Mai

"*I made this myself. Isn't it cute?*"—**Mai**, *Dead Or School*

**Mai** (マイ, ***Mai***?) is a character from the Dead Or School video game, a third-generation Refugee that Hisako saved in Ichigaya.

## Appearance

Mai has on a worn-out dress common among underground residents. Always seen holding a plush doll of a Fat Mutant which she made personally.

## History

### Older Version

"*A timid girl who lives in Ichigaya.*
*Her specialty is sewing and has a hobby of making plush dolls, but her works are based on disgusting mutants for some reason.*

*Is usually put in charge of mending clothes for the people in her settlement and secretly takes the excess scrap material for herself.*

*She joins Hisako's group knowing that there is an abundance of materials up in the surface that will allow her to make more dolls to her heart's content.*

*Is slated to become the Handicrafts Club head once the school is established.*"—**Student Handbook Data**

### Updated Version

"*A timid girl who lives in Ichigaya.*
*Her specialty is sewing. After being rescued by a Mutant when she was younger, she made a plush doll that bears the likeness of her savior and is never seen without it.*

*She is usually put in charge of mending clothes for the people in her settlement and secretly takes the excess scrap material for making more plush dolls.*"—**Student Handbook Data**

After defeating a group of Fat Mutants in an elevated part of Ichigaya, Hisako finds Mai at a dead end, cowering in fear with her eyes closed. Her reason for venturing out into the surface will differ depending on the version of the game:

In the early version, Mai saw a picture of the Fat Mutant as a child and thought it was cute, so she dedicated herself to making a detailed plush doll based on it. There were some parts that she couldn't replicate using the picture alone, so she went outside to observe the real thing.

In the update, Mai made the plush doll in the image of a Fat Mutant who rescued her from a cave-in instead of attacking her years ago. She accidentally left the plushie behind while trying to find her savior. Though she found the doll, Mai also found herself cornered by the hostile Fat Mutants.

Either way, Hisako appoints Mai as the head of the Handicrafts club for her future school. The latter tags along to get more materials for her craft and to possibly increase her chances of locating the aforementioned Mutant.

Hisako can get a plush doll with her own likeness from Mai if she talks to her at the base train, and this counts as a Souvenir.

If Hisako manages to rescue Masaru later on in Akihabara and speaks to it in the base train, Mai will recognize the creature as the one who saved her. She then offers the Mutant the handmade plush doll, which it gladly accepts.

During the Shinjuku Surface Operation, Mai fashions some human-like dolls rigged with explosives for luring and destroying mutants en masse, showing a bit of a fiendish side.

### Ending

After the battle six months later, Mai settles in as one of the students of Hanamaru High School and is often seen playing with Masaru (if the latter was also rescued) during idle times.

## Rescue Reward

* EXP+280
* Life+1
* Weight Limit+1

## Gallery

Mai's's Profile Cut-In.Mai's Student Handbook Entry. (Japanese)Mai's Student Handbook Entry. (Japanese, pre-update version)Mai sewing a new plush with Masaru.
## Notes & Trivia

* Another Mutant Plush Doll can be found in Harajuku as a Souvenir. Whether or not this is also Mai's handiwork is unspecified, with the description emphasizing the penchant of Harajuku locals to label things with different categories of "cute".