Miranjo

 (ミランジョ, Miranjo) is a character in Ousama Ranking and its anime adaption. She is a mage originally from the Kingdom of Houmas, and a mysterious advisor to Bosse, starting before he was even a king.

She is the source of many of the strange events happening in the Bosse Kingdom.

Appearance
Miranjo is a small woman with black hair, black eyes, and pale skin. Originally, and by her own admission, Miranjo's appearance was mostly the result of sorcery, due to her being disfigured as a child. She preferred to keep her face hidden beneath a dark green hooded cloak. Miranjo cinched her cloak with a blue metal pin, and wore dark green robes beneath it.

Miranjo's original body died during her first attempted coup of the Bosse Kingdom. As she laid dying she made a pact with a demon, allowing her soul to inhabit a nearby mirror. She remained trapped in the mirror for many years, while her original body was frozen in the Bosse Kingdom's secret, underground menagerie.

Personality
Miranjo was raised to be a very kind-hearted little girl, and she would often play in the forest surrounding her house, attracted other young animals with her vivacious spirit. As an adult, Miranjo has become a reserved and manipulative individual who will go to any lengths to accomplish her goals.

While her outward personality has changed, Miranjo has repeatedly shown that she is still a fundamentally kind person, and even before her second resurrection she was a positive and nurturing presence to many around her. Though she has lost her way quite dramatically, Miranjo has shown she is still capable of redemption.

Plot
Miranjo was born in the Houma Kingdom, a nation of powerful mages whose sorcery could rival the power of the gods. The child of two mages herself, Miranjo seemed to take after her mother, an exceptionally kind woman. At the time of her birth the Houma Kingdom had been in a protracted war with the gods, and were the only humans able to resist them.

Her life would take a dramatic turn when a giant adventurer, Bosse, arrived in the Houma Kingdom and challenged her father to a duel. Bosse narrowly won, slaying Miranjo's father, but sustaining heavy injuries himself. Miranjo's mother nursed Bosse back to health herself, and after witnessing the kindness of the Houma Kingdom Bosse became their ally in their resistance against the gods' tyranny.

A short time later the Houma Kingdom, attempted to rejuvenate the nearby Gyakuza Kingdom to gain a new ally in their war against the gods. Mages of the Houma Kingdom personally relocated to Gyakuza, and helped in the redevelopment of their kingdom, quickly turning it into a prosperous and idyllic land. Unfortunately the people of Gyakuza proved untrustworthy allies, and cooperated with the gods to crush the mages of the Houma Kingdom.

Miranjo's mother was killed by the traitorous Gyakuza people, and Miranjo herself was brutally tortured and disfigured. Unaware of this, Bosse arrived to visit the Houma mages in Gyakuza, and upon finding Miranjo brutalized and chained a post, savagely killed every Gyakuza villager in retribution. Bosse then collected their bodies and pressed another Houma mage to use them to restore Miranjo's body.

This began a new chapter in Miranjo's life, adventuring alongside Bosse. While initially despondent and suicidal over what she had lost, Miranjo came to love Bosse and think of him as a surrogate father. When Bosse began finding the limits of his personal power, Miranjo stepped in, finding him new challenges and eventually a way to increase his titanic strength even further, via a pact with a demon. This would touch off the series of events leading to the founding of the Bosse Kingdom and Bojji's present-day adventures.

In spite of their improved circumstances and wild success, Miranjo longed for the simple days of traveling and adventuring with Bosse. Bosse, feeling both obligated to and responsible for Miranjo, indulged in her later plots.

This would quickly lead to tragedy, as Bosse underestimated Miranjo's resolve to return to their adventuring lives. Miranjo partnered with a rival kingdom to attempt to overthrow Bosse, stripping him of the kingly duties she believed were preventing him from being an adventurer. The attempted coup failed, but Queen Sheena was killed while defending the castle, and Miranjo herself was betrayed by her foreign allies, who killed her original body during the war.

Too tenacious to give up, Miranjo struck a new bargain with the Demon, transferring her soul to a nearby mirror, and adopting the new guise of the Magic Mirror for many years to come. Together, Bosse and Miranjo have formed elaborate plans for the Bosse Kingdom, including stealing Daida's body and plotting to kill Hilling. These plots are largely motivated by Miranjo, with Bosse feeling obligated but conflicted in playing party to them.

Recently, as a part of their plot, Miranjo released six dangerous criminals from the Underworld. These criminals, Zokku, Gigan, Black, Red, Kingbo, and Ouken were then allowed to imprison the king and take control of the Bosse Kingdom's castle. The coup came frighteningly-close to succeeding due to Ouken's seeming invincibility on the battlefield, but ultimately Bosse refused to stand by any longer, and crushed the coup single-handedly, culminating in his final death and the shattering of the Magic Mirror.

