Mayu Ikeda

was a ten year old girl who died in a fire she caused. Trying to worry her mother, she had hidden in a closet and was unable to get out. She had become a vengeful ghost attempting to kill her little brother.

History
When her mother did not come to the school's open house, Mayu returned home angry and hateful. Her mother explained she was unable to come because Mayu's younger brother Satoru was sick. Feeling envious of her mother's constant attention towards her brother, she runs away but comes back later. After returning to the apartment they live in, Mayu puts her scarf over a radiator (something her mother told her not to do) and hides in the closet to get back at her mother for perceiving and for ignoring her. The scarf catches fire and leads to the apartment catching fire as well. Mayu's mother comes back from shopping and finds her apartment on fire. She rushes in to save Satoru and gets out safely but unfortunately did not know Mayu was still hiding in the closet. By the time the firefighters found Mayu, it was too late.

Because of the fire, Satoru fell into a coma and so happens to be friends with Sota, Kagome's littler brother. Sota, with Kagome visits Satoru in hospital. Kagome has the ability to see Mayu in her spirit form, and finds her with the Soul Piper. She goes to Myoga to learn of the Soul Piper and returns to attempt saving Mayu's soul. Kagome succeeds in saving Mayu from Hell, after convincing her that Mayu's mother loves her and always has. Later she asked her mother for forgiveness. Mayu visited Kagome at her home wearing a beautiful kimono her mother had made her. Mayu thanks Kagome, and finally moves on.

Trivia

 * In the Korean dub Mayu was renamed to Yoo-jin.

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