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**Meis** (メイス) is a high-ranking member of Mad Burnish in *Promare*. He acts as a right-hand man to Lio and works alongside Gueira, knowing him well before even meeting Lio.

Portrayal: Katsuyuki Konishi

## Personality

Meis is claimed to be the brains of Mad Burnish, and is calmer than his main partner Gueira. Despite this, he is shown to get just as excitable as Gueira when they are out starting fires, and can actually be a bit cockier than him, leaving a trailing loop of fire behind him on one occasion while Gueira chose to go forward normally.

Like most Burnish, he is unhappy with how he has been treated during his life. Due to this, he is a member of Mad Burnish. He is at least somewhat self-sacrificing, and, alongside Gueira, puts himself in extreme danger for Lio when the situation calls for it.

## Appearance

Meis is a tall, slender young man with long, dark blue-purple hair neatly covering his right eye and going down past his shoulders. He wears a simple pink tank-top with long black pants with a wallet chain on them. His shoes are also black, with white tips at the ends of them. He has a small tattoo on his left shoulder reading "風刃" (Wind Blade). His eyelids bear purple eyeshadow when shut.

When in his Burnish armor, Meis' features an insect-like appearance and blue segments. His hands are replaced with knife-like claws. The shoulders of his armor have two extensions resembling antennas. Meis' helmet features a yellow teeth visor and one blue horn.

## Background

### *Lio-hen*

Meis, along with Gueira, acted as a leader for Mad Burnish, starting fires and taking away Burnish. During one such instance, they find Thyma as the pharmaceutical they attacked and take her along. She constantly denies what she has become, which results in a few fires starting. Meis and Gueira calm her down by stating she only became Burnish by chance. They then offer her to join Mad Burnish. Before anything else can occur, Freeze Force enter the scene. As the two leaders attempt to distract them, the non-Mad Burnish members end up being captured.

As Mad Burnish is about to be taken away, Lio steps in and saves the group. Meis and Gueira are thus freed. Gueira attempts to attack, but Lio stops him as everyone escapes. The two leaders question him on this. Lio comments that by attacking Freeze Force, this has the potential of Burnish receiving harsher treatment and Mad Burnish being cracked down ten-fold. He instead offers they create a hideaway for the Burnish where non-Burnish won't be involved. They agree with this and latter assign Lio as leader instead.

### *Promare*

Before heading to a local Foresight Pharmaceutical, Meis, Gueira, and Lio devise a plan in which the three of them are to be captured by Freeze Force. They will then free any prisoners they can find inside the institution. As they begin, the trio end up alerting Burning Rescue. Once everyone is rescued by the firefighters, Meis and co. step in to force a fight between themselves and Galo. Despite Galo struggling with them at first, he and his team end up restraining all three Burnish until Freeze Force's arrival.

Meis, alongside Lio and Gueira, are later taken to a Burnish prison cell with block handcuffs. Getting angry or stress will cause the prisoner to be frozen in place. An elderly Burnish man explains this further. Meis and Gueira then direct Lio's attention to Thyma, who is laying on the floor wrapped in bandages.

Eventually, the Mad Burnish members are brought out of their cell. Lio then manages to free himself. Taking down two guards, he releases Gueira and Meis. The duo assist their leader with releasing fellow prisoners in a breakout. Gueira and Meis are aboard the helicopter.

During Galo and Lio's discussion in the cave, Gueira and Meis went out to find a truck for the group. They come back after Thyma's death.

Sometime after Galo's arrest, Freeze Force manages to track down the group to an abandoned complex next to a volcano. While Lio and his other Mad Burnish attempt to stop them, the previously mentioned elder reveals himself to be a traitor and places an ice bomb on Lio, causing him to be partially paralyzed from Vulcan's freezing bullet. With this, Guiera and Meis decide to sacrifice themselves by holding off Vulcan and his men as Lio is flung to Fennel Volcano.

For the rest of the movie, Gueira and Meis are one of several Burnish used as a fuel source for the Parnassus. They later assist Lio and Galo with saving the world. While the duo are not seen in the aftermath, it is confirmed they are still alive.

## Relationships

### Lio

Meis is shown to have a deep amount of respect for Lio, going so far as to risk his own life to save Lio, as well as trusting him enough to let himself get caught and imprisoned when Lio made up a scheme to break the prisoner Burnish out of jail. He seems overall impressed by Lio's leadership and decisiveness to not harm anyone. According to Koyama, with his and Gueira's Japanese tattoos, they are meant to act as Lio's protectors.

### Gueira

Gueira is a close comrade of Meis and they have known each other for a long amount of time prior to Promare taking place. They are very close, previously acting as the leaders of Mad Burnish together and wearing similarly styled outfits, as well as having matching tattoos. Meis wears a red shirt, which matches Gueira's Burnish armor, and vice versa. They are generally seen nearby each other, and even tend to do coordinated showy motorcycle moves as a pair.

## Quotes

* (to Gueira) *"He's [Galo] definitely an idiot."*
* *"Gueira! What?"*
* *"Boss, the truck is ready. There's room for everyone."*
* (to Lio) *"Forget about us! The Burnish's flame won't fade as long as you live!"*

## Gallery

*For Meis's full gallery, go here.*

Meis and Gueira in *Galo-hen*The boys with Thyma in towMeis in *Lio-hen*Armored Meis and GueiraMeis with Gueira.
## Trivia

* According to Geekboat lore, Meis was originally a member of a visual kei band. Visual kei bands are most noted for their heavy usage of makeup and costume, explaining Meis' eyes.
* His bike is named Dallas.

### Etymology

* Meis' name comes from the plural version of the Latin word *meus*. Meus is a dative, possessive term akin to 'my.'
* Staff claims Galo and Meis' names came from Megarus. According to Greek Mythology, Megarus was one of Zeus' sons that was in the same flood as Deucalion. In an effort to escape, he swam through a cry of birds to reach the mountain later named as Gerania.

### Story Concepts

* In concept art, both Meis and Gueira were given more gruff designs. However, as time went on, they developed into 'ikemen' according to Koyama.

### Miscellaneous

* Meis' Japanese voice actor, Katsuyuki Konishi, is recognized for voicing Kamina from *Gurren Lagann,* Laxus Dreyar from *Fairy Tail*, Tengen Uzui from *Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba*, and *Jojo's Bizarre Adventure*'s Diavolo.
	+ His English voice actor, Yuri Lowenthal, also voices Yosuke Hanamura in *Persona 4,* Sasuke Uchiha from *Naruto*, *Gurren Lagann*'s Simon, *No More Heroes*' Jasper Batt Jr., and Luka in the *Bayonetta* series.

2. ↑ Nerdie Nerdlord, "Bootleg 3rd Anniversary Screen Recording Q&A"

## External Links

* Gueira & Meis's entry at the Monster Strike Wiki