Maina Igarashi

**Maina Igarashi** (五十嵐 舞那, *Igarashi Maina*) is one of the series' protagonists and a student of Year 1 Class A.

## Appearance

Maina is a short girl with a petite stature and a slight build that evokes a resemblance to a small, endearing animal. Her physical appearance is characterized by her charming brown hair that frames her face in a gentle manner, and her captivating eyes are a soft brown.
As a student of Purgatorium School, Maina dutifully dons the school uniform. The uniform however, as described by Renko Hikawa, makes her overall figure less defined than it actually is.

## Personality

Maina possesses a shy and reserved personality, which can be attributed to her unfortunate tendency for clumsiness and the trauma she has endured. Within the confines of Purgatorium Remedial Academy, she stands out as one of the most ordinary individuals, second only to Kyousuke Kamiya, whose past actions were unintentional acts of violence. Initially, Maina regarded Kyousuke with fear, perceiving him as a daunting figure due to his association with accidental murders. However, as Kyousuke proved himself to be a person of normalcy, Maina's feelings toward him transformed, and she developed an affection for him after he rescued her from Saki Shamaya.

Although Maina's reserved nature often defines her interactions, her determination to improve herself and prevent any harm caused by her clumsiness shines through. This resilient trait is exemplified during the Sports Festival, where her impressive performance earned the respect of her classmates. Despite her reserved demeanor, Maina consistently strives to better herself and ensure the well-being of those around her. Unfortunately, due to her reserved behavior, some individuals like Ayaka Kamiya and Saki initially harbored suspicions of her being manipulative, unable to fathom that her reserved nature was a genuine aspect of her character. The skepticism directed towards Maina stemmed from an inability to accept that she naturally exhibited such traits, leading to misunderstandings about her true intentions.

## History and Crime

Maina, despite being an ordinary girl in most aspects, harbored an extraordinary and unfortunate trait—deadly clumsiness. Little did she know that her misfortune extended beyond mere accidents. Unbeknownst to Maina, anything she cooked became an inexplicably potent poison. Tragically, her lack of awareness of this peculiarity led to a series of devastating events.
Deeply infatuated with a boy from her class, Maina decided to express her affection by preparing a lunchbox for him. Unaware of the danger her cooking posed, she presented her heartfelt gesture to the unsuspecting recipient. Even as he choked on the toxic meal, the boy, in an act of kindness or perhaps out of a desperate struggle for words, managed to utter that her cooking was "delicious." This heart-wrenching moment would forever haunt Maina's memories.

The shock and grief of witnessing her beloved crush succumbing to her lethal concoction proved too much for Maina to bear. Consumed by a state of uncontrollable anguish and frenzy, a calamity unfolded within the confines of her classroom. Tragically, eight casualties occurred, including the untimely deaths of two other female students. This catastrophic event left a permanent scar on Maina's soul. In an unexpected turn of events, Purgatorium Remedial Academy, drawn to the uniqueness of Maina's condition, decided to take her under their care. Their intentions veered towards researching and harnessing her inexplicable ability to transform it into a controlled form of killing power. Maina's life took an unforeseen path as she became a subject of experimentation, her strange affliction manipulated and cultivated within the walls of the academy.

## Trivia

* Maina's last name, Igarashi, can be translated as "fifty storms", most likely in reference to her destructive fits of clumsiness which can be called storms in their own right.
* Maina's bizzare condition that consists of a deathly clumsiness which has the tendency to cause copious amounts of collateral damage, as well as casualties, has led her to be called **Black Pandora**. Another aspect of this strange trait is the fact that any dish cooked by her turns into an extemely potent poison that can instantly kill a person. Even when Kirito Busujima used a very diluted amount of her cooking left over from the Summer Death Camp during the Sports' Festival, it still caused the people who ingested it to start vomiting blood and pass out. No scientist has been able to explain this strange phenomenon.
* Maina's condition is most likely an over-the-top parody of the clumsy girl sterotype, often seen in anime and manga, which is considered to be a *moe* trait.