My-HiME/Characters
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A short summary page for characters from the My-HiME anime and manga series.
For the uninitiated, it should be noted that the manga and the anime are two entirely different continuities, with various characters having different roles and personalities.
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Mai Tokiha
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (JP), Carol-Anne Day (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- Almost Kiss: (anime) Two, with two different guys, though one of them took place in a dream.
- Badass Adorable
- Barrier Warrior: The secondary ability of her Element allows her to create flame shields.
- Belligerent Sexual Tension: Often fights with Yuuichi, but inside, is falling in love with him. The fact that they're not fighting is one reason she realizes the Lotus Eater Machine is not reality.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Mai is as like fine china: fragile as she is beautiful; and when she cracks, boy oh boy does she ever CRACK.
- Big Sister Instinct: Mai towards Takumi.
- Boobs of Steel: In terms of "power to mass" ratio, she is well and truly Over Nine Thousand.
- Cooldown Hug: She opts to save Mikoto with one of these instead of killing her during the final battle. Isn't that sweet?
- CPR: Clean, Pretty, Reliable: She uses it on Mikoto in the first episode when Yuuichi gets knocked aside by Shiho.
- Custom Uniform: When wearing her summer uniform, where the orange jacket is replaced by a vest, we can see that Mai's white blouse underneath it has no sleeves - although it does have a collar.
- The Danza: Voiced by Mai Nakahara in Japanese.
- Die or Fly: Her powers initially take shape when shielding Mikoto from Natsuki's attack.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: She hates saddling others with her personal problems, and prefers to solve them herself. This is made even more obvious by her manga incarnation.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Collects nearly as many fangirls as Natsuki immediately after arrival. And Mikoto.
- Evil Makeover (manga)
- Face Heel Turn: (manga) Done briefly after the revelation that her little brother Takumi is the Obisidian Lord.
- Failure Knight: (anime) Part of her motivation for protecting her brother is that she feels partially responsible for his current condition, as both he and their mother nearly drowned in a raging river when they were little.
- It's even more complicated than that... she was left with the task of taking care of Takumi while they were playing around a riverbank, but she just left him there to go play with some friends (she was a small child, mind you, so she obviously wasn’t very aware of the potential consequences). When she comes back, his brother has almost drowned in the river, and her mother jumped in to save him, almost drowning in the process as well (it’s implied she also had weak health), and she actually dies afterwards in the hospital, with her final words being to Mai to take care of her little brother.
- Fair Cop: In one scene, cosplays as one.
- Fiery Redhead: Subverted, but her powers are literally fiery.
- First Kiss: (anime) Came with the CPR, but she tries to deny that it counts.
- Gag Boobs: You could fill a Doorstopper with all the times she gets someone's face stuck in her cleavage, someone's hand stuck in her cleavage, someone staring at her cleavage, or otherwise gives someone a mammary to cherish.
- Gainaxing
- Girl Next Door
- Healthcare Motivation: She works so much to tranfer her brother to a top tier hospital.
- Honor Before Reason: (anime) Mai will protect anyone - friend or perceived foe alike - for the sake of the greater good, no matter how much emotional harm it causes her.
- Idiot Hair: She has a small lick running across her head, but she's by no means stupid.
- Love You and Everybody
- The Messiah
- Ms. Fanservice
- New Transfer Student (anime)
- Nice Girl
- Playing with Fire
- Redheaded Hero
- Ring of Fire: One of these pops up around her when her abilities are shown for the first time.
- Stepford Smiler
- Supreme Chef: With Miyu and Fumi on her team, she almost succeeds in making a good cake until Shiho smashes her face into it.
Natsuki Kuga
“The world was constantly betraying me. I’ve lived my whole life believing that. All I had… was the desire to get revenge against the people who took everything away from me.” |
A description of the character goes here.
- Action Girl
- An Ice Person
- Badass Biker Babe
- Big No: After being forced to Show Some Leg.
- Also when seen without her underwear by Mai, Mikoto, and Takeda in the panty thief episode (anime only).
- In a more serious sense, when Shizuru reaches out to touch her face, she has a flashback of the dream she had of Shizuru kissing her, which was confirmed by what she overheard from Yukino. She recoils, screams a Big No, and causes Shizuru to snap.
- Blasting It Out of Their Hands: Episode 14, during her Big Damn Heroes moment.
- Butt Monkey: Whenever something funny happens, it's often at Natsuki's expense.
- Calling Your Attacks: Only when she uses Duran, as it has a small selection of different ultimate attacks for her to use.
- Catapult Nightmare: When she dreams about Shizuru kissing her, she jumps slightly forward, having slept slumped against a wall. It wasn't a dream.
- Celibate Hero (anime)
- Word of Gay: The artbooks imply rather strongly that she hooks up with Shizuru at her graduation.
- Single-Target Sexuality: Her attraction to Shizuru is primarily based around her reaching out to her when she couldn't trust anyone else.
- The Comically Serious
- Covert Pervert: (manga) Her first thought after hearing that Yuuichi's birthday was near was to offer herself as a birthday present, complete with a picture of her imagining herself wearing nothing but a bow. (anime) The panty thief episode revealed that she has a huge collection of lingerie and feminine underwear of all kinds.
- Crucified Hero Shot: (anime) At least two.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: Gradually opens up to other people, and her friendships with Shizuru, Mai and Mikoto help her to understand that people cannot live alone.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: In the manga, she punches Yuuichi when he asks if anyone has a problem with him helping her, saying that he’s doing it out of pity.
- Dramatic Wind: Episode 4, during the Panty Thief incident. Hilarity Ensues.
- Going Commando: Her panties end up missing in her locker during the panty thief episode, so she's forced to go around campus without them for a while until Mai finds out.
- First-Name Basis: Initially, Shizuru is noted as being the only one who calls Natsuki by her first name, but in Episode 9, she asks Mai to do so as well, having started to become friends with her.
- Guns Akimbo (anime)
- The Gunslinger
- Heroic BSOD: After discovering that her mother may have been trying to sell her to the First District instead of trying to save her, she loses the ability to summon her Element or Child for several episodes.
