Marika Fukuroi

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## Marika Fukuroi / Mariko Fukuroi

* JOKERS
* Unripe Duet

**Marika Fukuroi** (袋井魔梨華), also known by her real name  **Mariko Fukuroi** (袋井真理子), is one of the main characters of *Magical Girl Raising Project: JOKERS* and reappeared in *Magical Girl Raising Project: Black* and *Magical Girl Raising Project: White*.

Marika Fukuroi is a battle-enthusiast and former Archfiend Cram School student, as she was expelled for being too violent.

She was one of the participants during the *36th Hell Survival Games*.

 In *Unripe Duet*, she is contacted by Tell-Me Doll in an attempt to get in touch with Archfiend Pam. This leads to Marika getting into a fight with Miya Octave.

## Appearance

* Marika Fukuroi in *JOKERS*
* Marika Fukuroi in *Unripe Duet*
* Marika's human form, Mariko Fukuroi
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### Human

As a human, Mariko has long, brown hair and wears glasses. She is fairly tall and wears a white lab coat whenever in her laboratory.

However, by the time of *Black*, her appearance was noted to have become more messy as a result of overwork.

### Magical Girl

As a Magical Girl, Marika has spiky, short red hair with purple, orange, pink and green highlights. She has pale skin and purple eyes with starburst shaped pupils.

On her head, she has a large flower that changes depending on what plant seeds she eats. She also wears flower-shaped earrings of various colors.

Marika's outfit has many black zig-zag designs on her legs and arms. She also has a red flower-shaped mark on her hand.

The bottom of her purple and black dress blooms out, similar to a flower, and she wears red flats.

## Personality

Mariko Fukuroi is calm and has always had an affinity for plants, as she is an aspiring botanist working as a biology teacher at Snow White's high school. She takes care of many plants in her own private place, though her parents disapprove.

As a Magical Girl, Marika becomes more hot-blooded and loves to fight, willing to challenge anyone to a fight. As a former student at Archfiend Cram School, Marika is a skilled fighter and uses her magic to her fullest potential, always knowing which flower is the most suitable for the situation. Deep down, however, Marika wishes that she would be less impulsive and violent as a Magical Girl and become more calm, rational, and intellectual. She thinks about this often while tending her plants.

Despite her violent behavior, however, Marika cares for her allies' well-being and is a friendly person in general, as she healed her fellow Magical Girls by letting them lick her magical fruit and also giving Snow White a cake as a gift upon meeting her on the school rooftop. Her closest friend was Styler Mimi and she visits her grave often to pay her respects.

The author mentioned: “Her special skill is to make the best out of a situation. No matter how sad or painful a situation is, she will choose the best option.”

## Magic

***Can make various magic flowers bloom from her head.***

After swallowing plant seeds, she can bloom magical flowers on her head. Different magical flowers have different effects. Some flowers can produce heat rays or foul odors, and some flowers even have strange effects as well. Since the effect of the flowers differs, she does not know the effect unless she actually tries it out and knows the actual plant, which is why she grows many plants in her laboratory to see how long it will grow, how much water and sunlight does it need, etc.

The blooming time of flowers can be adjusted based on environmental factors such as water, sunlight, and soil. Her own physical ability is also affected by the environment. It is also possible to quickly bloom the flower consciously, but doing so will wither it faster.

As a byproduct of her magic, her physical ability is also depended on soil, water, and sunlight. For example, the speed of her wound healing is increased if a more environmental factor is given.

### Special Item(s)

* ***Plant Seeds:*** A seed of a plant. When swallowed, she can bloom a different kind of magical flower on her head depending on the types of seeds.
* ***Green Fruit:*** A fruit bloomed by Marika Fukuroi. It's used for painkilling; when you lick it, you feel your heart becomes lighter and you recover a little magic power. However, overuse of the fruit is prohibited and cannot be swallowed.
* ***Magical Nutrients/Hormones:*** Nutrients that Mariko uses for research.

## Relationships

### Styler Mimi

Styler Mimi is one of Marika's closest friends. She often acted as a voice of reason for Marika. After her death, Marika visited her grave often to pay her respects for her closest friend.

### Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry

Cranberry and Marika both went to Archfiend Cram School as well as fought against each other in the *36th Hell Survival Games*.

