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In addition to Tsuwabuki, Nanami also has three girls who act as her personal mobsters -- Wakiya Aiko, Sonada Keiko, Oose Yuuko (from left to right, pictured above). These three girls (all Nanami's age) are Nanami's henchwomen, and the ones who do all the actual dirty work of Nanami's schemes. Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko also serve as Nanami's clique, "oohing" and "ahhing" over what she does and wears, and following Nanami around Ohtori Academy like a trio of lost puppies. They represent the "normal girls" (brown hair being considered the colour of a commmoner's hair) in any school, who fawn around the more popular girls. These girls are much like Tsuwabuki in the sense that they will endure anything to be around Nanami.
Of the three, Sonada Keiko is the more dominant. Keiko is the one who often speaks for the group, taking lead in situations. She is the one who mostly seen slapping Anthy, and is also the one to head those confrontations. Aiko and Yuuko are Keiko's "backup", thus lending to the old adage "strength in numbers". Basically, Nanami thinks of a devious plot, and sends Keiko and the girls out to do the actual dirty work -- on top of that, she also bullies them to do her will, once telling Keiko to miss Touga's party to do her own unfinished paperwork. Yet, they take this treatment well, and quite willingly -- in fact, the girls say that they are very lucky to be serving Nanami. But to what end?
Unlike Tsuwabuki, the whole worshipping of Nanami is a sham. We learn in episode 21 ("Troublesome Insects") that Keiko, Yuuko, and Aiko are actually just using Nanami -- in truth the only reason they had put up with her was because they had all fallen for Touga. They simply wanted the opportunity to be near him, and by being friends with Nanami, they felt like they were one step closer to Touga. Keiko, in particular wanted to be with Touga -- her feelings towards him are the focus of episode 21. Ever since seeing Touga with Nanami on the day that the girls met Nanami, she (along with Aiko and Yuuko) planned to serve Nanami to curry favour with Touga. If Nanami had taken notice, she said nothing. If anything, she is just as manipulative as Keiko and the girls, using them as personal lackeys.
Deep within Keiko burns a suppression of emotions -- deep within lies a resentment towards Nanami, for monopolizing Touga's love. She hated having to hide her true feelings, just because Nanami was being selfish. Keiko's anger at having to curb her feelings is what draws her to the Mikage Seminar -- she knew the truth was that someone as normal as her could never be with Touga. Touga and Nanami were part of a different world, a world she could never be part of. This is the reason why Keiko becomes a Black Rose Duellist -- her desparate belief in a future that she could have with Touga is the hold that Mikage uses to turn Keiko into a Black Rose Duellist.
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