Kouzuki Mio (EFZ)

Introduction

Kouzuki Mio (上月 澪) is an exceptionally versatile fighter who is able to switch between 2 radically different move lists at will. She uses costumes to give flair (and references) to her special moves. When in Short Range Mode, Mio's rushdown game is really good thanks to her fast dashing speed, instant overhead, and damaging combos that provide the fear of being hit. However, she becomes weak to aerial attacks and lockdown styles of play. When she switches to Long Range Mode, Mio's lockdown game is really good with multiple attacks that serve as anti-air, lockdown with her cards and arrows, and long range pokes. However, she becomes weak to rushdown styles of play.

Mio is actually one of the heroines of ONE, a visual novel produced by Tactics in 1998. Mio is a 1st grade student in the same school as Kouhei. She always carries a sketchbook with her since she is mute. Also, her face expresses a lot of emotion, so you can easily tell how she is feeling just from looking. During ONE, [SINGLE HINT SENTENCE]...

Stage: Gymnasium (体育館)

BGM: Smiling in innocence (無邪気に笑顔)

Character-Specific Notes

• Mio's current mode is shown right below her health bar. Blue text means that she is in Short Range Mode, and red text means she is in Long Range Mode.
• Mio's Short Range Mode is able to air jump once, and air dash/backstep once. Once Mio has air dashed/backstepped, she cannot perform any more air jumps until she lands or air recovers.
• Mio's Long Range Mode is able to air jump once, and air dash/backstep twice. Once Mio has air dashed/backstepped once, she cannot perform any more air jumps until she lands or air recovers.
• Mio's Long Range Mode is quite slow and has one of the most floaty jumps in the game.

Normal Moves (Short Range Mode)

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	170	Ground	Yes	Yes	Yes
2A	1	160	Low	Yes	Yes	Yes
j.A	1	170	High/Air	Yes	Yes	Yes
66A	1	150	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
662A	1	160	Low	Yes	No	Yes
5B(c)	1	350	Ground	Yes	Yes	Yes
5B(f)	1	370	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
2B	8	≈605	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
j.B	1	400	High/Air	Yes	Yes	Yes
66B	1	450	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
662B	1	400	Low	Yes	No	Yes
5C	1	580	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
2C	1	600	Low	Yes	No	Yes
j.C	3	≈575	High/Air	No	Yes	Yes
66C	1	550	Any	Yes	No	Yes
662C	1	550	Low	Yes	No	Yes
Throw	10	1200	Throw	No	No	No
j.Throw	2	1000	Air Throw	No	No	No
Mode Switch
S	0	N/A	N/A	No	No	No
Costume-Student Fighter
6C	1	600	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
Costume-Tokugawa Aristocrat
j.2C	1	600	High/Air	Yes	No	Yes

Weak Attacks

5A

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2A

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j.A

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66A

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662A

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Medium Attacks

5B (close)

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5B (far)

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2B

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j.B

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66B

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662B

• Mio, dressed up like Sakura Kusagano from the Street Fighter series, does a sweeping kick along the floor that trips the opponent.
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Strong Attacks

5C

• Mio forcefully pushes her notebook forward with both hands. This move causes wallbounce on midair opponents if it hits.
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2C

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j.C

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66C

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662C

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Throws

Throw

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Air Throw

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Command Normals

Mode Switch

• Mio does a quick pose, and goes into Long Range Mode.
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Costume-Student Fighter (衣装・学生格闘家)

• Mio, dressed up like [[[Kyo Kusanagi]] from The King of Fighters series, delivers a hook punch at the opponent. This move has guard attack properties during the time just before Mio punches.
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Costume-Tokugawa Aristocrat (衣装・幕末貴族)

• Mio, dressed up like Shinnosuke Kagami from The Last Blade series, flies down from the sky at a 45-degree angle towards the opponent.
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Special Moves (Short Range Mode)

