Character Profile: Maiko Yanagihara

Although Maiko Yanagihara could have done anything she wanted, she followed her family tradition of teaching. Not surprising, since her education included literature and language. She was well-respected and she kept a strict classroom.

Yanagihara did have one weakness though: she liked chocolate. It was on a rainy day that she was at the store and did not have enough money to get a candy bar, so she shoplifted one bar.

At first, she thought nervously she had gotten away with it. But as it happened, just as she left the store, three of her students had approached her. The three girls always shoplifted for kicks, so they found it amusing that their strict teacher had shoplifted also.

That was the last time Yanagihara stole anything. However, the three girls never let her forget that they know her secret, and done so by sending her notes and stolen gifts to remind her. The strain from this was more than she could bear... making her the target for a shimna.

Maiko Yanagihara appears in the first episode of the TV series.