Mio

Mio
Kanji	ミオ
Other Names	Hyakkimaru's lover
Personal Information
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Status	Deceased
Relationships	None
Affiliation	Daigo's troops Sakai troops
Physical Characteristics
Eye Color	Brown
Hair Color	Brown
Media
Debut	Episode 5 (2019 Anime) Chapter 3 (Manga)
Japanese Voice	Reiko Muto (1969) Nana Mizuki (2019)

Mio (ミオ, Mio) was a young girl who lives in an abandoned temple with orphans who lost their parents in the war. In order to provide food for the children, she serves both of the warring clans during night time as a prostitute. She was Hyakkimaru's lover.

She was killed by troops sent by the order of Hyakkimaru's father, Kagemitsu Daigo after suspicions of her to be an enemy's spy.

Appearance

Mio is a dainty lady with long brown hair that curls at the edges, and brown eyes. She has her bangs laid across her face which reaches her mouth.

She wears a frayed red kimono with white flower patterns.

Personality

Mio is kind and caring as she tends to put others in priority instead of herself. Although her job is difficult, she is determined to work harder and give the best for the orphaned children. She holds a mother figure to them.

As mentioned, she is not ashamed of her job as long as she can earn from it.

Relationships

Hyakkimaru

"How strange. I don't loathe these hands." _{― Mio to Hyakkimaru in Episode 6}

Mio took care of Hyakkimaru when he was injured and also provide him and Dororo shelter at the temple whilst his recovery. Often times Mio will sing songs to sooth Hyakkimaru's pain. Her kindness led Hyakkimaru into falling in love with her and furthermore confessing his feelings towards her. Feeling insecure, Mio tried to shake Hyakkimaru off seeing that she was too "impure" for him. Nonetheless Hyakkimaru still loved her. Unfortunately during a time when Hyakkimaru was away, his father, Kagemitsu Daigo deployed troops and killed Mio and all of the children residing in the temple, in which was suspected as enemy spies. Her death has caused Hyakkimaru to go on a rampage and slaughtered almost all of Daigo's men to avenge her death..

Dororo

"It's okay, I'm not ashamed about it." _{― Mio talking to Dororo about her "work" in Episode 6}

Mio and Dororo were friends. Mio give Dororo and Hyakkimaru shelter until Kagemitsu's men killed her and orphaned children. After her death, Mio and the orphaned children were buried by Hyakkimaru and Dororo.

Take and the orphaned children

Mio is the caretaker of all the orphans living in the abandoned temple. When she is out for work, Mio will entrust the responsibility to Take until she returns. Despite not being blood-related, they are like a big family who look out for each other. Sadly, She and the orphaned children were killed by Kagemitsu's troops allowing their deaths cause Hyakkimaru consumed with rage and slaughtered the troop except the one armed man who escaped.

Trivia

• The song Mio sings is a folk song named Red Flower White Flower (赤い花 白い花, Akai hana Shiroi hana).