Katsuhiko Miho

### Equipment

**Casting Assistant Device** *(術式補助演算機 Jutsushiki Hojo Enzan-ki , lit. Operative Auxiliary Computing Machine)*

**Katsuhiko Miho** (勝彦みほ Katsuhiko Miho) is a 19 year old esper who was kidnapped by The EYE at the age of 9 and was subjected to experiments, which is the reason for her still prepubescent looking figure. She is an artificial holistic esper and one of two holistic espers present in the world, the other being Kihara Eiichiro. She is also the core subject of **Project System Distortion**, a Project meant to utilize her powers to forcefully change the world around her.

She was put under the care of Kihara Eiichiro and CERBERUS, after Miho was saved by them. Despite how she looks, she is actually 19 years old. This was because The EYE kept her within a cryo-chamber and experimented on her to prevent her from aging.

## Personality

For the most part, Miho exhibits a cheerful and positive attitude. She is shy, easily flustered, and more innocent at the beginning. In her first fight, she is shown to be agile but rather cowardly. She has also shown to be an ardent fan of anime, something that she picked up from Eiichiro and Hana. As she would always watch anime with Eiichiro and Hana whenever a new show comes out, or while re-watching older ones for nostalgia. To the point that people outside CERBERUS feel that the both of them are spoiling Miho a little too much.

She secretly harbors feelings for her guardian, Eiichiro, something that the other girls at CERBERUS highlighted much to her embarrassment. As she is often seen being embarrassed and blushes the most when next to him. Although she knows that she is older than Eiichiro, she can't help but feel like she lost compared to other girls because she stayed looking like a young girl even though she is chronologically 19 years old and she be big like Felicity or Mayu.

As she continues to fight in the battlefield, Miho matures into a strong individual who's willing to face overwhelming odds for what she cares about while also maintaining her innocent nature and strong morals. This is proven when Miho also wants to protect everyone, especially her friends. It is shown as Miho proclaims that she will help Eiichiro and CERBERUS protect against Eve's assault, even though it has already been stated that her fighting wouldn't be of any help at all. Despite her growth in maturity, she still holds behaviors fitting of her age such as childish tempers, trying to act mature, and being stubborn towards things she dislikes. Like all young girls her age she adores cute things like animals and stuffed toys.

## Appearance

Miho is described as a cute young looking prepubescent girl with pale skin, turquoise colored eyes and silky black hair that is usually tied into two pig tails, courtesy of Hana. Being that she still has the body of a 9 year old, she is short and very small in comparison to the other girls at CERBERUS. A combination of experimentation that has been done to her in the past and freezing her in a cryo-chamber, was the reason behind her still looking like a young girl despite being 19 years old.

Like an actual child, she mostly wears small childish clothes. She has an affinity for the colors pink, blue and black, often wearing either a combination of these three colors or separately. After the defeat of The EYE, she primarily wears the Modelcase Processor Suit that was given to her by Chinatsu to protect her body from too much damage, capable of receiving a punishment with an exerted force just below that of a Saint.

## Powers and Abilities

### World Distortion

Her ability is **World Distortion** *(世界の歪み Sekai no Yugami, lit. Distortion of the World)*, an artificial and seemingly impossible holistic esper power that was integrated into her still developing Personal Reality by The EYE while still a toddler.

**Holism** *(全体論 Zentairon)* is the idea that natural systems and their properties, should be viewed as wholes, not as collection of parts. This often includes the view that systems somehow function as wholes and that their functioning cannot be fully understood solely in terms of their component parts. Holism defines that whole entities, are fundamental components of reality and have an existence other than as the mere sum of their parts.

Holistic espers work in reverse to regular espers. The espers of Academy City are based on quantum theory, where powers are formed from their Personal Realities, which is based on controlling their microscopic observations of the world, and then effects can be generated in the macroscopic world. Unlike Academy City espers, holistic espers are based on major changes in the whole "system", the macroscopic world, to create a microscopic effect, which is in this case, their powers.

