- "Hang on... If I just imagine all these concepts as hot guys... Oh wow, that's way easier to remember now! I've got a whole narrative and favorite characters and everything!"
- — Marino learning to focus while studying, 🡐stabbed (Week 3, Day 6)
Marino Orihara (折原 まりの Orihara Marino) is a minor character in NEO: The World Ends with You. She is a teenage girl who loves Elegant Strategy. Marino is also friends with Yuika Kaga.
Appearance[]
Marino Orihara is a teenage girl with pale skin, brown hair styled into a ponytail and brown eyes. She wears a beige buttoned sweater over a white undershirt and wears a blue bow at her collar. She wears a short gray skirt with a thin lattice pattern in light blue. She has a black backpack, white socks, and black shoes.
Story[]
Marino and her friend Yuika first appear in DeeP DivE (Week 1, Day 3), trying to get a special Tomonami pin. They get a promotional menu at Hachiko Café use the voucher to receive some of the last pins at Tipsy Tose Hall.
The sidequest "Elegant Possession" on 🡐stabbed (Week 3, Day 6) is about Marino being possessed by Noise while she stresses about not being able to focus on her history studies due to the new chapter of EleStra. Nagi Usui Dives into her, and after five reductions of Noise, Marino realizes she can focus if she imagines the concepts as attractive men. Nagi is hurt afterwards because she was spoiled by Marino's thoughts during the Dive and learning about a new sergeant character.
Quotes[]
- "Omigosh! Today's our last chance to snag that special pin!"
- "Yep! We'd better go line up now: they're only available while supplies last!
- "Whew! Just in time. Any later and we would've missed out!"
- "I know, right? Our minds!"
- "That was a close call! Anyway, we got our vouchers, and that's all that matters!"
- "Seriously, though, they were just lounging around like they owned the place! Were they, like, tourists or something?"
- "Argh! How am I supposed to focus on studying when there's a new chapter of EleStra waiting for me? But if my grades drop any lower, I'm done for..."
- "World history is too hard! I can't remember any of this junk!"
- "Goodbye, reality! Hellooo, Lord Tomonami..."
- "Something, ancient Athens, something something acropowhatever, something... I'm doomed, aren't I?"
- "Goodbye, reality! Hellooo, mysterious new sergeant who just got introduced this chapter..."
- "Blah blah Gandhara art blah blah blah... Yep. This isn't happening."
- "Hang on... If I just imagine all these concepts as hot guys... Oh wow, that's way easier to remember now! I've got a whole narrative and favorite characters and everything!"
Etymology[]
- The name Marino is written in hiragana (まりの), which has no special meaning. However, when written in kanji (毬乃, 茉莉乃, 茉莉野, 真梨乃, 真梨野, 真里乃, 真理乃, 麻里乃, 麻莉乃, 麻莉野, 万莉乃, 万梨乃, 万理乃 or 舞里乃), it could possibly mean:
- 毬乃 - "ball" (毬) (mari) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 茉莉乃 - "Arabian jasmine" (茉莉) (mari) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 茉莉野 - "Arabian jasmine" (茉莉) (mari) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).
- 真梨乃 - "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 真梨野 - "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).
- 真里乃 - "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "village" (里) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 真理乃 - "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "reason, logic" (理) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 麻里乃 - "hemp, flax" (麻) (ma), "village" (里) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 麻莉乃 - "hemp, flax" (麻) (ma), "white jasmine" (莉) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 麻莉野 - "hemp, flax" (麻) (ma), "white jasmine" (莉) (ri) and "field, wilderness" (野) (no).
- 万莉乃 - "ten thousand, myriads, all" (万) (ma), "white jasmine" (莉) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 万梨乃 - "ten thousand, myriads, all" (万) (ma), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 万理乃 - "ten thousand, myriads, all" (万) (ma), "reason, logic" (理) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- 舞里乃 - "dance" (舞) (ma), "village" (里) (ri) and "from" (乃) (no).
- Marino's surname Orihara means "fold/folding, break, fracture, bend, yield, submit, chance, suitable time" (折) (ori) and "field, plain" (原) (hara).