Megu
Shimokura Megu is a character from the mobile game Blue Archive, developed by NEXON Games. A third-year student at Gehenna Academy, she serves as the energetic field captain and second-in-command of the notorious Hot Spring Development Department. Formerly the club's president, she willingly yielded the leadership role to Kinugawa Kasumi, whom she holds in high regard. Characterized by her hearty and reckless nature, Megu genuinely believes that any obstacle or complication can be solved through complete physical demolition.
Overview
Shimokura Megu is a character from the mobile game Blue Archive, developed by NEXON Games. A third-year student at Gehenna Academy, she serves as the energetic field captain and second-in-command of the notorious Hot Spring Development Department. Formerly the club's president, she willingly yielded the leadership role to Kinugawa Kasumi, whom she holds in high regard. Characterized by her hearty and reckless nature, Megu genuinely believes that any obstacle or complication can be solved through complete physical demolition.
Appearance
Megu is a 17-year-old girl standing 164 cm tall with long red hair tied into a high ponytail, an ahoge, and gradient blue eyes with a visible fang. She features pointed ears, twin red horns, and a demon tail with an arrow tip. Atop her head rests a set of head-mounted goggles and a red halo constructed from sharp concentric shapes resembling the kanji character for fire. Her attire consists of a white tank top, a jacket tied around her waist, a black pleated skirt, a single white thigh-high sock, boots, and gloves.
Personality
Megu is straightforward, exceptionally cheerful, and deeply enthusiastic, though she lacks common sense. She harbors an overwhelming obsession with discovering and digging hot springs, rushing to demolish any site instantly whenever she senses an opportunity. Despite her destructive habits, she is naturally friendly and affectionate, acting much like an eager, harmless dog around Sensei. However, her simple-mindedness leads to ridiculous blunders, such as repeatedly using her flamethrower to soften hard ice cream until she melts an entire store's inventory.
Abilities
In battle, Megu acts as a FRONT Striker armed with a unique flamethrower designated as Meguma Power!. Her EX Skill inflicts fan-shaped area-of-effect damage while boosting her attack power and ignoring normal attack delays, granting rapid hit counts. Her normal skill lays down periodic fire damage in a circular area every 40 seconds, and her sub skill restores her HP after delivering 50 attacks. Physically, she possesses monstrous strength, capable of excavating hot springs single-handedly and taking on formidable fighters like Hanekawa Hasumi and Nakamasa Ichika simultaneously in hand-to-hand combat.
Background
Having formerly served as the president of the Hot Spring Development Department, Megu handed her position to Kinugawa Kasumi while taking on the role of field captain to lead physical demolitions. Because she regularly destroys property and excavates without authorization across Kivotos—from blowing up examination halls to invading Millennium's underground infrastructure—she is persistently tracked by disciplinary bodies. Across multiple incidents, her reckless attempts to construct hot spring resorts typically result in violent suppressions and arrests by the Prefect Team.
Relationships
Megu deeply admires her current club president, Kinugawa Kasumi, trusting her intellect completely and executing her plans without question. She maintains a warm relationship with Sensei, frequently sharing instant noodles in alleys or gifting custom hot-spring-themed chocolates. Sorasaki Hina, head of the Prefect Team, regularly suppresses her rampages but personally acknowledges Megu's naturally gentle disposition when uninfluenced by Kasumi. She has also clashed directly in melee combat against Trinity's Hanekawa Hasumi and Nakamasa Ichika.
Trivia
Her custom flamethrower, Meguma Power!, features a design combining AR-15 rifle receiver components, a nozzle and color scheme inspired by Warhammer 40,000, and fuel tanks reminiscent of the German World War II Flammenwerfer 41. Within the game system, she possesses the unique weapon type classification FT (Flamethrower). Reflecting her habit of digging up hot springs in natural landscapes, her combat terrain adaptability is rated at the highest rank (SS) for outdoor environments while performing poorly in urban settings.