*Example: An Holistic Esper can increase the rate of heart attacks in a specific area to 100% by distorting the world's probability aspect.*

This is not Miho's original ability, rather it was forced into her by the researchers at The EYE. To use her powers, she must take a specific drug known officially as "**XC-Toxin H8**" also known as "**Angel Dust**". It essentially allows her to overwrite reality with a certain customization by distorting certain aspects of the World's System in a manner similar to how Eiichiro achieves holism. However, Miho's is far more effective because it doesn't require that much mental calculation.

Yuiichiro determined that should Miho's ability goes out of control, Miho could completely distort the world to the point that the World's System would collapse. He also determined that at peak potential, Miho can overwrite reality with a different reality, add new elements, remove existing ones and modify any aspect of reality. Her power was stated by Zenaida and Eiichiro to share similarities with the manipulation of Phases, as both alter reality by overwriting one reality with another. However it is also stated that her overwriting of the world is inferior to that of the manipulation of phases, due to the fact that the World's System is a part of the world that can be altered by the manipulation of phases.

After the cancellation of Project System Distortion, she temporarily lost her esper powers. Eventually she was able to regain the ability to use her esper powers, but was drastically weakened due to the corruption of her Personal Reality. Despite that, her esper power in the System Scan still showcases that she is at Level 4.

### "Magical" Abilities

Being trained by Kaoru, Miho has become a proficient user of the Casting Assistant Device. While she doesn't have much understanding of the theory's of the CAD's "magic system", she possesses an amazing aptitude for CAD and is considered to undoubtedly rival Kaoru when it comes to the usage of the CAD. She specializes in Long-Range Precision Shooting and aerial combat. Her movements are said to resemble a fairy dancing in the sky although most enemies only yell "Monster!" as she dodges all attacks. Her main tactics are focused on outmaneuvering her opponents, luring them into close quarters for her blade or mass elimination with single powerful spells. When using the CAD, she is capable of going toe-to-toe with several mid to low-tier Level 5 Espers and some Saint-Class Magicians as well.

* **Flight Formula** *(操作の飛行 Sosa no Hiko, lit. Operation of Flight)*: Operation Flight is an Aeronautic-Type "spell", which allows Miho to soar through the sky. This "magic" works by differently than most "spells" as the Activation Sequence that is sent back to the Personal Reality is automatically outputted, forcefully raising Miho into the sky and maintaining balance while in the air. The standard altitude for Miho is at around 6,000 feet and it's not recommended for her to propel herself any higher using an ordinary orb due to thin oxygen, however Miho was able to bypass this limitation by implementing a convergence-type "spell" that forms a sphere of oxygen over her head.
* **Defense Formula** *(操作の防衛 Sosa no Boei, lit. Operation of Defense)*: The Defense Formula is a Movement-type "spell" that pretty much acts in a similar manner to that of Accelerator's Redirection Field. However, rather than redirecting incoming vectors, the defense formula simply halts any incoming movement that are perceived as hostile. Such as a punch, a bullet, a missile, or even the abilities of other espers. So long as an incoming attack has any form of movement, it can be stopped. However that also means a weakness of the Defense Formula is an attack that doesn't require any movement such as: spells and powers that affect her directly.
* **Offense Formula** *(操作の攻撃 Sosa no Kogeki, lit. Operation of Offense)*: The Offense Formula is actually not a "spell", rather it is a custom attack technique that has been created by Miho with the help of Kaoru. As the name states, it's main usage is for offensive purposes. The offense formula makes use several "magic types" that is available to the CAD such as using the Convergence-Type to converge heat into a single point to fire it as a beam, or using a Reinforcement-Type to increase the power and durability of the ammunition. Miho has showcased incredible creativity with the usage of the Offense Formula to the point that her sheer power is enough to fight on equal terms with Kaoru.
	+ **"Enchanted" Ammunition** *(魔弹 Madan, lit. Magic Bullets)*: "Enchanted" Ammunition are self-explanatory in that the projectiles that are fired by Miho's sniper rifle are enhanced by "magic". Such as using **Panzer** to fortify the position of molecules in a bullet to increase it's penetrative power, or using a combination of Movement-Type and Dispersion-Type "Magic" to split bullets into several homing projectiles upon reaching a certain range and will seek out the target. She can also use Absorption-Type Magic to imbue rounds with the capability to absorb kinetic energy and have its firepower enhanced to be comparable to artillery shots.
	+ **Heat Blast** *(熱風 Neppū, lit. Heat Beam)*: Heat Beam is an Absorption-Type "spell sequence" that absorbs heat from her surroundings into her sniper rifle, when the trigger is pulled a straight heat beam is emitted from the barrel of the sniper rifle. She can also refract it to change its course and trajectory. She can also fire off the beam as a high-speed projectile that will cause an explosion of about 3km in radius upon impact with it's target. The Heat Beam is described as a powerful pink lasers that can destroy dozens of streets and buildings with a single half-powered beam, of which she can rapidly fire so long as she has access to heat in the area.

