May

**May** (メイ, *Mei*) is a character in the *Guilty Gear*series. She is a young, cute, and spunky member of the Jellyfish air pirates that is utterly dedicated to Johnny, the leader of the pirates and the man who raised her after she was orphaned.

## Character Design

May is portrayed in the games as a young girl in an orange coat, with a skin tight body suit underneath, and big orange shoes. She wears fingerless gloves with silver plating over them and wears a pirate tricorn hat.

From Guilty Gear Xrd onwards, May's waist cape loses the cloth in the front, and her tights are replaced with orange pants. The rest of her design remains relatively the same.

## Personality

May is a cheerful and energetic girl. Because of her age, she is innocent of many things in the story and this causes her to be very honest in her speech. Her motivations revolve around cherishing her family, the Jellyfish Pirates and getting Johnny's attention. Though she is childish, she is a capable leader as she is in-charge of the ship whenever Johnny's absent; however, she sometimes neglects her duties when she's concerned with his safety. She also worries that her origins might somehow endanger her family one day.

May has an irrational fear of bald people, and can sense them from a distance.

## Powers & Abilities

May fights with a massive ship's anchor, which she is able to swing with ease, despite her small stature. Guilty Gear Xrd reveal that the anchor is the creation of one of her fellow crew members, Novel. May possess a superhuman strength in spite of her childish appearance.

She is also capable of summoning aquatic animals (primarily dolphins and whales) to attack her opponents. This ability is akin to warping space itself, which some see as the ultimate magical skill.

The origin behind May's power may come from her heritage as a Japanese and their connection to supernatural abilities, making her valuable to several groups or individuals such as the P.W.A.B., I-no and even the Universal Will.

May seems to be unaffected by the passing of time as she barely changed during the time gap between the first game and *Xrd*, making her real age a mystery.

## Musical Themes

* **Unidentified Child** - *Guilty Gear*
* **Blue Water Blue Sky** - *Guilty Gear X*
* **Blue Water Blue Sky II** - *Guilty Gear XX*
* **Get Out of My Way** -*Guilty Gear XX: #Reload* Korean OST
* **Exceptional Routine Work** -*Guilty Gear Isuka*
* **Starry Story** - *Guilty Gear Xrd -SIGN-*

## References and Allusions

* The only thing that seems to be a reference to a musical group is May's name - most likely taken from Brian May, one member of the legendary group Queen.
* Her Theme "Blue Water, Blue Sky" appears to be inspired by the Skid Row song, "Forever".

## TMNT X Pokemon

May sees Luffy as her rival since they are both pirates. But she respects the Strawhat Pirates and even join them during their voyages.

## Trivia

* One of May's EX moves has her shouting "Mist Finer!" This shows that she's trying to imitate Johnny's attacks in some way.
	+ In the first Guilty Gear, May has a different Mist Finer move where she twirls her anchor in front of her.
	+ Additionally, May has an "Ensenga" move in Xrd, which is also one of Johnny's attacks.
* She holds the rank of first-mate on the Mayship.
* In *Guilty Gear X*, Potemkin said that May has gotten taller since he last saw her at the knights' selection tournament.
* May seem to like men who are way older than her. She tells Ky Kiske, who is at least 21, to age 10 years more. But this is maybe because she's comparing him to Johnny.
* May suffers from Peladophobia (Fear of bald people) and is said to sense them a mile away.
* The day that Johnny found May was on the Mexican Holiday Cinco De Mayo.
* May's stand and weapon resemble Motochika Chousokabe's of *Sengoku Basara X*, another fighting game developed by Arc System. Needless to mention that both characters are pirates.
* May is a playable character in IO Entertainment online fighting game Lost Saga.
* Despite her childish frame, May is far older than she seems. In *Xrd,*this is mentioned by several characters. During Story Mode, May whispers her real age to Chipp when the latter assumes she is only a child, making the latter scream in shock.