Norie Yoshimizu

""Just as I expected, Mii! I'll nominate you for the high school men's event in the All-Japan Dumpling Folding Competition!""

Norie Yoshimizu (由水 典江) is a secondary character in The Isolator series.

Story
Norie is introduced as Minoru's legal guardian at the beginning of the series, and at the same time is later considered one of his biggest liabilities.

In the beginning, Norie is drugged and abducted by The Biter, and is used in order to threaten Minoru. Afterwards Minoru, though still living at home, is much more cautious about the use of his name and powers, as he doesn't wish to put Norie in further jeopardy, thus her role has faded to a more minor one following the first novel.

Personality
Norie Yoshimizu is the adopter sister (and first cousin once removed) of Minoru Utsugi. Acting as Minoru's legal guardian, she is a kind and considerate character, always greeting Minoru at the door as he returns home and preparing meals for him, as well as fretting that the allowance she gives him isn't enough.

When Norie was a child, she lost her mother and sibling in a car accident and was deeply traumatised. Raised only by her distant father, Norie had a rather difficult early life. Thus, when Minoru was orphaned in similar circumstances, she was insistent that he be taken in to their household. Despite this background, Norie is often shown as a cheerful, upbeat character; possibly having developed a co-dependence on Minoru, shown when she jokes about waiting two years until he finishes high school so that she could marry him.

Despite that, she doesn't seem to have a romantic interest in Minoru and is pleasantly surprised when he brings a girl (Suu) over for dinner as he had never brought friends over before.

Relationships
Minoru Utsugi : Norie is Minoru's adopted sister and is the only person who he truly considers precious to him from the beginning of the series, to the point that he was willing to face The Biter alone for a shot at saving her life. Minoru seems to put her on a similar pedestal to his late sister, Wakaba.

Trivia

 * Whilst Norie is Minoru's adoptive sister, she's also Minoru's mother's cousin. Making her a blood relative, though far enough apart that Minoru notes that marriage would be legal (not that he plans on marrying her).
 * Affectionately refers to Minoru as "Mii" or "Mii-kun"
 * Norie is spared by The Biter as she had a very "maternal" feeling about her.
 * It is somewhat odd that Norie herself didn't receive a sphere. Perhaps it boils down to her having overcome her traumatic past, or her co-dependecy on Minoru; or perhaps she does have one but it has yet to be revealed.