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[[File:majikoi_4702.png|frame|From left to right: [[Yamato Nadeshiko|Mayucchi]], [[Patient Childhood Love Interest|Miyako]], [[Blood Knight|Momoyo]], [[Genki Girl|Wanko]], and [[Ojou|Chris]]. [[Five
'''''Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai!''''' ("''Please Love Me Seriously!''" in English, [[Portmanteau Series Nickname|abbreviated ''MajiKoi'']]) is a [[Visual Novel]] [[H-game]], and [[They Are My Noble Masters|Minato Soft's]] second work. Released in 2009, ''MajiKoi'' tells the rather light-hearted tale of the adventures of seven [[Childhood Friends]], the self-styled [[True Companions|Kazama Family]], and the group's two newest additions as they run amok in their [[School of Hard Knocks]]. A [[Slice of Life]] work chock full of comedic tropes, ''MajiKoi'' nevertheless manages to drop a [[Drama Bomb]] here and there, and tackles some somewhat serious subjects like [[Tragic Dream|life goals]], [[Conflicting Loyalty|the meaning of friendship]], and [[The Atoner|redemption]].
The anime aired as part of the [[Fall 2011 Anime]] and a sequel, ''Maji de Watashi ni Koi Shinasai! S'', was released in [http://www.minatosoft.com/majikoi-s/index5.html January 2012]. The sequel adds more heroines, and more scenes to the already existing heroines.
US residents can view the anime legally at [http://www.crunchyroll.com/majikoi-oh-samurai-girls Crunchyroll.]
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* [[Abuse Is Okay When Its Female On Male]]: In episode 2, the girls chase after a dog in the bath house naked. They then catch it when it runs into Yamato's room. After some initial embarassment and screaming, the next scene shows Yamato all bruised up as they continue chasing after the dog.▼
** Momoyo also puts him in what appears to be a very painful headlock earlier in the episode because he wasn't around the night before when she called him (due to him being at a meeting at the time).▼
* [[Accidental Pervert]]: [[The Protagonist|Yamato]], of course.
** Chris becomes one in episode 4 when she's stripping in the bath house changing room while Yamato himself is coming out of the bath. He immediately screams and calls her a pervert.
* [[Action Girl]]
** [[World of Action Girls]]
** [[Dangerously
* [[Actor Allusion]]: Numerous, what with its all-star voice cast. A notable one has [[Kappei Yamaguchi|the pervert Ikurou]] suddenly speaking in a monotone, turning serious, developing an incredible intellect, and introducing himself thus:
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* [[Adaptation Distillation]]: Inevitable, as tends to be the case with any visual novel anime adaptation. Whether it ends up being a case of [[Pragmatic Adaptation]] or [[Adaptation Decay]] still remains to be seen.
* [[Affectionate Nickname]]: Gen-san's actual name is Tadakatsu Minamoto, which doesn't come up very often. The whole family calls Shouichi "Cap", short for Captain, and Momoyo, being a year older than everyone else, is "Momo-senpai". Yukie is called Mayucchi by her friends and Mayumayu by Momoyo; Kazuko is known by all as Wanko, but she's also in the habit of doling out nicknames herself - Tacchan for Gen-san, for instance, and Kuri for Chris. Subverted later on in the latter two's respective routes, where Yamato starts calling them by their given names instead - in particular, in Wanko's path, Momoyo catches on to their [[Relationship Upgrade]] via a sudden lack of this trope.
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* [[Battle Harem]]: More true for the anime with [[World of Action Girls|Miyako, Wanko, Yukie & Chris]] already in Yamato's harem from the start, and the [[Action Girl|Momoyo]] (and others) in play. In the game, each girl has her own route, though in the Ryuuzetseran route, you get {{spoiler|Momo, Miyako, [[Dark Action Girl|Tasuko & Angel]]}}.
