasformation starts with her saying "Parmigiano Reggiano!", a sort of cheese also known as parmesan
+* Nagisa's trasformation starts with her saying "Parmigiano Reggiano!", a sort of cheese also known as parmesan.
-==Speculations==
+==Speculation==
 {{Theory/Header|status=confirmed}}
 * The most prominent speculation is that Nagisa is the magical girl form of [[Charlotte|Charlotte]]. It has been pointed out that Nagisa's bangs resemble part of Charlotte's forehead in doll form, and her pigtails resemble Charlotte's "ears" in both forms. Nagisa also has a similar color scheme to Charlotte, as she has white hair and wears clothing that is colored brown, red, and pink with polka dots. Finally, Nagisa has unusually colored eyes that are yellow in the center and red at the edge of each iris. This is similar to Charlotte's eyes in her larger form, which are colored blue near the center but then change to yellow and other colors. This theory was supported with the new trailer, showing Nagisa in her magical girl form which looks quite similar to Charlotte.
 ** [http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/10/09-1/movie-popcorn-flavor-might-suggest-madoka-magica-spoiler This article] shows that this speculation is even supported by popcorn.
-** This theory has been confirmed by the movie.
 {{Theory/Footer}}
 {{Theory/Header|status=debunked}}
 * Nagisa's white hair and unusually colored eyes have also drawn comparisons to [[Kyubey]] and Ultimate Madoka. There are speculations that Nagisa is an Incubator in human form, or some kind of manifestation of Madoka in the new world she created.
-*Because the Faust legend references feature somewhat prominently in Madoka Magica, and due to the new ending animation shown at the end of the first movie (the sequence had a pink silhouette holding another, smaller silhouette inside of it - much like a fetus), it is speculated that Nagisa may be the child of Ultimate Madoka. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it.  Evidence to support this theory is fairly obvious - Nagisa's own design (most prominently her face) looking very similar to Madoka's, much like how a child would resemble their parents to an extent.
+* Because the Faust legend references feature somewhat prominently in ''Madoka Magica'', and due to the new ending animation shown at the end of the first movie (the sequence had a pink silhouette holding another, smaller silhouette inside of it - much like a fetus), it is speculated that Nagisa may be the child of Ultimate Madoka. In Goethe's Faust, Gretchen was actually pregnant with Faust's baby and she was forced to murder her baby by drowning it.  Evidence to support this theory is fairly obvious - Nagisa's own design (most prominently her face) looking very similar to Madoka's, much like how a child would resemble their parents to an extent.
 * Nagisa's last name is similar to [[Mami Tomoe]]'s last name, as well as the given name of [[Kyoko Sakura]]'s sister [[Momo Sakura|Momo]]. This might indicate a connection with both characters. Evidence to support this is in the [http://i.imgur.com/gpb265D.jpg new theatrical release poster], where it depicts Nagisa attempting to hide behind Mami and in return, Mami is seemingly trying to hold her close.
-* Because of the reading of her name 百江 (Momoe) = Hundred Rivers and なぎさ (Nagisa) = Shore, it is speculated she could be the convergence of timelines.
+* Because of the reading of her name 百江 (Momoe) = hundred rivers and なぎさ (Nagisa) = shore, it is speculated she could be the convergence of timelines.
-*If Nagisa is connected to Madoka, Nagisa's magical girl form resembling a cat could reference Madoka's wish in the first timeline to save a cat.
+* If Nagisa is connected to Madoka, Nagisa's magical girl form resembling a cat could reference Madoka's wish in the first timeline to save a cat.
-**However, if Nagisa is associated with the Incubators, her magical girl form resembling a cat could reference the Incubators' cat/ferret-like appearance.
+** However, if Nagisa is associated with the Incubators, her magical girl form resembling a cat could reference the Incubators' cat/ferret-like appearance.
-* Nagisa's given name could be a reference to Nagisa Misumi from the magical girl anime ''[[wikipedia:Pretty_Cure_(2004_TV_series)|Futari wa Pretty Cure]]''.  It could also be a reference to Kaworu Nagisa from the anime ''[[wikipedia:Neon Genesis Evangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' or Nagisa Furukawa from ''[[wikipedia:Clannad|CLANNAD]]''. All are likely for symbolic purposes: the first Nagisa is a magical girl, the second is speculated to be [[Homura Akemi|travelling through time loops]] in his canon's own reboot movies, and the third is saved by her love interest causing a similar time loop.
+* Nagisa's given name could be a reference to Nagisa Misumi from the magical girl anime ''[[wikipedia:Pretty_Cure_(2004_TV_series)|Futari wa Pretty Cure]]''.  It could also be a reference to Kaworu Nagisa from the anime ''[[wikipedia:Neon Genesis Evangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]'' or Nagisa Furukawa from ''[[wikipedia:Clannad|CLANNAD]]''. All are likely for symbolic purposes: the first Nagisa is a magical girl, the second is speculated to be travelling through time loops in his canon's own reboot movies, and the third is saved by her love interest causing a similar time loop.
-** Given the ending of Rebellion, it can also be noted that in the movie version of ''CLANNAD'', the time loops were removed and attempts to save Nagisa failed...
+** Given the ending of ''Rebellion'', it can also be noted that in the movie version of ''CLANNAD'', the time loops were removed and attempts to save Nagisa failed...
 {{Theory/Footer}}
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 File:1381238992622.jpg
 File:Ume_Aoki_Rebellion_Pics.jpg|By [[Ume Aoki]]
-File:Nagisa_Soul_Gem_Spoiler.jpg|Nagisa's Soul Gem in it's transformed state.
+File:Nagisa_Soul_Gem_Spoiler.jpg|Nagisa's soul gem in it's transformed state.
 File:Nagisa_Billboard.jpg
 File:Nagisa_Kana_Asumi.jpg|By Kana Asumi, Nagisa's voice actor.
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 </gallery>
-===Speculation Gallery===
+===Speculation===
-'''Note:''' This gallery is outdated as of the release of the movie.
 <gallery>
 File:NagisaShadowSpeculah.png|Nagisa and the shadowy figure from the first trailer for Movie 3 seem to look alike. Perhaps they are the same person?
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 File:Nagisa Momoe speculah as charlotte.jpg|Nagisa shares some similarities to Charlotte.
 File:Nagisa short hair.jpg|
-File:Nagisa aka charlotte.jpg|Could Nagisa be Charlotte?
+File:Nagisa aka charlotte.jpg
 File:E0145057-s.png
 File:NagisaKyubeySpeculah.jpg|Nagisa also shares some design features with Kyubey.
-File:36319582.png| Comparison of Charlotte from production notes, Mystery Girl and Nagisa
+File:36319582.png|Comparison of Charlotte from production notes, Mystery Girl and Nagisa
 File:Bokurano charlotte.jpg
 File:Madoka rebellion popcorn.jpg|Cheese flavored popcorn?
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 File:F9173c9d-s.jpg | Fan art from Pixiv
 File:C79a2c25.jpg | Fan art from Pixiv
-File:Fusion_Dance_Nagisa.jpg | It all makes sense now.
+File:Fusion_Dance_Nagisa.jpg|It all makes sense now.
 File:Hidamari Sketch VA cast now complete.png|The cycle is now complete.
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 </gallery>
-==Related Pages==
+==See also==
 * [[Charlotte]]
 * [[Bebe]]
-==External Links==
+==External links==
 *{{pixiv_tag|百江なぎさ}}
 *{{booru_tag|danbooru|momoe_nagisa}}
 [[Category:Characters]]

Nagisa Momoe: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 09:03, 17 December 2014

Contents

Personality

History

Observations

Trivia

Speculation