Maylu Sakurai (anime)

Maylu Sakurai, known as Meiru Sakurai (桜井 メイル) in Japan, is the main heroine of the MegaMan NT Warrior anime series and the operator of Roll.EXE. She is a close childhood friend of Lan Hikari and is often seen with him, and it is eventually shown that she harbors feelings for him, which while shown throughout the series, were brought on more strongly when Jasmine came into the picture.

Maylu is the only one of Lan’s friends to remain a main character after the first season throughout Axess and beyond, with Dex and Yai moving and Tory’s role simply being reduced, though the latter three would later return to the regular cast in Beast and Beast+.

Personality
Despite being feminine, soft spoken, humble, and kind, Maylu has a short and explosive temper, which is often brought on with Lan’s antics. She often feels that she depends on Lan too much and wishes that she could be the one to save him for once, showing that she cares deeply for him. She can be sarcastic and cunning at times, such as when she tricks Rush into turning into her Synchro Chip by having him do tricks and praising him before commanding him to turn into the Synchro Chip, which he did before realizing he was fooled into it.

When she eventually gains the ability to cross fuse, she has shown to have grown a level of fearlessness and assertiveness, as when she, Lan, and Jasmine were in a “haunted house”, she simply stops screaming in fear when she notices Jasmine latching onto Lan, and attempts to latch on herself, though she latches onto a statue instead. She later starts to explore a strange ruin full of golems by herself while Lan attempted to contact Chaud.

During the course of Stream, Jasmine starts hanging out with Lan more, and Maylu slowly becomes more competitive for Lan’s attention (with a bit of prodding from Anetta), which ultimately helps bring out her romantic feelings for him, despite hiding them most of the time.

Maylu’s favorite color is pink, as can be seen in nearly every aspect of her, including her clothes, Navi, and house.

MegaMan NT Warrior
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MegaMan NT Warrior Axess
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Rockman.EXE Stream
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Rockman.EXE: Hikari to Yami no Program

 * This film takes place between episodes 22 and 29 of Stream. Episodes 23 and beyond are summarized after this section.

Meiru runs up and hugs Netto Hikari, congratulating him when he and Rockman.EXE win a battle in a tournament, much to Dekao Oyama's displeasure. She watches Dingo win his battle next door (still clutching Netto) and joins them and Tohru Hikawa and Chisao Oyama in checking out the Thousand Amusements building, where they (minus Dingo and Dekao) wander into a sci-fi convention and run into Mariko Ozono cosplaying. While watching the Duel Masters film Duel Masters: Curse of the Death Phoenix, Netto is called to do his NetSavior duties, and Meiru wishes him luck and goes to her tournament match with Tohru, who she was partnered with. The two win, but as she calls Netto to tell her she won, she is de-materialized and turned into data with the others due to the activation of Spectrum, devastating Netto.

When Rockman and Forte.EXE stop Dr. Regal and Nebula Gray, Meiru and the others are restored, as they watch confused as to what had happened to them. They all go to meet up with Netto, and she hugs him again.

Stream cont.
She appears in episode 45.

She appears in episode 46.

Rockman.EXE Beast
She appears in episode 4.

Rockman.EXE Beast+
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Trivia

 * Mayl's Cross Fusion animation is the same as Chaud's in Axess except for the finishing pose, which more closely matches his in Stream. Also, she is the only one of the Cross Fusion Members that does not have a visor or a mouth guard while in Cross Fusion.
 * Although Mayl has a Progress PET/PET III in Stream, her Cross Fusion shows her holding the Advanced PET, which is used in Axess.