- Hollywood Tone Deaf
- Ineffectual Loner: Generally more successful when she's working alongside or for the good of others.
- The Lancer: She's essentially Mai's sidekick.
- Modesty Shorts: Forced to wear one after losing her panties in the panty thief episode, to Mai's laughter.
- Motorcycle on the Coast Road
- Ms. Fanservice: This is why Mai and Mikoto force her to Show Some Leg in order to hitch a ride back to school at the end of episode 9. Shizuru, Midori and Reito are very amused. Natsuki is not.
- Not So Different: From Nao, as she recognizes that she was also bitter and refused to trust anyone after what happened to her mother.
- Origins Episode: Natsuki's Prelude shows how she became a Hime and some of her other actions prior to the start of the series.
- Parental Abandonment: Her mother is dead, apparently because of the First District, and her father left to be with another woman, which Natsuki views as unforgivable.
- Psychosomatic Superpower Outage: (anime) After learning her mother wanted to sell her. (manga)After learning that Yuuichi kissed Mai.
- Save the Villain: Stops Shizuru from finishing off Nao after Shizuru destroys her Child.
- Spy Catsuit: Her motorcycle outfit.
- Sugar and Ice Girl: Or at the very least, tries to be.
- Talk to the Fist: In the manga, destroys her mother's Princess Earring while she's in the middle of taunting her.
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: Fanboys and fangirls alike swoon over her, on the rare occasion when she shows up for class.
- Tsundere: Largely manga only. Textbook Type A with Yuuichi, such as punching him out immediately after handing him his birthday present.
- You Must Be Cold: Drapes a coat over Mai as she sleeps during the hunt for the panty stealing orphan.
Mikoto Minagi
Voiced by: Ai Shimizu (JP), Caitlynne Medrek (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- Alliterative Name
- Badass Adorable
- Battle Butler: First for Mai, and then for ObsidianLord!Reito.
- BFS: Her standard broadsword is already pretty big compared to her body, but the manga takes it up to the next level with the Sword of Tonsotsu.
- Big Eater: Mikoto loves to eat. Bonus points if Mai's the one who prepares it for her.
- The Big Guy
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Both versions do this. In the anime, it's the Obsidian Lord using Mikoto's pendant to control her. Late in the manga, she is briefly taken over by Shiho's CHILD's parasitic offspring.
- Cute Bruiser
- Dark Magical Girl: (anime) She becomes this type later in the series, as her battle conditioning will cause her to fly into a near-Unstoppable Rage when she comes across someone she thinks is her "enemy".
- Day in The Limelight: (manga) Since her role was reduced in the manga, she got a chapter dedicated to her finding a stray Orphan and deciding to keep it as a pet. It didn't work out so well.
- Defeat Means Friendship: With Akira in the manga, after saving her from falling into a pit at the end of their fight.
- Diagonal Cut
- Evil Weapon: (anime) Her sword sometimes tends to have a mind of its own.
- Glowing Eyes of Gold
- Face Heel Turn: (anime) Her love for her brother eventually turned her against her friends. Luckily, she turns back just in time to save him, since he was also Brainwashed and Crazy.
- First Girl Wins: (anime) Yes, technically she and Yuuichi win. She was the first girl Mai met, and he was the first guy, and Mai says she loves them both.
- Genki Girl
- Go Through Me: Anime episode 23, just as she spots Midori attempting to pry open the coffin where Miyu was sealed.
- Love You and Everybody
- Marshmallow Hell: Mikoto really likes doing this to Mai.
- My God, What Have I Done?: (anime) When Natsuki comes in to break up her fight against Mai (by knocking the sword out of her hands), Mikoto breaks down into tears when she finds out that she was responsible for killing Takumi (or so she thinks at the time)... and her own grandfather.
- Orphan's Plot Trinket: Her pendant.
- No Social Skills
- Self-Made Orphan: (anime) Mikoto's grandfather trained her to kill him, to see if one day she would be strong enough to harness the full power of Miroku.
- Single-Target Sexuality: Mikoto loves all of her friends in a general platonic sense...though her actions toward Mai suggest differently.
- Sword Plant: This is how she activates her ultimate attack.
- Sword Sparks
- Through Her Stomach: She's quick to make friends with Mai because she loves the food that Mai cooks for her, to the point that she won't eat anything else.
- Tyke Bomb
- Vapor Wear: "What's "bra?" Is It Something You Eat??"
- What Is This Thing You Call Love?: Mikoto struggles with this, especially toward the end of the anime.
Midori Sugiura
“I don’t believe in things like fate and destiny. That’s what human will and knowledge is about. Overcoming odds to write your own history.” |
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- Adult Child: She's not really seventeen years old; she just acts like it.
- Adventurer Archaeologist: (anime) Midori wants to be one of these. Her "most important person", her old professor, Sasaki-sensei, already is.
- Badass Adorable
- Big Good: Very briefly in Episode 16 when she assembles her Sentai team, and later after Mashiro hands her the responsibility for reawakening Miyu.
- Boobs of Steel
- Bottle Fairy: (anime) With... amusing results.
- Cool Big Sis: Intelligence be damned, she is still a genuinely fun and friendly person to be around with.
- Dojikko: (anime) As a waitress.
- Fiery Redhead: She had her moments.
- Fun Personified
- Jumped At the Call: She relishes the idea of being a Magical Girl, including the battle-cries and over-the-top "justice" speeches.
- Large Ham: Not remotely as big as Haruka, but she's definitely passionate about fighting.
- More so in the manga, where she is, if anything, a little worse than Haruka. Most of her battles are punctuated with her non-stop shouting and tend to end with most of her own team groaning on the floor because she accidentally beat the crap out of them with her overly enthusiastic attacks on the enemy.
- Likes Older Women
- Obfuscating Stupidity: At first glance, she looks and acts clumsy...but she spends a lot of time doing the research on the conflict, and becomes an invaluable asset to attempting to break the Vicious Cycle in the series' last arc...
- Only Sane Girl ... that said, she is still the most emotionally healthy girl of the entire Dysfunction Junction cast, unburdened by trauma or a Dark and Troubled Past.
