OVA
Description
Miu Matsuoka is a twelve-year-old girl who lives next door to the Itou household and attends the same sixth-grade class as her longtime friend, Chika Itou. She sports brown hair typically styled in two pigtails secured with red ribbons, brown eyes, and frequently wears a light pink shirt emblazoned with "I Am Boss."
Her personality lacks common sense and social etiquette, favoring surreal and disruptive behavior. She routinely makes spontaneous, nonsensical statements and devises impractical or bizarre ideas, all promptly dismissed by others. Attention-seeking defines her actions: she engages in pranks, disrupts class, and deliberately attempts to act "cute" to gain approval, especially from Nobue Itou. These efforts consistently backfire, provoking frustration or comedic retaliation that often leaves her forced prone on the floor. A recurring jealousy toward Ana Coppola and Matsuri Sakuragi fuels frequent teasing, taunting, and spiteful behavior, stemming from Nobue’s preference for their perceived cuteness. Despite her bratty exterior, Miu harbors deep, genuine affection for Chika, whom she calls her "one and only." She finds satisfaction in amusing Chika and exhibits subtle acts of care, like never sleeping before confirming Chika’s room light is off. Light yuri themes occasionally underscore her devotion to Chika.
Her relationships drive her behavior. She disrupts Chika’s studies or routines by entering her room uninvited via the window across their adjacent rooftops. Though Chika often plays the exasperated straight man to Miu’s antics, she secretly finds some humor in them. Miu avoids schoolwork, preferring to copy Chika’s homework and disturb class. Interactions with Nobue involve failed attempts to win her favor and teasing about Nobue’s physique, frequently inciting physical retaliation. Her jealousy toward Matsuri and Ana manifests in pranks and mockery, such as deliberately misrepresenting Ana’s surname with insulting kanji characters.
In the "Strawberry Marshmallow Encore" OVA, Miu declares an ambition to become an idol. While attempting a backflip, she knocks herself unconscious, triggering a dream sequence in a liminal afterlife space. Guided by Noguchi—visually resembling Matsuri—she faces judgment from Emma-san (resembling Nobue). After a brief argument, Emma-san condemns her to Hell. Miu pleads unsuccessfully for Heaven before encountering Sasaki-san, a demon resembling Chika, who describes Hell as a place of enforced unpleasant tasks. This scenario highlights Miu’s insecurities, fear of rejection, and vivid, morbid imagination.
Additional trivia notes her birthday is September 8th. She recounts a childhood anecdote about "beating Santa Claus" by requesting impossible gifts like a mountain, a sumo wrestler, or a hot spring. She occasionally displays canine-like teeth during mischief and is associated with minor scatological humor.
Her personality lacks common sense and social etiquette, favoring surreal and disruptive behavior. She routinely makes spontaneous, nonsensical statements and devises impractical or bizarre ideas, all promptly dismissed by others. Attention-seeking defines her actions: she engages in pranks, disrupts class, and deliberately attempts to act "cute" to gain approval, especially from Nobue Itou. These efforts consistently backfire, provoking frustration or comedic retaliation that often leaves her forced prone on the floor. A recurring jealousy toward Ana Coppola and Matsuri Sakuragi fuels frequent teasing, taunting, and spiteful behavior, stemming from Nobue’s preference for their perceived cuteness. Despite her bratty exterior, Miu harbors deep, genuine affection for Chika, whom she calls her "one and only." She finds satisfaction in amusing Chika and exhibits subtle acts of care, like never sleeping before confirming Chika’s room light is off. Light yuri themes occasionally underscore her devotion to Chika.
Her relationships drive her behavior. She disrupts Chika’s studies or routines by entering her room uninvited via the window across their adjacent rooftops. Though Chika often plays the exasperated straight man to Miu’s antics, she secretly finds some humor in them. Miu avoids schoolwork, preferring to copy Chika’s homework and disturb class. Interactions with Nobue involve failed attempts to win her favor and teasing about Nobue’s physique, frequently inciting physical retaliation. Her jealousy toward Matsuri and Ana manifests in pranks and mockery, such as deliberately misrepresenting Ana’s surname with insulting kanji characters.
In the "Strawberry Marshmallow Encore" OVA, Miu declares an ambition to become an idol. While attempting a backflip, she knocks herself unconscious, triggering a dream sequence in a liminal afterlife space. Guided by Noguchi—visually resembling Matsuri—she faces judgment from Emma-san (resembling Nobue). After a brief argument, Emma-san condemns her to Hell. Miu pleads unsuccessfully for Heaven before encountering Sasaki-san, a demon resembling Chika, who describes Hell as a place of enforced unpleasant tasks. This scenario highlights Miu’s insecurities, fear of rejection, and vivid, morbid imagination.
Additional trivia notes her birthday is September 8th. She recounts a childhood anecdote about "beating Santa Claus" by requesting impossible gifts like a mountain, a sumo wrestler, or a hot spring. She occasionally displays canine-like teeth during mischief and is associated with minor scatological humor.