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Spoiler Alert!V • T • E Areas of this article contain spoilers about Pfle. Please proceed with caution. Some sections of this article may be under construction at the moment. |
Pfle (プフレ), also known by her real name Kanoe Hitokouji (人小路庚江), is one of the main characters of Magical Girl Raising Project: Restart, Magical Girl Raising Project: ACES, Magical Girl Raising Project: QUEENS, and Double Shadow. She is also a supporting character in Magical Girl Raising Project: Limited and Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS.
Heiress to the influencial Hitokouji family, she is a deviously intelligent young lady with only one weakness: her partner, butler, and childhood friend Shadow Gale.
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| In Restart, she is the leader of Team Pfle and acts as the mediator between the different groups. However, Shadow Gale fears that she is, in fact, manipulating the killing game to her benefit. |
| In the epilogue of Limited, she is revealed the new head of the Resources Department and the implied mastermind behind the entire B-City Incident. |
| In JOKERS, she is put under investigation for her actions in Limited, forcing her to seal away her memories to hide evidence. |
| In ACES, her memories are still sealed and she is later blackmailed by Princess Deluge after the latter kidnaps Shadow Gale. |
| In QUEENS, she finally regains her memories and joins the alliance against Puk's Faction to rescue Shadow Gale, who is under Puk Puck's brainwashing. |
Appearance[]
Human[]
As a human, Kanoe is described by her grandfather as a beautiful young lady with long blond hair, a hair color he used to have. According to Shadow Gale, Pfle stood out. Her clothing and accessories, regardless of their price, weren’t really too flashy. Her makeup was also thin and elegant. However, she had a gorgeous appearance, like her rolled up hair and her well-organized face.
Magical Girl[]
As a magical girl, Pfle has long, wavy blonde hair that is extremely wrong. Part of her hair is tied up into a tight bun on the left side of her head. Some loos strands of hair stick out from the bottom of the bun, which are purple at the tips, and there are two purple bird feathers stuck into the top. Her bangs are parted to the left, and she has various, multicolored bows attached throughout her hair. She has red eyes, and wears a bird-shaped eyepatch over her left eye.
Pfle wears a long, light pink dress with a darker, pale pink ruffled color. A ruffled jabot is attached to the bottom of her collar with a small bow. Two sections of fabric are draped over her dress and are dark pink. They fabric is parted and has two, large bird-shaped pins attached to the bottom which are white and very dark purple. Her dress has a dark purple trim with light pink ruffles underneath. At the bottom of her dress, purple ruffles can be seen. Her sleeves are detached and pleated, being long enough to completely cover her hands. She has multicolored nails, which are mainly red with her ring finger's nail being a lime green. Pfle also has pointed magenta shoes.
During the events of Restart, Pfle has Shadow Gale wrap bandages around her arms and neck in order to appear weaker than she is.
She has a yellow and purple wheelchair with large black wheels and various bird decorations.
Personality[]
Pfle is a very cunning and smart individual and can be manipulative as well, as she was able to kill 98 Magical Girls by manipulating their minds. She is quite good at forming successful plans.
However, she cares and loves her family and those she considers part of her family, including Masked Wonder and Clantail, and is willing to do anything to protect them and puts her trust in them. Shadow Gale describes that as her sole weakness, as she only trusts her family to do right, so she'd never suspect Shadow Gale being traitorous. When some students started calling Shadow Gale her "lapdog" at school, Pfle became mad and punished those students.
Pfle also hates how the Magical Kingdom government is corrupt and wishes to change it for the better. She has a lot of ambition and puts her plan into action.
Pfle also has a playful side as well and loves to tease Shadow Gale and play pranks on her.
Pfle likes to drink both iced and hot tea, her favorites being red tea and green tea.
Magic[]
Uses a magical wheelchair to race at intense speeds.
She has a personal wheelchair that can run at a very high speed. The maximum speed is faster than the speed of sound, and it's so fast that it would create a shock wave. It also equipped with a bird decoration that can shoot laser rays.
The wheelchair has been modified by Shadow Gale later to equip with better performance. For example, it can automatically move to a destination or automatically attack and defend.