- Plucky Comic Relief
- Redheaded Hero
- Screw Destiny: (anime) Like Natsuki, she hates the idea of playing along with Searrs/the First District's plans, but she's the only HiME who actively takes part of screwing it up (while the others are trying their best to survive and not kill each other).
- Spanner in the Works: (anime) She manages to foil the Obsidian Lord's plans by releasing and rebooting Miyu.
- Stripperiffic: If only all teachers could get away with wearing denim jackets and tube tops.
- Team Mom: On her best days, she serves as one of these to the other HiMEs.
- The Worf Effect: Easily defeated by Alyssa off-panel. Understandable, as her melee weapon doesn't do much good against Alyssa's Gravity Master powers.
Nao Yuuki
“Love, attraction, affection… the only person you can trust is yourself!” |
A description of the character goes here.
- Anti-Hero: Sort of. In the anime, she helps the other HiME fight the Searrs army not because it's the right thing to do, but because she gets a kick out of beating up her enemies.
- Boxed Crook: In the manga, goes along with the Ori-Hime unit in exchange for not being punished for her rule-breaking. Mai, however, questions whether Haruka will keep her promise.
- Dark Magical Girl
- Disproportionate Retribution: Swears revenge against Natsuki and the others for putting out her eye, even kidnapping Takumi and indirectly causing his death.
- Does Not Like Men (anime)
- Even Bad Men Love Their Mamas: (anime) Her Most Important Person is her comatose mother, and after Shizuru destroys her CHILD and the mother dies, the always arrogant and self-assured Nao collapses in tears and screams.
- Evil Redheads (Less "evil" and more "self-serving")
- Eye Scream: (anime) Nao loses her right eye after being tricked into fighting Natsuki. She was already "on the fence" as far as alignment went, but this incident was her breaking point.
- Face Heel Revolving Door (anime): Starts out as antagonistic and hostile toward the other Himes, then starts cooperating with them before leaving the team after The Reveal and becoming an enemy when her eye gets put out, only to come back and fight alongside the others in the finale.
- Femme Fatale: (anime) She lures lecherous men by posing as a girl named "Juliet" and pretends to let them "do things" to her, and then robs them blind. Her reason for choosing this path is because her mother was seriously wounded in a robbery attempt, and robbing other robbers is Nao's way of revenge.
- Finger-Lickin' Evil
- Foe Yay: (anime) Lots with Natsuki.
- Green-Eyed Monster: Somewhat jealous of the fact that she and Mai have similar circumstances, but people admire Mai for her persistence.
- Headbutting Heroes: In the manga, does not get along with any of the other HiME, particularly Natsuki and Haruka.
- Hollywood Tone Deaf
- Hypocritical Humor: In the Cooking Duel, mocking Natsuki for being “idiotic” for failing to crack an egg… immediately before failing yet again.
- If You Kill Him You Will Be Just Like Him (manga) Is set on killing Miyu despite Mai’s insistence that she not do it until Miyu receives new orders and stands down
- Ineffectual Loner
- It's All About Me: Purely self-interested. Word of God states that it doesn't necessarily make her a bad person.
- Karma Houdini: (anime) Her Karma Houdini status stems more from the aforementioned "pervert-baiting" than her fighting and kidnapping Natsuki.
- In the last episode, there’s a scene in which she’s cornered by the perverts she’s been baiting, but then she gets her powers back and apparently deals with them quite easily.
- She believes the people who killed her father and put her mother into a coma are this, as they are fed and housed in prison.
- Kick the Dog: Targeting Takumi as Revenge by Proxy
- Living with the Villain: Mai's friend Aoi is Nao's roommate. However, when Nao undergoes her Face Heel Turn, she leaves the room.
- Nun-Too-Holy: Becomes a nun in the ending, although this doesn't appear to have changed her basic personality.
- Obligatory Swearing: In some translations, such as when she tells Haruka to "shut the fuck up" in the manga.
- Playing Against Type: She's voiced by Idol Singer Yuka Nanri, the dub voice of Bubbles from Demashita! Powerpuff Girls Z.
- Razor Floss
- Revenge by Proxy: Tries to kidnap Takumi out of jealousy and a desire for revenge against Mai
- Stealth Pun: Julia is the name of her Child...
- The Tease: She's very flirtatious around men. In the anime, this is to put them off guard so she can rob them. In the manga, she mainly focuses on Yuuichi, initially to lure him away from Mai on Haruka's orders, and then just for giggles.
- Token Evil Teammate
- Twisted Knee Collapse: After her definitive loss against Shizuru.
- The Vamp (manga). See the end panel of Volume 1 for an example.
- Villain Exit Stage Left: In the manga, after her Key is knocked away, decides to walk away, outraging not only Mai and Yuuichi (who each demand an apology for the other), but also Haruka (who was counting on her securing Yuuichi to advance the Ori-Hime unit’s agenda).
- Wild Card (manga): In the early chapters, she's teamed up with Nagi during her duel against the Mai/Natsuki/Yuuichi trio, but after she loses the battle, she later "assists" (against her wishes) them in taking him down.
- With Great Power Comes Great Perks
- Wolverine Claws: The claws extend directly from the nails, but still the same idea.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Grade B!
Akane Higurashi
Voiced by: Junko Iwao (JP), Morgan Patridge (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- Dual-Wielding
- The Generic Guy (manga): Akane laments her relative adequacy compared to main characters Mai and Natsuki.
- High School Sweethearts
- Important Haircut
- Nice Girl
- Put on a Bus (anime): Akane gets knocked out of the game several episodes before it actually begins, just as things were starting to look up for her.
- Sacrificial Lamb: Anime only. She and Kazuya survive all the way through the manga.
Akira Okuzaki
“I wonder why, why am I a girl? Why am I a Hime? Why have I fallen in love with you?” |
A description of the character goes here.
- Bifauxnen
- Clark Kenting (anime subversion): Akira's ninja disguise doesn't fool Takumi one bit, but she continues to play it off after she's found out.
- Double Weapon: (anime) Her sword/knife Element.
- Fuuma Shuriken: Wields one in the manga.
- Japanese Pronouns: Uses the very masculine ore, presumably to make herself seem like a boy, and continues doing so after other people learn about her true gender.
