Biography
Name: Nodoka Miyazaki
Title Series: Negima?!
Voice Actor: Mamiko Noto
Eligibility: 13th ('07 Korea)
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Nodoka is nicknamed Honya-chan (Bookstore). She is one of the 4 members of the Library Exploration Club (Konoka is the 4th member). Why it is called "Exploration Club" and not "Librarian's Club" is because this is Mahora Academy's Library, which has its own island and is more like a dungeon than a library. As such, members of the club get used to spotting and avoiding traps, scaling cliffs (er, bookshelves), etc etc. Despite such an exotic club activity, she is shy and her hairstyle at first covers up her face. Very early in the story, Negi saved her from a fall down the stairs - back then she didn't know of magic so thought Negi-sensei had heroically caught her (suspending her belief since a 10 year old boy shouldn't be able to catch a 15 year old girl from a fall from 2~3 metres high). Thus a crush was born and with the help of her friends (fellow club members Yue and Haruna) she slowly makes progress (starting with not hiding behind her hair so much).
Then she makes a Pactio with Negi a little later in the story. The first anime adaptation didn't explain this much at all, and the SHAFT adaptation (i.e. "Negima!?") added some extra bits to it. What is her Pactio Artifact (partners who make a contract with a mage get a special card/power to help the mage)? It is a book that reads minds, requiring the name of the target to be known beforehand. It can be used on herself too. What this means is: a shy, reserved girl who has a crush, is now given a tool to be BRUTALLY SELF-HONEST with her secret desires and feelings. Oh sure, it's also extremely useful in group combat situations but we see a lot of peaceful screentime in Negima~