Hamako

"Huh....Well a little rain never hurt anyone, right?"

Age: 16
Height: 4'5"
Weight: 119 lb
Bust: 33 B
Occupation: Sophomore Highschool student/ Maid Cafe waitress


Hamako is an optimist... Its really the only way to put it.

Her parents abandoned her at a young age on the side of the street...She didn't mind, she knew they simply could not take care of her, so she did her best to survive till one day someone found her trying to steal an apple...and she was immediately arrested.

She didn't mind that either, it got her a place to stay for a few days and she met a few nice, albeit dangerous, people...None of them harmed her or tried anything lewd, though. Well, no...one person did, but he was promptly beat to near death....right in front of her....Sure, she got blood on her, but at least she was safe!

The police station never did find her parents, so almost immediately she was declared a ward of the prefecture and sent to an orphanage, where she would have to stay till someone wanted to adopt her. It was probably the best time she had, being with people her age! She had so much fun there...but it only lasted into her teenage years...as soon as she had hit 14, the owner of the orphanage called her up into his office...and also attempted to perform a rather lewd act against her will...She wasn't going to fuss, but they were caught anyway and luckily she was left with only a few bruises...and that broken arm, sure...but in the end he was fired....and the orphanage was closed down.

So where does that leave our intrepid heroine? Still happy, still living a decent life, despite it all....Sure, she had to work full time for a maid cafe while going to school at the same time...she's at least managing a 4.0 despite the fact that a couple of her teachers were friends with that orphanage owner and have been attempting to make her life a living hell...and yet through it all, she always has a smile on her face.

OOC Notes

Hamako is an example of the Trope 'The Pollyanna'

The archetype is the title character of Eleanor Porter's 1913 novel Pollyanna, who was made famous in the 1960 Walt Disney movie, and was mocked by Alan Moore in the aforementioned throwaway joke in the pages of The League Of Extraordinary Gentlemen. However, it was popularized over a century earlier by Dr. Pangloss from the novel (and later Broadway musical) Candide, who is always explaining why getting kidnapped by pirates or sold into slavery is ultimately for the best

A character, usually but not always female, who undergoes various hardships, losing almost everything she holds dear, and yet seems never to lose her sunny disposition. Think Happy Thoughts may be how she does this.

When this character is played for drama (which usually entails a Break The Cutie situation), you sometimes get the feeling she's conducting some serious repression in order to continue functioning, and we are likely to see her break down; on the other hand, her infinite patience and good humor may give her away as The Messiah. If she's a member of a group that The Hero appeals to for help, count on her being the Least Is First.

When she's played for laughs, the fates the character endures are too horrendous to actually happen in real life, and yet she's too stupid to realize how God-awful her situation is and how miserable she ought to be; it seems as though the whole universe is out to Break The Cutie, and failing. (Although sometimes they just need a Rant Inducing Slight.)


Story RP is enjoyed.