- Luminescent Blush: Such as when Takumi immediately recognizes her.
- Ninja
- Sarashi In an attempt to hide her (unfortunately, growing) breasts, and with it, her identity as a girl and Hime.
- Shadow Pin (anime): Gennai uses spotlights to show the target’s shadow, enabling Akira to pin its shadow and have Gennai finish off the victim.
- Shoot the Dog (manga): Is planning on killing Mikoto’s pet Orphan if necessary which ends with the Orphan killing itself as it goes out of control, and tries to kill Takumi to prevent him from becoming the Obsidian Lord, but fails.
- Sweet Polly Oliver
- This Is My Side: Sets up her half of the room so as to prevent Takumi from finding out her identity.
- Tsundere
Yukariko Sanada
Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue (JP), Allyson June Smith (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- The Archer: (anime) Her Element is a bow and energy arrows.
- Driven to Suicide: (anime) She chose to kill Ishigami-sensei and herself, rather than killing Mai.
- Fountain of Youth: In the Fuuka Taisen game, her Child turns her opponents into children.
- Freudian Excuse: She had virtually no contact with men when growing up, and is thus susceptible to Ishigami's manipulation.
- Girlish Pigtails: When she was younger, in Special 11.
- Hot Mom: In the anime finale she's heading there.
- The Ingenue: In the beginning.
- Last Kiss: (anime) She kisses Ishigami before they die.
- Love Martyr: Self-admitted.
Yukariko: (to Ishigami, before the murder-suicide) You're a despicable person! I'm the one who shall become your weapon... because even then, I'm the only one who would ever love you. |
- Lotus Eater Machine: The main effect of her CHILD, which she uses against Mai in the anime, and Haruka and Yukino in the manga.
- Master of Illusion: St. Vlas isn't that suited for combat, but damn good at this.
- Nuns Are Mikos: She works taking care of a church that looks very much Catholic.
- Nun-Too-Holy: In addition to violating the rules regarding celibacy, gets quite drunk at the karaoke party in Episode 16.
- The Pollyanna: A bit, in the first part of the series. Her speeches about God, love and forgiveness were infamous in Fuuka.
- Rape Is Love: (anime) While Yukariko and Ishigami had fallen for each other early on, his forceful kiss on her and the reveal after the Grand Finale that she was pregnant indicates that there was something else going on in that scene. Definitely not the best way to have handled that.
- Wounded Gazelle Gambit: (anime) Yukariko fakes an injury and provokes the other girls into attacking Nao.
Yukino Kikukawa
Voiced by: Mamiko Noto (JP), Morgan Patridge (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- Barrier Warrior (manga)
- Berserk Button: Perhaps the only way to get her angry is to insult or otherwise act dismissively toward Haruka.
- Invisible to Normals: (anime) The most useful ability of her CHILD.
- Master of Illusion (manga): Can show images of her and Haruka escaping an attack when in fact they are blocking it.
- Meganekko
- My God, What Have I Done?: After trying to kill Mai when faced with a threat to Haruka's life, she has this reaction and feels guilty about it for some time.
- Power Perversion Potential: Shizuru suggests Yukino "enjoy(s) watching other people" when Yukino accuses her of kissing and (possibly) raping Natuski, which enrages Haruka.
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Well, not so much "scary" as they are "shiny", because she's one of the good guys. However, they are somewhat scary in the Blu-Ray special, when she prepares an extremely spicy hot dog to feed to Reito as part of a group revenge by the former Himes, and Nao and Natsuki are both terrified as they look on.
- Schoolgirl Lesbians: It's hinted in the anime that she might be in love with Haruka. Even more obvious in the manga.
- Shrinking Violet: Extremely shy and vulnerable to pressure, which Ishigami tries to use to his advantage later in the anime. It almost succeeds.
- Twisted Knee Collapse: After Mai and Kagutsuchi are hit by Artemis
- What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?: In the anime Yukino's CHILD, Diana, is only good for surveillance and hiding the effects of the HiME battles from the public. This causes her problems when Shizuru challenges her, as she is defeated just mere seconds after she summons Diana forth. The manga allows her to team up with Haruka to power up Haruka's CHILD, increasing her battle capability, but still leaving her as a support character on the battlefield.
Fumi Himeno
Voiced by: Yukana (JP), Wendy Morrison (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- Battle Butler
- Evil Costume Switch: After the Obsidian Lord bends her to his will.
- Meido
- Mind Control Eyes (anime): Happens after the Obsidian Lord rebuffs her and Mashiro's counterattack, sending her into a sort-of Heroic BSOD.
- Ninja Maid
- Sinister Scythe
- Third Person Person: Sometimes around Mashiro, in an old-fashioned display of humility.
Shizuru Fujino
“I want you, Natsuki! I don’t care for anything else! That’s why I fight, against everything that tries to take Natsuki away from me. So that someday I can finally, truly make her mine...” |
A description of the character goes here.
- Adaptational Badass: Is only a HiME in the anime.
- Anger Born of Worry: Is quite shocked when Natsuki returns to school, injured, after her first battle as a Hime, and suspecting that her motorcycle is to blame, threatens to hit her to keep her away from it.
- Asskicking Pose (anime)
- Berserk Button: (anime) Insulting Natsuki is the only possible way to break her facade, if only for a split second.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Is typically kind and very polite, but is also one of the more powerful and dangerous HiMEs.
- Dissonant Serenity: (anime) She rarely loses her cool, even when majorly pissed off.
- Dude, She's Like, in a Coma: (anime) Shizuru places a Sleeping Beauty-style kiss on Natsuki after she saves her from Nao. There is reason to believe it went further -- Haruka and Yukino certainly think so -- but there is debate on the subject.
- Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: during her Yandere phase in the anime.
- Easily Forgiven: Natsuki forgives Shizuru in the end.
- Even the Girls Want Her: Early in the series, Shizuru is typically seen having a horde of girls following her around.
- Face Heel Turn: Again, of the Love Makes You Evil variety.
- Gayngst: Not only does she angst a bit about Natsuki seemingly not returning her feelings, but she also feels them to be improper.
- The Glomp: On Natsuki, in the ending.
