| Japanese name: |
三波 麗花 (みなみうるか) |
| Nickname: |
Lantern |
Minami is a beautiful teenage girl, with long brown hair worn down. She usually wears her school's uniform, and is admired by others for her cheerful demeanor and good looks.
True personalityMinami was an example of a Ghoul with a severely compartmentalized personality, neatly dividing her life between the human and ghoul worlds. While living as a human, she is a hard-working and cheerful girl that easily makes friends. However, as Lantern she is a cruel serial killer noted for her extreme appetite and brutal killing methods. Minami has considerable admiration for the peaceful lives that humans led, and longs to experience that for herself through going to school. However, Minami also harbors intense feelings of jealousy towards humanity for their peaceful and easy lives. These feelings led her to carry out a twisted form of vigilantism, preying upon people that she believes do not deserve or appreciate the gift of living as humans. In this way, she is incredibly petty and cruel, viewing juvenile delinquents with the same disgust as hardened criminals because both disrupt the order of society. She claims to be doing human society a favor, through killing these "undeserving" elements.
She hints at having had a very difficult past, breaking into tears when mentioning how difficult it is to live as a Ghoul. Her relationship with other Ghouls is strained due to her binge eating, and complete disregard for them. She readily manipulates others to achieve her goals, sacrificing others to test Arima's strength and tricking Yamori into doing her bidding. As Lantern, she wore a mask that resembles a Jack-o-Lantern and a large trench coat. This would completely conceal her face and body, causing many to mistake her as a man.
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