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Spoiler Alert!V • T • E Areas of this article contain spoilers about Marika Fukuroi. Please proceed with caution. Some sections of this article may be under construction at the moment. |
“ | There is such a thing as fate, huh? How was Flamey? Was she satisfying? Or not? I’m a bigger mouthful and tastier. But there’s some poison in me, too. | ” |
— Marika Fukuroi to Snow White |
Marika Fukuroi (袋井魔梨華), also known by her real name Mariko Fukuroi (袋井真理子), is one of the main characters of Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS. She makes a brief reappearance in Magical Girl Raising Project: Black and Magical Girl Raising Project: White.
She is a battle-enthusiast and former Archfiend Cram School student who was expelled for causing violence, with only Archfiend Pam being capable of keeping her in check.
She was one of the participants during the 36th Hell Survival Games.
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She survives the events of JOKERS and later gets a job as a science teacher at Snow White's school. |
While not appearing directly in QUEENS, she is later revealed to have send several messages to Snow White through Fal. |
In the prologue of Black, she keeps up her job as a teacher while continuing to have her messages ignored by Snow White. |
In the epilogue White, she meets up with her friends, Amy and Monako, and fights them after learning they were hired by Pythie Frederica to distract her. |
In Unripe Duet, she is contacted by Theremin Doll in an attempt to get in touch with Archfiend Pam. This leads to Marika getting into a fight with Miiya Octave. |
Appearance[]
Human[]
As a human, Mariko has long, brown hair and wears glasses. She is fairly tall and wears a white lab coat whenever in her laboratory.
However, by the time of Black, her appearance was noted to have become more messy as a result of overwork.
Magical Girl[]
As a Magical Girl, Marika has spiky, short red hair with purple, orange, pink and green highlights. She has pale skin and purple eyes with starburst shaped pupils.
On her head, she has a large flower that changes depending on what plant seeds she eats. She also wears flower-shaped earrings of various colors.
Marika's outfit has many black zig-zag designs on her legs and arms. She also has a red flower-shaped mark on her hand.
The bottom of her purple and black dress blooms out, similar to a flower, and she wears red flats.
Personality[]
Mariko Fukuroi is calm and has always had an affinity for plants, as she is an aspiring botanist working as a biology teacher at Snow White's high school. She takes care of many plants in her own private place, though her parents disapprove.
As a Magical Girl, Marika becomes more hot-blooded and loves to fight, willing to challenge anyone to a fight. As a former student at Archfiend Cram School, Marika is a skilled fighter and uses her magic to her fullest potential, always knowing which flower is the most suitable for the situation. Deep down, however, Marika wishes that she would be less impulsive and violent as a Magical Girl and become more calm, rational, and intellectual. She thinks about this often while tending her plants.
Despite her violent behavior, however, Marika cares for her allies' well-being and is a friendly person in general, as she healed her fellow Magical Girls by letting them lick her magical fruit and also giving Snow White a cake as a gift upon meeting her on the school rooftop. Her closest friend was Styler Mimi and she visits her grave often to pay her respects.
The author mentioned: “Her special skill is to make the best out of a situation. No matter how sad or painful a situation is, she will choose the best option.”
Magic[]
Can make various magic flowers bloom from her head.
After swallowing plant seeds, she can bloom magical flowers on her head. Different magical flowers have different effects. Some flowers can produce heat rays or foul odors, and some flowers even have strange effects as well. Since the effect of the flowers differs, she does not know the effect unless she actually tries it out and knows the actual plant, which is why she grows many plants in her laboratory to see how long it will grow, how much water and sunlight does it need, etc.
The blooming time of flowers can be adjusted based on environmental factors such as water, sunlight, and soil. Her own physical ability is also affected by the environment. It is also possible to quickly bloom the flower consciously, but doing so will wither it faster.
As a byproduct of her magic, her physical ability is also depended on soil, water, and sunlight. For example, the speed of her wound healing is increased if a more environmental factor is given.
