Dark Cutie

==Summary==
Dark Cutie is a magical girl who works as a member of the Magical Kingdom's Magical Girl Resources Department, and as a mercenary. She's the leader of her three-person "Secret Team" alongside Micchan the Dictionary and Glassianne, in which she specializes in combat; in recent times, her team was hired by Pfle to act as her personal hitwomen. Dark Cutie is a famous magical girl for playing the role of the villain in the in-universe Cutie Healer anime series, and she carries colored markers in case anybody wants her autograph. She has an obsession with pondering about character archetypes, particularly villains; she sees herself as a villain even beyond her acting role, and is intrigued at the thought of a "hero" one day appearing and defeating her. Often, after a mission or event, Dark Cutie talks to herself and wonders who were the villain, avenger, hero, helper, or other character archetypes during that event and what the "characters" would do in the future as if those events were a story and the Magical Girls were the characters. After crossing blades with Snow White, she tags her as the "ultimate hero" she wants to be defeated by.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: 
Name: Dark Cutie, Leader
Origin: Magical Girl Raising Project
Gender: Female
Age: Unknown
Classification: Human, Magical Girl, Mercenary/Bounty Hunter, Member of the Magical Girl Resources Department
Powers and Abilities: Magical Girl Physiology, Darkness Manipulation (Can control her shadows), Martial Arts, Instinctive Action (She reacted to nearly all of Snow White's attacks, even when she changed her attacks mid-swing.Light Novel, Volume 8 She reacted to Ripple's sudden shuriken from blind spots, who, already in Unmarked, could read the trajectory of Calamity Mary's bullets and swing her katana faster than any bullet.Light Novel, Volume 1 She avoided Princess Deluge's ice shards and the Puk faction's rifle bullets that were coming from different directionsLight Novel, Volume 11), Stealth Mastery (She snuck up to Pfle and CQ Angel Hamuel until she was standing 3 steps behind them, and neither noticed until she talked to them), Elasticity (She can extend the reach of her shadows; this is easier to do during sunrise or sunset, or with light sources from sideways), Poison Manipulation with shadow snakes, Weapon Creation and Weapon Control (She can create and remotely control any weapons she creates from her shadow), limited Body Control (By merging her shadow into somebody else's shadow, she can somewhat control their movements by applying enough force and pressure)
Attack Potency: Town level+ (She fought on par with Snow White on multiple occasions, and defeated Sorami Nakano. She sent two head-card Spade Shufflins crashing into a wall with a single kick)
Speed: At least Supersonic+ movement speed (She consistently matched Snow White's movements and evaded her attacks, who reacted to Marika Fukuroi who crossed 200 meters in half a blinkLight Novel, Volume 7), with at least Hypersonic+ combat/reaction speed (.Light Novel, Volume 5 She dug a hole with a shadow drill and jumped into it, before rifle bullets that had already been shot could reach her)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 25 (Should surpass Captain Grace who can lift her pirate ship), possibly Class 50 (Should scale to La Pucelle)
Striking Strength: Town level+ (Her punches and kicks harmed Snow White)
Durability: Town level+ (She can block and deflect attacks from Ripple, was completely fine after getting smacked in the head, and survived getting pummeled by Snow White)
Stamina: Superhuman. As a magical girl, she has hugely improved stamina and resistance to fatigue (moreover, she doesn't need to eat or to sleep). Fighting against other magical girls for a while, running kilometers and rescuing people for several hours doesn't affect her at all. Magical Girls can stay active for multiple days without rest, resist freezing cold and scorching heat.
Range: Standard Melee Range, up to Tens of Meters with shadows
Standard Equipment: Colored markers
Intelligence: Gifted in combat. Dark Cutie is the leader of her 3-person team, in which she is the primary fighter. She has completely mastered her magic of controlling her shadow, able to turn it into any shape she desires and quickly change its properties to whatever fits the situation the best. Her power and versatility allowed her to fight on equal terms with Snow White twice and even catch her off-guard, and participate in the war between the Puk and Osk factions, in which she defeated plenty of magical girls. Snow White commented that Dark Cutie's skill and battle prowess surpasses her own. She's focused during combat, and is extremely talented in using the environment to her advantage to best use her magic (like the position of objects and vegetation, or taking the position of the sun or other light sources into account). Despite being limited to using her shadows in a 2D plane, Dark Cutie once used the steam created from ice and fire attacks colliding, as well as light shining on the steam, to cast a shadow on the fog; this allowed it to stand and move on a 3D plane within the fog. Dark Cutie has really long hair that she bundles up into her cat ear-like ornaments; by untying her hair, she can create even more shadows from the strands. Against Snow White, she cut some of her hair to create and extend her shadows into an overwhelming amount of shadow beasts. Dark Cutie is an actress and plays the role of the villain in the in-verse Cutie Healer anime series, and she's admired by many magical girls, including her own teammates.
