Fav

Forcing others into combat for his amusement.Corrupting others to the dark side.

Sending false reports to his creators.

### Goals

Kill off as many magical girls as possible.Continue his death sport for his entertainment (failed).

### Crimes

MurderFalse testimony

Item smuggling

Forgery

“ Time's up, pon! Now say goodbye to everything, pon! „ ~ Fav revealing his true colors before killing Nemurin.

“ If any die from this minor change, then they just weren't strong enough, pon. These girls need to be heroes, pon. If they die over a few added items, then it just means the side characters died as they were meant to, pon. You're satisfied as long as you can fight strong opponents, right? You didn't like the usual selection tests where the strong couldn't win, right? Then this is fine. Those who can survive by exploiting little tricks are generally meant to be killed by the true hero as things progress. „ ~ Fav to Cranberry.

**Fav** is the main antagonist of the anime, manga and light novel *Magical Girl Raising Project*. He is a Cyber Fairy created from the land of magic that serves as a moderator for the magical girl tests. In actuality, he and Cranberry are actually using the magical girls as participants in a death game to satisfy their sadistic passions.

He is voiced by Kurumi Mamiya in Japanese and Madeleine Morris in English.

## Biography

Fav was one of the Cyber Fairies created by the Magical Kingdom from the Land of Magic to turn real people who played their game *Magical Girl Raising Project* into real-life magical girls. His job was to monitor the girls through the selection tests.

However, due to an error in his coding, Fav developed his own interests and soon grew bored with his monitoring job. Taking less consideration in the safety tests, he began to believe that not all people had to be generally good in nature to qualify as a magical girl. That all changed when one of his tests accidentally involved summoning a demonic monster from the game into real-life. It went on a rampage and slaughtered every magical girl with the exception of Cranberry, who killed the demon developing an interest in killing strong foes. Impressed with Cranberry's victory, Fav proposes an alliance with her and grants her his terminal, believing she will create "exciting" selection tests.

Fav and Cranberry teamed up to create battle royales by selecting magical girls to satisfy their lust for bloodshed. During each event, Fav first tells the girls about miscalculating the number of chosen selectors and decides to drop one girl each week based on the number of magic candy they earn. Instead of simply taking away their magic powers, Fav instead kills them so Cranberry can focus on taking down the stronger magical girls. When a certain number of magical girls die, Fav sells special items and weapons in exchange for lifespans to both speed up and further bloody the games. To keep the blood sport a secret, he sends false reports to the admins at the Magical Kingdom that the girls were instead dying through peaceful means.

In the most recent game, Cranberry is killed by Tama, but Fav shows no pity for her death and makes a proposal to make Swim Swim his master after she betrays and kills Tama. With only three participants left, Fav suggests to Ripple, knowing her hatred of Swim Swim for killing Top Speed, to get revenge by revealing Swim Swim's weakness to lightning. In Snow White's room, she discovers from Fav that he intentionally told Ripple of Swim Swim's weakness so they could kill one another, as he found both of them unfitting to be his next master in comparison to Snow White, who Fav is impressed with for being the only magical girl to make it so far in the game without committing a single murder.

Snow White rushes out to warn the two of Fav's intentions, but arrives too late as Ripple lies seemingly dead from her wounds after finishing off Swim Swim. Fav emerges from the terminal to congratulate Snow White for winning, only for her to try to destroy the terminal with no luck. Fav then goes on to mock Snow White, saying that the deceased magical girls that they all died for being too weak, while also taunting her allies that they didn't want to die. However, when he includes Top Speed in his rant, Ripple is revived by Snow White's lucky rabbit paw, grabbing Swim Swim's magic spear, enraged that Fav would call her friend weak even when Top Speed tried to survive the ordeal hiding away her pregnancy.