### Melville

Marika and Melville trained together in order to surpass Cranberry.

### Snow White

During the events of *JOKERS*, Marika tried a surprise attack on Snow White. The latter managed to dodged it, which piqued Marika's interest. Marika demands a fight after knowing she's the *Magical Girl Hunter*, to which Snow White declined. They later team up together. Marika respects her as a fighter and a leader. She often follows Snow White's order, though she tends to disregard it when she finds an opponent.

After the events of *JOKERS*, Snow White and Marika started to get close. Marika offered Snow White a cake upon meeting her at the rooftop. Snow White later gives Marika a tour of the school.

In *Black*, it is revealed that, in spite of Snow White barely frequenting school since she passed her second year, Marika and her had spent a great deal of time together as Magical Girls, with Marika eagerly helping her with whatever she needed.

### Amy

Marika and Amy are in the same Fight Club and share a love for battle. They are also bestfriends

### Monako

Marika and Monako are in the same Fight Club and share a love for battle.

### Pukin

Pukin and Marika Fukuroi met each other in Asari Endō's exclusive Halloween 2021 twitter story, *Talking About Halloween in the Spring, Part 1*.

Telling a story to Koyuki Himekawa as Mariko Fukuroi, Marika explains that she used to engage in illegal Magical Girl dogfights hosted by the rich and elite. One of the Magical Girls that was her opponent was Pukin.

Upon first seeing Pukin, Marika thinks to herself that the Magical Girl in front of her is evil in every sense — not an evil Magical Girl or an evil human, but true, pure evil, yet Marika still "burns up at the sight of her." The two of them exchange quips with each other: Pukin says that Marika is a beast, like a bear, and Marika replies that Pukin has never been eaten by a bear. They then assumingly fight one another.

### Rain Pow

Marika Fukuroi and Rain Pow met each other in *Magical Girl Raising Project in Dreamland*.

Seeing Rain Pow's magic to make rainbow bridges, Marika immediately recognizes Rain Pow as "The Devil Slayer", the one who killed Archfiend Pam. Marika says that she wants to fight Rain Pow because of this, though it's not because she wants to avenge her fallen master, but because Rain Pow was powerful enough to kill Archfiend Pam in the first place.

When Marika yells at Rain Pow to "bring it", Rain Pow asks if "devil slayer" is some kind of wine.

### Ideal Marika Fukuroi

She is Marika's ideal version of herself. They fought numerous times, and it always ended on a tie due to them having the exact same strength.

### Yoshiko Yoshinoura

In *Black*, while unlocking the door to the science room, she encountered both Yoshiko and Sari, who wanted to know about Koyuki's whereabouts as both of them knew about the relationship between them and claiming that Mariko has seen a different side of Koyuki that they don't. When Mariko declined and said she doesn't know much about her, this prompted Yoshiko to say that both of them were closer than they thought.

## Etymology

* The name **Marika** means "devil, evil spirit, demon" (魔) (**ma**), "pear" (梨) (**ri**) and "flower, petal" (華) (**ka**).
	+ Marika replaced the "ko" from her real name because the kanji (子) could be read as "child".
* Marika's surname **Fukuroi** means "bag, sack" (袋) (**fukuro**) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (**i**).

### Real Name

* The name **Mariko** means "real, genuine" (真) (**ma**), "reason, logic" (理) (**ri**) and "child" (子) (**ko**).
* Marika's surname **Fukuroi** means "bag, sack" (袋) (**fukuro**) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (**i**).

## Trivia

* According to the author, in the Top 5 Most Beautiful People Before Transformation, Mariko Fukuroi ranked #4.
* In the First Character Popularity Vote, Marika Fukuroi ranked #9.
* In Fanbook 1, Marika Fukuroi has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 5/5
Communication Skill: 1/5
Magic Rarity: 4/5
Magic Experience: 5/5
Mental Strength: 5/5
Vitality: 5/5
* Marika, along with Pukin, are Maruino's favorite Magical Girls, as stated in the fanbook.
* Styler Mimi, Amy, and Monako are her only good friends.
* Rina Hidaka, Marika’s seiyuu in the Drama CD, would later voice Hardgore Alice in the anime adaptation of Unmarked.
* Marika is the second Magical Girl that has the most special moves in the series.
	+ The first being Archfiend Pam with around 18 special moves.

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