She is an American "idol" superstar and is the Venus Unit: Defense Member. She is shown as someone with amazing strength and is well-known through her singing/dancing career as an "idol" as well as a professional wrestler.   Her jingu is an internal-type named "Inverse". Its ability is to "reverse" situations at her will. Her ability is not limited to reversing forces, but could even reverse the will of her opponent (as seen when she reversed Takeru's will to attack him during their battle).  ~! Celia however, is originally male. "Inverse" even gives him the ability to change his gender and physical appearance at will including the reason why his eyes have a heart shaped pupil when a girl. She possesses the ability to become either male or female including characteristics and emotions. Celia is aiming to become a real woman, and is referred to as an okama.!~  -Wikipedia

Based on the manga series by Hiromitsu Takeda, this romantic comedy is about Takeru Ohyama, a typical perverted teenage boy. His new school doesn't require entrance exams, and it just turned co-ed! Unfortunately, his dreams of a happy high school life are dashed when he finds out the school is much more than it seems. All of the students wield a special item&mdash;a Maken&mdash;to unleash their magical abilities in duels! Can Takeru find a Maken that works for him? Even while trying to fit in at a new school and dealing with all kinds of girl problems? 
(Source: FUNimation)

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**Non-Anime Roles:**
- Camellya - Wuthering Waves (VG)
- Magallan - Arknights (VG)
- Leo - Epic Seven (VG)
- Wendy - Path to Nowhere (VG)
- Raeon - Echocalypse: The Scarlet Covenant (VG)
- Reo Kamiyama - Persona 5: The Phantom X (VG)
- Farrah - Granblue Fantasy (VG)
- Helel ben Shalem - Granblue Fantasy Versus: Rising (VG)
- Crazy Taxi - 404 Game RE: SET (VG)
- Lilyiro - Soul Tide (VG)
- Lupina - Guardian Tales (VG)
- Kudan - The Caligula Effect 2 (VG)
- Tiger Lily Cookie & Sherbet Cookie - Cookie Run: Kingdom (VG)

Jad is an American voice actress and ADR director who works for Funimation and Sentai Filmworks. Her name is an acronym of her parents' names, Jimmy and David, and is pronounced as Jade. Her singing led to her first voice role in Sasami: Magical Girls Club as Eimi Mori, and her first major voice role was Masako Hara in Ghost Hunt. She graduated summa cum laude from Texas Wesleyan University with a Bachelor of Arts in Music in 2005.

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OVA episodes bundled with the 8th and 11th volumes of the manga.

Each of the six volumes of the Maken-Ki! Blu-rays will carry a 10 minute long short anime "Doki Doki! Maken-ki! Himitsu no Kunren". Secret trainings with the main characters will be animated.

Takeru Ohyama, a young normal yet perverted minded guy, got accepted and now goes to a school that, unknown to him, was where combat and magic is used. On the first day, he meets again after three years: Haruko Amaya, his childhood friend, Inaho Kushiya, a girl who says she's his fiance, and Kodama Himegami, a blonde who wants to kill him. Finding out that there are many girls there that just don't like him, he is told that everyone there uses a special magic ability while using an item or weapon called a Maken. Later, he finds that no Maken is acceptable for him and doesn't know what to do, since in this school the students get into duels that showcase their magic and combat power, to which he seemingly has none.
 
Notes: 
- Chapter 39 is divided into two parts. 
- Chapter count includes 15 extras, the side story "Maken-Ki! Kai!!", and one-shots "Kanojo wa Muma de Irregular", "Gakuen Dragon Slayer" and "Ezaki-senpai, Komarimasu".

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