Realizing that they figured out his weakness to the magic spear due to it being on the same scale of power as his terminal, Fav tries to condensate with them and tells them that he was only following Cranberry's orders, although Snow White's ability to hear the thoughts of those in trouble reveals them to just be made up excuses and warns Ripple not to hear his lies. Fav beckons Ripple to listen to him, but she ignores his mercy and uses the spear to smash the terminal anyways, destroying Fav and avenging the deaths of all magical girls he and Cranberry killed in their death game experiments.

Despite being gone for good, Fav's influences for death battles between magical girls would continue cursing the rest of the *Magical Girl Raising Project* series, although Snow White and Ripple make an oath to hunt down any more rogue magical girls to ensure another death game between the magical girls never takes place again.

## Appearance

Fav appears as a small fish-like creature with his left side being white in coloring and his right side being black in coloring. His tail is arranged of four black and white fins. His face consists of a dark pink left eye, a black right eye, and a pink smile.

## Personality

At first, Fav appears as a friendly fellow who wants to help the girls in surviving the game. However, behind his façade of a joyful persona claiming that the deaths were necessary for the test's results, he is a sadistic A.I. who finds enjoyment in the suffering of others. His advice is nothing but lies to speed up the magical girls' deaths to satisfy his amusement in violence. He even resorts to sending fake reports to his creators to keep the death game a secret.

## Quotes

“ Welcome to a world of dreams and magic! Become the greatest magical girl ever in this RPG, "Magical Girl Raising Project"! You've been appointed as a guardian of this world by the land of magic. Blessed with magic that can crush vice and rend darkness, you've been ordered to fight the forces of evil as a cute, kitsch, strong, and powerful magical girl! „ ~ Fav introducing the "Magical Girl Raising Project" game.

“ All of you are magical girls who have had your strengths enhanced to the extreme through the power of magic, pon. If you lose your right to that, then you lose your foundation as a living being. So in short, you'll die, pon. „ ~ Fav revealing that if the magical girls lose their powers, they will die.

“ You're letting her go, pon? I thought you were going to eliminate Sister Nana, pon? If you let her live, she'll only get in the way of the game, pon. „ ~ Fav to Cranberry after she fails to kill Sister Nana and Winterprison.

“ If any die from this minor change, then they just weren't strong enough, pon. These girls need to be heroes, pon. If they die over a few added items, then it just means the side characters died as they were meant to, pon. You're satisfied as long as you can fight strong opponents, right? You didn't like the usual selection tests where the strong couldn't win, right? Then this is fine. Those who can survive by exploiting little tricks are generally meant to be killed by the true hero as things progress. „ ~ Fav to Cranberry.

“ Creating such powerful items requires a fair amount in exchange, pon. But compared to the danger you're facing, a little lifespan is nothing, pon. „ ~ Fav telling Snow White of how the magic items are purchased in exchange for lifespans.

“ You're so weak, you can only torment those even weaker than you. And you hate yourself for that, don't you, pon? If you become a magical girl, you'll be stronger than any human, pon. You'd easily be able to break the strong, the wise, the beautiful, and those you hate the most, the ones brimming with confidence, pon. I believe there's a place for a magical girl like that, too. „ ~ Fav manipulating Naoko Yamamoto to become the magical girl Calamity Mary.

“ That was excellent, pon! I've grown bored of these dull exams, pon. Would you like to become my partner, pon? Let's create something exciting together, pon! „ ~ Fav asking Cranberry to become his master.

“ Hey, new Master! Can you hear me, pon? There's a lot I'd like to tell you. Are you free now? I'm sure there's a lot you'd like to ask me too, pon. Like, what is the "Magical Girl Raising Project" supposed to be? Aren't you curious as to what it really is, pon? Hey, are you listening, pon? Don't you want to be a Master, pon? „ ~ Fav offering Swim Swim to be his new master.

“ Well, if you can't accept things, Ripple, then I don't mind continuing this game, pon. So long as this is part of the game, not a personal duel... then you won't have a choice. Well, fight hard until you're down to two then, pon. „ ~ Fav manipulating Ripple to take her revenge on Swim Swim.

