Nagamori Mizuka (EFZ)

Introduction

Nagamori Mizuka (長森 瑞佳) is an interesting character who fights with her schoolbag and trusty cello. She is able to create notes on screen which can be detonated using a wide variety of moves. Because of her notes, Mizuka is well-suited for a pressure-style of play.

Mizuka is actually the main heroine of ONE, a visual novel produced by Tactics in 1998. Mizuka is Kouhei's neighbour and childhood friend, and is in the same grade in school. She always worries about Kouhei, acting very maternal-like towards him. Mizuka goes to wake him up every morning, but Kouhei either does not get up or plays some mean tricks to her, causing them to be late for school all the time. During ONE, a pretend confession that Mizuka takes seriously ends up changing things between them forever. And when he discovers inconsistencies in his memories, he struggles to find the truth between him and Mizuka...

Stage: Park on the Path to School (Day) (通学路の公園(昼))

BGM: 8 Cats (8匹のネコ)

Character-Specific Notes

• Mizuka is able to air jump once, and air dash/backstep once.
• Several of Mizuka's moves require her cello bow to be in her hands. If Mizuka's bow is thrown, she will not be able to perform those moves until she recovers the bow again.
• Several of Mizuka's moves create notes on the playing field. These notes can be detonated by various other moves, in order to deal damage. Notes will normally disappear after being detonated or after 10 seconds, whichever comes first.
• Mizuka's Medium attacks are chained either like 5B(c) 5B(f), or like 2B 5B(f).

Normal Moves

The notation for the movelists can be found under Move List Notation (EFZ).

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	Move Cancel	Jump Cancel	IC Cancel
5A	1	200	Low	Yes	Yes	Yes
2A	1	220	Low	Yes	Yes	Yes
j.A	1	200	High/Air	Yes	Yes	Yes
66A	1	250	Low	Yes	No	Yes
662A	1	220	Low	Yes	No	Yes
5B(c)	1	390	Ground	Yes	Yes	Yes
5B(f)	1	450	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
2B	1	400	Ground	Yes	Hit	Yes
j.B	1	400	High/Air	Yes	Yes	Yes
66B	1	450	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
662B	1	350	Any	Yes	No	Yes
5C	1	600	Ground	Yes	Hit	Yes
2C	6	≈560	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
j.C	1	600	High/Air	Yes	Yes	Yes
66C	1	650	Ground	Yes	Hit	Yes
662C	1	600	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
Throw	6	≈1080	Throw	No	No	No
j.Throw	2	1200	Air Throw	No	No	No
Bookbag Decapitation
6B	1	450	High	No	No	Yes

Weak Attacks

5A

• Mizuka does a short kick at the opponent's shin.
• [usefulness]

2A

• Mizuka, while sitting on a chair, kicks one foot out.
• [usefulness]

j.A

• Mizuka does a weak kneeing motion in the air.
• [usefulness]

66A

• Mizuka does a short kick at the opponent's shin.
• [usefulness]

662A

• Mizuka, while sitting on a chair, kicks one foot out.
• [usefulness]

Medium Attacks

5B (close)

• Mizuka does a side kick horizontally out.
• [usefulness]

5B (far)

• Mizuka swings her bookbag out in a wide horizontal arc.
• [usefulness]

2B

• Misuka kicks out, using a chair to support her unbalanced position.
• [usefulness]

j.B

• Mizuka does a kick aimed forward and slightly down.
• [usefulness]

66B

• Mizuka does a side kick horizontally out.
• [usefulness]

662B

• Mizuka does a short running hop, and does a kick aimed forward and slightly down.
• [usefulness]

Strong Attacks

5C

• Mizuka swings her cello in front of her in a large vertical arc upwards.
• [usefulness]

2C

• Mizuka plays her cello, causing a barrier of music to circle around her. This move will knock down the opponent if it hits, and will cause any notes that touch the barrier to detonate. This move cannot be performed if Mizuka's bow is out of her hands. Instead, Mizuka will perform a dashing crouch strong attack.
• This move is a decent sweep, and can easily cancel into any number of specials or supers. The multi-hit nature of this move makes it very safe from being Recoil Guarded, and is useful to push the opponent away. It is quite weak against aerial attacks though.

j.C

• Mizuka swings her cello in front of her in a large horizontal arc.
• [usefulness]

66C

• Mizuka swings her cello directly above her.
• [usefulness]

662C

• Mizuka leaps toward the opponent hands first, body fully extended and off the ground. This move will wallbounce a midair opponent if it hits.
• [usefulness]

Throws

Throw

• Mizuka pushes the opponent to the ground and hits them several times with a pillow.
• [usefulness]

Air Throw

• Mizuka tosses the opponent over her head diagonally down to the floor, in the opposite direction she was facing.
• [usefulness]

Command Normals

Bookbag Decapitation (脳天かばん割り)

• Mizuka slowly raises her bookbag, and swings it downward.
• [usefulness]

Special Moves

The notation for the movelists can be found under Move List Notation (EFZ).

