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- "Born and raised in Shibuya and proud of it, she isn't keen on customers from outside the city, but she loves her family and friends. Especially fond of her granddaughter, she spoils her with "mementos" whenever she visits. Deeply tied to Taka the Handyman."
- — Social Network Profile
Tamao Sasai (酒々井 タマオ Sasai Tamao) is the owner of croaky panic on Takeshita Street.
Appearance[]
Tamao Sasai is a pale-skinned elderly woman wearing sunglasses with a round gray and white rim and curly rainbow hair which she swears is natural and not the Rainbow Afro Wig[1]. She wears a black shirt under a short-sleeved yellow jacket patterned with green stars and a bohemian-patterned green and brown skirt. She wears a brown bead bracelet around her right arm and a green frog head with a zippered mouth around her neck.
Personality[]
Biography[]
NEO: The World Ends with You[]
Tamao is present at Croaky Panic whenever it is accessible during the game.
Relationships[]
Taka the Handyman[]
MKN[]
MKN is Tamao's granddaughter who she spoils with mementos whenever she visits: the sidequest "MKN Memento" in Come🡒🡐back (Week 3, Day 4) involves Telewarping up a building in Tower Records to retrieve a spray can memento Tamao gave to MKN.
Unnamed son[]
Tamao has a son who drew what would become the croaky panic logo as a child, but she is uninterested and unaware of his current whereabouts[2]. He might be the father of her granddaughter, MKN.
Store[]
Etymology[]
- Tamao's surname Sasai means "liquor, sake, alcohol, booze" (酒) (sa) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (i).
Quotes[]
Trivia[]
- The info of all croaky panic threads are narrated by Tamao Sasai herself.
References[]
- ↑ Rainbow Afro Wig info, narrated by Tamao Sasai: "[...] ...What's that? Am I wearing this wig, too? Hah! Don't make me laugh. This hair's all mine, honey. My colorful curls are au naturel!"
- ↑ Ribbit Rubber Ring info, narrated by Tamao Sasai: "Y'know, that frog on the store sign was drawn by my son when he was just a little boy. I figured it could be a real cash cow, so I make new products with that design every year, and they sell like crazy! ...Huh? What's my son doing nowadays? Beats me!"