Mayumi Matsushita (真津下 まゆみ, Matsushita Mayumi) is a character mentioned in the Lemniscate video series, and a character featured in AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES.
Mayumi is Ota's mother. Over 30 years ago, she and her husband took out significant loans to open Matsushita Diner near the Kabasaki District. She has been running the diner ever since. Lately, her memory has begun to get spotty.
Design
Mayumi is a 54-year-old woman of short stature with brown eyes teal hair in a blunt bob. She wears wide black cat eye glasses and a visor with a large brim. She wears a pleated red dress with black cuffs, and white text across the chest reading "HIPSTER." She wears a blue and yellow polka dotted scarf around her neck, and an apron with a floral pattern around her waist. Underneath, she wears black leggings and plain sandals with red straps.
Personality
TBA
Story
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At various points in her life, Mayumi got married and established and/or became the owner of Matsushita Diner. Around 1995, she gave birth to Ota Matsushita.
Mayumi continued her work at the family establishment as her son grew older and eventually befriended Iris Sagan and Mizuki Okiura.
At some point in her life, Mayumi became ill with alzheimer's disease specifically resulting in progressing dementia.
Ota Route
In the Ota Route, Kaname Date enters her somnium; PSYNCIN' IN THE SUSTaiN. This somnium allowed the player to experience her important memories. Her dementia caused her to forget Ota Matsushita's involvement in the attempted murder of both Iris Sagan and Ota Matsushita in the Okiura Fishery Cold Storage Warehouse. She later is able to remember the events that transpired, revealing that she had called a taxi to follow after Saito Sejima (In the body of Iris Sagan) and Ota Matsushita. This lead her to believe that Ota Matsushita was the culprit behind the attempted murder, which caused her to attempt to feign guilt to protect him.
Appearances
| AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES | |||||
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| Day 1: sigAI | |||||
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| BRaiN | |||||
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| Day 2: saikAI | |||||
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| PaiN | |||||
| Absent | |||||
| Day 2: meikAI | Day 2: keitAI | ||||
| Absent | Absent | ||||
| Day 3: syokubAI | Day 3: gyoukAI | ||||
| Appears | Absent | ||||
| VaiN | VILLaiN | ||||
| Absent | Absent | ||||
| Day 3: rihAI | Day 3: gumAI | Day 3: kyuusAI | |||
| Mentioned | Absent | Absent | |||
| Day 4: youdAI | Day 4: jukkAI | Day 4: syuurAI | |||
| Appears | Appears | Mentioned | |||
| SWaiN | CURTaiN | MaiN: 1 | |||
| Absent | Absent | Absent | |||
| Day 4: jikAI | Day 4: syougAI | Day 4: kikAI | Day 4: irAI | Day 5: kenzAI | |
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | Absent | |
| Day 5: zugAI | Day 5: seisAI | Day 5: jinnAI | Day 5: dakkAI | Day 5: jutAI | |
| Appears | Appears | Absent | Mentioned | Absent | |
| SUSTaiN | REFRaiN | MaiN: 2 | MOUNTaiN | ||
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||
| Day 5: syokuzAI | Day 5: ihAI | Day 6: kekkAI | Day 5: kokkAI | ||
| Appears | Absent | Absent | Absent | ||
| Ota: END | Day 6: hiAI | Annihilation: END | Iris: END | Day 6: sousAI | |
| Absent | Absent | ||||
| CAPTaiN | CHaiN | ||||
| Absent | Absent | ||||
| Day 6: sanpAI | Day 6: hakAI | ||||
| Absent | Absent | ||||
| Mizuki: END | Three Months Later: kassAI | ||||
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| Resolution: END | |||||
Gallery
Trivia
Etymology
- "Mayu" in Mayumi can mean "eyebrows" (眉).
- The last kanji in Matsushita (真津下), read "shita," can also be read as "ge," making her family name "matsuge" (まつ毛), meaning "eyelashes."
General
- In a fan-made Character Poll for AI: THE SOMNIUM FILES held on Twitter, Mayumi Matsushita came in 11th place.
- In Day 2: Saturday —saikAI—, Date asked Mayumi if Ota had a cellphone, to which she replied that Ota wasn't allowed to own a cellphone. In the original Japanese text, Mayumi did not recognize the word "cell phone" and assumed Date was speaking a different language. This line is potentially an early hint at Mayumi's dementia, or an indicator of how out-of-touch she is with the youth.
