Mai is a beautiful and kind girl as well as Kabamaru&#039;s love interest. She lost her parents when she was a child and  raised by her grandmother Ran Ookubo who is the president of Kinyoku high school which Mai attends. Kabamaru fell in love with her at first sight but because of his behaviores which she considers as shameful because he is from a poor village and his unbelievable appetite she finds him completely repulsive. Mai is in love with the handsome and charismatic Shizune Mejiro unaware that he is only bothering with her because she is Ran&#039;s granddaughter and he wants to use her to further his own ambitions. She eventually grows feelings for Kabamaru, especialy after she came to know him better and understand that he isn&#039;t as bad deep down inside his heart as she initially thought.    Note: (Mai) in japanese means (Dance)

After the death of Saizou, Kabamaru's horribly strict grandfather and Iga ninja teacher (sensei), an old lady, Ran Akoko, claims that she received a letter from him asking her to take care of his grandson. So Kabamaru runs off with Lady Akoko to the big city Tokyo to gorge on yakisoba, ramen, chow mein, and attend a regular school&mdash;which turns out to have weird quirks of its own.
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The eponymous protagonist is a naive young ninja from the Iga province called Kagemaro (absolute shadow), nicknamed Kabamaru (hippo's mouth) for his insatiable appetite. After the death of his strict grandfather and ninja sensei, Kabamaru moves to Tokyo with one of his grandfather&rsquo;s acquaintances. The plot deals mainly with Kabamaru adjusting to an urban lifestyle after spending a childhood in the mountains and how he finds himself caught up in the rivalry between two private schools.<br><br>(Source: Wikipedia)

Mai Ookubo