- Hime Cut (Yeah, we went there.)
- In-Series Nickname: Haruka calls Shizuru "the bubuzuke woman," using a term based off a mispronunciation of a word for tea and rice, as a reference to Shizuru's Spot of Tea hobby.
- Technically - and ironically - it's not a mispronunciation (Haruka simply uses the word, not knowing what it means); it's actually a variant word used by those from the Kansai region.
- Kansai Regional Accent: Shizuru lives in the Kyoto region, and speaks with a "Kyoto-ben" accent. The English dub gives her a slight "Southern Belle" accent.
- Kick the Son of a Bitch: (anime) The First District was entirely evil, and Nao's treatment of Natsuki fell well into Disproportionate Retribution.
- Love Makes You Crazy / Love Makes You Evil (anime): Has lingering issues over her belief that her love for Natsuki is wrong, and snaps when Natsuki rejects her.
- Lady of War: Her Element is a naginata spear, like those that the daughters of samurai were taught to use as self-defense.
- Last-Name Basis: With almost everyone except Natsuki.
- Looming Silhouette of Rage (anime)
- My God, What Have I Done? (anime) She starts crying and apologizing to Natsuki after being resurrected.
- Ojou
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Partially subverted. Her eyes are naturally red, but she's a pretty nice girl to hang around. Except when she loses her mind.
- Schoolgirl Lesbians: Shizuru is in love with Natsuki. However, when her friends (i.e. Natsuki, Yukino, and Haruka) call her out for choosing love over duty, she snaps.
- Sexy Silhouette: A rare example of Fan Disservice in this case, when combined with the above Dude, She's Like, in a Coma moment. Although it happens only in Natsuki's imagination. Note how Natsuki's "flashbacks" about it have the same POV as scenes of her sleeping, but scenery and Natsuki's lying figure are mirrored, indicating that sequence is in her mind entirely.
- Spot of Tea: A hobby of hers, as it helps her stay calm.
- Student Council President: Formerly a Class Representative until, according to "Natsuki's Prelude," she ran with the intention of helping Natsuki get access to the school records.
- Tears of Remorse: (anime) After being resurrected.
- Villainous Rescue: Saving Natsuki from Nao, then proceeding to destroy Nao's Child.
- Whip Sword: (anime) Her naginata's blade can break off into sections.
- Yandere (anime)
Shiho Munakata
Voiced by: Sakura Nogawa (JP), Leda Davies (EN) |
A description of the character goes here.
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Episode 16. Too bad her crush was sleeping when she said it.
- Angst Coma: Passes out after her CHILD is destroyed, since she knows Yuuichi will die soon as a result.
- Big Brother Attraction
- Brainwashed and Crazy: (manga) The power of her CHILD in the manga adaptation is to inflict this on other people. She herself gets it in the end as the eventual fate of everyone who uses the PRINCESS earrings.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: At first, as a Running Gag. But later...
- Establishing Character Moment: Refusing to let Yuuichi give Mikoto CPR because "(his) eyes look indecent".
- Expressive Hair: Her pigtails seem to react to her mood swings.
- Face Heel Turn: Both versions do this.
- Kawaisa: On the surface, but...
- Japanese Sibling Terminology: Calls Yuuichi "Onii-chan". She notes that she hopes to switch to “Yuuichi-san” one day (presumably as a result of a Relationship Upgrade), but this never happens.
- Flechette Storm: One of her Child’s abilities is to shoot a barrage of razor-sharp feathers.
- Kick the Dog: Killing Akira’s child, and thus Takumi, out of jealousy toward Mai
- Manipulative Bitch: Has Yuuichi kiss her when, unbeknownst to him, Mai is able to see both of them, and falls further toward the Despair Event Horizon as a result.
- Murder the Hypotenuse: (anime) And it backfires, with Yuuichi sacrificing himself on Mai's behalf.
- Musical Assassin: Her Element is a flute, which is used more as a controlling tool than a melee weapon.
- New Transfer Student (manga): Unlike in the anime, when she has been attending Fuuka Academy all along, she transfers in as part of the Searrs plan to take over the school.
- Third Person Person (manga)
- Through His Stomach: In the Cooking Duel, after seeing that Yuuichi is one of the judges, she becomes especially determined to win. Unfortunately, she accidentally ruins her team's efforts by tripping and planting her face into the cake.
- Unlucky Childhood Friend
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity (manga)
- Yandere: Late in the anime, she gets really pissed off at Mai. Nagi easily uses this to manipulate Shiho and pit her against Mai. In the manga, she, through a combinatoin of her own jealousy and the Princess Earrings' insanity, not only has Mikoto try to kill Mai, but also ties up Yuuichi and threatens to kill him if he gives unsatisfactory answers to her questions about how much he likes her.
Alyssa Searrs
"If my father loves me, I can do anything." |
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- Anti-Villain: Type II in the manga, potential Type III in the anime.
- Artificial Human, genetically engineered with the abilities of a HiME, but the capability of Orphan summoning.
- Big Sister Worship (manga): Toward Natsuki
- Daddy's Little Villain: Her Most Important Person in the anime (even more so than Miyu) is her father, and she is motivated by her love for him. In the manga, her desire for the love of her mother, Saeko drives her to do her bidding.
- Enfant Terrible
- Unexplained Recovery: Reappears in the ending with no explanation as to why she is there. It is assumed that she was resurrected with the others, but this is never shown.
- Japanese Honorifics: Miyu addresses her with the extremely respectful "-ojou-sama", sometimes by itself and sometimes after her name. In the manga, she suggests that Mashiro not use honorifics on her, saying that "Alyssa-san" is too formal for her liking.
- Kill Sat: Her Child in the anime
- Gravity Master: Her Child's abilities in the manga increase gravity to the point at which its victims cannot move or fight back.
- In-Series Nickname: The Golden Angel.
- Laser Guided Tykebomb: (anime) She was designed specifically as a fake HiME to subvert Fuuka Academy's authority and usher in a "Golden Age" for the Searrs foundation.
- The Mole
- Named After Somebody Famous: Isaac, her Child in the manga, is named after Isaac Newton.