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	IC Cancel
Costume-Adventurer
236A	1	500	Any	Yes
> 236A	3	0	Any	No
> 236B	7	≈650	Any	No
236B	?	?	Any	Yes
> 236A	4	850	Any	Yes
> 236B	7	≈650	Any	No
236C	1	900	Any	Yes
Costume-Onmyoji
623A	6	≈835	Any	Yes
623B	10	≈1010	Any	Yes
623C	15	≈1760	Any	Yes
Costume-Red Hood
214A	4	≈760	Any	Yes
214B	10	≈1110	Any	Yes
214C	19	≈1365	Any	Yes
Costume-Cat who wore short boots
236236A	1	0	High/Air	Yes
	4-11	≈1050-2700	Any	Yes
236236B	1	0	High/Air	Yes
	5-17	≈1350-3530	Any	Yes
236236C	1	0	High/Air	Yes
	14-24	≈3270-4920	Any	Yes
Costume-Student Soldier
214214A	8	≈2260	Ground	Yes
214214B	15	≈2830	Ground	Yes
214214C	1	3000	Ground	Yes
Costume-At any rate, a lot
641236C	1	0	Any	No
> ABCABCS	10	2700	N/A	No
>> 236C	30	2100	N/A	No
>> 623C	2	1200	N/A	No

Specials

Costume-Adventurer (衣装・冒険家)

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Costume-Onmyoji (衣装・陰陽師)

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Costume-Red Hood (衣装・あかずきん)

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Eterny Specials

Costume-Cat who wore short boots (衣装・長くない靴を履いた猫)

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Costume-Student Soldier (衣装・学徒兵)

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Final Memory

Costume-Anyway, a lot (衣装・とにかくたくさん)

• Mio dashes toward the opponent. Continuing to hold C while dashing towards the opponent will increase the window for the next step. Pressing A just after Mio collides into the opponent will lead to...
  • Mio shoves her notebook at the opponent's face. Pressing B just after the notebook hits will lead to...
  • Mio swings her notebook in front of her in a downwards arc. Pressing C after the notebook is swung down will lead to...
  • Mio, dressed up as Ecoco (company mascot of Tohoku Electric Power), swings a matchstick downwards in front of her. Pressing A after the matchstick is swung will lead to...
  • Mio, dressed up as Sakura Kusagano (from the Street Fighter series), does a sweeping kick along the floor. Pressing B just after the sweep hits will lead to...
  • Mio, dressed up as Kyo Kusanagi (from The King of Fighters series), does a spinning back kick aimed at the body. Pressing C just after the kick hits will lead to...
  • Mio, dressed up as B.B.Hood (from the Darkstalkers series), spins her knife-wielding arm vertically. Pressing S just after the knife hits 3 times will lead to...
  • Mio, dressed up as [???] (from Gunparade March), slams her clawed hand into the opponent's chest, stunning them with a burst of energy. Finally, depending on whether 236C or 623C was pressed after the palm strike hits...
  • Mio wears a Dejiko costume (from the anime Di Gi Charat) and shoots a beam at the opponent.
  • Mio wears a Kyo Kusanagi costume (from The King of Fighters series), uppercuts the opponent, and then kicks them into the wall. This move causes wallbounce and can be followed up.
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Normal Moves (Long Range Mode)

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	Move Cancel	Jump Cancel	IC Cancel
5A(c)	1	170	Ground	Yes	Yes	Yes
5A(f)	1	170	Ground	Yes	Yes	Yes
2A(c)	1	160	Low	Yes	Yes	Yes
2A(f)	1	160	Low	Yes	Yes	Yes
j.A	1	170	Any	Yes	Yes	Yes
66A	1	170	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
662A	1	160	Low	Yes	Yes	Yes
5B	1	380	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
2B	1	400	Any	Yes	Yes	Yes
j.B	1	400	Any	Yes	Yes	Yes
66B	1	380	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
662B	1	400	Any	Yes	No	Yes
5C	1	550	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
2C	1	150	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
	5	≈570	Any	Yes	No	Yes
j.C	1	600	High/Air	Yes	Yes	Yes
66C	1	550	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
662C	1	150	Ground	Yes	No	Yes
6	≈650	Any	Yes	No	Yes
Throw	10	≈1165	Throw	No	No	No
j.Throw	2	1000	Air Throw	No	No	No
Mode Switch
S	0	N/A	N/A	No	No	No
Flight
j.S	0	N/A	N/A	Yes	Air dash/backstep only	No
Above Hit
4A	1	380	Ground	Yes	Yes (No if guarded)	Yes
Below Hit
j.2B	1	400	Any	Yes	Yes (No jump if guarded)	Yes
Right Below Hit
j.2C	1	600	High/Air	Yes	Jump only	Yes