* [[Berserk Button]]: {{spoiler|Do NOT play around with Yamato's pet hermit crabs.}}
** And in the manga's case, {{spoiler|ruining Cap's breakfast is a very bad idea. And so is calling Cookie "annoying".}}
* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Usually Momoyo thanks to her in-universe status as the [[
* [[Bishounen]]: Cap and Touma have their own fan clubs at school.
* [[Black Comedy Rape]]: Due largely in part to Momoyo, plenty of [[Double Standard Rape (Female
* [[Calling Your Attacks]]: In the [[Visual Novel]], Assistant Master Lu spends time brainstorming names for his new special moves.
* [[Can't Hold His Liquor|Can't Hold Her Liquor]]: Chris pretty much gets instantly inebriated whenever the [[Frothy Mugs of Water|Kawakami Water]] comes out. Played for hilarious effect in her own route, where it leads to a threesome with {{spoiler|Margit}}.
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* [[Childhood Memory Demolition Team]]: The secret base is demolished at the conclusion of the Ryuuzetsuran route, with the Friday gatherings temporarily suspended, though the ryuuzetsuran itself is OK.
* [[Child Prodigy]]: Monshiro has skipped grades to enter Kawakami High. She also accepts challenges from, and bests, everybody in her class (1-S, so no pushovers) at everything from running a race to a cooking duel. The only thing she's no good at is fighting, for which she has her [[Battle Butler|overwhelmingly powerful bodyguard]] to cover for.
* [[Class Representative]]: 2-F's [[Token
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Momoyo is the biggest user of this trope, but all of the other girls begin portraying it as well later in the season, to the point where they're actively fighting each other or at least attempting to undermine their rivals. The ending of episode 12 just makes it worse with Yamato's confession.
* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Koyuki. [[Dark and Troubled Past|The reason why]] is expanded upon in the Ryuuzetsuran route.
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** Miyako seems to act like one at times.
* [[Crash Into Hello]]: Yamato literally bumps into Mayucchi at the start of the [[Visual Novel]], and already takes advantage of it by snapping shots of her thighs while she's down.
* [[Crossover]]: More than a simple [[Shout
* [[Cuteness Proximity]]: Momoyo has strong reactions to any cute girl she happens upon.
* [[A Day in
* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: How Yamato gets Chris to come around to his way of doing things.
* [[Distracted
* [[Do Not Call Me "Paul"]]: Serves as a [[Berserk Button]] for Angel.
* [[Doorstopper]]: 5 heroines, 3 sub-heroines, 3 friend ends, and 1 true end. The sequel adds after-stories for all five original heroines, as well as including 2 brand new heroines and 3 paths for characters who got the [[Promotion to Love Interest]].
▲* [[
* [[Down to The Last Play]]: The [[Baseball Episode|Kawakami Ball]] game, Yamato's duel with Chris, and more.▼
▲** Momoyo also puts him in what appears to be a very painful headlock earlier in the episode because he wasn't around the night before when she called him (due to him being at a meeting at the time).
* [[Dude She's Like in A Coma]]: Having run out of ideas, Yamato's last desperate gamble to {{spoiler|keep Chris in Japan}} is this. She wakes up partway through, and they end up going all night long. Surprisingly, it works!▼
▲* [[Down to
▲* [[Dude, She's Like, in
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: In every route, but particularly the Ryuuzetsuran one, where even {{spoiler|[[Invincible Hero]] Momoyo}} comes close to biting it at one point.
* [[Eleventh
* [[Erotic Eating]]: The lollipops in episode 6.
** Momoyo evens lectures the other heroines on how to "eat" the lollipop, while lots of guys watch them as if they could actually feel it themselves. {{spoiler|Then she tells them to take a bite off. [[Share the Male Pain|All the guys immediately collapse in pain.]]}}
* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Momoyo has legions of fans of both genders.
* [[Everyone Can See It]]: Hooking up with Miyako raises nary an eyebrow from, well, anyone. In fact, most of the other students at school (2-F notwithstanding) naturally assumed that Yamato and Miyako were already dating, and even before the game starts Miyako has already earned a reputation as "Yamato's girl".