- Phenotype Stereotype: Alyssa is American, has light blond hair and green eyes.
- Uncanny Valley Girl
- You Have Failed Me...: Does this to Joseph Greer when taking over the operation, and gets this turned back on her when Greer is ordered to kill her after Artemis is destroyed.
Fuuka Academy High School students
Yuuichi Tate
Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (JP), Jordan Schartner (EN) |
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- Accidental Pervert: Starts out this way, though he tries to get over it.
- Badass Normal: Anime: In the Grand Finale. Largely more prevalent throughout the manga version.
- Cannot Spit It Out: (anime) His feelings for Mai, until the very end.
- Delinquents: Used to be one, until Shiho got him out.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: (manga) First, with Nagi, and then with the Obsidian Lord himself. Note that this is to be taken literally.
- First Boy Wins: Yes, technically he and Mikoto win. She was the first girl Mai met, and he was the first guy, and Mai says she loves them both.
- Go Out with a Smile: (anime) He manages to face his death (as a result of Mai and Shiho's duel) rather calmly, as the girls he cares for will stop fighting, but admits that even he finds dying somewhat scary.
- Love Triangle: Mai, Natsuki, and Shiho compete over in him the manga. Mai and Shiho are both potential matches for him, and he and Reito both have feelings for Mai in the anime.
- Neutral Male
- New Transfer Student (manga)
- Non-Action Guy: He knows his way with Kendo, but due to an injury and depression (and how the girls are that much more powerful than he is), he doesn't really get to use his skills.
- Spotlight-Stealing Squad: His manga incarnation is often accused of this.
- What the Hell, Hero?: (manga) Gets pressured into quitting his old school by the rest of his kendo team because his intervening to help Shiho resulted in them getting suspended from the tournament.
Reito Kanzaki
Voiced by: Toshihiko Seki (JP), Ethan Cole (EN) |
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- Aloof Big Brother: Reito is Mikoto's older brother.
- Almost Kiss
- Big Bad. Not entirely his fault, though. See Split Personality Takeover
- Custom Uniform: Wears a different uniform as a result of his position on the student council.
- Demonic Possession, coupled with Enemy Within
- Eyes of Gold
- Spot of Tea
- Split Personality Takeover: Around the last five episodes or so, Reito stops being himself, and the Obsidian Lord's soul does the talking for him. He still sounds the same, but speaks more forcefully when the other personality starts talking.
- Tall, Dark and Handsome
- Tall, Dark and Snarky: The "dark" part? Not a joke, by the way.
Haruka Suzushiro
Voiced by: Ryoka Yuzuki (JP), Lori Barnes-Smith (EN) |
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- A Glass in the Hand: (manga) She breaks a phone receiver when Shizuru tells her over the phone that Mai won against Nao.
- Adaptational Badass: Is a HiME in the manga.
- Badass Normal: She's not a HiME (in the anime version), but once stood up to a group of fully-armed soldiers without flinching, including a tank!
- While impressive, her status as a Badass Normal in the anime is most fully confirmed by a later incident, also a Crowning Moment of Awesome. It is pretty clear that the death of a HiME's most important person is 'not' painless. Even tough guy Yuuichi collapses in helpless agony. But Haruka stays standing, walks through the pain, and delivers a final blow to her killer and a last smile to Yukino.
- Boisterous Weakling: A sympathetic version of this, sort of. Even if she has guts, she stands up very loudly against enemies she can do nothing against, and never wins in the end.
- Boobs of Steel: She's got assets, and can kick ass with the best of them if she gets angered. Her manga version takes it even further, as she has HiME powers and wields a massive morningstar.
- Butt Monkey: Especially in the manga - she's always the one subject to panty flashes, and her reasoning for finally escaping St. Vlas was the simple fact that she knew she could never have such a happy life.
- Combination Attack: (manga) Komokuten can fuse with Miroir to form an entirely new CHILD, whose attack (Genocide Sunshine) is powerful enough to vaporize an entire mountain.
- Custom Uniform: Wears a differently colored uniform due to being on the student council. When she wears her uniform with the vest, her shirt has short sleeves.
- Determinator: Even when she's dying, she doesn't stop fighting and doing what she believes is right.
- Establishing Character Moment: (anime) Calling Mai in to yell at her about the property damage caused by her arrival at the school.
- Forehead of Doom: In the manga, this is a bit of a sensitive spot for her. Yuuichi nicknames her "Debochin", or "Forehead".
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Anything from frequent rule breaking to comments about the size of her forehead to insulting Yukino can get her riled up.
- Harmless Freezing (manga): She’s frozen in a block of ice at the end of her fight with Natsuki and Mai, and merely has a cold after being thawed out.
- Hot-Blooded
- Joke Character: In Fuuka Taisen, she's the only one without any powers. Her special move is basically forcing a character to dress up in cosplay, and breaking down laughing.
- Justice Will Prevail: Moreso in the manga.
- Large Ham
- Light'Em Up (manga)
- Malaproper
- Moral Myopia (manga): Objects to the Orphan Resistance Unit's methods because they destroy property, but resorts to several underhanded and illegal tactics of her own, culminating in her charging up an attack that threatens the audience at the end of her fight against Mai's team.
- Noble Bigot: In the anime, she's implied to be a bit of a homophobe; she's extremely disgusted with Shizuru and Natsuki when she thinks they're having sex, and makes no indication of whether she thought it was not consensual.
- YMMV: She starts out being angry that Shizuru is dodging her responsibilities, and only beccomes violent and abusive after Shizuru delivers a stinging insult to Yukino. It's possible that Shizuru finally pushes Haruka's Berserk Button. It is also remotely possible that Haruka may have possibly used the wrong word during her confrontation with Shizuru.
- Nouveau Riche: According to Yukino, the Suzushiro family was not always wealthy, and became so at one point when she and Haruka were growing up.
- Plucky Girl: (anime) She refuses to accept any kind of losses even when faced with her own inminent death.
- Serious Business: (manga) If her Lotus Eater Machine experience in the manga is any indication, Haruka considers 'student council president' to be a position roughly equal in importance to 'emperor of the world', and pursues that position with borderline-psychotic enthusiasm.