It has also been modified to a Spider Tank. It's a ten-legged tank that has a height of 30 meters. It's protected by layers of metal. Although it supposed to look like a crab-shaped tank, it actually looks more spider-shaped, despite the number of legs. Ten legs are attached to the round torso. Each leg has two joints, and the tip is pointed. The legs can endure a Magical Girl's strength. Its eyes can fire laser beams that will explode when they hit the target. However, the Spider Tank has extremely low mobility. The tank also has an escape device, which is a black sphere with a diameter of 2 meters that will be ejected backward from the tank's torso.
Special Item(s)[]
- Magical Wheelchair: Pfle's personal vehicle and was upgraded by Shadow Gale. It generates shock waves and explosive sounds when traveling. The bird decorations on the wheelchair can fire laser beams from their mouths.
- Mamori Senser (former): Created by Mecha Gale, it can be used for detecting Mamori Totoyama.
| List of In-Game Items from Restart | |
| In-Game Items | Descriptions |
| Miracle Coin | It increases the loot/item drop rate. It's a rare item that can only be obtained through events. She won it in an event and gave it to Masked Wonder. |
| Monster Encyclopedia | It's a book that lists a monster's information. |
| Item Encyclopedia | A book that displays a list of items in the Cyber World. |
| Body Parts | It is loot drop from Guard Robot. They can be sold at a high price. They are used for remodeling Pfle's wheelchair. |
| Magical Carpet | A replacement of Pfle's wheelchair in the game. It can withstand about one adult man and run in a speed about as fast as an adult man running. |
| Toothbrush Set | A set that contains a very ordinary cup and toothbrush. It also comes with some toothpaste. |
| Rubber Bow and Arrow | It's a toy bow and arrow that sticks to an object when shot. |
| Rope | A mountain climbing rope which is 30 meters long. |
| Glasses | A pair of glasses that can see through false barrier. |
| Dragon Shield | It is the loot drop from the Great Dragon that is equivalent to a +12 Shield. |
| Initial Location Switch Device |
It allows a Magical Girl to choose her starting location upon entering the game. |
| Stun Gun | It's effective against evil type monster. |
| Flamethrower | It's effective against evil type monster. It can also burn corpses. |
Note: After the events of Restart, all these items were no longer in Pfle's possession.
Relationships[]
Shadow Gale[]
Pfle and Shadow Gale have a master-servant relationship and are childhood friends, but they are much closer than that. Both are willing to die for each other. Kanoe likes to prank Mamori, much to the latter's annoyance.
Masked Wonder[]
Masked Wonder and Pfle are both on Team Pfle, Masked Wonder decided to join her and Shadow Gale since she thought of Pfle as someone fragile that needed to be protected, they started a friendship and Pfle gave Masked Wonder her Miracle Coin.
Masked Wonder's death saddened and shocked Pfle who took it as something personal, this led her to try her best to find out Masked Wonder's killer identity.
After the events of Restart, Pfle and the other survivors visit Masked Wonder and the other casualties' graves, they also send money to their respective relatives.
Masked Wonder's death, along with everyone else's became Pfle's motivation to overthrow the Magical Kingdom's current corrupt government and install a new one.
Cherna Mouse[]
Pfle challenged Cherna and her teammates to a battle, which Cherna accepted, Pfle ends up winning the battle which angers Cherna, unlike her, Pfle actually enjoyed the battle and wanted to befriend Cherna.
After Cherna Mouse's death, Pfle is seen as the biggest suspect since they had recently fought.
Detec Bell[]
After Pfle challenged Team Bell to a battle, Detec Bell unsuccessfully tries to stop her claiming a battle wasn't a good idea, they befriended after Pfle and Team Bell's battle.
After a certain Magical Girl is invited to join Team Bell due to the death of all of her teammates, Pfle joins Team Bell as well. Together, Pfle and Detec Bell explored the Library Area after it was unlocked.
Pfle was thankful to the already deceased Detec Bell since if she never bought the Memory Restoration Device, Pfle would've never been able to discover the identity of the traitor.
Pfle visited Detec Bell's grave and send money to her relatives at the end of Restart, Detec Bell, and the other girls’ deaths were Pfle's motivation to overthrow the Magical Kindon's corrupt government.
During Magical Girl Raising Project in Dreamland, Pfle and Shadow Gale were greeted by Detec Bell along with Lapis Lazuline, the first two don't seem remember them and Detec Bell concludes they still haven't met in the real world. Pfle and Detec Bell befriend "for the first time" and participate together in the final battle along the rest of the magical girls, they lose their memories of the event in the real world.
