Minori Mao is a mentioned character in Mao Mao: Heroes of Pure Heart. She is one of Mao Mao's five sisters.
Appearance[]
Minori is a black cat with green eyes (both iris and sclera).[1] She wears a purple cape and regularly keeps her eyes covered by the brim of her Golden Hat. Her right ear is chipped.[2]
Personality[]
Minori is a very skilled and competent fighter with quick wits, reflexes, and versatility. She makes full use of her Golden Hat's ability to contain limitless objects in battle. She appears to enjoy combat.[3]
Abilities[]
- Cooking: She has made a soufflé.[4]
- Multitasking: She slayed a Seven-Headed Hydra while she was cooking.[4]
Equipment[]
- Golden Hat: Minori was bestowed the Golden Hat by her father Shin Mao.[5] She makes full use of its ability to contain limitless objects in battle, such as redirecting enemy projectiles, dodging attacks by disappearing into the hat and reappearing to retaliate, summoning a tower of bricks to escape into the sky, and summoning enormous objects like whales to use as overwhelming bludgeons.[3]
Trivia[]
- The name "Minori" is unisex, and has various meanings in different regions in Japan, depending on the kanji used.
- When represented by the kanji "穣", it can mean "abundant" (literally, 1028).[6] This meaning refers to her ownership of the Golden Hat, which is capable of holding an infinite number of objects within itself.
- Parker Simmons confirmed that she is the owner of the Golden Hat in a Twitter short video.[3] In a colored version of the animatic, she is shown to have green eyes.[1]
- When represented by the kanji "穣", it can mean "abundant" (literally, 1028).[6] This meaning refers to her ownership of the Golden Hat, which is capable of holding an infinite number of objects within itself.
Gallery[]
Screenshots[]
Minori with some of her sisters and a young Mao Mao when they were first bestowed the Legendary Golden Weapons in "Weapon of Choice"
A sketch by Parker Simmons showing Minori hatless, showing her chipped ear
Videos[]
Animatic of Minori OVA
Colored version of Minori OVA, revealing Minori's green eyes
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://twitter.com/parkerrsimmons/status/1638987879291707393
- ↑ https://twitter.com/parkerrsimmons/status/1639866870819094528 (see this image)
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 https://twitter.com/parkerrsimmons/status/1638708078790209536
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Shin Mao: "I'm proud of you, my daughter Minori! Wowee! All seven of them, huh? Well, you save me a slice. Okay, I love you too, my precious angel. You know, your sister just slew a seven-headed hydra, all while baking a souffle?" (Small)
- ↑ Weapon of Choice
- ↑ https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%E7%A9%A3