Frank Goldfinger's master and a good friend of Al Capone, Mao is most notable for being a giant talking cat with a penchant for alcohol. She tolerates little foolishness, especially from her former student, but can be compassionate and wise when it is called for. She also harbors a secret desire to be a movie star; her side quest actually revolves around her making a film in which she fights her way through a Five-Story Pagoda against other giant felines who are parodies of famous action stars, such as Sammo Meow and Cat Morita. Mao's Element is water, and she uses flasks of alcohol to fuel her "Drunken Fist" style of fighting.
Library Entry[]
A cat who used to feed chez Capone Loves booze and doesn't see why Prohibition should apply to cats. Nurses a secret ambition to become a movie star.
Bio[]
Frank's master and good friend of Al Capone, Mao is most notable for being a giant talking cat with a penchant for alcohol. Out of all the main characters, only Johnny expresses finding this at all crazy. She tolerates little foolishness, especially from her former student, but can be compassionate and wise when it is called for. She also harbors a secret desire to be a movie star; her side quest actually revolves around her making a film in which she fights her way through a five-story pagoda against other giant felines who are parodies of famous action stars, such as Sammo Meow and Cat Morita. Mao's element is Water, and she uses flasks of alcohol to fuel her Drunken Fist-style of fighting.
Personality[]
Fighting Style[]
Mao fights as a master of Drunken Fist, able to fight off-balanced and strike at odd angles. She powers up her form with different liquors, each more alcoholic than the last. Her Cat Fist powers tap into her drunken strength when she needs it, changing her enemies into drunken wrecks or, more humiliatingly, cat coins Mao uses to fund her independent film.
She is can have up to four Hit Areas on the Judgement Ring.
Abilities[]
Drunken Fist
| Drunken Fist | |||||
| Name | MP Cost | Height | Description | Image | Ring |
| Cleansing Spree | 18 MP | N/A | Mao Removes status and ring abonormalities from allies. | 
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| Cat Touch | 16 MP | 
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Mao unleashes the power of the Multi-Fist-Punch-Cat combo. Killing the target will give Cat Coins as a reward. 3 hits, High-angle. | 
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| Sake | 64 MP | N/A | Restores HP to unconscious allies. | 
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| Sake Cup Purge | 88 MP |
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Mao Sprays her enemies with purifying Sake. Midrange, 5 hit, Hard hit. | 
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| Drunken Fist | |||||
| Name | MP Cost | Height | Description | Image | Ring |
| Cleansing Spree | 18 MP | N/A | Mao Removes status and ring abonormalities from allies. |
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| Cat Touch | 32 MP |
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Mao unleashes the power of the Multi-Fist-Punch-Cat combo. Killing the target will give Cat Coins as a reward. 5 hits, High-angle. |
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| Sake | 64 MP | N/A | Restores HP to unconscious allies. |
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| Sake Cup Purge | 88 MP |
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Mao Sprays her enemies with purifying Sake. Midrange, 5 hit, Hard hit. |
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| Drunken Fist | |||||
| Name | MP Cost | Height | Description | Image | Ring |
| Cleansing Spree | 18 MP | N/A | Mao Removes status and ring abonormalities from allies. |
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| Cat Touch | 64 MP |
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Mao unleashes the power of the Multi-Fist-Punch-Cat combo. Killing the target will give Cat Coins as a reward. 7 hits, High-angle. |
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| Sake | 64 MP | N/A | Restores HP to unconscious allies. |
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| Sake Cup Purge | 88 MP |
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Mao Sprays her enemies with purifying Sake. Midrange, 5 hit, Hard hit. |
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Leveling Chart[]
Characters in Shadow Hearts: From the New World follow an arbitrary leveling chart, which regulates the character's base HP, MP, SP, as well as other statistics. The chart below shows Mao's Leveling Chart.
Quotes[]
- Main article: Mao/Quotes
Trivia[]
- Mao and her fellow cats are loosely based on the cat yōkai, the Bakeneko, where long-lived cats gain magical powers, and the ability to speak human language.[1]
- Mao herself is modelled on the calico cat breed.[2]
- Mao's name is derived from Taiwanese martial artist and actress, Angela Mao[3], who appeared in Bruce Lee's "Enter the Dragon", the inspiration for the Cat Pagoda. The name is also Chinese onomatopoeia for a cat's meow.
- Mao's fighting style is similar to a Jackie Chan in the movie "Drunken Master".
- According to Purgatory, her sin is greed.
