The Mekakushi Dan (メカクシ団, Lit. Blindfold Gang) is an organization founded by Ayano Tateyama.
History[]
Ayano created the Mekakushi Dan as a child when her parents took in Tsubomi Kido, Kousuke Seto, and Shuuya Kano as foster children out of interest in their eye abilities, which caused their eyes to turn red and them to be ostracized from others. Wanting to cheer them up, Ayano donned a red scarf and proclaimed that they all now shared the same trait: the "color of heroes." She then gave the three of them plus herself their numbers as members of the Mekakushi Dan. After Ayano's death, Kido took on the title of Mekakushi Dan's new leader and "Commander" at Kano's suggestion.
The Mekakushi Dan recruits those who are formally introduced to it, which consisted of only Marry Kozakura at Seto's introduction until the present day.
Members[]
- No.0 - Ayano Tateyama
- No.1 - Tsubomi Kido
- No.2 - Kousuke Seto
- No.3 - Shuuya Kano
- No.4 - Marry Kozakura
- No.5 - Momo Kisaragi
- No.6 - Ene
- No.7 - Shintaro Kisaragi
- No.8 - Hibiya Amamiya
- No.9 - Konoha
- No.10 - Hiyori Asahina[1]
Hideout[]
The Mekakushi Dan's hideout is in an apartment numbered 107.[2][3]
Trivia[]
- After No. 3, the numbers of the Mekakushi Dan members are determined by the order that they join.
- The English releases of the light novel and manga spell the name as "Mekakushi-dan".
- Kido expresses embarrassment at the Mekakushi Dan's name in the novel Kagerou Daze -in a daze-.
- Jin stated that, although Kido is No. 1 and the "Commander" of the Mekakushi Dan, Kano actually plays the role of a leader in the story.[4]
- While Haruka Kokonose presumably joins the Mekakushi Dan post the events of Mekakucity Actors, his member number is unspecified, and it is not shown if he shares the "No. 9" title with Konoha.
- In Manga Route 2, several regular members do not end up joining the Mekakushi Dan, specifically Momo, Ene, and Hibiya. It can be presumed that, in this Route, everyone past Marry has different member numbers or none at all.
- While all members of the Mekakushi Dan do end up having snakes and eye abilities, the criteria for joining the Mekakushi Dan is not actually having them, since Ayano did not have any upon founding the Mekakushi Dan and Shintaro is recruited with the assumption that he does not have any.
- Instead, it seems that anyone around their age who finds out about the Mekakushi Dan and gives their consent to join is eligible.