Melissa Mao
Melissa Mao is a female anime and manga character who features in Full Metal Panic!.
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Biography
Melissa Mao (Japanese: メリッサ・マオ, Hepburn: Merissa Mao) was a female human born to Chinese-American parents on May 11 in New York City, New York in 1976. She was brought up under strict Chinese traditions that included her supposed arranged marriage. When she realized it, she left home and immediately joined up with the United States Marine Corps, entering the recruitment office while still in her wedding gown. After several years of service, she was eventually given a dishonorable discharge. She used to have bitter feeling with her father, who had been in the United States Air Force. After leaving the Marines, Melissa went to Hong Kong, then under British control, and stayed with some of her maternal relatives.
Scouted by Mithril into their Special Response Team, she was given the codename Urzu-2 by Gail McAllen and was given the command of her own team until two of her comrades were permanently injured while on active duty. Because of this, she was forced to head to Mithril's secret training camp in the forests of Berutarube in order to select her new replacements. Melissa was initially intrigued by Kurz Weber despite his poor marksmanship, but he was promptly taken off the list of potential candidates after Melissa experienced firsthand Kurz's womanizing attempts. Sousuke Sagara was not even considered as a potential candidate due to his low test scores and seemingly overall mediocrity. It was only by chance that Melissa noticed him during an AS simulation test. It was there that Sousuke skillfully piloted an Rk-92 Savage and defeated an M6 Bushnell operated by a top-scoring recruit.
Overview
Personality and attributes
Powers and abilities
Aside from English, she can also speak fluent Cantonese due to her time spent in Hong Kong, particularly in Kowloon.
She was very proficient in use of an Arm Slave, however she lacked exact control. She tended to use fast and furious methods in her firearm use. Despite not piloting an Arm Slave on a regular basis it was shown that the few times she did she did so excellently.
Notes
- Melissa Mao was created by Shoji Gatoh where she featured in the setting of Full Metal Panic! universe.
In other media
Television
Appearances
- Full Metal Panic!:
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