Mei-Mei (メイメイ, Meimei) is a character appearing in the Metal Saga anime, first appearing in Beyblade: Metal Masters. Her Beyblade is Aquario 105F. She is a Blader training at the Beylin Temple, and is a member of team Wang Hu Zhong, representing China at the World Championships.
Appearance
Mei-Mei is a short girl with purple eyes and teal hair worn in "ox horns". She wears a red cheongsam dress with a yellow trim, with pink heart buttons connected by yellow fasteners. Underneath her dress she wears navy blue leggings. She also wears white fingerless gloves and a white belt with small yellow buttons. She also wears a green armband on her left arm, and white socks with her reddish brown boots.
In her cameo at the end of Beyblade: Shogun Steel, which takes place 7 years after Metal Fury, she is seen with a ponytail hairstyle. Her outfit now consists only of a simpler red cheongsam dress.
Personality
Mei-Mei is portrayed as a somewhat clumsy individual, who has a habit of using the wrong words, for which Chaoxin often points out. In her debut appearance, she is unable to properly communicate Chiyun's challenge to Gingka. She is quick to defend others, as shown when she confronted a gang of thieves who had stolen Beyblades from local children.
Biography
Background
Mei-Mei has been training at the Beylin Temple alongside Chiyun and Dashan for a long time. When the World Championships near, the selection matches in China begin and team slots are filled by the three Bladers. However, Chaoxin appears and defeats Mei-Mei, who subseuqently becomes a substitute member of the team. Mei-Mei travels with Chiyun to Japan to assess Gangan Galaxy's abilities.
Beyblade: Metal Masters
Mei-Mei teams up with Chiyun to battle Masamune and Gingka
While in Japan, Chiyun sends a challenge request to Gingka Hagane, asking for a match at noon. Due to a misunderstanding, Gingka's gang assumes it is an invitation for free Chinese food, due to the meeting place being the Grand Restaurant Plaza. Madoka Amano correctly deduces the invitation is a challenge request, but the others leave for the plaza before she can protest.
Gingka and Masamune are unable to settle who will battle Chiyun, so the latter suggests a tag-team match against himself and Mei-Mei. During the battle Gingka and Masamune are unable to get along and initially cannot work together. The match ends after Mei-Mei's Aquario is knocked out of the stadium. Mei-Mei wishes Gingka's gang luck at the World Championships, which they were oblivious to.
Chiyun and Mei-Mei later spectate the Japanese team selection matches before returning to China. In the first round of the World Championships, GanGan Galaxy's first opponent is Wang Hu Zhong, although Mei-Mei does not battle. After Wang Hu Zhong's loss, Mei-Mei is seen with her other teammates reassuring Dashan that the team could become more then the Beylin Temple's legacy, and that they would create their own legacy together.
After gaining wind of GanGan Galaxy's defeat at the Festival of Warriors, Wang Hu Zhong heads to Greece where they meet up with their GanGan Galaxy. Mei-Mei, along with the rest of Wang Hu Zhong, challenges them to a match to help them learn teamwork. Mei-Mei tag-teams with Chiyun against Tsubasa and Yu. Mei-Mei and Chiyun initially overpower Tsubasa and Yu, but after GanGan Galaxy finds common ground, the matches end in a tie. Wang Hu Zhong then heads to the consolation tournament to attempt to reclaim their spot in the World Championships.
Mei-Mei and Chaoxin battle the "Twin Jewels", Sophie and Wales
Wang Hu Zhong are successful in winning the Wild Card spot in the World Championships and are set to battle the European team, Excalibur. Teaming up with Chaoxin, Mei-Mei battles against Sophie and Wales in the first round. At the start of the match, Chaoxin and Mei-Mei are perfectly in sync and nearly overpower the "Twin Jewels", until Sophie and Wales show their true strength and easily win the match. This leaves Chiyun to battle Klaus, who easily overpowers Chiyun. As a result, Wang Hu Zhong is once again knocked from the World Championships.
After being knocked out of the tournament, Mei-Mei and the rest of Wang Hu Zhong appear as spectators cheering for GanGan Galaxy, attending every match other then GanGan Galaxy's match in Brazil. In the closing ceremony, Wang Hu Zhong are the first to show and celebrate with the victorious Japanese team. The celebrations are however interrupted by several participants of the tournament, led by Dr. Ziggurat of Hades Inc.
There, Ziggurat announces the invention of Spiral Force and his intentions to sell the technology. Wang Hu Zhong teams up with Wild Fang and GanGan Galaxy to thwart Ziggurat. However, by the time Hades City is launched, only Dashan is able to join Gingka's gang in pursuit, leaving behind the other members including Mei-Mei. After Hades City is destroyed, Mei-Mei and the rest of Wang Hu Zhong return to the Beylin Temple in China.
Beyblade: Metal Fury
Mei-Mei participates in the "Gateway to Success" tag-team tournament in China, with matches being held in the Yellow River Stadium. Tag-teaming with Chaoxin, she faces off Gingka and Yuki in the first round, although ultimately loses. Mei-Mei is later seen cheering on Gingka and Yuki in the tournament's finals against the Beylin Fist Bladers: Aguma and Bao.
Mei-Mei later appears several times throughout Metal Fury, including the final battle between Gingka and Nemesis.