* [[Expy]]: The [[Our Presidents Are Different|Prime Minister]] possesses more than just a passing resemblance to [
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Tatsuko is perpetually sleepy, and thus, her eyes are almost always shut. Unless her precious {{spoiler|Yamato-kun}} [[Berserk Button|is missing]]. Then... [[Unstoppable Rage]].
* [[Family Business]]: The Kuki [
* [[Fan Girl]]: Chris is a huge [[Jidai Geki]] fan, and in particularly loves the [[Show Within a Show|Show Within A Game]] Yamato-maru Nikki series, a common interest she shares with Yamato.
* [[Fan Service]]: Interestingly, the anime has a lot more of this than the [[Visual Novel]] does.
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* [[First Girl Wins]]: Momoyo is the first girl to appear in-game and takes front and center in most of the game's group shots and associated media, and is as close as the game gets to a "main" heroine. In the game's timeline, though, Wanko is the first girl, and Yamato mentions her having taken many of his "firsts" (first Valentine's chocolate, first time seeing a girl "down there", first time sleeping together with a girl, etc).
** The fact that the anime begins in the middle of Momoyo's route proof that this rule is must for anime visual novel adaptation.
* [[First
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Cap
** [[The Lancer]]: Yamato
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* [[Getting Crap Past the Radar]]: Special mention goes to Ikurou vision.
** and Episode 6
* [[Glowing Eyes of Doom]]: Momoyo whenever she's about to get serious. It helps that [[Red Eyes, Take Warning|her eyes are red]].
* [[Goal in Life]]: A central plot point in Wanko's route. Seeing her working so hard for the sake of her goal inspires Yamato to revive his own childhood dream of becoming {{spoiler|a man capable of moving Japan itself, i.e. the Prime Minister}}. In the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|epilogue ten years later]], he's shown to have worked his way up to becoming a {{spoiler|city council member.}}
* [[Gratuitous English]]: Miyako
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* [[Happily Ever After]]: Invoked in a couple of different ways. In their respective routes {{spoiler|Wanko}} is [[Happily Married]], {{spoiler|Miyako}} gets [[Babies Ever After]], and {{spoiler|Mayucchi}} [[Grow Old
* [[Harem Genre]]: Subverted. Though there are multiple heroines, ''MajiKoi'' doesn't quite qualify as a [[Harem Genre|Harem Comedy]] since no more than two of them are really interested in Yamato at any given time. See [[Love Triangle]] for details.
** The anime seems to have [[Adaptation Distillation|abandoned the game's approach]] in favor of the classic Harem setup, most likely so that they can fit everybody's storylines in.
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** In the anime, Momoyo in episode 8 when {{spoiler|during her heated battle against a cyborg opponent, one of the missiles fired by the opponent and deflected by her ends up hitting Yamato and putting him in a coma. She even lets out a [[Skyward Scream]] after seeing him in the ICU}}.
* [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: A couple. {{spoiler|Gakuto}} for Chika, {{spoiler|Momoyo}} for Moro, etc
* [[Hey,
** [[All
* [[H
* [[Hidden Eyes]]: This game being [[H-game|what it is]], the [[Ecchi]] CGs all feature this, though this is not the case with the "regular" CGs.
* [[Hot Chick
* [[Hot Teacher]]: Umeko-sensei, a sub-heroine with her own [[Maybe Ever After|"ending"]].
* [[I Coulda Been a Contender]]: {{spoiler|Hideo}} of all people, who was apparently a genius baseball pitcher before getting caught up in a terrorist attack and suffering a career-ending injury. Particularly of significance in the {{spoiler|Wanko and Ryuuzetsuran routes.}}
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* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]: Chris, Mayucchi, and Wanko.
* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: Miyako and Yoichi (one of the new characters in the sequel), who are both members of the "Five Bows Under Heaven".
