Tamao Sasai

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!"

Characters in NEO: The World Ends with You

Wicked Twisters

Rindo Kanade • Fret • Nagi Usui • Beat • Shoka Sakurane • Neku Sakuraba • Sho Minamimoto

Ruinbringers

Shiba Miyakaze • Susukichi • Tsugumi Matsunae

Deep Rivers Society

Fuya Kawahara • Kohei Toyohashi • Katsuhiko Tanimaru

Variabeauties

Kanon Tachibana • Maito Minami

Purehearts

Motoi Anazawa • Sumio Tanaka

Shibuya Reapers

Koki Kariya • Uzuki Yashiro • Coco Atarashi • Sho Minamimoto

Shinjuku Reapers

Shiba Miyakaze • Tanzo Kubo • Ayano Kamachi • Kaie Ono • Hishima Sakazuki • Shoka Sakurane • Susukichi • Tsugumi Matsunae • Tsugumi Matsunae's brother

Shopkeepers

Aadiv • Aika Kuribayashi • Akari Minamino • Akira Ishiwa • Aoi Kyobe • Genzo Koitabashi • Hirofumi Itoguchi • Hiromu Takahara • Izumi Ariyoshi • Jo Makita • Jun Sonobe • Kana Inada • Kaoru Nitobe • Keiichi Okada • Ken Doi • Kohei Suzukawa • Linda Watanabe • Mai Iseya • Masaya • Michihisa Tadashima • Miharu Nakano • Miki Saionji • Miko Yamamoto • Mitsuhide Tojo • Momoka Owada • Naoto Kuwata • Rei Mogi • Renka Sakuma • Rieko Kawahara • Rina Todo • Rintaro Nakagawa • Ryoji • Ryoma Utsumi • Sakura Koga • Sayoko Morohoshi • Shinobu Sato • Sumire Chiba • Suzu Ito • Takumi Miyano • Tamao Sasai • Tomoko Hirasawa • Tomoyuki Kondo • Tsukihime • Wataru Koketsu • Yotsuba Sano • Yudai Miki • Yumi Takita

Other Characters

Ammonia Banks • Buddy Rapids • Eiji Oji • Eiru • Go Modoriyama • Hazuki Mikagi • Hide Takenouchi • Honoka Kondo • Itsuki Kaneda • Joshua • Kashiki • Ken Doi • Machastree • Manami Akita • Marino Orihara • MKN • Mr. Mew • Reaper Commentator • Rhyme • Riko Sekinohara • Ryoji • Sanae Hanekoma • Shiki Misaki • Shuntaro Harima • Taka the Handyman • Taku Ihama • Tomonami • Yoko Norimoto • Yuika Kaga • Yusei Iseya

[1] 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!"

[2] 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!"

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