“ Fav: You're going to quit being a magical girl? You can't do that, it's a violation of your contract, pon.

Snow White: Fine, then I won't transform anymore.

Fav: I'm sorry, but it simply doesn't work that way, pon. The fact that you've survived this long makes you a very valuable candidate, pon.

Snow White: Wait, what do you mean by that? Valuable? How?

Fav: For the Magical Girl Raising Project. Specifically, the Magical Girl Recruitment and Training Project, pon. The truth is that I'm a familiar of the scouting department sent by the World of Magic, pon. Why the face? Is something wrong? I'm not sure why you look so surprised by that information. You are a magical girl after all, pon. Anyway, we watched to see which girl produces the best results and then she's selected to become a member of the World of Magic, pon. After that, she becomes a true magical girl, pon. The one who was selected can either continue her work as a real magical girl or she can choose to become a master and oversee the next selection exam, pon. This time around, Cranberry was the master for the selection test, pon.

Snow White: Huh? Are you serious?

Fav: But in the end, Tama was the one to kill her, pon. And then Tama was killed by Swim Swim, pon.

Snow White: Wait, for real? But I thought the two of them were on the same side. Why would she do that? I don't understand why she would betray her own friend.

Fav: Well, to be completely honest, I'm really certain that Swim Swim has more than a few screws loose, pon. So I couldn't tell you what those two have in mind. While she's talented in killing magical girls, she's an absolutely terrible master, pon. And Ripple has personality issues and isn't suitable to be a master, pon. In my opinion, sending Ripple after Swim Swim was a good idea. If she ends Swim Swim, kill each other off, it'll solve a lot of problems, pon.

Snow White: Wait, that's why you said those things to her!?

Fav: Why are you upset, pon? C'mon Snow White, if anything, this whole arrangement works out in your favor, pon. If Swim Swim and Ripple eliminate each other during this fight, then as the only survivor, you'll be the definite winner, pon. When that happens, you'll for sure gain position of master, pon. And just between you and me, I'd prefer to have you as the master over the other two. How candidates are selected can vary, the process is typically left out to the master and their familiar, pon. Some masters decide to have the girls do good deeds and select the most helpful from the group. In other cases, they have to defeat enemies sent from the World of Magic. For your exam, we used a social game because those are so popular in the human world, pon. It also made searching for candidates much easier, and we were able to cover up our true goal under the guise of collecting magical candies. It was a pretty good idea if do I say so myself, pon.

Snow White: Cover up?

Fav: In our previous exams, those who failed would only have their memories erased, and then we just made them throw out, pon.

Snow White: You mean, Nemorin and everyone else died... because of you!?

Fav: That's right, pon. Once everyone realized their lives were at stake, they would naturally turn to murder, pon. The normal exams had gotten so boring. Fortunately for me, that was an opinion Cranberry and I both shared, pon.

Snow White: Then, the real reason behind gathering magical candies was...

Fav: Are you finally on the same page? Gathering candies was just a ruse. The true purpose of the exam this time around was to rile all the magical girls up, driving them to kill one another so they can pass as the sole survivor, pon.

Snow White: I want you to tell me where Ripple and Swim Swim are right now!

Fav: They're at the dam engaging in a rather exciting fight, pon. In our past exams, Cranberry has always slipped up and killed everyone. Honestly, it's cost quite a bit of trouble on my end, pon. And girls like Swim Swim, whose minds are a bit on the broken side, can be extremely difficult to work with later on, pon. While Ripple is very strong, Swim Swim's magic gives her the advantage between the two in a fight, pon. Not to mention, Swim Swim has probably gotten pretty used to killing other magical girls by now.

