Raiden Mei

Raiden Mei is the beautiful and demure daughter of the prominent Raiden Ryoma. Combined with her mastery of Bushido and Itto-ryu, this makes her a true incarnation of silk hiding steel. She attends St. Freya Academy alongside Kiana and Bronya. Although she holds tremendous power within her, she refuses to use it... except when dire circumstances bring it forth.

Due to her many years of practicing and teaching swordsmanship, she has a curvy yet toned physique. In spite of the distance and isolation she was subjected to by others due to being a member of a disgraced, well-known family, Mei is incredibly compassionate and known for her gentleness. She deeply cherishes the bonds she forms and has been shown to be fiercely protective of those she holds dear.

While at St. Freya, Mei was an excellent student who not only studied diligently on her own, but who would also help to make sure her classmates were prepared. Her cooking is so notoriously good that fights have broken out over who gets a slice of her delicious cake.

After the events at Nagazora, Mei's personality took a sharp turn as she shut herself off emotionally, becoming cold, dismissive, blunt, and even confrontational at times. But the truth was that she felt great sorrow and depression beneath the weight of her choices, believing it was who she had to become in order to protect the one most dear to her. Nevertheless, Mei never truly lost her compassionate side, and eventually matured into someone who was much more open with both herself and with others, while maintaining a hardened conviction that mirrored her strength.

Mei has also shown a keen, investigative side, her intelligence shining through in piecing together otherwise vague and often contradictory information.

Raiden Mei was born on April 13, 1997, in Nagazora City, Japan to Raiden Ryoma,[3] the CEO of the electronic company and Anti-Entropy subsidiary ME Corp,[4] and her unnamed mother.[3] Thanks to Raiden Ryoma's position with ME Corp, the Raiden clan enjoyed great wealth and prestige. Mei was an only child[5] and her mother passed away in 1999 due to cancer,[3] leaving her to be raised alone by her father,[5] who she rarely got to see due to his busy work schedule.[6]

Although her upbringing was strict, never even having a pet,[7] Mei had a close bond with her father and treasured the time they spent together.[6] She studied the Raiden clan's personal style[8] of Hokushin-Itto-ryu kenjutsu under his tutelage. Mei was a child prodigy and thrived in these lessons, attaining the highest levels of mastery and understanding of the sword arts.[9] During their lessons together, Mei's father also offered her encouragement and advice when she doubted herself and instilled in her mental fortitude and the ability to withstand and learn from adversity. He hoped the spirit and skills she attained from studying kendo would prove useful to her in the future.[10]

In 2004, Mei was abducted by a terrorist organization. After the experience, she underwent treatment for mental trauma at a private institution within ME Corp for three years.[3] Years later, Mei enrolled in Chiba Academy, a school in Nagazora City famous for the wealth of its students, at about sixteen years of age. Although many of her peers wished to become close to her due to her wealth and the prestige of the Raiden family name, Mei struggled to make friends.[5] One of the few people she was close with was her chauffeur, who drove her to and from school in a black limousine every day. He made a point of talking to her in the car, inquiring how school was and telling her about her father's work.[6]

On November 16, 2013, Mei's father was arrested on charges of massive economic fraud[3] and thrown into prison. Although in actuality Raiden Ryoma was innocent[5] and the victim of charges fabricated by his Anti-Entropy rival Cocolia,[11] his arrest had a devastating impact on Mei. The few friends she was able to make at Chiba Academy ostracized her, while other students who coveted her family's wealth attempted to use the situation to grow close to her. She quickly came to believe that nobody truly cared about her, only the Raiden family name. Unable to trust anyone after losing her father and so-called "friends," Mei distanced herself from other people. Although it brought some respite to the pain in her heart, she lived in complete isolation until the day of the 3rd Honkai Eruption.[5]

Not long after the arrest of Raiden Ryoma, a student named Kiana Kaslana enrolled in Chiba Academy.[3] Although they did not meet while attending school together, she would soon become Mei's best friend[5] and the most important person in her life.[12]

Enrolled in St Freya Valkyrie Academy with another prominent friend was Bronya Zaychik along with Kiana Kaslana. Raiden Mei stood the tallest even several centimeters than even her instructor and superior captain, Murata Himeko. Due to her many years of practicing and teaching swordsmanship

Appearance: Mei is most easily recognized by her thigh-length black hair depicted as indigo purple with long strands framing her face and bangs covering her forehead(akin to a "hime cut.") She keeps half of it tied up in a ponytail and decorates it with pins or other ornaments. Mei has her eyes ranging from blue to indigo. She is 172 centimeters tall) and she has a curvy yet toned physique.

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