Mina

Mina (ミナ Mina): is a female character in Mahoutsukai no Yome (The Ancient Magus Bride), in the anime she made her debut in Love Conquers All (Episode 4). In the manga, she made her debut in Volume 1, Chapter 5. Mina is Matthew's wife. She was born with a weak body and her husband tried to help her but was tricked by Cartaphilus and instead she melted and became part of the stagnation by the lake.

Appearance
Mina was a human female, supposedly of White British descent. When Hatori Chise, Ariel and Molly watch her and her husband's life before their death, through going into Matthew's conscience (in episode 4) she was shown to be a young woman of average height with fair skin, long, luscious, straight blonde hair and dark blue eyes. In bed, Mina wore a white night gown, but when she went out, she wore a green dress. When her husband, made her drink cats' blood, she lost her form and turned into a black, shapeless substance and died.

Mina is also seen as a lingering, unrested spirit near a lake, with the same appearance she had as a young human woman, before she passed away. In this form, she wore a blue dress, with a green collar around her neck, tied in a bow and a blue and white skirt. When Hatori Chise, sent the spirits of her and husband, Matthew, to another dimension that Mina imagined, with a blue sky and blue flower filled field, she and Matthew gradually turned into beautiful blue flowers, that were carried away by the wind, after having their souls cleansed by Chise.

Personality
Mina was shown to be a woman with a weak body, who often had to stay in bed. Even though her life was very limited by her fragile body, she didn't show depression or complain very much over her condition and stayed in hope and optimism that she would get better. Mina, was gentle-natured and affectionate. And often seen with a warm facial expression. Mina had a fondess for cats and dearly loved her husband, Matthew and pet cat, Tim. Mina is shown to be confident and selfless in her spirit form, summoning Chise, to her lair by the lake, telling Chise to erase her and husband's spirits for the safety of the cats and humans that live near the lake.

Role
Mina was a resident, in what the cats refer to as 'The Kingdom of Cats'. She often had to spend her days in bed from a young age, due to her fragile and weak body. Mina told her pet cat, Tim, that since cats have nine lives, he could give up one life just for her. Mina's husband, Matthew, always checked up on and tended to Mina needs. One day, Matthew approached the sorcerer, Joseph (Cartaphilus) in his local pub and told Joseph, about his wife's weak condition and asked Joseph, if there was anything he could do for Mina. Joseph and Matthew, then went to Mina and Joseph checked Mina's health. He then told Matthew, that his wife likely wouldn't get better, but Matthew felt desperate and pleaded Joseph for a cure for his wife. Joseph told Matthew, that Mina likes cats and since they live nine lives, he should kill cats, take their blood, and give the cats blood to Mina as medicine, (the blood being made up of the cats lives). One day, Mina feels strong enough to go for a walk in the village, after having a conversation with the village women, she goes into a shed, where she finds cats cramped in cages and her husband hacking up the bodies of cats. She is very shocked at the scene and tells Matthew, why he would do such a terrible thing, Matthew shows her a bottle of cats blood and tells her that it is a potion to cure her weak body. Then Joseph, appears and tells the two, that if the two drink the blood, Mina would be cured and they could both live forever. Joseph holding Mina, then forcibly pours the bottle of cats blood, down Mina's throat and she swallows it, after swallowing it, she immediatly looses her form and turns into a black, shapeless substance and dies. Matthew wonders what happened. Joseph says that the "medicine" Mina took seemed to have came with a curse, he then thanks Matthew for giving him "scientific research" emotionlessly and leaves the scene. Matthew, then thinks that if he kills more cats, Mina will be able to return to her human form alive and no longer have a weak body. He sees Mina's pet cat, Tim and says that he is happy to see him, then lifts an axe, preparing to kill Tim. But Tim, who seemed to have known what Matthew did and was intending to do to him, bit Matthews neck, making him fall onto the floor, cats then surrounded Matthew's body and devoured him, until there was no trace of his body left. Matthew's soul lingers near a lake in the Kingdom of the Cats, threatening the lives of the cats and humans that live there. His spirit has a ugly and insect like form to it, whilst Mina's spirit looks just like her human form. Many years later, Elias Ainsworth and Chise Hatori visit the Kingdom of the Cats for a check-up and Chise and the current King of the Cats, Molly and another cat, walk toward the lake where Mina and Matthew's souls linger, Molly then tells Chise about the thing that is threatening the lives of the Kingdom (Matthew's spirit) and that some of the cats sacrifice their lives to protect the inhabitants. She also tells Chise, about a cruel man who killed cats (Matthew) and was killed and eaten by the cats, to end the cruelty. Chise is then forcibly summoned into the lake, underwater, by the spirit of Mina, who tells Chise that she should erase her and Matthew's souls. Chise decides not to do that and with the advice and guidance of Elias, attempts to cleanse the souls of Matthew and Mina. But is stopped by Mikhail Renfred and his student, Alice. Elias holds off Renfeld and Alice, whilst

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