Weak Attacks

5A (close)

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5A (far)

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2A (close)

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2A (far)

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j.A

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66A

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662A

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Medium Attacks

5B

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2B

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j.B

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66B

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662B

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Strong Attacks

5C

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2C

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j.C

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66C

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662C

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Throws

Throw

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Air Throw

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Command Normals

Mode Switch

• Mio does a quick pose, and goes into Short Range Mode.
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Flight (飛行)

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Above Hit (上当て)

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Below Hit (下当て)

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Right Below Hit (真下当て)

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Special Moves (Long Range Mode)

Move	Hits	Damage	Guard	IC Cancel
Costume-Shikigami Tamer
236A	1	700	Any	Yes (FIC)
236B	2	700*2	Any	Yes (FIC)
236C	1	700	Any	Yes (FIC)
Costume-Card Captor
214A/B/C	3	≈710	Any	Yes (FIC)
Costume-Little Match Girl [Can be done midair]
412A	7	≈790	Any	Yes (FIC)
412B	12	≈1300	Any	Yes (FIC)
412C	14	≈1535	Any	Yes (FIC)
Costume-Snow Princess [Can be done midair]
236236A	5	≈1900	Any	No
236236B	5	≈2650	Any	No
236236C	5	≈3660	Any	No
Costume-Vampire Hunter
214214A	12	≈2030	Any	No
214214B	18	≈2810	Any	No
214214C	30	≈4020	Any	No
Costume-Doing many things with a Fake Nanase
BA2AB	2	4700	Any	No

Specials

Costume-Shikigami Tamer (衣装・式神使い)

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Costume-Card Captor (衣装・カードキャプター)

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Costume-Little Match Girl (衣装・マッチ売りの少女)

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Eterny Specials

Costume-Snow Princess (衣装・雪女)

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Costume-Vampire Hunter (衣装・ヴァンパイアハンター)

• A version:
  • Mio, dressed up like Ciel from the visual novel Tsukihime, throws 4 volleys of 3 Black Keys at an upward angle of 30 degrees, for a total of 12.
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• B version:
  • Same as the A version, except that Mio throws 6 volleys of 3 Black Keys, for a total of 18.
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• C version:
  • Same as the A version, except that Mio throws 10 volleys of 3 Black Keys, for a total of 30.
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Final Memory

Costume-Doing many things with a Fake Nanase (衣装・アレ以外の何か with 偽七瀬)

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Strategy, Tactics, and Combos

Combos

Mio's simplest BnB combo: (Short Range, close) 2A 5BBC 236B 236A. Does about 2000 damage, and doesn't require IC or SP.

Mio's simple corner bookshove loop: (Short Range, close, near corner) 2ABC 214214A [wait until the last hit or whenever you're comfortable canceling it] IC (2B 5C)x[until 70% damage scaling] [Long Range switch] j.BC [jump] j.A j.2BC.

Her air combo is pretty much (Short Range) [jump] j.B [airdash] j.BC [land] 5B(c). This combo can either lead into Mio's 2B 5C corner loop, or can be repeated again to push them closer towards the corners.

A simple yet damaging Long Range combo: (Long Range, close) 5ABC 412A IC 214214A. Higher levels of the Ciel super can be used instead for increased damage.