Special Move(s)[]
List of Marika's Special Moves | ||
Names | Abilities | Flowers |
--- | A hard metallic flower that can be used like blades. | Cosmos |
Blazing Gerbera | Can shoot multiple rays that are powerful enough to destroy a magical item. | Bellis perennis (Daisy) |
Clematis - Buttercup of Iron |
An extremely hard purple flower. She can chop multiple things at once by rotating it like a circular saw. | Clematis |
Rafflesia - The Rotten Beast |
Being close to her with this flower will cause anyone to faint. Further apart, they will vomit at best. | Rafflesia |
Strange Fruit - The Forbidden Fruit |
An Ivy with big flowers, a thickness of 20 centimeters, and a length of 10 meters. She can use it as a blunt weapon or tie up opponent. | --- |
Bug Eater - The Bug-Eating Leper |
Can dissolve any area it comes into contact with. | Pinguicula Vulgaris (Butterwort) |
Solar Cannon - Sunflower Cannon | A beam of concentrated light. | Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) |
Solar Haven - Sunflower Hell | Enhanced version of sunflower cannon that covers a wide area. It's performed by storing enough solar energy within the Sunflower. | Helianthus annuus (Sunflower) |
Genocide Orca - The Massacre of the Barrel Cactus | A yellow flower. Red-purple thorns will pop out from the whole body; they are sharp enough to pierce an opponent's body. | Ferocactus cylindraceus (California barrel cactus/Desert barrel cactus/Miner's compass) |
Dendrobium | A variety of special moves can be performed in this form. Including. | Dendrobium |
Rosen Kreuz - Rose's Fury |
The petals turn to cross-shaped axes. | |
Rosen Gerhard Lange - Rose Whip | Thick thorn grown from a rose vine. It can move freely. | |
Rosen Zoifutsua - Rose's Sigh | Swollen to a spherical shape and emits white powder. The roses deflate after. |
Special Item(s)[]
- Plant Seeds: A seed of a plant. When swallowed, she can bloom a different kind of magical flower on her head depending on the types of seeds.
- Green Fruit: A fruit bloomed by Marika Fukuroi. It's used for painkilling; when you lick it, you feel your heart becomes lighter and you recover a little magic power. However, overuse of the fruit is prohibited and cannot be swallowed.
- Magical Nutrients/Hormones: Nutrients that Mariko uses for research.
Relationships[]
Styler Mimi[]
Styler Mimi is one of Marika's closest friends. She often acted as a voice of reason for Marika. After her death, Marika visited her grave often to pay her respects for her closest friend.
Pure Elements[]
Princess Deluge[]
Near the end of JOKERS, Marika would stay behind in the desert area to fight the numerous Shufflin hiding there, giving Princess Deluge and the other magical girls remaining a chance to escape the facility.
Lady Proud[]
Umbrain[]
Uttakatta[]
Kafuria[]
Filru[]
Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry[]
Cranberry and Marika both went to Archfiend Cram School as well as fought against each other in the 36th Hell Survival Games.
Melville[]
Marika and Melville trained together in order to surpass Cranberry.
Archfiend Pam[]
Archfiend Pam was Marika's mentor.
Snow White[]
During the events of JOKERS, Marika tried a surprise attack on Snow White. The latter managed to dodged it, which piqued Marika's interest. Marika demands a fight after knowing she's the Magical Girl Hunter, to which Snow White declined. They later team up together. Marika respects her as a fighter and a leader. She often follows Snow White's order, though she tends to disregard it when she finds an opponent.
After the events of JOKERS, Snow White and Marika started to get close. Marika offered Snow White a cake upon meeting her at the rooftop. Snow White later gives Marika a tour of the school.
In Black, it is revealed that, in spite of Snow White barely frequenting school since she passed her second year, Marika and her had spent a great deal of time together as Magical Girls, with Marika eagerly helping her with whatever she needed.
Amy[]
Marika and Amy are in the same Fight Club and share a love for battle. They are also best friends.
Monako[]
Marika and Monako are in the same Fight Club and share a love for battle. They are also best friends.