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	IC Cancel
Slow & Keying
236A	1	600	Any	FIC
236B	1	600	Any	FIC
236C	1	600	Any	FIC
> Pitch & Bend [During Slow & Keying]
> 236A	0	N/A	N/A	No
> 236B	0	N/A	N/A	No
> 236C	0	N/A	N/A	No
Slash & Prologue [+Aerial]
623A	1	700	Any	Yes
623B	2	≈820	Any	Yes
623C	3	≈1260	Any	Yes
Tone & Setup [+Aerial]
214A/B/C	1	600	Any	No
Tone & Setup
j.236A/B/C	1	600	Any	No
Smash & Sympathy
412A	1	750	Any	Yes/FIC
412B	1	750	High/Air	Yes/FIC
412C	2	≈1050	Any, High/Air	Yes
Special Mounting Pillow [SP Level 1-3]
236236A	10	≈2180	Ground	No
236236B	31	≈3380	Ground	No
236236C	35	≈3950	Ground	No
Tone & Setup+ [+Aerial, SP Level 1-3]
214214A	n	600*n	Any	No
214214B	1	1800	Any	No
214214C	n	600*n	Any	No
Reverb & Awaking [SP Level 1-3]
641236A	1	1800	Ground	No
641236B	1	2500	Ground	No
641236C	1	3200	Ground	No
Eternal Poem [1/3 HP, SP Level 3]
6BA6A	0	N/A	Unblockable	No

Specials

Slow & Keying (スロゥ&キーイング)

• A version:
  • Mizuka throws her bow out straight forward, like a boomerang. After reaching the maximum distance, the bow becomes harmless and automatically homes in to Mizuka for recovery. While the bow is in the air, any notes the bow touches will detonate. This move cannot be performed if Mizuka's bow is out of her hands.
  • This move is useful projectile. It comes out fast, crosses almost the entire screen, and can detonate far-off notes easily.
• B version:
  • Same as the A version, except the bow is thrown diagonally forward-up initially.
  • This move is the anti-air version. It's generally less useful than the A version, but it can be used to hit high-up notes and attack jumping opponents. However, if the bow is Recoil Guarded, the opponent will most likely still be on the offensive, unlike the A version where you at least stop their dash.
• C version:
  • Similar to the A version, but will start creating notes during the recovery phase, up to a maximum of 5 notes. This version will not detonate notes.
  • This move is quite useful, letting you fill up the screen with notes while go on the offensive.

Pitch & Bend (ピッチ&ベンド)

• Mizuka waves a conductor's baton, which changes the trajectory of the bow.
• The A version makes the bow move up, the B version makes the bow move down, and the C version makes the bow move away.

Slash & Prologue (スラッシュ&プロローグ)

• Mizuka leaps a number of times up-forward, swinging her cello and bow at the opponent.
• This move can also be done in the air.
• This move will detonate any notes that her body touches.
• The last hit of the C version causes wallbounce if it hits.
• This move cannot be performed if Mizuka's bow is out of her hands.

Tone & Setup (トーン&セットアップ)

• Mizuka plays her cello, creating a note on the screen
• Any notes that touch a detonating note's explosion will also detonate.
• This move cannot be performed if Mizuka's bow is out of her hands.

Smash & Sympathy (スマッシュ&シンパティ)

• Mizuka leaps towards the opponent and swings her bow down to the ground.
• The A version will detonate any notes that her body or bow touches. The B and C versions will detonate any notes that only her body touches, and will create a new note where the bow is at the end of the move.
• This move is IC-able even without attacking the opponent.
• This move cannot be performed if Mizuka's bow is out of her hands.

Eterny Specials

Special Mounting Pillow (スペシャル馬乗り枕)

• Mizuka runs towards the opponent. If the move hits, Mizuka pushes the opponent to the ground and hits them repeatedly with a pillow, ending with an earth-shaking pillow-to-the-face.

Tone & Setup+ (トーン&セットアップ+)

• Mizuka plays her cello, creating a special note that has certain unique properties.
  • A: Creates a "forte" (f-note) on the screen. It acts like a regular note, but it will not disappear after detonation. Potentially one of the best supers in the game if used right.
  • B: Creates a treble clef on the screen. It acts like a regular note, but it creates a much larger and much stronger explosion on detonation.
  • C: Creates a triplet on the screen. It bounces forward, creating sets of 3 normal notes at regular intervals until it goes off the screen. It cannot be detonated.
• This move cannot be performed if Mizuka's bow is out of her hands.
• This super uses only 1 Level of SP for all 3 versions.

