Mina Majikina

Mina Majikina is a character from Samurai Shodown series. She was first introduced in Samurai Shodown V.

Development
According to the game's creators, similar to Yoshitora Tokugawa to Haohmaru, Mina was created to be the "polar opposite to Nakoruru" and as the "new heroine" to the series. They extended these keywords to everything, including fighting style, weaponry, hair color and clothing. Though she drifted slightly away from her original image, Mina became a favorite to them and they expressed an interest to implement her into more games. She has made an outside appearance in the spin off series Queen's Blade.

Personality
Mina is a withdrawn and introverted woman. She distrusts people, unsure of how to act around others without being suspicious of them, due to being simultaneously revered and reviled for her powers. She has little regard for her own welfare especially after absorbing the evil energy in Chample, conceding to be doomed to live a short life.

As an exorcist by profession, she is wary of objects and people with unusual powers, sometimes branding them as evil despite not necessarily being so. She suspects people or objects even remotely exhibiting suspicious powers as an ayakashi, that she seeks to destroy for the greater good.

Powers

 * Energy Arrow - Mina can shoot arrows fueled with ki energy.

Fighting Style
Mina is the first archer character to grace the character lineup. Players need to keep her enemies at bay with her various archery skills as she has little means of defending herself in close range combat. Her upclose attacks are given a much-needed boost in the 2019 reboot, and her bow has apparent upgrades, enabling to function as a bladed object as well.

Unlike other animal companions, Chample is used less for attacking purposes and mostly remains as a mascot character, participating in battle through background animations and noises. Several moves do include him though, like 'Good night Chample' in which Mina puts him to sleep, stopping his movement and sounds. Because he seldom helps Mina in her fights, he has been called "annoyingly cute" by critics.

Music

 * Butterfly - Samurai Shodown V
 * Akemodoro - Samurai Shodown (2019)
 * Scarlet Scar - Days of Memories (Kaze Maou Miyako de Tsukamaete!)

Voice Actors

 * Satsuki Yukino - Samurai Shodown V~Perfect
 * Tsumugi Ōsawa - Samurai Shodown VI
 * Rie Tanaka - Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos
 * Yui Ishikawa - Samurai Shodown (2019)

Games

 * Samurai Shodown V
 * Samurai Shodown V Special
 * Samurai Shodown V Perfect
 * Samurai Shodown VI
 * Queen's Gate: Spiral Chaos
 * Samurai Shodown (2019) - DLC character

Mobile

 * Days of Memories (Ōedo Ren'ai Emaki, Kaze Maiu Miyako de Tsukamaete!) - unplayable
 * SNK Gals Island Jintori Puzzle Miseteagemasu
 * Kingdom Story
 * Samurai Shodown: Oborozuki Densetsu
 * Dark Avenger X
 * Kyoutou Kotoba RPG Kotodaman
 * SNK Fighting Age

Cameos

 * Samurai Spirits Oni

Etymology

 * Mina's surname Majikina means "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "mirror, looking glass" (鏡) (jiki) and "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (na).

Trivia

 * Mina placed 1st on the Dengeki Online website DLC character poll.