Mei Marzipan

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## Mei Marzipan

* FUGA
* FUGA 2

## Bio

### Relatives

Malt (brother)
Deceased parents
Currently unnamed grandparents
Currently unnamed brother

### Voice Actor

JP + FR: Hina Kino

**Mei** **Marzipan** is one of the main characters in Fuga: Melodies of Steel. She and her brother Malt Marzipan are part of a team of children set out to save their parents from the Berman Empire.

## Biography

Mei is Malt's little sister and the youngest in the crew. Cheerful and sunny, she grew up without letting the death of her parents affect her. She has a friendly personality but likes her brother the most. She seems to be the most curious of all the children boarded in the Taranis, being the first to spot the tank in the mountain cave.

Mei is a very small Caninu child whose breed is a German Shepherd as her brother is. She is dressed in very simple village clothes as most others in Petit Mona appear to be.

## History

### Early Life

Mei was born in Petit Mona and lived with her older brother Malt. However, shortly after her birth parents succumbed to illness, and thus was left in the care of her grandparents. Due to being so young as to not remember her parents, as well as the care and affection of Malt and her grandparents, she grew up cheerfully without any real sadness for the loss of her parents. She accompanied Malt in tending to the moosheep herds, hoping to be like him some day.

### The Gasco War

The beginning of the war differs for Mei and Malt. In the original game she and all the other children heard a voice that called them to the Taranis. In the video "How it All Began" however, Mei and Malt lost control of a moosheep and stumbled upon the Taranis by accident. When their grandparents and the rest of Petit Mona were abducted by the Berman army, Malt decided to go to the Taranis alongside all the other children. The events of the war then proceed similarly.

### Sacrifice

Mei has the most tragic sacrifice among the children. If "chosen" to sacrifice herself to the Soul Cannon, she doesn't willingly give herself up to it, but runs away in fear and hides inside the energy chamber that powers it, closing her eyes and deciding to believe that everything will be alright. It then absorbs her energy and unleashes the cannon, leaving the rest of the children to despair at her fate.

### After the War

Canonically, Mei survives the Gasco war alongside the rest of her friends. She and Malt spend their days peacefully tending to the moosheep, hoping these happy times would last forever.

They would not, however, as she and her friends would be called to war aboard the Taranis once again, and her brother becomes consumed by vengeance.

## Gameplay

Mei's role in battle is speed. As a Machine Gunner, she already has high speed, but she has bar none the highest speed of the entire crew. This is compensated for with having the lowest damage, but she's still a powerful member due to her ability to speed up the other members with her skills and attack even faster. Even as a support member, she increases the speed of her link partner significantly when they use normal attacks, while her link attacks fill the link gauges of the other members. Her speed is bolstered even more by her Hero Mode, which doubles her action speed. Used correctly, Mei can manipulate the turn order to your benefit and deny your enemies of any chance of acting at all before you finish them off.

## Notes

* In keeping with the theme of being named after sweets, Malt and Mei's surname is based on Marzipan sweets, confections primarily made of sugar and honey or almond meal.

## Gallery

Illustration by character modeler Serena LiuCG IllustrationIllustration by OgussyIllustration by ChamIllustration by AbenatsuMei as depicted in the Fuga manga