Naomi Tanizaki/Relationships

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Jun'ichirō Tanizaki
"I'm his sister, Naomi! If Nii-sama here needs my help, I'll do anything he wants!"

- Naomi introduces herself to Atsushi Nakajima

Naomi is quite close with her brother figuratively and also literally most of the time. She usually tries to have physical contact with him, regardless of the situation or who are around them, especially among the Armed Detective Agency members or even in the midst of clients. With Naomi's usual advances towards her brother, the Agency members tend to avoid the subject or awkwardly look away, fearing that their hunch of something going on between the two is right.

Prior to Atsushi's entrance exam, Naomi colluded with Osamu Dazai, hence double-crossing her own brother and Doppo Kunikida in their plan once figured out by Dazai. Once Naomi was asked to play the role of a hostage for the entrance exam, she secretly arranged for Tanizaki to be chosen as the bomber rather than Dazai so that Tanizaki could "tie her up and threaten her", which they ended up performing.

All in all, Naomi is very protective of her brother, even once using her body in shielding him from Higuchi's barrage of gunshots. Moreover, she usually goes with Tanizaki on some assignments when she has the chance amidst Tanizaki's protests, though she would get back at him with some subtle and rather suggestive "threats", leaving Tanizaki flustered almost all the time. Nonetheless, she has utter trust in her brother's capabilities as an Agency member and praises his ability despite not being combat-oriented as he claimed.

Kirako Haruno
Haruno is a fellow clerk of Naomi's in the Agency, and the two appear to be close with each other. During the Guild war, Naomi and Haruno were sent to a lodging away from their headquarters, during which Naomi seemed to look after Haruno for gettting drunk by herself. Naomi then facilitated their escape as instructed by the President for being targeted by the Guild operatives John Steinbeck and Howard Phillips Lovecraft, ultimately leading them to flee to a train.

Naomi would once again spend time shut in with Haruno during the events of Cannibalism, wherein Naomi advised Haruno to stay put inside out of worry rather than look for her missing cat, Mii-chan. Naomi then consoled Haruno and realized that Mii-chan's constant disappearances coincided with major incidents being averted from turning into dire situations, thus putting Haruno and herself relatively at ease and with hope for the President's well-being.

Atsushi Nakajima
Naomi is one of the first Agency members whom Atsushi met, particularly acting as the hostage in his entrance exam and the one who pushed Atsushi into the bomb to re-trigger it. After he successfully passed his test, Naomi cheerfully welcomed him alongside the others to the Agency.

Furthermore, Naomi became concerned for Atsushi upon hearing that he had been abducted by the Port Mafia in contrast to the prevailing unanimity of the others, including Ranpo Edogawa and Kunikida, not to meddle with his personal affair. As a result, Naomi personally called for the President to settle the issue.

Following the conclusion of the Guild war, Naomi and Haruno had long forgotten about Atsushi lashing out on them when he became cursed, advising him not to let such events linger in himself as part of the Agency.

Yukichi Fukuzawa
"I'm fine with you giving your 'explanations' and 'reasons' and debating this to no end, but why don't we leave things to this man?"

- Naomi calls Fukuzawa into the office to quell a debate among the Agency members

Naomi sometimes acts as Fukuzawa's assistant, being present during Fukuzawa's meeting with Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald in the Agency office. Moreover, she holds him in utter regard and recognizes the influence he has among her peers. As such, Naomi once decided to invite him personally into the office to settle a dispute going on among the Agency on whether they must save the kidnapped Atsushi from the Mafia or not, apparently expecting that the President would not simply leave one of their own. As she expected, the President froze their operations to have them find and rescue Atsushi posthaste.

Like the others, Naomi became worried for the President's affliction and later his disappearance brought by his plan of ending the Cannibalism strife by himself, a concern she shared with Haruno.

Osamu Dazai
Naomi was once taught by Dazai that, in case one shares the same intel with the enemy, the side who does the unexpected wins, but one loses by default when the enemy gains more intel. She later recounted this advice and put it into action by outwitting and escaping from Steinbeck and Lovecraft during the three-way conflict, which initially worked successfully.

Kyūsaku Yumeno
Naomi and Haruno bump into Q in a train shortly after escaping from Steinbeck and Lovecraft. Though the details of their interaction are unknown, they apparently struck a conversation inside the train when Naomi planned to introduce Q to Atsushi upon alighting to the station.

John Steinbeck
"…'Favor'? To villains like you, a 'favor' means using us, plundering us, then throwing us away."

- Naomi assesses Steinbeck's plans

During the Guild war, though they were able to momentarily outmaneuver Steinbeck and Lovecraft, Naomi and Haruno were soon caught by Steinbeck's grapevines. Naomi bluntly perceived Steinbeck and the Guild as villainous people who planned on abducting then disposing of them, with which Steinbeck disagreed and claimed that he was not some "villain". Naomi then asked him to release them in such case, but he clarified that he would do anything for the Guild and its financial rewards, which he gives to his family back home.