* [[In
* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Reiko, the dorm manager and Gakuto's mom in a flashback.
* [[Kill Sat]]: {{spoiler|In Matsunaga Tsubame's route in the sequel S, she uses one to defeat Momoyo guided by her power suit. }}
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* [[Leitmotif]]: Each of the heroines gets their own, of course, and Yamato has one himself as well. Various remixes of the two ending songs and the insert song are also used sparsely, and to good effect.
* [[Loads and Loads of Characters]]: Doesn't help that the very first episode throws practically all of them at you at once. It takes a couple of episodes before you really get to know them all.
* [[Loser Protagonist]]: Gakuto who, besides short stints with a serial sadist, fails to secure so much as a date for the duration of the game. In fact, in several of the [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue|Where Are They Now Epilogues]], Gakuto is ''still'' getting turned down on a regular basis.
* [[Love Triangle]]: In all of the paths other than her own the only competition is Miyako, limiting the game as a whole to [[Love Triangle|Love Triangles]] at best. The sole exception might be {{spoiler|the Ryuuzetsuran path, which is as close to a "harem" ending as the game gets, though it's hard to count Angel or Momoyo}}, making it - surprise surprise - a [[Love Triangle]] involving Miyako. [[Oh, No, Not Again|Again]].
** A short one during the end of Momoyo's route between Yamato, Capt, and Momoyo. Unfortunately for Capt, he grew up way too late to be of any real threat to Yamato.
** A silent one between Yamato, Miyako, and Moro. Due to his personality, and the fact that he knows its hopeless, Moro pretty much stays quiet about it.
** [[Love Dodecahedron]]: On the other hand, the anime eventually escalates things to this, particularly in episode 10 when {{spoiler|Yamato gets knocked out during a fight with one of the cyborgs, and all the girls [[Anguished Declaration of Love|tearfully admit their feelings]] for him. Momoyo wouldn't have it though, and shoves the other girls aside, declaring Yamato to be hers alone.}}
* [[Male Gaze]]: Yamato isn't called the [[In
** However he pales in comparision to Ikorou
* [[Marshmallow Hell]]: Momoyo sometimes subjects Yamato to this.
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* [[Ninja Log]]: Yamato puts one in his futon in episode 2.
* [[No Guy Wants to Be Chased]]: Probably one reason why Yamato is so turned off by Miyako's aggressiveness in pursuing a relationship with him.
* [[No
* [[Non
* [[Oddly Visible Eyebrows]]
* [[Older Than They Look]]: [[Token
* [[One
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Very much in effect, even with the sequel's 70+ character count.
* [[Opposite
* [[Overshadowed
* [[Paper
* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Yamato's parents moved overseas because his father lost hope in Japan. Cap's dad is an adventurer who doesn't mind his son doing the same. {{spoiler|Wanko}} is [[Conveniently an Orphan]], {{spoiler|Miyako}} has a [[Missing Mom|not-particularly-missed Mom]]. Mayucchi's parents live in another province, and she stays at [[Boarding School|the dormitory]].
* [[Piggyback Cute]]: {{spoiler|Momoyo}} does this for {{spoiler|Yamato}} at the end of episode 5.
* [[Promotion to Love Interest]]: In the sequel, Tatsuko, Margit, and Kokoro all get bumped up to heroine status with their own routes (Tatsuko's will be a continuation of the Ryuuzetsuran route). If the opening movie is any indication, Koyuki may be getting an upgrade as well.
* [[Punched Across the Room]]: Again, with this game being what it is, this tends to happen all the time (replace room with street, field, riverbank etc as necessary).
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Momoyo and Yuji
* [[Relationship Upgrade]]: Each heroine's path, of course.
