Mayumi Nagamine

Mayumi Nagamine Species Human Nationality Japanese Occupation Ornithologist Related to Yoshinari Yonemori (Love interest) First appearance Latest appearance Gamera: Guardian of the Universe Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris Played by Shinobu Nakayama, Tiffany Grant (voice, English dubs)

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Mayumi Nagamine (長峰 真弓,   Nagamine Mayumi) is a fictional ornithologist who first appeared as a supporting character in the 1995 Daiei film Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, and later returned as the protagonist in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris. She also made an appearance in Dark Horse's comic book sequel to Gamera: Guardian of the Universe.

Comics

Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe

Issue #1

One year after the events of Gamera: Guardian of the Universe, Mayumi was summoned to Guanajota, Mexico by millionaire Patty Smith, on account of her allegedly having seen an Emerald-Crested Dapplinger, a bird believed to have been extinct for decades. Smith paid for Mayumi to fly over, and she was accompanied by her friend Asagi Kusanagi. Smith thought it best to not allow Kusanagi to the island to prevent word of an alleged Dapplinger getting out, which Mayumi thought was reasonable. As they sailed to Smith's private island, they resolved to wait to search for the bird until morning when it would be most active. Their driver, Gusano made a point about searching during the light, which Smith brushed off as a fear of the dark brought on by a recent tangle with a nocturnal creature upon Mayumi's inquiry. As they walked through the jungle, Mayumi looked at the evening sky through her binoculars, she saw the outline of what she thought was Gyaos, before writing this possibility off as impossible. She then suggested that the group keep their eyes low, as the Dapplinger's size would have meant it would leave large droppings. Just as she said this, they came upon an enormous pile with human bones and a pair of glasses visible. With her suspicions of Gyaos' return confirmed, Mayumi ordered them to call Mainland Authorities. She explained to them that the Gyaos that had attacked Tokyo one year before, had been killed and its remains had been sealed in laboratories, and so somehow, another member of the Gyaos species had emerged. When Gusano went to radio Guanajota, Mayumi explained to Patty that Gyaos was essentially living weaponry that was indestructible to all weapons except for one that had been engineered to destroy them. Mayumi guessed that the nocturnal Gyaos was headed for Guanajota to feed, and Smith lead her into a back room of their camp, where she revealed that she had grown Gyaos from a piece of DNA from the original Gyaos sold to them on the black market. There were several other mutants in jars, but Gusano reported that Gyaos had grown too big and escaped. Smith then unmasked herself as Greta Karbone, a known lunatic biologist that had faked her death to ensure her privacy. Karbone then revealed her plan for Mayumi: She was to help them to create Supermonsters from Gyaos' DNA.

Issue #2

Mayumi was kept in the lab, and Gusano began to apologize for the situation, just before Karbone entered to inform Nagamine that Gamera had incinerated Gyaos in Guanajota harbor, and tried to pass this off as if there had been no damage done. Mayumi however, reminded her that because the Gyaos clone was her creation, and that the damages and loss of life it caused were her responsibility. KArbone reminds her that her proposal had been to create controllable monsters, but Nagamine shut her down by claiming that monsters could not be controlled, as they had minds of their own. Karbone was furious at this and stormed out, ordering Gusano to tie her to her chair. While he had his back turned, Nagamine opened the valve on a tank of oxygen and asked how he had met Karbone. After telling his story, and about how she had come to value a mutation called Viras more than him, Nagamine said she would help them with their project to allow Karbone more time with Gusano. Gusano thanked her, but when he turned to call for Dr. Karbone, Mayumi stole his flare gun, and fired a shot into the Oxygen-rich air, triggering an explosion she barely escaped.

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  Mayumi in Gamera: The Guardian of the Universe