Bell-mère was a former Marine and the adoptive mother of Nami (10 years old) and Nojiko (12 years old) . She occasionally acts impulsively. Nevertheless, she cared about her daughters deeply, she would give her daughters as much as she could afford to, often at her own expense. Despite the problems she caused, she had a good relationship with everyone.   She smokes a lot and grows her own tangerines in the back of her house. She was always a troublemaker. 