* [[Right Behind Me]]: Yamato often acts and talks as if Miyako is right behind him, even when he's alone in his room - because [[Stalker
* [[Running Gag]]: Several. One such example would be the dog whistles that each member of the family carries which, when blown, will have Wanko come running if she is within earshot. Unfortunately, this response is so deeply ingrained that her feet respond automatically, causing it to often be used against her, particularly when exam time comes around and there's studying to be done. Exploited for [[Mood Dissonance]] during her route, when Yamato uses it to locate her after {{spoiler|she's [[The Runaway|run away from home]].}}
** The anime has one for Miyako starting episode 2 - each episode begins with an attempt by her to win Yamato's heart through increasingly ridiculous means, all of which fail.
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* [[She Is Not My Girlfriend]]: Yamato, regarding Miyako, all the time - though he's [[Just Friends|actually got a reason to do so]] (except, of course, in her path, where he comes around rather quickly once he's made his decision).
* [[Ship Tease]]: Barring the main heroines who of course each got their own ending, many hints were also dropped for a number of side characters such as Kokoro in Mayucchi's path, leading to their [[Promotion to Love Interest|promotion to heroine in the sequel]].
* [[Shout
** One event in the [[Visual Novel]] reveals that Momoyo lost sleep due to spending the night reading one of Yamato's manga collection. The name of the manga? ''[[
** The boys are always reading copies of [[Shonen Jump|"Jasop"]], discussing the latest [[To
** EVERY SINGLE quit-game skit in the [[Visual Novel]] is a shout out to something, including other roles played by each character's voice actor/actress. One such simple gag goes as follows
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Suguru: "''I'm right here! Your elder brother stands before you!''"
Momoyo: ''"Found ya!"''*PUNCH*
This skit references these two characters' voice actor/actress' roles in the [[Zeta Gundam]] movie compilation. }}
** In Episode 3 of the anime, Yamato is playing a game on his [[Xbox 360|MBox]] that resembles [[Touhou Project|a certain bullet hell series.]]
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** Numerous references to other galge and makers, including Giga, who lent their game engine to the [[Maji Koi]] series.
** In a scene in Wanko's route, Wanko mention that her heart skipped when [[Koihime Musou|Kaku]] is mentioned. This is extended further by [[Hyo-sei|Miyako]] saying she sounds like [[Koihime Musou|Teiiku]] and Chika saying she sounds like [[Koihime Musou|Chouhi]].
** During the Kawakami War [[Junichi Suwabe|Gen-san]] is insistent that he is a competent [[Fate/stay
** [[Touch|"Tacchan, take me to Koshien."]]
* [[Single
** In the anime, Yamato seems to have gone this path, already going after Momoyo (though getting rejected twice already) while fending off Miyako's advances like the plague.
* [[Sleeping Dummy]]: Episode 2 of the anime begins with Miyako sneaking into Yamato's futon in the middle of the night hoping to have her way with him, but instead she finds this, much to her chargin.
* [[Spam Attack]]: All the heroines, at some point - even Miyako gets in on the action with her pachinko balls.
* [[Standing Between the Enemies]]: During Miyako's storyline, in order to atone for having let things get so far out of hand while {{spoiler|Cap was away}}, Yamato stops a four-way fight between {{spoiler|Wanko, Miyako, Mayucchi, and Chris}} - with his body. {{spoiler|Mayucchi}} reacts fast enough to pull back at the last moment, but between the other three, Yamato is very much Not OK.
* [[Staying
* [[Student Council President]]: Though there is an official one, they don't seem to do much. {{spoiler|In the Ryuuzetsuran path Hideo usurps this role, though not without good reason.}}
* [[Taking You
* [[Theme Music Power
** Men are about courage, bgm that was played each time Yamato or any other male character get their [[Moment of Awesome]].
** Sword Dance, bgm that was played each time Mayucchi get serious in her battle.
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* [[Those Two Guys]]: Gakuto and Moro fit this role to a tee, though they occasionally do get some time to shine.
** Gakuto in the Kawikami war during Momoyo's route takes on an entire enemy battalion by himself.
* [["Three Laws
* [[Through His Stomach]]: Mayucchi usually makes, or offers to make food on the days when the [[Team Mom|dorm mother]] is off. In her route, she does this all the time for Yamato.
