Cool and Hot!: Love Live! Maki Nishikino Character Spotlight

Whether it’s her sharp, elegant features or her beautiful singing voice, Maki Nishikino tends to be among the most popular Love Live! School Idol Project and School Idol Festival characters. One of the frequently sought after qualities for an idol, real or fictional, is a sense of transition between innocence and adulthood, where the fiery passion burning within a girl can be interpreted as having both a product of purity and an increasing awareness of the temptations of the world. In this respect, there’s probably no one who toes that line better than Maki.

- About Maki -

Maki is the multi-talented daughter of a wealthy family. A skilled pianist who also aspires to be a doctor, she contributes to μ’s (Muse), her school idol group, as a songwriter. Though only in her first year of high school, Maki is generally mature, observant, and wise beyond her years. Physically, she’s depicted as being very attractive, and her voice has a kind of sultriness to it that comes out in both her popular catch phrases, (“Imi wakannai!” or “I don’t get what you mean”), and her singing, such as in the song “Cutie Panther” (personally my second favorite Love Live! song).

- Maki’s Innocence -

However, Maki also exhibits an innocence which, while not entirely surprising given how young and sheltered she can be, stands out because of how it contrasts with her normal, level-headed self. Typically the more naïve side of Maki comes out in how easily embarrassed she is when other characters cut through her cool exterior, but at times Maki even shows her other side without realizing it.

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