Miranjo's fate seemed sealed. Her debt to the Demon came due, and she seemed to be fated to eternal torment within the Demon's body (ironically mirroring what she had attempted to do to Daida). Luckily, a newly-restored Daida interfered, forcing the Demon to restore Miranjo's original body.

King Bosse
Miranjo felt closest to King Bosse, and had a complicated relationship with the giant, seeming to consider him halfway between a surrogate father and a lover. Their shared history deeply affected both of them, with Miranjo feeling indebted to Bosse for saving her life and showing her the beauties of the world.

Ironically, Bosse also felt deeply indebted to Miranjo, and spent much of his reign as king either assisting or allowing her various plots, as he thought they would make her truly happy. Bosse considered Miranjo something of a surrogate daughter, and was deeply concerned with her happiness in wake of her tragic life.

Before his first death Bosse asked Miranjo to look after Daida, as he felt Daida most closely resembled himself, and would need Miranjo's guidance as well.

Daida
Daida first encountered Miranjo while trapped in his own body, though the circumstances of their meeting is unclear. While trapped, Daida developed a friendship with a spectre that seemed to be Miranjo's younger self, and slowly learned of her tragic history while witnessing his father's memories. Miranjo's deep grief was relieved by Daida's presence, though she didn't seem to realize this herself.

The entire experience had a sobering, maturing effect on the arrogant Daida, and he developed a deep bond with the Miranjo spectre, feeling betrayed at first when he discovered that she was the same Magic Mirror who had stolen his body. Upon reclaiming his body, Daida professed a deep love and respect for Miranjo, and announced his intentions to marry her in front of his entire court.

Demon
Miranjo has a complicated relationship with the Demon, considering it a childhood friend but regretting her use of its abilities. She seems to feel she betrayed the Demon by not being able to maintain her original promise to never ask it to use its powers.

The Demon is enigmatic, but the fact that it appears to have restored Miranjo to life without cost suggests it has some lingering affection for her.

Queen Sheena
Miranjo betrayed the trust of Queen Sheena in her first attempted coup of the Bosse Kingdom, and ignored her pleas to spare Bojji's life as the queen defended her son. Later, when Miranjo prevented Kage from crossing into the afterlife, she encountered the spectre of Sheena glaring at her from the other side of the divide.

Sheena made her anger known, but also forgave Miranjo for her plotting, seeming to know and understand her tragic past. Sheena dismissed Miranjo's plot as futile, as she believed her son was too strong to be beaten.

Miranjo's Mother
Miranjo had a loving, affectionate relationship with her mother as a little girl, and grieved for her deeply after her murder. Later, when Miranjo prevented Kage from crossing into the afterlife, she encountered the spectre of her mother looking deeply saddened from the other side of the divide.

Her mother pleaded with her to give up her plots and re-evaluate what actually made her happy, an encounter that rattled Miranjo deeply.

Advanced Sorcery
Miranjo is a sorceress, and her magic appears to be extremely powerful. King Desha of the Underworld, upon sensing her magic, remarked that it "stank of death" and was a type of magic believed to be lost. This is likely a reference to Miranjo's origins in the Houma Kingdom, a dead country renowned for its powerful mages.

Part of Miranjo's magical ability is the creation and control of puppets as, which she used to create and animate her two silent attendants, as well as a wooden puppet modeled after her human form, though she seemed incapable of possessing this puppet for extended periods of time and had limited control of it.

Potion Brewing
Miranjo's magical ability extends to potion-brewing, and she is able to brew exceedingly complex potions that may even resurrect the dead, as she did with King Bosse.

Mind Control
Miranjo is capable of putting living beings under her thrall, though this power is apparently less effective on smarter and more willful beings. Conversely, this power is incredibly effective on wild animals and people who have lost their grip on reality, particularly the mad immortal Ouken, who Miranjo very easily controlled for extended periods.

Those affected by Miranjo's mind control develop glowing red eyes.

Underworld Portal
Miranjo created a portal to the Underworld using the corpse of a member of the Shadow Clan. This portal opened onto a fixed spot in the Underworld's countryside, and was used frequently until its discovery by King Desha. It has since been destroyed by Domas and Hokuro on orders of King Bosse.

Trivia

 * 's name likely derives from the English word "mirror" (ミラー, Mira) and the Japanese word for "witch" (魔女, Majo).