Pukin[]
Pukin and Marika Fukuroi met each other in Asari Endō's exclusive Halloween 2021 twitter story, Talking About Halloween in the Spring, Part 1.
Telling a story to Koyuki Himekawa as Mariko Fukuroi, Marika explains that she used to engage in illegal Magical Girl dogfights hosted by the rich and elite. One of the Magical Girls that was her opponent was Pukin.
Upon first seeing Pukin, Marika thinks to herself that the Magical Girl in front of her is evil in every sense — not an evil Magical Girl or an evil human, but true, pure evil, yet Marika still "burns up at the sight of her." The two of them exchange quips with each other: Pukin says that Marika is a beast, like a bear, and Marika replies that Pukin has never been eaten by a bear. They then assumingly fight one another.
Rain Pow[]
Marika Fukuroi and Rain Pow met each other in Magical Girl Raising Project in Dreamland.
Seeing Rain Pow's magic to make rainbow bridges, Marika immediately recognizes Rain Pow as "The Devil Slayer", the one who killed Archfiend Pam. Marika says that she wants to fight Rain Pow because of this, though it's not because she wants to avenge her fallen master, but because Rain Pow was powerful enough to kill Archfiend Pam in the first place.
When Marika yells at Rain Pow to "bring it", Rain Pow asks if "devil slayer" is some kind of wine.
Grim Heart[]
Shufflin[]
During the events of JOKERS, Marika would fight numerous Shufflin.
Stanczyka[]
Ideal Marika Fukuroi[]
She is Marika's ideal version of herself. They fought numerous times, and it always ended on a tie due to them having the exact same strength.
Yoshiko Yoshinoura[]
In Black, while unlocking the door to the science room, she encountered both Yoshiko and Sari, who wanted to know about Koyuki's whereabouts as both of them knew about the relationship between them and claiming that Mariko has seen a different side of Koyuki that they don't. When Mariko declined and said she doesn't know much about her, this prompted Yoshiko to say that both of them were closer than they thought.
Pythie Frederica[]
Miiya Octave[]
During the events of Unripe Duet, Marika Fukuroi and Miiya Octave get into a fight after Theremin Doll calls Marika to their location.
During their fight, Miiya attempts to use her magic to convince Marika not to fight her, although it ends up having no effect on her. The two of them eventually have a slap fight, exchanging hits back and forth, the fight culminating in Marika pinning Miiya down with her foot against her neck. After threatening to call the cops, Marika runs away, leading to Miiya thinking it was because of her threat. In reality, it was because Archfiend Pam had sent one of her wings after Marika.
When the two of them talk again, Marika admits that she’s disappointed Miiya won’t try more in her fights.
Theremin Doll[]
Etymology[]
- The name Marika means "devil, evil spirit, demon" (魔) (ma), "pear" (梨) (ri) and "flower, petal" (華) (ka).
- Marika replaced the "ko" from her real name because the kanji (子) could be read as "child".
- Marika's surname Fukuroi means "bag, sack" (袋) (fukuro) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (i).
- The name Mariko means "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "reason, logic" (理) (ri) and "child" (子) (ko).
Trivia[]
- According to the author, in the Top 5 Most Beautiful People Before Transformation, Mariko Fukuroi ranked #4.
- In the First Character Popularity Vote, Marika Fukuroi ranked #9.
- In Fanbook 1, Marika Fukuroi has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 5/5
Communication Skill: 1/5
Magic Rarity: 4/5
Magic Experience: 5/5
Mental Strength: 5/5
Vitality: 5/5 - Marika, along with Pukin, are Maruino's favorite Magical Girls, as stated in the fanbook.
- Styler Mimi, Amy, and Monako are her only good friends.
- Rina Hidaka, Marika’s seiyuu in the Drama CD, would later voice Hardgore Alice in the anime adaptation of Unmarked.
- Marika is the second Magical Girl that has the most special moves in the series.
- The first being Archfiend Pam with around 18 special moves.