Lapis Lazuline[]
Clantail[]
Near the end of Restart, Pfle stood up from her wheelchair to faced off against Clantail after Clantail hurt Shadow Gale.
After the events of Restart, Clantail and Pfle start to get close, and it's mentioned Nene Ono will always be welcome on the Hitokouji mansion.
During Magical Girls of the Holy Night, Pfle asked Clantail to help her pull the sleigh while she disguises as Santa Claus delivering presents to all the Magical Girls attending Shadow Gale's Christmas Party.
Pechka[]
Rionetta[]
Pfle's Grandfather[]
Pfle shares an exceptionally close bond with him, and her Magical Girl costume has some elements from her grandfather, such as the eyepatch being a symbol of her grandfather's eye disease.
Akane[]
Nokko[]
Melville[]
Keek[]
7753[]
7753 is Pfle's subordinate. Pfle asked shadow Gale to upgrade 7753's goggles and she gives her commands through the upgraded goggles.
Toko[]
Toko previously worked under Pfle.
Rain Pow[]
Following the B-City Incident, it is implied that Pfle had hired Rain Pow to steal information on the Artificial Magic Girl Project from Osk's Faction. However, Rain Pow ended up becoming a wanted criminal, prompting Pfle to arrange the breakout of several convicts in return for them assassinating the mercenary to prevent her own criminal activities from being exposed.
Pythie Frederica[]
Pfle is the one who hired Tot Pop to free her from the Magical Prison. Since ACES, Pythie Frederica and Pfle are partners.
Old Blue[]
Both were partners and have been working together prior to the events of QUEENS. Both were secretly developing their own technology to create magical girls. Pfle paid a large sum of money into their project.
Lapis Lazuline III[]
Pfle and Bluebell Candy get along fairly well and are allies, though Bluebell tends to think of Pfle as "mysterious". Before Pfle dies, she requested Bluebell Candy to erase her memories from Shadow Gale and passed it to Princess Deluge.
Patricia[]
Patricia was a mercenary hired by Pfle to protect Shadow Gale.
Princess Deluge[]
They don't get along very well as Princess Deluge knows she is very manipulative, so she doesn't trust her. Princess Deluge blackmails her by kidnapping Shadow Gale.
Dark Cutie's Team[]
Pfle assigned Dark Cutie and her team to aid Princess deluge and prevent the return of Premium Sachiko to Puk Puck.
Micchan the Dictionary[]
During Magical Girls of the Holy Night, Pfle hired Micchan the Dictionary as a security guard at Shadow Gale's Christmas Party. Pfle hired Micchan once more during ACES to find Premium Sachiko.
Snow White[]
Pfle agrees to save Snow White from Puk's Faction, but only as a second priority.
Puk Puck[]
Uluru[]
Fal[]
In RESTART, while the other Magical Girls were suspicious of Fal, Pfle deduced that the Mascot was on their side and only oversaw the killing game because he was forced to.
When they met again in QUEENS, Pfle and Fal were shown to relate to each other due to both caring of their closest companion, Shadow Gale and Snow White respectively, despite both technically being in a master-servant relationship.
Mana[]
Pfle told her that Shadow Gale has been kidnapped by Puk Puck and ask Mana to recuse her. Mana would later drive to Puk's Manor to investigate.
Archfiend Pam[]
Tot Pop[]
Pfle anonymously hired Tot Pop to release Pythie Frederica from the Magical Prison.
Ideal Pfle[]
She is Shadow Gale's ideal form of Pfle. She was confused about seeing someone physically identical to her but quickly deduced it had something to do with the place she and Shadow Gale were in.
Ideal Shadow Gale[]
She is Pfle's ideal version of Shadow Gale. Pfle managed to change her voice and appearance to a robotic style and named her "Mecha Gale". She created the Mamori Senser for Pfle.
Echo EX Lantern[]
Zipstep[]
She was Pfle’s old butler.
La Pucelle[]
Etymology[]
Real Name[]
- The name Kanoe means "7th sign of the Chinese Zodiac" (庚; which is the horse sign) (kano) and "bay, inlet, creek" (江) (e).