- Starter Villain (manga): Her initial goal is to disband the Orphan Resistance unit and get its members expelled.
- Too Dumb to Live: Even when faced with Shizuru's Element, the thought of running away or even not provoking her further doesn't occur to her.
- Transparent Closet: Not apparent in the anime, but in her Lotus Eater Machine dream in the manga, Haruka has a lot of naked women surrounding her. The wording of her speech to Shizuru doesn't help her case, either.
- Unknown Rival: To Shizuru. In the anime, Yukino tells Shizuru that Haruka knew she couldn't defeat her, but hoped she would be acknowledged.
- Villainous Breakdown: (manga) After her approval plummets when her methods are exposed.
- What The Hell, Heroine?: Haruka gives Shizuru an earful after she essentially abandons the student council to stay with Natsuki. Shizuru retaliates by attacking Yukino, and Haruka dies, but not before she delivers a parting shot in the form of a fierce headbutt.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: (manga) Haruka is understandably dismayed that the Anti-Orphan squad's lack of teamwork leads to the destruction and damage of several buildings. Her 'solution' is to form a counterpart rival squad, and to disable the members of the original squad by way of methods such as stealing their Elements, luring their 'Keys' away (as she does with Yuuichi), or outright kidnapping.
- You Need to Get Laid: The opinion of the student body when she's going off on her rants trying to investigate the situation.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Grade B. Also, is the only high school girl that wears the stockings seen on the middle school girls.
Chie Harada and Aoi Senou
Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga (Chie) and Ryoko Shintani (Aoi) (JP), Hazel Forman (Chie) and Jayna Mitchell (Aoi) (EN) |
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- Bifauxnen: Chie, somewhat.
- Combat Commentator: In the manga.
- The Glasses Come Off: Chie in the audio dramas and third special.
- Heterosexual Life Partners, though this hasn't deterred many from Shipping them together.
- Inelegant Blubbering: Aoi's crying is supposedly dreadful to hear, and her threatening to start crying manages to get Nao and Natsuki to temporarily put aside their differences.
- Muggle Best Friend
- Those Two Girls
Masashi Takeda
Voiced by: Yuji Ueda (JP), Scott Roberts (EN) |
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- Accidental Pervert
- Dogged Nice Guy, though he often tries to play it off.
- Kendo Team Captain
Kazuya Kurauchi
Voiced by: Kazuma Horie (JP), Brett Bauer (EN) |
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Fuuka Academy Junior High students
Takumi Tokiha
Voiced by: Yugo Takahashi (JP), Cole Howard (EN) |
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- Alliterative Name
- Big Bad: In the manga, he's the Obsidian Lord!
- Big Sister Attraction
- Cute Shotaro Boy
- Disney Death: In the manga, he temporarily dies before his ascension as Obsidian Lord.
- He Knows Too Much: Averted. Akira lets him live, but makes him promise not to tell anyone about her being a girl.
- If I Do Not Return: In Special 20, he writes a letter to Mai telling her his feelings in case he dies. He dies in the corresponding anime episode.
- Ill Boy
- Intimate Healing: Akira gives this to him, when he starts coughing up so much that he can't swallow his medicine properly.
- James Bondage: (anime) When he gets kidnapped by an angry Nao.
- Kidanova: (manga) After his reveal as the Obsidian Lord, he's seen sitting in a pool being tended to by a pair of very well built females.
- Moe Couplet: With his girlfriend Akira.
- New Transfer Student
- Sweet on Polly Oliver
The First District
Mashiro Kazahana
Voiced by: Yukana (JP), Katie Rowan (EN) |
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- AB Negative
- Barbie Doll Anatomy
- Big Good
- Bunny Ears Lawyer: Only in the manga, where she really is just a little girl, complete with an early bedtime and loathing of homework... and she still manages to be very competent at her duties.
- Decoy Getaway (anime)
- Gambit Roulette Her plan to destroy the HiME Star once and for all could be considered this since it involves allowing the fighting to continue, and then finding someone (Miyu) capable of breaking the seal on the graves of the HiME's loved ones after a "winner" has been decided, and finally sacrificing herself to the Obsidian Lord, using the rest of her powers to revive the dead Most Important People and allow the fallen HiME join the last battle.
- Genius Cripple
- Improbable Age: An 11-year-old principal of a school? Really? Not exactly. Midori finds out that Mashiro actually died about 300 years ago; her current body is actually Fumi's CHILD, which Mashiro is somehow occupying. Her real body is encased in a crystal under the school.. Played straight in the manga, though.
- Let's Get Dangerous: In the manga, after being freed from Alyssa's CHILD, she proceeds to disable her without giving Alyssa the chance to retaliate at all.
- Older Than They Look
- Talking To Herself: Both she and Fumi are voiced by Yukana Nogami. Avoided (at least) in the English dub, which gives them two distinct voice actresses.
- Time Stands Still (manga): Mashiro's Element can manipulate the flow of time.
- Waif Prophet
Nagi Homura
Voiced by: Akira Ishida (JP), Graham Ko (EN) |
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- Affably Evil (anime)
- Armor-Piercing Question: Asking Yuuichi about Mai kissing him, which causes Natsuki to dismiss her Key under the strain. He takes the opportunity to escape but Miyu intercepts and beheads him.
- Bloody Murder: (manga) He's shown to create Orphans by tearing open his own skin and letting them spawn from his blood.
- Enigmatic Minion: It's not really clear to what extent he's complicit in Mashiro's plans, or views them as separate from/mutually exclusive to his ostensible master the Obsidian Lord's.
- I Have the High Ground: Just about every scene he's in shows him sitting on or hanging from a tree branch, a big rock, or some other kind of tall structure.
- Karma Houdini: Nothing happens to him in the end, although he's a bit upset that his plan was thwarted.
- Lovable Traitor: Nagi can control Orphans, too, and is one of the main servants of the Obsidian Lord.
- Manipulative Bastard: (anime) He's often capable of getting people to go places they don't want to go... and they do it anyway.
