Mari Nikaidō

Mari Nikaidō is a witch who is famously known as the Witch of Aurora, based off her ancient Aurora attribute. She was formerly a conscript member of Valhalla before becoming the first enrolled witch in the Anti-Magic Academy where she joined the 35th Test Platoon. Mari has shoulder-length brown hair that is tied in a small ponytail and yellow eyes. She is visually distinctive when compared to the rest of her team as she rarely keeps to the academy's uniform. Instead, she wears a dark-blue jacket with an orange skirt while wearing brown boots with white thigh high socks. Lastly, she has her hat that matches her jacket and a tri-colored scarf. For a duration of the series, Mari wears a Gleipnir, a specialized collar that inhibits her magic use. In the Epilogue, Mari retains her signature beret, scarf, and personalized outfit even in her new job as an academy teacher. A fact that Ouka Ootori ridicules her for wearing such a short skirt near the students. She also loses her twintails in favor of keeping her hair flowing straight. Mari is a selfless girl whose only reason in joining Valhalla was so that she could safeguard the children she grew up with in an orphanage in the outskirts of town. With the string of events causing her to do less than reputable deeds with Valhalla's members, the guilt eventually came to a breaking point and led to her defection. Mari's sense of justice is strong but her motivation mostly comes from her affection towards Takeru Kusanagi, often competing with others and complaining how she never gets any of her romantics "flags" raised. However, she begins to cherish her teammates as well. Mari's prodigious ability with magic makers her fairly confident in her abilities and she generally carries herself with a proud demeanor. Due to comparatively small chest however, she is frequently teased by her teammates while being at odds the most with fellow platoon member, Ouka Ootori, who embodies the two things she can't stand the most: having a large chest and more importantly, for despising magic.