** Miyako also attempts this on a regular basis, but unfortunately for her, her [[Blazing Inferno Hellfire Sauce|usual choice of fare]] is not exactly [[Fire
* [[Title Drop]]: Done [[Hilarity Ensues|hilariously]] at the end of the series by {{spoiler|all the girls, when Yamato tells them that his most important ones are... his hermit crabs}}.
* [[Tin Can Robot]] Cookie in his first form
* [[Tournament Arc]]: Yes, they go there in S, in Tsubame's route. Paired team battle, where the 1st fighter to lose, loses for the whole team. The prize? A chance to fight Momoyo, who isn't participating, because that'd be unfair. But Yamato is!
* [[Tragic Dream]]: {{spoiler|Wanko}}, in her path, when she finds out that she {{spoiler|[[Overshadowed
* [[Tsundere]]: Gen-san, as [[Lampshade Hanging|Lampshaded]] by others in the family. He manages to invoke [[I Was Just Passing Through]] pretty much every time he "happens" to lend a hand. The only girl on the heroine side who comes even remotely close is Chris, and even she starts dere-ing it up rather quickly. This may, however, change in the sequel, with the advent of Kokoro's storyline.
* [[Unprovoked Pervert Payback]]: In episode 2, the girls all come running out of the bath, ''bare ass naked'' after a dog they were hired to catch, and all come crashing into Yamato's room. They proceed to beat Yamato up, because of that.
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* [[Verbal Tic]]: Haguro likes to add -kei in random places.
* [[Wall of Weapons]]: A small example in 2F's classroom - a bunch of melee weapons are on permanent display above the blackboard.
* [[Watching the Sunset]]: Miyako, from her [[Sitting
* [[Weapon of Choice]]: Given that this is a game about [[Action Girl|martial artist girls]] attending a [[School of Hard Knocks]]...
** Momoyo, the most overwhelmingly powerful character in the game, uses [[Bare
** Wanko, a speed-type fighter, uses [[Blade
** Miyako, well-known for her [[Nerves of Steel|nigh-unbreakable concentration]], is [[The Archer]];
** Mayucchi, daughter of the current [
** Chris, the German [[Ojou]], fights with [[Royal Rapier|a rapier]];
** ... and many others. Azumi, resident [[Ninja Maid]], makes use of a pair of tanto and countless throwing weapons; Kokoro, the local [[Ojou]], is a national-level [[I Know Karate|judo practitioner]] who also happens to carry around a pair of steel fans, so on and so forth.
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The six main endings each get you one, though the contents don't really vary from one to another.
* [[Whip It Good]]: Class 2F's homeroom teacher, Umeko, carries a whip, and can use it without hesitation for disciplinary purposes.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: More than once, Moro has had to suffer the indignity of [[Attractive Bent Gender|crossdressing]] for some greater cause. Some members of the family would rather him do it more often.
* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]: Monshiro, who has skipped grades, acts extremely mature and is considerate of others' feelings - arguably moreso than her brother Hideo, who seems to lack an "off" switch.
* [[Worf Effect]]: In Koyuki's arc in S, which is basically S's equivalent to the Ryuuzetsran arc in the original game, they [[The Reveal|reveal]] {{spoiler|Seiso}} as the [[The Dragon|dragon]] to {{spoiler|[[Man Behind the Man|Ms Marple]] for the true Project S.}} To show just how utterly [[Badass|bad ass]] she is, they have her take out {{spoiler|Tesshin}}, though not without cost!
* [[
** Momoyo is considered a "god of martial arts" and is pretty much ''the'' strongest person in the world by the beginning of the game;
** Mayucchi's father told the [[Our Presidents Are Different|Prime Minister of Japan]] that his daughter had already surpassed him in skill. Mayucchi's father, who just happens to be the current [[Names to Run Away From Really Fast|Sword Saint]], a.k.a. the strongest swordsman in the world;
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