ramble about maigo, much of it speculation .this is literally just me sitting down and rambling and thinking way to hard .there are probably grammar mistakes .happy birthday maigo kindaaaaaaaaa
maigo is a character whose first appearance (i believe) was on springless's chanel on may 14 of 2023 with his theme; 迷子 maigo .springless then released a drawing with the caption "迷子" on the 16th of may of the same year .he was fully shown on the VS Rewrite Round 2 ,released June 11 of 2025 , with him being who greets you on the gallery section
the first kanji on his name '迷' (which can have different pronunciations depening on the kanji next to it ,but reads as mai) can mean astray ,lost ,in doubt ,or an illusion .子 can be read as 'ko' which means child .read together is pronounced as 'maigo' ,it can be used to refer to a lost child or used to say that someone is lost [possibly in a mocking or immature manner --but not necessarily] . i believe maigo can be used also specifically when being lost from a road ?all my japanese is self thought so i cant really be sure of much
some extra information about him ,fun facts;
he is stated to be one of rewrite's friends on his description
springless gave landy's [maigo's va] brook's [the skeleton dude from one piece] brazilian dub as reference for his voice range .source
he has been referred with they/them pronouns at least once .source
he is heavily inspired by ENA [the blue and yellow one specifically] ,it wasn't specified whether it was only his appearance or also his personality .source
he always carries a geometry book called 'a guide to the pentagon' ,fully believes that a triangle has the same amounts of sides as a cube ,and has multiple shapes flying around on his house .this can be seen on the gallery section
other of his belongings include a music player ,a computer ,a heart ,and a strawberry shortcake
he has five spikes in his head ,the fifth one is usually not visible due to the angle it's positioned [behind his head] .source [beleive me]
malware and him are also great friends . malware calls him 'mango' because she struggles with the pronunciation of his name ,and maigo calls her 'ms. rosy' in return .source
he seems to get an eye shine when excited .besides this being visible on some of his sprites ,you can see the eye shine on this render
beside all of this ,what else is he ? .better question ,who is he ?i wished i knew !!!!!!!!!!!!!
he has his own little description on the gallery ,which is literally just four sentences ,one of which says 'that's it lol'
unlike the other biographies ,maigo only has one section . every character (if counting the other vessels as a single character) have two sections ,and rewrite has four .when asked about who he is ,he says that he himself doesnt know much .
it was once confirmed on an old tweet by springless that he is ,in fact ,a vessel ,and that he was once interacting with rewrite [it wasn't specified in which way] and therefore got sucked inside the disc
i personally think that rewrite has some sort of fixation ,preference ,or even fondness, over maigo .unlike the other vessels ,he has his own home [which seems isolated from green hills and angel island] ,stuff , but ,most importanlty ,it doesn't seem like rewrite actively hunts him for sport .yes ,rewrite seems to prank him often ,but other than that ,he is treated nicely by rewrite .his vessel is also not one of a sonic character ,but it's own thing .it almost feel done and designed with care ,but that could be a stretch
previous paragraph is sort of funny in retrospect ,regardless ,because ,still ,there is verily any information on his biography .just like any other vessel ,he doesn't seem to remember a singular thing from his previous life .
upon clicking his description for the first time on the gallery section ,he refers to himself as 'kind of lost' upon asked who was he ,which could easily be interpretated as being simply confused at the question ,but i like to think really hard and shit my pants and english is not my first language ,so you can consider that he recognizes that he is lost .from where ???fuck i know ...... regardless ,he then says that ,even in this situation , 'he has never felt this close to himself'
another of his ten voicelines is about him speaking about this painting on his house
now this is where i start to think really hard . this is a reference to the painting by michelangelo ,the creation of adam .there is a city in the background--probably meaning civilization and progress while the hand representing a different type of god from the original one .it's surrounded by binary code instead of the cherubins and eve ,and only a hand is visible .in the original ,god and adam are meant to be in a similar position due to god creating him on his image .but this god is nothing similar to the 'human' on the picture ;the shape ,color ,size ,its almost comedic to even point out the difference in detail when it comes to their hands
regarding the binary ,i have been trying to decipher the code for a while but the hand obstructs much of it ,and i just keep getting gibberish with what little i distinguish .maybe its there for themes and such (lol)
anyways ,the painting ,id dare say ,feels a bit mocking to the human .i personally interprate this as the human creating the god ,as it's binary based and electronic and such progress cannot be achieved by itself .but the electronic god pretty much still holds power over the human and it's seemingly better ,judging by appearance .the creation of god instead of the creation of adam
maigo doesnt recall where he got the painting ,but says that it looks like it has a sacred meaning [subconsciously perhaps ??]
it leads me to believe that considering his name and [already programmed] connection to rewrite ,he might have also been of extreme interest to them on his human years .he could have easily have been named mayoi [which has a similar meaning to maigo] ,but maigo was used instead --a more childish connotation for being lost --a more mocking one and a name that bluntly says to you that he is not only 'lost' but can also be 'lost from a path'
i personally think that maigo might have been one of the first victims that died to rewrite while it still was the 'talk-to-god' program ,someone who might have been looking for salvation so desperately or even someone so unredeemable that rewrite decided to mock them by calling them a stray .maybe even a stray from the path of god ,rewrite's own path
considering the painting on maigo's room and how cynical rewrite can be ,it could be a reflection of the relationship they both had before maigo died .someone that created a 'god' yet this god ,created out of binary and code ,ended up outhandling 'adam' .perhaps ,just maybe ,maigo was the priest that comissioned rewrite and is kept as a 'friend' as some sort of punishment
so ,conclusion ,who is maigo ?
general answer :i don knowwwwwwwwwww
my answer :somethjng sothing digital world sowmthimg sowmthinf rewrite ,rewrite god ,deus ex machina even ,maigo ???rewrite's adaam??eve ?????thang? he gay ? but this is just a theoryyyyyyyyyy ,a chud theoryy .the me thinking really hard theoryyyyyyyyy
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