Shiho Munakata - My-Otome

My-Otome

In the My-Otome anime Shiho Huit is a Pearl Otome along with Chie and Akane, and her mental instability is used as comic relief, in particular her rivalry and attempts to sabotage the careers of those she sees as insulting of Cardair, her homeland. She has a great rivalry with Juliet Nao Zhang.

Shiho is best known for the voodoo-like practices she uses to curse others, a trait that earns her the nickname of "Uzumaki" (literally "spiral") and her chanting of "Maki Maki" (turn turn) which becomes a running gag, as well as the tendency for her sabotage attempts to backfire. After the invasion of Garderobe she takes Lilie Adean and Yayoi Alter into the woods in order to spin for her success, something that eventually allows Chie to break free of her command restraint and take a hit for Arika Yumemiya.

She eventually becomes the Otome for Florince in the place of Akane Soir, who elopes with Kazuya, and gains a Meister GEM known as the Spiral Spin Serpentine (螺旋の蛇紋石 Rasen no Jamonseki) that utilizes her spiraling abilities. Her Robe resembles her Child from the My-HiME anime and has a skull motif. Her element is a voodoo doll, similar to the one she had previously been using, that can literally cause an enemy to spin in a spiral. Shiho also once stated that she is a member of the royal family of Cardair Empire, which gives an impression that her family is supporting her studies in Garderobe. Also, in an omake, Shiho was shown to be 'talking' to her grandmother. Her grandmother advised her not to 'maki-maki' so much as 'the one who spirals too much is the one who will end up getting spiraled'. This also shows that her maki-maki device is a family heirloom.

She is seen briefly in the background of the first episode My-Otome Zwei in the first scene, where she is crouched in the corner and spiraling. In the third episode she is one of the Otome in the bath during the SOLT and reveals her dislike for Rosalie Claudel, the other Otome of Florince. When Shiho's top is stolen by a drunken Anh Lu it is also revealed that Shiho stuffs her bra. In the 4th episode, Shiho and Rosalie fight Yuna's Childs in Florince together and are seen rejoicing together on top of a giant version of Shiho's voodoo doll.