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Mayuko Nise (二瀬 真由子, Nise Mayuko) is the deuteragonist of High-Rise Invasion. She is one of the people transported to the mysterious skyscraper world. Bullied and neglected by everyone, including her parents, Mayuko behaved like a merciless killer in this new world, unwilling to trust anyone. However, after being saved by Yuri Honjo, Mayuko devotes herself to helping Yuri.

Appearance[]

Mayuko has blonde hair that is tied in a messy ponytail, green eyes in the anime and brown eyes in the manga, and a mole below her left eye, sided patterns and dark-red high cut kers.

She wears a school uniform which consists of a white button-down shirt with long sleeves, a blue jacket, with a red tie, and a plaid skirt. She wears thigh high hose with red and white shoes. Her shirt gets ripped open exposing her bra underneath which is stripped. She later gets a replacement shirt.


Personality[]

Mayuko was bullied and neglected by classmates and family alike. Thus, she learned to not trust anyone and this behavior reached extreme heights when she reached this world, turning her into a seemingly cold-blooded killer, that is, until she met Yuri Honjo. Mayuko is a closed off, nonchalant, and serious, who has a realistic view on the world she's trapped in. She's easily blushes, when receiving any physical affection from Yuri. She develops a close relationship with Yuri Honjo. She puts up a tougher persona, but she later lowers her guard around Yuri.

in S1 EP 4, she tells Rika Honjo "Don't worry, Yuri will be under my protection." Mayuko also develops jealousy surrounding Yuri, when she feels Yuri will be taken from her by other people, or just has other friends. She becomes extremely protective of Yuri, stating she will "kill all of them" if something bad happens to Yuri.

Plot[]

Abilities[]

Mayuko is an experienced knife wielder, as seen by her body count of littered bodies. This ability heightened when she acquired the traits of an "angel", wearing the defective smiling mask, thus having the capability to perform fights in a way a normal human cannot do. Later on, in order to fight against the great angel, she used defragmentation to erase the mask's program and greatly increase her capability.

Relationships[]

Yuri Honjo[]

Mayuko considers Yuri a close friend, to the point she is willing to kill everyone who puts Yuri in danger, even considering to wear the "defective" smiling mask for the sake of saving her.

Entrusting the duty of protecting Yuri, she has somewhat possessed the certain protectiveness over her friend and always seen doing anything for her. There are When Kuon and Yuri were engaged in conversation, she seemed incredibly jealous and became hostile, although this could've been over exaggerated for comedic purposes.

Etymology[]

  • The name Mayuko means "real, genuine" (真) (ma), "reason, case, cause" (由) (yu) and "child" (子) (ko).
  • Mayuko's surname Nise means "two" (二) (ni) and "swift current, rapids" (瀬) (se).

References[]

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