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V • T • E JOKERS Characters | ||
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Pure Elements | Princess Deluge • Princess Inferno • Princess Tempest • Princess Quake • Prism Cherry | |
Magical Kingdom | Department of Diplomacy | Lady Proud • Umbrain |
Freelancers | Filru • Uttakatta • Kafuria | |
Information Bureau | Grim Heart • Shufflin | |
Inspection Department | Snow White • Fal | |
Others | Marika Fukuroi • Styler Mimi • Stanczyka | |
Minor Appearances | The First Lapis Lazuline • 7753 • Tepsekemei • Mana • Pfle • Shadow Gale • Pythie Frederica • Ripple |
V • T • E Episodes Φ Characters | |
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Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Fav |
Restart | Magical Daisy • Lapis Lazuline • Keek • Fal • Ragi Zwe Nento |
Limited | Mana • Hana Gekokujou • Archfiend Pam • 7753 • Tepsekemei • Rain Pow • Postarie • Toko • Tot Pop • Pukin • Sonia Bean |
JOKERS | Princess Inferno • Princess Deluge • Princess Quake • Princess Tempest • Prism Cherry • Marika Fukuroi • Filru • Kafuria |
ACES&QUEENS | Patricia • Puk Puck • Uluru • Sorami Nakano • Premium Sachiko |
Others | Shou Minamida • Yoshiko Yoshinoura • Sumire • Kokuri • Negino • Auro • Twin Dragons Panas |
V • T • E Episodes Δ Characters | |
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Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • La Pucelle • Top Speed • Ripple • Ruler • Swim Swim • Yunael • Minael • Magicaloid 44 • Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Cranberry • Hardgore Alice • Fav |
Restart | Pechka • Clantail • Rionetta • Nonako Miyokata • Shadow Gale • Pfle • Lapis Lazuline • Keek • Fal • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey • Nokko • Cherna Mouse |
Limited | Mana • Tepsekemei • 7753 • Archfiend Pam • Hana Gekokujou |
JOKERS | Marika Fukuroi • Styler Mimi • Lady Proud • Umbrain • Uttakatta • Princess Inferno • Princess Deluge • Princess Quake • Princess Tempest |
ACES&QUEENS | Patricia • Micchan the Dictionary • Glassianne • Lethe |
F2P | Stella Lulu • Fan Lit Fan |
Others | Yoshiko Yoshinoura • Sumire • Tomoki Tatehara • Twin Dragons Panas • Mina Mad Gardener Acre • Metallie • Twin Stars Cutie Altair • Maiya • Barter Ranko • Sanae Utatane • Mol Mol Morgue • Puchidevi • Cockle |
V • T • E Black Characters | ||
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Class 2-F | Group 1 | Tetty Goodgripp • Miss Ril • Rappy Taype • Arc Arlie • Drill Dory |
Group 2 | Mephis Pheles • Kana • Kumi-Kumi • Classical Lillian • Thunder-General Adelheid | |
Group 3 | Pshuke Prains • Princess Lightning • Diko Narakunoin • Sally Raven • Ranyi | |
Others | Calkoro • Snow White | |
Minor Appearances | Princess Deluge • Halna Medhi Melen • Pythie Frederica • Uluru • Blade Brenda • Cannon Catherine • The First Lapis Lazuline • The Third Lapis Lazuline • Marika Fukuroi • Yoshiko Yoshinoura • Miss Satou | |
Shadow Homunculi | Shadow Pukin • Shadow Calamity Mary • Shadow Grim Heart • Shadow Sonia Bean • Shadow Melville • Shadow Akane • Shadow Cranberry • Shadow Flame Flamey |
V • T • E White Characters | ||
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Class 2-F | Group 1 | Tetty Goodgripp • Miss Ril • Rappy Taype • Arc Arlie • Drill Dory |
Group 2 | Mephis Pheles • Kana • Kumi-Kumi • Classical Lillian • Adelheid | |
Group 3 | Pshuke Prains • Princess Lightning • Diko Narakunoin • Sally Raven • Ranyi | |