Weaknesses: Dark Cutie can only control shadows she creates or projects herself. Her shadows, most of the time, can only exist in a 2D plane and cannot move across a 3D space. She's at a disadvantage in dark areas, or when light is blocked off. None of the regular human weaknesses. If she becomes unconscious, she turns back into human and loses all the magical girl advantages
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Shadow Manipulation: Dark Cutie's magic is to control her body's shadow and create shadows out of her own. By using hand shadows, and projecting her fingers' and limbs' shadows onto a surface, she can "activate" them and turn them into semi-independent "creatures" on autopilot, by giving her shadows simple commands, or turn them into weapons or tools that she can wield. She can turn a shadow's properties and shape even after "activating" it (in a fight, she turned a rope into a snake, then into a chain), and spawn more shadows from an existing shadow by superposing them. She can even move the shadows of her strands of hair. She once cast four shadows (a snake, wolf, whip, and sickle) from all of her limbs, and maneuvered them all at the same time, twirling around like a ballerina to battle Snow White.
The shadows are not three-dimensional, instead only moving in a 2D plane, and can only act on the plane in which they are created. For example, a shadow created on the floor cannot move to a wall or the ceiling. The shadows have no conscious thought, are immune to any mental-based abilities, and they are extremely hard to detect, as not even the most advanced cyber fairy in the verse could detect and keep track of them. Even though Dark Cutie's shadows are 2D, they possess the properties of the real thing (animal shadows can growl, bite and use their senses; weapons can cut, slash, pierce, crush or grab). However, Dark Cutie once used the steam created from ice and fire attacks colliding, as well as light shining on the steam, to cast a shadow on the fog; this allowed it to stand and move on a 3D plane within the fog.
Her shadows can also interact with other shadows, and affect their owners to a certain extent; when that happens, Dark Cutie can somewhat control the object or person attached to those other shadows, as if they were connected with her directly. Any action her shadows take have an affect onto real life. Because she can only control shadows she creates or projects herself, she's at a disadvantage in dark areas, or when light is blocked off; alternatively, she's at a massive advantage during sunrise or sunset, or with sideways light sources, as the reach of the shadow increases considerably.
As a result of her training to improve her magic, her body is particularly flexible, especially her fingers, wrists and elbows, which she can contort and bend into impossible positions, as if they were jointless, in order to cast her shadows (she can make her index finger touch the back of her hand). 
Dark Cutie has shown to turn her shadows into the following forms:
*Animals: Animals used to attack, corner, surround and overwhelm her opponents. The shadow animals can eat real food and other animals, and crush stone and concrete with their "jaws"
**Hounds
**Wolves
**Foxes
**Cats
**Tigers
**Bats
**Snakes: Can be used both to attack and tie up opponents. They are venomous
*Wings: They have the strength to carry at least four people
*Rope: She can also use it as a grappling hook
*Weapons: She can create various weapons based on the length of the shadow. They possess the same properties as the real objects
**Spears
**Scissors
**Whips and Thorned Whips
**Sickles
**Hammers
**Swords
**Drills
**Bow and Arrows
**Chains
**Lassos
==Notable Matchups==
Victories:
Losses:
Inconclusive:
==References==
Category:Characters
Category:Magical Girl Raising Project
Category:Antagonists
Category:Assassins
Category:Bow Users
Category:Chain Users
Category:Darkness Users
Category:Drill Users
Category:Elasticity Users
Category:Enhanced Senses Users
Category:Female Characters
Category:Flight Users
Category:Hammer Users
Category:Humans
Category:Instinctive Action Users
Category:Leaders
Category:Light Novel Characters
Category:Magic Users
Category:Magical Girls
Category:Martial Artists
Category:Mercenaries
Category:Poison Users
Category:Regeneration Users
Category:Self-Sustenance Users
Category:Sickle Users
Category:Spear Users
Category:Stealth Masters
Category:Sword Users
Category:Transformation Users
Category:Weapon Control Users
Category:Weapon Creation Users
Category:Whip Users