Ming-Li Huang, known as Min-san, owns and operates the Hanamaru ramen shop, the primary gathering spot for the NEET Detective Team. A Zainichi individual of Chinese descent with Japanese nationality, she possesses a tall stature, black hair typically tied in a ponytail with left-sided bangs, and brown eyes. Her practical attire consistently features jeans, a sarashi, a black tank top, and Hanamaru’s apron.

Min-san projects a brash, tomboyish demeanor through masculine speech patterns and a no-nonsense attitude, masking her deeply caring nature. She provides unwavering support as the NEET Detective Team’s caretaker, offering meals, shelter, and emotional stability despite their inability to reciprocate.

Her past reveals personal sacrifice: she abandoned confectionery studies and dreams of an ice cream shop when her father disappeared, forcing her to take over Hanamaru. Without his recipe, she developed her own ramen, forging her pragmatic outlook. During financial hardship, she secretly sold illegal drugs—cocaine, marijuana, and heroin—to sustain the shop and support the NEET group.

Min-san actively manages the team’s welfare, especially monitoring Alice’s unhealthy diet of Dr. Pepper and noodle broth. She intervenes by threatening to withhold ice cream unless Alice consumes vegetables, typically leeks, demonstrating her tough-love approach. Her relationships with the NEET members cement the group’s cohesion, as she balances culinary duties with serving as their moral anchor. Through backstory and actions, she commits to preserving Hanamaru as a sanctuary, even employing morally ambiguous methods during struggles.