Reiko Imai (今井 玲子, Imai Reiko) is a Judge from the series Muhyo & Roji's Bureau of Supernatural Investigation.
Appearance[]
Judge Imai has brown hair in a bob cut till her neck and has a stern look with her brown eyes.
She wears the M.L.S uniform at all times, and sometimes wears a cloak.
Personality[]
Imai is a serious, and a little mood-off person, but she is also very caring towards Roji, Muhyo, Yoichi, Biko, and Page, and Fujiwara. She is the Master of Swordsmanship in the series, (as said by Ginji that her win record is legendary) some say she never lost a battle when it came to Swordplay. She is very focused and all-time ready for missions given by Page Klaus. However, she mostly doubts Yoichi's capabilities (as shown when they had to fight Buhpu's army and calls him insane). But despite all that, she is very caring and soft towards people and has concerns.
History[]
Her childhood time is unknown. But during the recent time of the series, she was firstly seen in the Magic Law Prison with Maeda and Fujiwara and other Assistant Judges, Practitioners, and Judges. She couldn't stop the monster (envoy) which broke Biko's seals, because of that, Fujiwara died. She couldn't handle the fact of losing him, she couldn't save him from death because he was already caught by the envoy. When she met up with Muhyo and Roji, she was claimed to be Sophie, because she was a victim of hers, but revealed that she was somewhat spared by her. Imai had to stay inside the Prison in case if something else happens since Rio turned into a rebel, she hanged on to the hole for a week, and she protected Maeda, but when Muhyo, Roji, Biko, and Yoichi were fighting Rio, she was being strangled by Teeki, but because of Enchyu's orders, he had to stop and left. Imai was encountered by the Ark member named Mick and was captured, but she was saved by Umekichi and Executor Busujima, and she saved Rio from Teeki. She teams with Ginji and Yoichi when it came to taking down Buhpu, she tried defending Ginji from the Mick puppet and tried talking sense to Yoichi, but in vain.
Overall Imai is a good Swordswoman in the Magic Law Society.
Powers and ability[]
- Magic pen and Seal: Imai uses a magic pen to create spells by writing on the seals to attack, defend, or to support
- Swordsmanship: Imai has a magic tool that's a sword, and it is stated by Busujima, Imai is very skilled in using a sword, and it is seen in many times where Imai will use her sword to fight against ghosts.
- Survivability: Stated by Busujima while Imai was captured, she can survive even when she's placed in the middle of the ocean, saying that she wouldn't die that easily
Relationship[]
- Muhyo: She respects Muhyo as a powerful executor, and is willing to support him while fighting.
It is clear they have some history, as Muhyo knows well of her skills with a magic law sword, and she got away with throwing water on him almost twice, so they have an unspoken respect for one another.
- Roji: She well respects Roji's skills despite him being a 2nd class secretary. After fighting alongside each other, both of them are very close friends and comrades.
In chapter 154, when Roji helped other students instead of defeating the last ghost, Imai was devastated to the point of tears at the news that he had failed to advance to 1st class secretary. In chapter 156, when Busujima told her that Roji had stayed to become Muhyo's assistant again, she referred to Roji as Imai's 'Crush' instead, which lead to Imai blushing and started to get angry at Busujima.
Etymology[]
- The name Reiko means "the tinkling of jade" (玲) (rei) and "child" (子) (ko).
- Reiko's surname Imai means "now/just now, immediately, at the present time, this" (今) (ima) and "well, mine shaft, pit" (井) (i).
Trivia[]
- She likes milk, cheese (all dairy products), pickled food (especially pickled onions)
- She doesn't like astrology as it disturbs her
- She is talented at memorization (and recitation), as well as kendo (5 dan)
- She is known to survive almost impossible situations, earning her the nickname "Imai the Phoenix"