Short Range Rushdown

Staying on the ground to attack is the best option in most cases. Her jump/air dashing normals can be beat out by a lot of things since they lack range. As far as ground attacks go, rushing with 2A and 5A's until you hit and link into a combo is probably your best bet. Another fairly good rush in would be 662C, you can cancel this into 623A/B, even on block, which can be good if you opponent doesn't know there is a followup. If you don't follow it up with a twirl, there's a ton of recovery time. On hit, you can IC into the air loop mentioned earlier, or link into Mio's 214214 super.

j.C can put your opponent in a good stunblock thuogh which may give you advantage and allow you to follow up with grounded normals. It also provides a good crossup, which you can use for okizeme. For example, as they wake up, j.C crossup over them, then jump back j.C again to put em in block then follow with grounded normals. If you hit a deep j.C, you can link Mio's BnB combo with it, or 236A which you can then IC into an aerial loop.

j.2C can be a good quick overhead if you're close to your opponent. The startup can be pretty easy to see if you do it far away. You'll almost always want to IC this. If blocked, the recovery is horrid, so you'll want to get out of that, but if it hits, it can lead to a pretty strong air loop.

Win Quotes

Japanese	English
スケッチブックの 使い方 ちょっと 違う気がするの…	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
本気で 叩かれたの… すっごく 痛いの…	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
あのね 練習いっしょに ありがとうなの	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
衣装汚れたの… 部長さんに 怒られるの…	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
い、 痛いの…	[TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Akane) 長い髪の毛 似合うように なりたいの	(To Akane) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Misaki) 先輩… もうちょっと早く 気がついて 欲しいの…	(To Misaki) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Ayu) 本物の翼 とっても きれいなの	(To Ayu) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]
(To Mio) まねだけじゃ だめなの	(To Mio) [TRANSLATION NEEDED]

Colors

Palette	Appearance
1 (Default)	Purple hair, blue eyes, red ribbons, white uniform, green sketchbook.
2	Light brown hair, blue eyes, orange ribbons, blue uniform, white sketchbook.
3	Dark blue hair, blue eyes, black ribbons, black uniform, black sketchbook.
4	Green hair, green eyes, white ribbons, beige uniform, brown sketchbook.
5	Red hair, red eyes, white ribbons, grey uniform, blue sketchbook.
6	Pink hair, yellow eyes, purple ribbons, brown uniform, red sketchbook.

In-game References

Game References

• Mio's standing throw is based on Sakura Kusagano's "Sailor Strangle" throw, from the Street Fighter series.
• During Short Range Mio's dashing crouch medium move, she dresses up like Sakura Kusagano, from the Street Fighter series.
• Short Range Mio's dashing strong move is based on Kyo Kusanagi's standing fierce kick, from The King of Fighters series.
• Short Range Mio's "Costume-Student Fighter" move is based on Kyo-1's "Kurogami" move, from The King of Fighters series.
• Short Range Mio's "Costume-Tokugawa Aristocrat" move is based on Shinnosuke Kagami's "Kurogami" move, from The Last Blade series.
• Short Range Mio's "Costume-Adventurer" move is based on Dandy-J's "Hissatsu Rope" move, from Waku Waku 7.
• Short Range Mio's "Costume-Onmyoji" move is based on Akari Ichijo's "Tenmon Hoshi No Meguri" move, from The Last Blade series.
• Short Range Mio's "Costume-Red Hood" move is based on B.B.Hood's "Beautiful Memory" move, from the Darkstalkers series.
• Short Range Mio's "Costume-Student Soldier" is based on some move in the life-simulation Gunparade March.
• The beam finisher for Short Range Mio's "Costume-At any rate, a lot" move is based on Cyclops's "Mega Optic Blast" move, from the Capcom Marvel Series.
• The uppercut finisher for Short Range Mio's "Costume-At any rate, a lot" move is based on Kyo Kusanagi's "Crouching Strong Punch" -> "125 Shiki: Nanase" combo, from The King of Fighters series.
• During Long Range Mio's "Costume-Vampire Hunter" move, she dresses up like Ciel from the visual novel Tsukihime.

ONE References

• The many costumes Mio uses in her moves is a reference to her role as a member of the drama club in the game.