- Kanoe's surname Hitokouji means "person" (人) (hito) and "alley" (小路) (kouji).
Trivia[]
- According to the author, in the Top 5 Most Beautiful People Before Transformation, Kanoe Hitokouji ranked #5.
- In the First Character Popularity Vote, Pfle ranked #6.
- In Fanbook 1, Pfle has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 3/5
Communication Skill: 5/5
Magic Rarity: 1/5
Magic Experience: 4/5
Mental Strength: 5/5
Fast Thinking: 5/5 - Pfle's name is derived from the German word pflege, meaning "to care".
- Pfle, Shadow Gale, and Clantail were the only 3 Magical Girls that managed to survive both of their horrifying selection tests.
- In an interview with the author, she was supposed to replace another Magical Girl's death, but this was changed to her surviving instead.
- This was because she was planned to become a major antagonist in the initial version of Restart. This was later changed after receiving dissatisfied feedback on Pfle’s potential as a character and sudden conclusion.
- Pfle's character was later rewritten, and she became a protagonist with several antagonistic traits instead.
- This was because she was planned to become a major antagonist in the initial version of Restart. This was later changed after receiving dissatisfied feedback on Pfle’s potential as a character and sudden conclusion.
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| V • T • E Restart Characters | |
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| Team Clantail | Clantail • Pechka • Rionetta • Nonako Miyokata |
| Team Daisy | Magical Daisy • Nokko • @Meow-Meow • Genopsyko Yumenoshima |
| Team Bell | Detec Bell • Lapis Lazuline • Melville • Cherna Mouse |
| Team Pfle | Pfle • Shadow Gale • Masked Wonder |
| Others | Akane • Keek • Fal |
| Minor Appearances | Snow White • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey • Palette • Ragi Zwe Nento • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Fav |
| V • T • E Episodes Characters | |
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| Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • Ripple • La Pucelle • Top Speed • Ruler • Swim Swim • Minael • Yunael • Tama • Nemurin • Calamity Mary • Magicaloid 44 • Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Hardgore Alice • Fav |
| Restart | Clantail • Pechka • Rionetta • Nonako Miyokata • Magical Daisy • Nokko • @Meow-Meow • Genopsyko Yumenoshima • Detec Bell • Lapis Lazuline • Melville • Cherna Mouse • Pfle • Shadow Gale • Masked Wonder • Akane • Keek • Palette |
| Others | Tomoki Tatehara • Beautiful Calamity Mary • Pixie Kitten • Fairy Puppy • The First Lapis Lazuline • Bluebell Candy |
| V • T • E Limited Characters | |
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| Namiyama Middle School | Captain Grace • Funny Trick • Weddin • Kuru-Kuru Hime • Postarie • Rain Pow • Tepsekemei • Toko |
| B-City Investigation Team | 7753 • Mana • Hana Gekokujou • Archfiend Pam • Ripple |
| Prisoners | Pythie Frederica • Tot Pop • Pukin • Sonia Bean |
| Minor Appearances | Pfle • Shadow Gale |
| 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 ACES Characters | |
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| Puk Faction | Snow White • Uluru • Sorami Nakano • Premium Sachiko |
| Team Pfle | Pfle • Shadow Gale • Patricia |
| Team Deluge | Princess Deluge • Bluebell Candy • Armor Arlie |
| Secret Team | Dark Cutie • Micchan the Dictionary • Glassianne |
| Osk Faction | CQ Angel Hamuel • Shufflin Ⅱ |
| Other | Ripple |
| Minor Appearances | Fal • Pythie Frederica • Puk Puck • The First Lapis Lazuline • Blade Brenda • Cannon Catherine |
| V • T • E QUEENS Characters | |
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| Puk Faction | Puk Puck • Snow White • Shadow Gale • Armor Arlie |
| Osk Faction | Lethe • CQ Angel Hamuel • Shufflin Ⅱ |
| Inspection Division | Mana • Uluru |
| Magical Girl Resources Division | Pfle • Dark Cutie • Glassianne • Princess Deluge • Bluebell Candy |
| Minor Appearances | Fal • Blade Brenda • Cannon Catherine • Yoshioka • The First Lapis Lazuline • Ratsumukana-honome-no-kami |
| 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 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 |
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| 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 |