Others | Calkoro • Snow White • Halna Midi Meren | |
Magical Kingdom | Team Lazuline | Old Blue • The Third Lapis Lazuline • Love Lulu • Ripple |
Caspar Faction | Pythie Frederica • Asmona | |
Team Deluge | Princess Deluge • Blade Brenda • Cannon Catherine | |
Minor Appearances | Juube • Puppeta • Uluru • Marika Fukuroi • Mana • Ragi Zwe Nento • Amy • Monako • Miss Satou • Chimiera Kakuryo • Cindy Neckchopper • Cota Rial • Tateru Amamiya • The Black Knight Guinnefirra • Shock Singer • Silent Wave |
V • T • E Episodes Σ Characters | |
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Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • Minael • Yunael • Ruler • Swim Swim • Tama • Top Speed • Nemurin • Magicaloid 44 • Weiss Winterprison • La Pucelle • Hardgore Alice • Ripple • Calamity Mary • Sister Nana |
Restart | Shadow Gale • Pfle • Nokko • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey |
Limited | Kuru-Kuru Hime • Archfiend Pam • Pythie Frederica |
JOKERS | Princess Quake • Styler Mimi • Lady Proud • Marika Fukuroi • Umbrain • Grim Heart |
ACES&QUEENS | CQ Angel Hamuel • Shufflin Ⅱ • Lethe • Puk Puck • Uluru • Sorami Nakano • Premium Sachiko |
Black | Mephis Pheles • Kumi-Kumi • Thunder-General Adelheid • Classical Lillian • Princess Lightning • Ranyi |
Breakdown | Maiya |
F2P | Amy • Monako |
Dream World | Beautiful Calamity Mary • Ideal Sister Nana • Ideal Weiss Winterprison |
Others | Twin Dragons Panas • Void Roar Forodite • Demon Swordsman Alondia • Shark • Cockle • Mina Mad Gardener Acre • Mol Mol Morgue • Negino • Twin Stars Cutie Altair • Auro • Sumire • Yoshiko Yoshinoura |
V • T • E Archfiend Cram School Characters | ||
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Founder | Archfiend Pam | |
Members | Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey • Twin Stars Cutie Altair • Twin Dragons Panas • Auro • Negino • Amy • Monako • Dark Fang Limit • Thunder General Adelheid • | |
Former | Marika Fukuroi | |
The 36th Hell Survival Game | Outside-Participants | Lapis Lazuline • Hana Gekokujou • Lady Proud • Styler Mimi • Uttakatta • Mina Mad Gardener Acre • Maiya • Barter Ranko • Metallie • Lethe • Sanae Utatane • Mol Mol Morgue • Puchidevi |
Non-Participants | Fav • Cockle |
V • T • E Drama CD Characters | |
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Magical Girl Raising Project in Dreamland | Nemurin • Beautiful Calamity Mary • Snow White • La Pucelle • Pfle • Shadow Gale • Detec Bell • Lapis Lazuline • Rain Pow • Postarie • Marika Fukuroi • Ideal Snow White • Ideal Pfle • Ideal Shadow Gale • Ideal Detec Bell • Ideal Lapis Lazuline • Ideal Rain Pow • Ideal Postarie • Ideal Marika Fukuroi |
The Wall Between Me and You | Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Ideal Sister Nana • Ideal Weiss Winterprison |
The Two Monsters Final Battle in the Dream City | Swim Swim • Sonia Bean • Ideal Ruler • Ideal Pukin |
V • T • E Reading Drama Characters | |
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Unripe Duet | Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Miiya Octave • Theremin Doll • Pechka • Cappuchino • Magical Daisy • Marika Fukuroi • Archfiend Pam • Fav |
Snow White Raising Project | Snow White • Ripple • Pythie Frederica • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey |
The Blue Magical Girl's Self-Assertion | Blue Comet • 7753 • Tot Pop • Yoshioka • Blue Comet's Mother |
Double Shadow | Pfle • Shadow Gale • Echo EX Lantern • Zipstep • Archfiend Pam |