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Mina (ミナ, Mina) was a Vampire of the Crimson Moon from Jun Mochizuki's The Case Study of Vanitas. Mina was a child from a neighboring town to the de Sade estate who became close friends with Noé Archiviste, and Louis and Dominique de Sade. Unexpectedly, Mina became a curse-bearer, and with her execution by the hand of a Bourreau scheduled, Noé attempted to organize a means of saving her from her fate. While Noé, Fred, Fanny, Gilles and Dominique attempted to help Mina escape, Mina turned rogue and unintentionally killed Fred, only to be killed herself by Louis upon his arrival to the scene.
Appearance[]
Mina is a young girl with silky hair tied in a ponytail with a bow, wearing a frilly dress with puffy sleeves. Her eyes were bright and sparkling.
Personality[]
As far as what is shown, Mina was a very cheerful and extroverted girl, willing to socialize with her friends in the village as well as Noé and the de Sades. This all changed when she became a curse-bearer and began to thirst for blood, killing without mercy.
Plot[]
Mina was born a vampire in a village in Averoigne. One day, while exploring the forests around her village with her friends Fred, Gilles, and Fanny, Mina and the group met three other vampire children who lived in a castle deep in the woods — Noé, Dominique, and Louis. Mina and her friends quickly befriended the three other vampires, and the group even found an abandoned cathedral in the woods that they made their secret base.
At some point during her childhood, Mina became a curse-bearer. Her parents, upon discovering this, told others, and Mina was slated to be beheaded by a Bourreau. Her friends, however, discovered this and snuck her away to their secret base. This did nothing to prevent Mina’s transformation into a Malnomen, though, and Naenia managed to seize hold of Mina‘s mind. Mina grabbed Fred, who had been standing the closest to her, and killed and drank from him. She was then beheaded by Louis.
Powers & Abilities[]
- Enhanced Strength, Speed and Endurance - Due to being a vampire, she had enhanced abilities.
Relationships[]
Noé Archiviste[]
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Gallery[]
Appearances[]
- Mémoire 2: Noé — In the City of Flowers* (First Appearance)
- Mémoire 6: Altus — Other World*
- Mémoire 8: Louis — Sinking in a Pool of Blood*
- Mémoire 9: Réminiscence — Friends*
- Mémoire 10: Salvatio — Uncertainty*
- Entracte: Chambre d'enfants — A Dream of the Sound of Rain (Mentioned only)
- Mémoire 46: Un Autre — Scar (Mentioned only)
- Mémoire 2: Noé -In the City of Flowers-*
- Mémoire 5: Réminiscence -Friends-*
- Mémoire 21: Un Autre -Scars-*
(*) - Denotes that the character did not appear physically, but as a part of another character's memories.
Trivia[]
- Mina's name may have been inspired by the character of Mina Harker from Bram Stroker's 1897 novel, Dracula, in which Mina Harker is a woman who had escaped from Dracula before, only to be turned into a Vampire by him later in an attempt to eliminate Dracula.