In theory (Kaoru+Aoi)/Miyabi would make sense, why would a married, er, engaged couple need separate rooms? Although the sound insulation, and reasons. (Aside: How did Kaoru afford that apartment in the first episode anyway? It looks like it's 10 tatami -- I mean, I had apartments that large in college, but I went to a farm school, not Tokyo.)
Mayu can be pretty annoying, gotta be careful with her. I wonder if, having lost on Kaoru, she turns her attentions to Touya? He seems to attract those types.
Mimi seems like she's in a situation quite similar to Liza Broadbank. I didn't want to steal your character, but I did think that she would choose time away from everything she knows. I doubt she'll resort to piracy, though. Mimi/Mayu sounds fine (but not for shipping purposes).
I got to visit my apartment complex a week ago too -- not enough to go inside, but to get a pretty good look at the place. There was a sign on it reading "Oceana Apartments", which gets a thumbs down from me, for reasons including "oceana" is not a word. I'm sticking with Aria House for now, or maybe something with "Hall" in the name to get a collegiate feel. The sign also mentioned one and two bedroom apartments. But I still think there's enough space to put in all 2 bedroom units based on the measurements, so I'm not going to retcon that either.
I described it as needing a paint job in the early chapters, as it looks on Google Maps. The building now looks newly painted in boring gray. It may end up yellow, or possibly white with blue highlights in the story. On the coast, you have a constant battle between paint and salt, so the building change colors a lot. The back alley side of the building has more than enough wires to look like a proper Evangelion scene.
The downstairs level has a small mail room, which is something I hadn't thought of at all. I mean, who needs snail mail when you just arrive in a universe? The garage on the ground floor you can go straight through from the back to the front, so there's definitely space to fit 10m gondolas, considering how few of us drive. How long is a Tomoyo-wardrobe-limousine, anyway?
One thing I hadn't counted on was how much car traffic there was in the neighborhood, even on a weekday. It was rush hour time, but some of it was obviously tourist traffic. Also there are electric scooters everywhere, with the app rentals. I got hit in the back by a girl on a scooter speeding down a sidewalk, which I think makes me an honorary resident of Venice.
Moving off the beach, the canal area is really eclectic architecturally, you got your modernist, your Victorian, some half-timbered stuff, a couple 2-bedroom ranch houses, a Craftsman or three, some Mission and some Mediterranean Revival, and whatever the heck you call current architecture with the different colored boxes. The parcels are too small and the area too rich to generate proper McMansions, it's actually a really cool area. (If you aren't reading McMansion Hell, you really should.)
North of here, on the coast, is Muscle Beach. Weight lifting equipment on the beach, along with tennis, basketball, and handball courts. And a pretty decent public skate park. Even the homeless shacks have colorful graffiti here. Also near Venice Boulevard is the boat launch to get into the canals -- the sluice gate is too small to permit craft access from Marina Del Rey at the other end. I'm okay with giving the undines access to the open seas, though.
There are a ton of pot shops here, which I can assume were marijuana dispensaries in 2016. Fun fact: in Europe, a green cross denotes a pharmacy. In the U.S., a green cross denotes a pharmacy specializing in a certain drug that isn't 100% legal.
You can see my apartments from the end of the Venice Pier. This will be relevant later.
Mayu can be pretty annoying, gotta be careful with her. I wonder if, having lost on Kaoru, she turns her attentions to Touya? He seems to attract those types.
Mimi seems like she's in a situation quite similar to Liza Broadbank. I didn't want to steal your character, but I did think that she would choose time away from everything she knows. I doubt she'll resort to piracy, though. Mimi/Mayu sounds fine (but not for shipping purposes).
I got to visit my apartment complex a week ago too -- not enough to go inside, but to get a pretty good look at the place. There was a sign on it reading "Oceana Apartments", which gets a thumbs down from me, for reasons including "oceana" is not a word. I'm sticking with Aria House for now, or maybe something with "Hall" in the name to get a collegiate feel. The sign also mentioned one and two bedroom apartments. But I still think there's enough space to put in all 2 bedroom units based on the measurements, so I'm not going to retcon that either.
I described it as needing a paint job in the early chapters, as it looks on Google Maps. The building now looks newly painted in boring gray. It may end up yellow, or possibly white with blue highlights in the story. On the coast, you have a constant battle between paint and salt, so the building change colors a lot. The back alley side of the building has more than enough wires to look like a proper Evangelion scene.
The downstairs level has a small mail room, which is something I hadn't thought of at all. I mean, who needs snail mail when you just arrive in a universe? The garage on the ground floor you can go straight through from the back to the front, so there's definitely space to fit 10m gondolas, considering how few of us drive. How long is a Tomoyo-wardrobe-limousine, anyway?
One thing I hadn't counted on was how much car traffic there was in the neighborhood, even on a weekday. It was rush hour time, but some of it was obviously tourist traffic. Also there are electric scooters everywhere, with the app rentals. I got hit in the back by a girl on a scooter speeding down a sidewalk, which I think makes me an honorary resident of Venice.
Moving off the beach, the canal area is really eclectic architecturally, you got your modernist, your Victorian, some half-timbered stuff, a couple 2-bedroom ranch houses, a Craftsman or three, some Mission and some Mediterranean Revival, and whatever the heck you call current architecture with the different colored boxes. The parcels are too small and the area too rich to generate proper McMansions, it's actually a really cool area. (If you aren't reading McMansion Hell, you really should.)
North of here, on the coast, is Muscle Beach. Weight lifting equipment on the beach, along with tennis, basketball, and handball courts. And a pretty decent public skate park. Even the homeless shacks have colorful graffiti here. Also near Venice Boulevard is the boat launch to get into the canals -- the sluice gate is too small to permit craft access from Marina Del Rey at the other end. I'm okay with giving the undines access to the open seas, though.
There are a ton of pot shops here, which I can assume were marijuana dispensaries in 2016. Fun fact: in Europe, a green cross denotes a pharmacy. In the U.S., a green cross denotes a pharmacy specializing in a certain drug that isn't 100% legal.You can see my apartments from the end of the Venice Pier. This will be relevant later.
"Kitto daijoubu da yo." - Sakura Kinomoto