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Mai Shiranui is the
granddaughter of Hanzo Shiranui, a master of ninjitsu and Koppo-ken. Mai learned
the secrets of Ninjitsu from her father and from her grandfather's old friend, Jubei
Yamada. Mai met Andy
Bogard when
he moved to Japan to further his training. At first, Mai wasn't interested in
Andy and thought he was just another callous man only interested in his
training. However, when Andy gave her a present on her birthday, she eventually
fell in love with him. After they were in a serious relationship, Mai spent much
of her time pursuing Andy and fantasizing various daydreams about their
wedding. On
a side note, the contrastingly ugly Gen-An
is rumored to be her late
ancestor.
For many years, Mai pressured Andy to enter and form a team with her in The King
of Fighters tournament. However, Andy usually chose to join a separate team.
Mai, upset with Andy, decided to form the Women Team with Yuri
and King. Her teammates changed throughout
the years, but she wanted to prove to Andy that he was wrong for not joining her
team. In King of Fighters 99, she finally convinced Andy to join her
team. However, in the following tournament was asked to sit out so that Blue
Mary investigate a case. During
King of Fighters XIII, Mai felt that a KOF tournament isn't complete without
her, and decided to join with her original KOF teammates.
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OTHER
APPEARANCES:
Fatal
Fury 3, Real Bout Fatal fury,
Real Bout Fatal Fury Special, Real
Bout Special: Dominated Mind, Real Bout
Fatal Fury 2, Fatal
Fury Special, Fatal Fury: Wild
Ambition, Fatal Fury: First
Contact, King of Fighters '94, King
of Fighters '95,
King of Fighters '96,
King
of Fighters '97,
King of Fighters '98,
King
of Fighters '98: Ultimate Match, King
of Fighters '99,
King of Fighters 2000,
King
of Fighters 2001,
King of Fighters
2002,
King of Fighters 2002 Unlimited Match,
King
of Fighters 2003, King of Fighters XIII,
King of Fighters:
Neowave, King of Fighters:
Maximum Impact, King of
Fighters: Maximum Impact 2, King
of Fighters: Maximum Impact Regulation A, Card
Fighters Clash, Card Fighters
Clash 2, Card Fighters
Clash DS, SNK VS Capcom: Match of the
Millennium, SNK
Gals Fighters, Capcom
VS SNK, Capcom VS SNK: Pro, Capcom
VS SNK 2, SNK VS Capcom
Chaos, Neo Geo Battle
Coliseum
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Updated:
March 24th, 2013
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Mai is SNK's original
curvy ninja babe with noticeably big breasts (which have obviously been
her "main draw" as a character design since the beginning). On that note,
she was one of the first (if not the first) fighting game females to show off noticeably
bouncy boobs (and ass) in the actual game. lol. Hey, I'm just giving
credit where credit is due. ;) Mai's fighting style has its cool moments,
but isn't one of the most exciting or interesting styles of the FF or KOF
series, if you ask me. Her outfit has been consistently sexy over the years, but is
also somewhat generic.
Mai has made many great appearances in a variety of titles, and her latest
appearance in KOF XIII was superbly done. Best 2D boob jiggle ever? I think so. <3
Besides her awesome return in KOF XIII, I think Mai's best appearance was in
Capcom VS SNK... her 2D sprite by Capcom really kicked ass. In closing,
Mai is definitely pleasing to the eyes, but she should leave the
whole "ninja" thing to the real ninjas if you ask me... lol.
On a side note, I'm pretty sure she inspired Kasumi
from DOA.
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