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Mirei Minae is a character introduced in Cardfight!! Vanguard overDress. She is a young cardfighter with fantastic talent in Vanguard despite being blind from birth. As the leader of Team Daybreak, she is as popular as an idol with her video streaming. She is the current heir of the Minae family. She is also the estranged sister of Danji Momoyama, although she was unaware he is her brother, being made to believe he died by the rest of her family, until Danji accidentally revealed himself to her.
Her insert song is erchiglhaad.
Name[]
Mirei's surname Minae uses the kanji "御" which serves as an honorific prefix and "薬袋" which means medicine bag.
Appearance[]
Mirei has waist-length old rose hair held by a dark green head band and blue eyes. She wears a white top with a frilled collar with a dark green ribbon tied around it under a pale yellow hooded jacket. She wears a dark green skirt with white thigh length socks and brown flats.
Personality[]
Mirei Minae is a very cheerful girl, however, she is later revealed to have a inferiority complex regarding her blindness. It is later revealed that she upholds a cheerful wall while in reality, she is sad and scared that she will let her friends down due to the extreme pressure placed down on her. She sees herself as a king and that a king must always be strong and do everything for the kingdom regardless of the desires of what she wants
History[]
overDress Season 1[]
Mirei is introduced in the last episode while having a cardfight with Haruka, in which she talks about how Arthur defeated Leon to become the King, followed by Haruka's damage check and her victory again. It is also revealed that she has the other half of the pendant that Danji keeps with him, and she is a member of team "Daybreak", unknowingly to the audience about who she really is.
overDress Season 2[]
The team known as "Daybreak" is lead by Mirei. After Danji makes contact with Haruka to meet Mirei himself, Mirei enjoys their secret rendezvous. To close the distance between them, Mirei challenges Danji to a cardfight and wins. Later, she asks Danji to be her dedicated chauffeur. He initially declines because of Haruka but changes his mind upon seeing Mirei’s sadness over it. Danji and Mirei later meet Yu-yu and Tohya on their way to grab a parfait, and the four share a table together. Despite differing ideals between their teams, Yu-yu and Mirei decide to settle their differences with a cardfight. Feeling pressured and frustrated by the thought that Yu-yu and the others might be making fun of her for being a blind cardfighter, relying on stickers to identify her cards, Mirei tells Yu-yu that she used to play a Trickstar deck, seemingly downplaying it, before winning the match. Tohya calls her out, saying that her comment about Yu-yu's deck was unnecessary, which causes Mirei to tear up in front of Danji. Soon after, Masanori arrives with a car to take them, prompting Yu-yu, Tohya, and Megumi to realize that Mirei and Danji are members of the Daybreak team. They later meet again at a festival, but Mirei loses track of Yu-yu and the others in the crowd. While being rescued by Danji, Mirei is shocked to discover that Danji is actually Nadatsugu Minae, the brother she thought had passed away. Struggling with the belief that her brother had abandoned her and that she had suffered alone as the Minae family's successor, Mirei finally confronts Danji. She reveals how she had been lied to about his death and the pain of bearing the burden alone. She urges him to abandon the identity of Danji Momoyama and never let go of her as his sister again. Danji is stunned by how much she has changed since they were kids.
Yu-yu and Mirei later have a rematch at the top of Nagoya Castle, where Mirei desperately wants to win, burdened by her role as the team's leader. She views herself as the 'king' who must protect her 'country,' just like a character from her favorite picture book when she was a child. However, as she watches Yu-yu, who is simply having fun, even after his victory is nullified by an Over Trigger, Mirei realizes that her belief in bearing everything alone was a lie. The truth is, she’s been receiving strength from those around her. She no longer needs to fight for everyone's sake—she wants to fight alongside them and have fun with Yu-yu. After losing the match to Yu-yu, Mirei reflects on the mistakes she has made, but Yu-yu comforts her, encouraging her to lift her head and reminding her that they’ve all made similar mistakes. He promises to join her in deciding what to do next. Mirei and the rest of the Daybreak members then come together to apologize for burning the banner of other teams.
will+Dress Season 1[]
Mirei has been invited by Jinki Mukae as one of the Deluxe tournament participants, ranked the 2nd Place in Group B, losing to Urara Haneyama but defeating Yurina Nukata and Musashi Uryu then made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Raika Koshiba, preventing her from reaching the semifinals.
will+Dress Season 2[]
Mirei is shown to be upset that her brother, Danji Momoyama, who has been in America, still hasn't returned to Japan.
will+Dress Season 3[]
Mirei challenges Haruka to a cardfight after deducing that she's gone missing and become a Uniformer, she later training Urara Haneyama to help her fight against Uniformers.
will+Dress D2[]
Mirei has once again been invited by Jinki Mukae as one of the 2nd Deluxe tournament participants, ranked the 2nd Place in Group D, defeating Urara Haneyama then made it to the quarterfinals, where she lost to Megumi Okura, preventing her from reaching the semifinals.
Divinez DELUXE Arc[]
Mirei has once again been invited by Jinki Mukae as one of the 3rd Deluxe tournament participants in Group A.