## Items and Equipment

### Casting Assistance Device

After the cancellation of Project System Distortion, Miho was temporarily left with no powers and was rendered a Level 0. Eiichiro insisted that she do not fight because it was too dangerous for her, but she persisted on joining the fight. As such she was given a custom specialized **Casting Assistant Device** *(術式補助演算機 Jutsushiki Hojo Enzan-ki , lit. Operative Auxiliary Computing Machine)* with three installed "magic sequences" she calls formulas. Because of the Casting Assistance Device, Miho's personal reality was corrupted and can no longer be affected by Eiichiro's ability to changer her level. Despite that, she has shown an excellent proficiency when using the Casting Assistance Device. Making good use of the three activation sequences that was installed in her CAD. The CAD comes in the form of a firearm that resembles a sniper from World War 2. Which can be used for long-ranged and even rapid firing similar to that of a machine gun.

### Modelcase Processor Suit

*Main Article: Kihara Chinatsu*

The **Modelcase Processor Suit** *(モデルケース プロセッサスーツ Moderkassu Purosessasūtsu, lit. Complete Body Processor)* is is a special full-body strengthening suit developed by Kihara Chinatsu and Sunazara Kyoko and given to Miho when she insisted on fighting together with Eiichiro. The Modelcase Processor Suit makes use of electric potential elastic tape, hard taping and motors to enhance Miho's capabilities. It utilizes the same Calculate Fortress Material used in the Windowless Building, which partially reproduces Accelerator's vector control to absorb, disperse and soften impacts. It has a large number of sensors, weapons and functions that can make it easier for Miho to fight. Combined with her Casting Assistant Device, she has shown to be a monster on the battlefield. Easily defeating multiple enemies that has the misfortune of being her opponent. She has shown to be proficient in piloting the Modelcase Processor Suit thanks to the training that she got from Chinatsu.

## Trivia

Katsuhiko Miho's combat style was inspired from Yojou Senki's Tanya von Degurechaff. As the both of them use a special magical weapon that allows them flight and both have firearms that have magical bullets as ammunition. The "magic" that she uses also were inspired from the anime.

#### Some extra non-relevant information regarding Tachibana Kaoru that were not added above:

* Her favorite anime is *Fate/Stay Night*.
* Miho's birthday is February 14th.
* She envies the girls at CERBERUS for having a bigger body but still being younger than her.
* Her hobbies are dancing and drawing.
* When Eiichiro is watching anime, Miho tends to sit on his lap.
* Her favorite food is Melon Bread.

Once every four months, the members at CERBERUS undergo a physical check-up from Academy City and United Nations of Magic Society to record the health and status of the members. These are her recorded physical statistics:

* Recorded Weight: 75kg
* Three Size Measurements: 61 (Bust) • 47 (Waist) • 62 (Hips)
* Recorded Physical Strength: [Unknown] (Note: Undeveloped body for strength measurement)
* Body Type: Prepubescent Figure
* Body Fat Percentage: 16% Body Fat