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Mepis Pheles (メピス・フェレス), also known by her real name Fuko Sayama (佐山楓子ー), is one of the main protagonists of Magical Girl Raising Project: Black.
Mepis Pheles is the leader of Group 2 of Class 2-F in Umemizaki Middle School as well as a member of the Caspar Guard.
Appearance
Human
As a human, Fuko has black hair that is in one braid. Her forehead is exposed. She has grey eyes and wears glasses. She wears a school uniform.
Her appearance used to be different in elementary school, according to Tetty.
Magical Girl
Mepis Pheles has long black hair with short fringe bangs. She has feathered black eyebrows. Her eyes are grey and she has red pupils with grey eyeshadow on her eyelids. In the middle of her forehead is a red cross. Her tongue is pierced.
Mepis wears a translucent long-sleeved layered black dress that reaches all the way to her ankles. Mepis' dress collar is studded and she wears a silver necklace fashioned in two circles around her neck. There are also spiked studs on the cuffs of her dress. Below her breasts, there are two textured black-blue bands. There is a cross at the bottom center of her dress. All around Mepis' body, there are snakes, particularly around her arms, hands, and legs. The snakes are colored red and green. Mepis wears black boots and they have circular silver patterns on them, similar to her necklace.
On Mepis' left hand, she wears a ring on her finger. On Mepis' right hand, she wears a bracelet on the outside of her fingers. Her fingertips are a pale purple.
Mepis has white wings and a white tail on her head.
Mepis also wears a sheep mask on her head, of which has an upside-down red heart on its left eye. There are red fruits connected to the bottom of the mask as well as a tail with a spikey edge.
Personality
Despite her appearance as a human, which is that of someone who is literary and well-learned, Mepis has a huge temper and acts more like that of a gangster. In elementary school, she would pick fights with everyone that she found to be an annoyance, including boys and even her seniors. Her temper is so bad that in the past, the Daifugo card game had to be banned because she would throw a tantrum.
When she gets angry, she tends to swear and insult others around her, but her classmates don't take the insults personally as they are aware that she doesn't really mean them.
Magic
Can corrupt with sweet words.
Mepis can convince and tempt her target to do her bidding. For that, she has to whisper to her objective. If her target is aware of Mepis' magic and has a strong will and great concentration, it is possible to resist her powers.
Mepis is able to use her magic to interrogate others.
Special Item(s)
- Sheep Mask: Mepis's sheep mask that seems to be too small for her. It has an upside-down red heart on its left eye and red fruits connected to the bottom of the mask as well as a tail with a spikey edge.
Relationships
Tetty Goodgripp
As humans, Fujino and Fuko used to attend the same elementary school together and took the same selection test. They used to be close but became estranged when Fujino transferred out of Fuko's class. Though they made a reunion at Umemizaki, they have not reconciled and continue to be distant towards each other.
Classical Lillian
Mepis and Lillian are in the same class group, both of them are also members of the Caspar's Faction.
Kumi-Kumi
Mepis and Kumi-Kumi are in the same class group and are also members of the Caspar's Faction.
Thunder General Adelheid
Mepis and Adelheid are in the same class group. Mepis actually holds a great deal of respect towards Adelheid, due to her being a veteran from Archfiend Cram School, but is too proud to admit it.
Kana
Mepis and Kana are in the same class group and are members of the Caspar's Faction. At first, Mepis was actually kind of excited at the prospect of a convict from Magical Girl Prison transferring to her school and wanted to fight her. Unfortunately, Kana turned out to be an extremely socially awkward girl, causing Mepis to quickly lose interest in her and just see her as annoying. However, their relationship made a huge turnaround when Kana expressed interest in Manga, causing Mepis to quickly open up to her and get her hooked.
Diko Narakunoin
They're both members of the Caspar's Faction.
Halna Medhi Melen
Mepis first met Halna when she asked her to let Kana stay over at her house. Mepis initially refused and cursed at her, though her disrespectful attitude quickly disappeared following the revelation that she was the school principal. Halna then changed her request into an order and forced Mepis to let Kana stay over as punishment.
Trivia
- Mepis Pheles was recommended to the Magical Girl Class by the Legal Affairs Bureau.
- According to Kana, Mepis wears white-colored panties in her Magical Girl form which clashes with her black color scheme.
- Her sheep mask seems to be smaller than her face.
- The kanjis in her name stand for "left” (佐 sa), "mountain" (山 yama), "maple" (楓 fuu), "child" (子 ko) and "ー" is a symbol that is used to length the vowel mark.
- She is named after "Mephistopheles". A demon featured in German folklore who is portrayed as an evil demon who assists Lucifer and looks for men in order to corrupt them. Other media portrays it as demon who collects the souls of those who are already damned.
| V • T • E Black Characters | ||
|---|---|---|
| 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 Three Sages | ||
|---|---|---|
| Osk's Faction | Leader | Chêne・Osk・Baal・Mel / (Grim Heart) (Former) • Lethe |
| Members | CQ Angel Hamuel • Shufflin • Shufflin Ⅱ • Halna Midi Meren • Ragi Zwe Nento (Former) • Navi Ru (Former) | |
| Puk's Faction | Leader | Av・Lapati・Puk・Baltha / (Puk Puck) (Former) |
| Members | Uluru (Former) • Premium Sachiko • Sorami Nakano • Pshuke Prains (Former) | |
| Caspar's Faction | Leader | Caspar・Vim・Hop・Seuk / (Ratsumukana-honome-no-kami) |
| Members | Pythie Frederica • Kumi-Kumi • Classical Lillian • Mephis Pheles • Kana • Diko Narakunoin | |