Beyblade: Shogun Steel
Mei-Mei has a short cameo at the end of Shogun Steel, where she is shown with the other members of Wang Hu Zhong.
Beyblades
- Aquario 105F: Mei-Mei's Beyblade in the Metal Masters and Metal Fury anime.
- Storm Aquario 105F: Mei-Mei's Beyblade in the Metal Fight Beyblade Portable: Chouzetsu Tensei! Vulcan Horuseus video game.
- Clay Aquario 105F: Mei-Mei's Beyblade in the Beyblade: Metal Masters video game.
Special Moves
- Ferocious Tiger Waltz: Aquario glows a light blue aura. Then it spirals around with a blue streak behind it. Finally, Aquario slams its body into the opponent, sending them flying. However, in the tag battle with Chao Xin fighting Gingka and Yuki, Aquario simply flew into the air and dropped down in a crashing impact. Mei-Mei used this move to defeat some thieves in The Beylin Temple in the Sky.
- Soaring Firebird: Aquario strikes the opponent from at great speed, gathering energy around it to increase the impact strength. Mei-Mei first used this move in the episode The Beylin Temple in the Sky against three Bladers, allowing her to easily defeat them.
- Fighting Snake Flash: Fighting Snake Flash is a head-on attack which is done in a snake-like fashion, slithering. It is a moderately powerful attack that defeated three Bladers.
- Big Wave: Aquario creates a huge wave to destabilize the opponent's Beyblade. Mei-Mei first used this move in her battle against Sophie and Wales.
Beybattles
| Beyblade: Metal Masters | ||
|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Episode | Result |
| Chinese selection match | Offscreen | Win |
| Gingka Hagane and Masamune Kadoya (Tag w/ Chiyun) | MM003 | Lose |
| 3 Gang Bladers | MM007 | Win |
| Chaoxin | Offscreen | Lose |
| Tsubasa Otori and Yu Tendo (Tag w/ Chiyun) | MM017 | Draw |
| First Consolation Tournament Blader | Offscreen | Win |
| Second Consolation Tournament Blader | MM019 | Win |
| Karte and Zidane (Tag w/ Chaoxin) | Offscreen | Win |
| Sophie and Wales (Tag w/ Chaoxin) | MM024 | Lose |
| Kenta Yumiya, Dashan Wang, Chiyun Li Masamune Kadoya, Chaoxin Gingka Hagane | MM040 | No outcome |
| Phoenix (Tag w/ Kenta, Dashan, Chiyun, Masamune, Choxin, and Gingka) | MM040 | Lose |
| Enso Garcia and Selen Garcia (Tag w/ Chaoxin, Chiyun, Kenta, and Benkei) | MM045 | Win |
| Enso Garcia and HD Academy Bladers (Tag w/ Wang Hu Zhong) | MM046 | Win |
| Beyblade: Metal Fury | ||
|---|---|---|
| Opponent | Episode | Result |
| Gingka Hagane and Yuki Mizusawa (Tag w/ Chaoxin) | 4D009 | Lose |
Anime Appearances
Beyblade: Metal Masters
- Episode 03 - A New Challenge
- Episode 04 - Ticket to the World
- Episode 05 - Final Battle! Leone vs. Eagle
- Episode 07 - The Beylin Temple in the Sky
- Episode 08 - The Third Man
- Episode 09 - The World Championships Begin!
- Episode 10 - Lacerta's Will
- Episode 11 - The 4,000 Year Old Secret
- Episode 12 - The Bey with a Hero's Name
- Episode 17 - We Meet Again! Wang Hu Zhong
- Episode 24 - The Creeping Darkness
- Episode 25 - The Axe of Destruction
- Episode 27 - Exceed the Limit!
- Episode 29 - Gravity Destroyer
- Episode 40 - The Furious DJ Battle!?
- Episode 41 - The Final Countdown
- Episode 42 - The Dragon Emperor Descends
- Episode 43 - Spirits' Last Battle
- Episode 44 - Showdown! Gingka vs. Damian
- Episode 45 - The Miraculous Spiral Force
- Episode 46 - Charge! Hades City
- Episode 47 - The Fallen Emperor
- Episode 51 - Galaxy Heart
Beyblade: Metal Fury
- Episode 03 - The Monster Cat, Lynx
- Episode 08 - The Crimson Flash
- Episode 09 - The Greatest Tag-Team Tournament
- Episode 10 - A New Roar!
- Episode 11 - Cosmic Tornado
- Episode 51 - A Ray of Hope
- Episode 52 - To the Future!
Manga Appearances
Metal Fight Beyblade
Gallery
Anime
Beyblade: Metal Masters
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Beyblade: Metal Fury
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Beyblade: Shogun Steel
Theme Songs
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Manga
Metal Fight Beyblade: Soul Burst
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Video Game
Metal Fight Beyblade Portable: Chouzetsu Tensei! Vulcan Horuseus
Trivia
- Mei-Mei and Chaoxin are the only named characters in the anime to use Metal System Beyblades.
- Her video game Beyblades, Clay and Storm Aquario 105F, are likely due to Metal System Wheels not being included in the games.
- Mei-Mei is voiced by Katie Griffin, who also voiced Hikaru Hasama, the other Aquario owner.
- Mei-Mei does not appear in the Metal Fight Beyblade manga.
- Mei-Mei however does appear in a cameo in the Metal Fight Beyblade: Soul Burst manga.
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