Reverb & Awaking (リバーヴ＆アウェイキング)

• Mizuka raises two conductor's batons, one in each hand, and swings them down, producing a huge shockwave of energy.
• This move causes all of the notes in the environment to detonate without making them disappear.

Final Memory

Eternal Poem (永遠の詩)

• Mizuka clutches her chest as if in pain, keels over as symbols start to appear around her, and then screams causing the screen to fade into white. Afterwards, the opponent is completely frozen and vulnerable for about 10 seconds.
• Mizuka can be interrupted during the startup time for this move. The opponent must hit Mizuka before she screams in order to interrupt the move.
• This move causes all of the notes in the environment to detonate without making them disappear.
• During this time that the opponent is frozen, the following words appear in the background:

Japanese	English
ほら、起きなさいよっ どうしたの、浩平 ちゃんと面倒見てくれる人がいないと心配なんだもん 案外運命の出逢いかもしれないよ わたしなんかにキスされて嬉しいのっ? 日頃の感謝を込めて、とかね でも、わたしだよ わたし! ありがと ほらほら浩平 この猫ほんとに可愛いでしょ わたしたちつきあってるんだよね 浩平? ……浩平がそう言うなら、わたしはいいよ 効果てきめん! ほら、はあーってやってみてよ いなくなるんだよ 普通…… 本当にいつもいつも浩平のことを考えてるんだよ わたしと逢える? 指切った……え? 捕まえたっ やっと…… 嫌だよ ねえ、笑顔でいられてるかな、わたし…… そう、よかった……	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]

Strategy, Tactics, and Combos

Combos

Um, 5ABB 2C 623A?

Basic Strategy

Take any opportunity you get to create notes around the opponent.

If you are waking up and you believe that the opponent is going to attack, Slash & Prologue C version is a good wakeup to use.

If you manage to knock down the opponent in the corner, laying an f-note (Tone & Setup+ A version) would be a good idea.

Fun with Notes

Standard Corner Note: This is the most basic note setup that you should learn. While the opponent is downed in the corner, create a note on top of them (214A). From this position, you have the options of attacking low with 2A or 5A, attacking high with 6B, throwing them, or detonating the note with 623A. If you detonate the note, you will retain frame advantage and have a second try to break the opponent's guard.

Deadly Note Crossover: While next to a downed opponent, create a note right on top of them (214A), and just before they wake up, perform an A version Slash & Prologue (623A) to detonate the note. With correct timing, you will either attack them as they stand up, forcing them to block as expected (away from your original position), or whiff and land on the opposite side of the opponent, forcing them to block unnaturally (towards your original position).

Alternatively, the A version Smash & Sympathy (412A) can be used instead, if the 623 motion is too difficult. Also, the B version Tone & Setup+ (214214B) can be used instead, for extra damage.

Follow-up Bow: While far from the opponent, create a note far away (214B), throw the bow high up (236B), and dash toward the opponent. If the opponent tries to be offensive and punish you for that "missed" bow, they will be surprised when the bow loops back behind you and detonates that note on it's way back to you, launching the opponent for an aerial assault.

Win Quotes

Japanese	English
私だって やればそれなりに できるんだよ	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
少しだらしが 無いかなぁ… 牛乳飲んで 体はもっと 丈夫にしないと ダメだよ	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
道端で 寝ちゃうのは ちょっと 良くないと 思うんだけど…	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
こういう事は 苦手だから… 今回だけにして くれないかなぁ…	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
これでも 音楽はたくさん 練習してる方だよ	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Rumi) な、七瀬さん～ そんなに しょげないでよ～ はうー	(To Rumi) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Mio) 繭ちゃん 続きはまた今度 遊んであげるから 今日はここで おしまいだよ	(To Mio) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Nayuki) 猫が可愛いのは 分かるんだけど… もう少し 落ち着いた方が いいと思うんだよ	(To Nayuki) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To UNKNOWN) 悲しい物 いっぱい背負って いるんだね… でも… 諦めなければ 願いは きっと届くよ うん	(To UNKNOWN) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Mizuka) 二人がかりなら 浩平にかかる世話も 半分になるかな?	(To Mizuka) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]

Colors

In-game References

ONE References

• Mizuka's "Special Mounting Pillow" move is a reference to how Mizuka sometimes wakes Kouhei up with a pillow.