Meiko Otsuka

大塚 芽子
Ōtsuka Meiko
Personal Information
Gender	Female
Birthday	February 20
Blood Type	O
Affiliation
Class	2-C
Witch Powers
Ability	Telepathy
Manga & Anime
Image Gallery

Meiko Otsuka (大塚 芽子 Ōtsuka Meiko) is one of the Seven Witches, and a major recurring character in the series. She lost her supernatural abilities following a Witch Ceremony conducted by Yamada, during which he erased the powers of the original seven.

Appearance

Otsuka can be described as a girl of average height wearing square-framed glasses. She has large violet eyes and usually carries herself with a sense of panic or uncertainty, both of which can be attributed to her lack of self-confidence. Part of her bangs come to rest in between of her eyes while the rest run off to the side, framing her gentle features. Her thick green hair is twisted in a long, thick curl, which runs over her left shoulder and down the front of her chest. She has a slender figure and large breasts, being considered highly attractive by Toranosuke Miyamura in his critique of the witches. Like most girls in the series, Otsuka is usually seen wearing the Suzaku High Uniform, consisting of a white collar shirt with a red and black-striped bow, and a gray plaid skirt with red stripes. The uniform for warmer months also consists of a light tan sweater vest over the shirt, which is replaced by a dark black jacket in the colder seasons.

Personality

Otsuka is a shy and soft-spoken girl, who usually employed the use of her telepathy to communicate with her classmates. Due to her lack of experience dealing with people, she expresses a timid demeanor in most of her appearances; expressing fear of the Student Council during the Witches' conflict with former President Haruma Yamazaki, and panicking under even the smallest amount of pressure. Her signature anxiety appears to be a product of her difficulties in school, both socially and academically. Although she appears quiet and subdued on the outside, Otsuka has a bossy commander-type personally that she expresses when using her telepathy to commune her thoughts. In spite of these introverted tendencies and her demanding alter-ego, she usually appears as a kind and trustworthy individual who prefers to avoid conflict and is willing to help her classmates in times of need. She becomes less introverted after meeting with Shiraishi while the latter was occupying Yamada's body.

Like Ryu Yamada, she is portrayed as academically challenged, a quality that landed them both in summer school courses together. Otsuka struggles with even the most simple equations and school materials, as shown when Nene Odagiri tried to help her solve a problem, only to lose her patience and give up. Yamada mentions that he and Otsuka are the two lowest ranked students in their year in terms of grades, making them rivals as the "idiot" and the "fool". While lacking talent in the classroom, Otsuka is shown to be an excellent artist capable of drawing images she receives through her telepathy with amazing quality and detail. She is also an amateur manga artist and author, serving as the president of the Suzaku High School Manga Club, and attending local events to show off her creations. Otsuka's passion for art appears to be inspired by her love of manga.

Plot

Winter Break Arc

Meiko exhaustingly asks Ryu to help the Manga Club with their work before the deadline. He gently refuses, however she continues to persuade him to help.

The Manga Club making costumes for Comiket

Ryu ask her if the Manga Club could switch dates with the Student Council for the winter trip. However she irritably tells him that the Manga Club is going to Comiket as they quickly make their costumes for it.

Second Witch War Arc

Meiko was asked to help the Student Council experiment on the new witch power they obtained. However she adamantly refused to do so without giving an explanation. The next day, she is giving a outdoor speech about the unfairness in club budget toward the cultural clubs, Ryu's secretary position in the student council despite his low grade, and the council abusing their power to the other cultural clubs' members. She asks them to show their support by signing the petition. From the distance, Yuri and Masamune watch her speech, revealing that she is under Yuri's power.

Former Abilities

Telepathy: Meiko has the witch ability called "Telepathy", which she gained due her inability to assert herself to others. She gained this power to more effectively communicate with her peers, allowing her to fully express her thoughts and feelings without speaking. If a person is kissed by Meiko, they can communicate with others in the same manner. In addition to communicating thoughts between those subjected to her telepathy, they can also project images into each others minds. Upon learning of this ability, Nene Odagiri claimed that the telepathy power is similar to using a cellphone. It is interesting to note that Meiko's power is the only one among her group of witches that is two-ways (or even multiple-ways) due to the fact that both the kisser and the one kissed can use the power (i.e. send telepathy).

Otsuka lost this power after Yamada wished for all witch powers to disappear from the school.

Appearances in Other Media

OVAs

Second Coming of the Suzaka Fest: A Hot Springs Resort! Everyone Gather Up!

Meiko along with Hideaki and Mitsuru are walking where they stop as Miyabi, Urara and Ryu are running towards the Supernatural Studies Club room, they look onto them as they continue running. Days later she and her club members discuss on their practice as Toranosuke and Ryu ask her to assisst them in their dance, claiming that she can't dance. She is asked again by them to help them, still claiming that she's a terrible dancer, also adding that she has the CCA's perfomance to do as well. Ryu questions that they're participating as well, answering yes as she explains what they're going to do. As her club mates start drumming, she gets into her serious persona and grabs a giant painbrush as she starts the practice. After she finishes, she starts panting stating that she's finished, as they make the painting stand, amazing Ryu and Toranosuke as they check the painting.

Trivia

Power		2/5
Looks		4/5
Sex Appeal		3/5
Personality		5/5
Drawing		5/5
Overall		3/5

• In a special report, Miyamura does an in-depth analysis of the witches based on his observation. In it, he mentioned Otsuka and her power, "Don't really care for this power. She's a witch and wears glasses, though, so I like her anyway. She's pretty enough, and she's super shy when it comes to kissing, which I dig".