Yeah... Strange sounding, huh? Well this came from a dream, so don't blame me if it sounds crazy...
Ever thought, "Hey! That reminds me a lot of -insert other anime character's name here- from -insert anime here-" about .hack characers? No? Well I have. For some characters like Merei (Mereille) and Tsukasa, you can't guess which other anime character they could be in 'real life', but with others, like Ouka... and Mimiru, you can!
To me, Ouka in real life seems a lot like Rettesu/Lettuce from Tokyo Mew Mew... That's where I got the idea. And I can easily imagine Rettesu falling back on online games to help solve her confidence problem.
So, who else could very well be another anime character?
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