- Off with His Head (manga) Beheaded by Miyu)
- Oracular Urchin
- Smug Snake (manga)
- Villains Out Shopping: When not scheming, he loves to read or watch the landscape.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy
Kaiji Sakomizu
Voiced by: Akio Suyama (JP), Randall Weibe (EN) |
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- Funny Afro: A distinguishing characteristic of his.
- Mysterious Informant
- Paper-Thin Disguise: While rescuing Natsuki, Mai and Mikoto from the guards, he wears a mask over his face, which doubles as a gas mask. Mai and Mikoto recognize him because of his afro.
- Punch Clock Villain - He's a pretty nice guy and cares for Natsuki a lot, but he works for the First District.
- Scary Shiny Glasses In the ending, while telling Natsuki to make up the classes she missed
Wataru Ishigami
Voiced by: Shinichiro Miki (JP), Noel Johannsen (EN) |
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- First-Name Basis: Gradually gets onto this with Yukariko.
- Manipulative Bastard
- Scary Shiny Glasses
Satsuki/Saeko Kuga
Voiced by: Miki Nagasawa (JP), (?) (EN) |
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- Broken Pedestal: (anime) She was planning on selling Natsukit to the First District. (manga)She works with the First District, and regards Natsuki as an inferior product until she’s defeated.
- Dark Action Mom (manga)
- Death by Origin Story (anime)
- Evil Matriarch (manga)
- Heel Face Turn (manga): After being defeated by Natsuki.
- Hot Chick in a Badass Suit: (manga) She not only is seen wearing a suit in most of her appearances, but also has combat abilities comparable to Natsuki's.
- Hot Mom
- Meganekko
- Not Quite Dead (manga)
The Obsidian Lord
A mysterious entity from beyond the stars, which serves as the overarching main villain of both continuities. |
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- Anticlimax Boss: Goes down in one attack after the Himes destroy the Hime Star
- Big Bad
- Curb Stomp Battle
- Faceless Eye: Its true form.
- Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: He more or less shows up out of nowhere in the anime with almost no foreshadowing as to his existence.
- Killed Off for Real
- Manipulative Bastard
- Utopia Justifies the Means: Wants to make Japan the ruling power of the world.
Searss Foundation
Miyu Greer
”That fleeting smile… that pure singing voice… I want to protect her. That is what I wish. Miss Alyssa, my golden angel…” |
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- Arm Cannon (among other weapons)
- Back from the Dead (anime)
- Berserk Button: Do not touch Alyssa. Ever.
- Expy: Of Ayanami Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion except with a wider forehead, the fact that she's a Robot Girl and her skin is way too pale, giving her a slightly creepy air.
- Flung Clothing
- Fun with Acronyms: her first name stands for Multiple Intelligencial Yggdrasil Unit.
- Older Sidekick: To Alyssa, though only in appearance: Miyu, being a robot created specifically to protect Alyssa, is technically younger.
- Power Nullifier: Her sword allows her to neutralize temporarly HiME's powers.
- Robot Girl
- Spanner in the Works: Searrs losing track of her allowed the defeat of the Obsidian Lord.
- Swiss Army Appendage
- Uncanny Valley Girl
- The Worf Effect: in the manga. After proving herself capable of fighting Mai and Nao on equal footing, she gets utterly owned by Great Cosmo Beauty Marie Antoniette.
Joseph Greer
Voiced by: Kinryuu Arimoto (JP), Paul Cowling (EN) |
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- The Evil Genius: For Searrs
- Killed Off for Real: and by his own creation, no less
- The Mole
- Sinister Minister
- Too Dumb to Live: Jo-Jo thinks it's just a great idea to shoot Alyssa when her hyper-protective super-robot bodyguard is standing literally ten feet away, then stays to gloat about it afterwards rather than running for his life from the homicidal android with the sword for an arm.
- You Have Failed Me...: After a few failures on his part, Alyssa takes over. He later gets the job of executing Alyssa for her failure.
Other characters
Yamada
Voiced by: Hisanori Koyatsu (JP), Victor Atelevich (EN) |
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- Catch Phrase - "It's a special service," or other variations thereof.
- Information Broker
- Mukokuseki: Subverted. Natsuki finds it suspicious that he "didn't even look Japanese at all".
- Mysterious Informant
- No Name Given: "Natsuki's prelude" suggests that Yamada isn't his real name.
Jin Munakata
Voiced by: Wataru Takagi (JP), Randall Weibe (EN) |
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Manga-only characters
The Great Cosmo Beauties
Two manga-exclusive characters, the Great Cosmo Beauties are two extremely buxom and powerful HiME who serve the Obsidian Lord (aka Takumi Tokiha) and aid him in creating a new world for him to rule. Of the two, Marie Antoniette is the quieter and more dignified, while Yang Gui-Fei is more of a happy-go-lucky type. Both, however, are unconditionally loyal to their master, despite having an unspoken rivalry for his attention. |
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- Catgirl (Gui-Fei)
- Cats Are Mean (not just Guifei, her Child Maokyu is a large, disembodied cat head)
- The Dragon
- Green Thumb (Marie's Child, Fleur, has the power to attack with vines and petals)
- Healing Factor (Fleur again, which has almost limitless regenerative abilities. It took a near Heroic Sacrifice from Haruka, Yukino and Midori to destroy it and kill Marie.)
- Hero-Killer (To put things in perspective, Marie took down Miyu with insulting ease!)
- Perky Female Minion (Gui-Fei)
- Person of Mass Destruction
- Verbal Tic (Gui-Fei ends all her sentences with "-nya!")
- Villainous Breakdown (Towards the end of the manga, Gui-Fei freezes in panic when Mikoto, Akira and Nao start getting the upper hand on her.)
- You Have Outlived Your Usefulness (Gui-Fei meets her end this way. Marie doesn't, since she was already dead at the time.)
Three Scale Sisters
Members of the Ori-Hime Unit, they work under Haruka in an attempt to replace the Orphan Resistance by any means necessary.
- Combination Attack
- I Have Your Wife: Takes Kazuya hostage to force Akane to surrender.
- Improbable Weapon User: A bladed ruler, protractor and triangle.
- No Name Given: To the individual girls.
- Smug Snake: Overconfident to the point where they don’t consider Akane’s Child any threat to them. They are gravely mistaken.
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