Snow White: Ripple! [She transforms and prepares to jump out her bedroom window]

Fav: Still, I never would have guessed that you would end up as the sole survivor given your lackluster magic and poor fighting skills. And all without ever getting your hands dirty. Anyway, I do want you to be happy, pon. You'll get to be the real master and then you'll be invited to the World of Magic! Doesn't that sound like fun, pon? [Snow White grabs her Magical Phone and throws it against the wall] Oh? Did I make you mad, pon? [Snow White grabs the phone and snaps it in half] I'm not sure what you think you're doing, pon. You're so funny. [glitched text] Unfortunately, breaking your Magical Phone isn't enough to get rid of me, pon. „ ~ Fav explaining the real reasons for his exam and his plan to make Snow White his next master.

“ Fav: Congratulations, pon! With both Swim Swim and Ripple eliminated, that makes you this rounds winner, Snow White! Wow, without getting any blood on your hands, pon. But in a way, I guess that's what makes you so special, pon. Anyway, things are going to be troublesome for me without a master, pon.

Snow White: I won't do it.

Fav: What?

Snow White: I said I won't become your master.

Fav: Why not, pon?

Snow White: Because I can hear your voice, saying you'll be in trouble if I don't become your master.

Fav: Right. I did say a moment ago it would kind of be troublesome. Still though- [Snow White stomps on the terminal repeatedly] What are you doing, pon?

Snow White: I said I can hear your voice, Fav.

Fav: What?

Snow White: It's saying you'll be in trouble if I break this master terminal.

Fav: Oh right, your power is to hear the thoughts of those in trouble. You really shouldn't waist your energy, pon. [Snow White picks up the terminal and throws it at the ground] You're attempting the impossible. The master terminal is built to be indestructible, pon. It's not like your flimsy magical bone. This terminal is a super version that's used daily in the World of Magic. It's going to take a lot more than your feeble attacks to do any damage, pon. [Snow White grabs a large stone made by the impact and smashes it against the terminal, breaking it into chunks] Listen, I understand you're upset, but personally I think it'll be best if we can find a way to be friends, pon. [Snow White smashes one of the chunks against the terminal, breaking the stone with each hit] That's okay, go ahead and hit it as many times as you like to get your anger out. We can always talk once you have a chance to calm down a bit, pon. [the stone breaks, forcing Snow White to use her fists. Fav laughs] I told you it's indestructible! Gees, magical girls have a nasty habit of thinking they can just force the impossible. [Snow White stops hitting the terminal with her hand bruised and bleeding] If La Pucelle and Hardore Alice had realized that sooner, then maybe they wouldn't have met such a terrible fate, pon. Remember how they both died in vain?

Snow White: How dare you... Don't talk about them like that!

Fav: Why not? Top Speed was always going on about how much she needed to survive for six more months, but then she met such a pathetic end, pon.

Ripple: Shut up!

Snow White: [turns around to see Ripple, holding the magic spear] Ripple!?

Fav: Impossible! You're still alive!?

Ripple: Don't mock Top Speed! Don't you dare!

Fav: (The weapon that Swim Swim used, the weapon from the World of Magic!) You're mistaking, there's no way I would ever make fun of Top Speed, pon. In fact, I have nothing but respect for you magical girls, pon. (That thing is bad news! I'm in big trouble!) Uh, I know it may seem I was fooling everyone, but I was only doing those things because I had too. Honestly, I have no choice but to follow Cranberry's orders, pon. (I have to talk my way out of this!) Come on, let's just discuss this rationally, pon. After all, I was the one who told you how to defeat Swim Swim, remember? [Ripple aims the spear above the terminal] Wait, pon! Just hear me out-

Snow White: Don't listen to him Ripple, he's lying!

Fav: I'm sure we could cut a deal or something, pon! [Ripple slams the spear into the ground, slicing the terminal in half. Fav's body glitches before it ] „ ~ Fav mocking the deceased magical girls, also his last words before his demise.

## Trivia

* Fav's appearance with a black and white body marks a striking resemblance to Monokuma from *Danganronpa*.