"Welcome back Master, Mistress!"
Mint Fantôme (ミント・ファントーム), aka Maid Mint, is an English/Japanese language VTuber. She's a ghost maid who's forever stuck at 19 and haunts an abandoned maid cafe but still finds time for all her hobbies, such as idols, anime, and gaming.She initially debuted in July 2020 but retired in April of the following year. Three years later, she returned to her channel after joining with VShojo's Matara Kan to debut Mint and Matara's Summer Special, a limited-run podcast, to the delight of her old fans and a massive resurgence of newbies.
Tropes applying to Mint:
- Actually Pretty Funny: Even though she wasn't exactly thrilled to come across the Dokibird Easter Egg in Shinkansen 0note , she couldn't help bursting into laughter at the sheer ridiculousness of it and she admitted that the way chat manipulated her into getting it was "well played".
- Ascended to a Higher Plane of Existence: Passed on into Heaven on April 3, 2021. Three years later, Matara brought her back using the codec call.
- Covert Pervert: Her maid outfit is just the front. According to her official reference sheet
, her back is actually bare. - Cute Ghost Girl: She's a young maid who happens to be a ghost. The hitaikakushi (triangle cloth) on her headband is a dead giveaway of this.
- Cute Oversized Sleeves: Her second model sports these to push her cute ghost girl image further. Even when she lowers her arms, her sleeves still mostly cover her hands and fingers.
- Cuteness Proximity: Mint explains that she must see cute girls or idols to get the energy to be visible to human eyes.
- Death by Despair: Though Mint cannot remember much of her past life, one thing she remembers is that she missed an opportunity to take an instant film photo with her favorite idol before she graduated. She was so overcome with regret that she died of a broken heart.
- Does Not Like Spam: Mint is not at all fond of spicy food. She even stated that she could not take spicy food lest she die again.
- Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: After saying that she wasn't going to repeat the naughty phrase Henya recently learned, she fell for a "Mike Hunt" gag in a superchat. Cue the dull eyes and face shadowing...and then she was killed by a burning zombie in the Minecraft game she was playing because she'd been so distracted. Making it even worse, it was a Hardcore game, so she would have to restart the world.
- Fangirl
- She loves idol singers, which also translates to her love of other VTubers. She has gone on record saying that her kamioshi is Henya from VShojo, and Matara once arranged that the two meet. Cue awkwardness on both sides.
- She's a massive Metal Gear Solid fan, to the point that Matara used the codec call to summon her back to the mortal world.
- Four Is Death: April 4th (4/4) is both her birthday and her deathday.
- Girlish Pigtails: A prominent part of her design.
- Haunted Headquarters: Mint lives in an abandoned maid cafe, and she sleeps in the staff room.
- Hell of a Heaven: She did not have a good time in "Heaven", mainly because she couldn't fly properly there.Mint: I think the wings they gave me were made of cardboard.
- Irony: Mint is a ghost maid who is fond of horror, and yet she does not like ghosts.
- Meido: Her overall aesthetic is that of a maid with a mint color scheme.
- Shrinking Violet: She's very shy and introverted, as Matara has often pointed out, especially when she's suddenly thrust out of her comfort zone.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: She was summoned from heaven to become this to VShojo's Matara Kan, since Matara has been getting along too well with the rest of the agency's roster and needed someone to challenge her. They eventually settled into a Vitriolic Best Buds dynamic.
- Starstruck Speechless: This was her exact reaction when Matara briefly left her alone with her kamioshi Henya. Henya, for her part, was just as awkward.
- Stress Vomit: Mint once invoked this after Matara left her and Henya to their own devices; she made vomiting noises (but she did not actually vomit) shortly after an awkward conversation, causing Henya to go after her.
- Take That!: She can be very scathing when she wants to be.
- She made a particular pointed jab at her tenure in "Heaven", saying that "she couldn't fly properly there" and the wings they gave her were "made of cardboard".
- When a chat member suggested that she name herself "MintFantomeVTuberReal" in order to register anew in Minecraft, she kindly declined further commenting that "this is a username only someone who shits themselves would use".
- She took a very pointed jab at another very well known MGS-obsessed corporate VTuber.Mint: I am not some weak-ass fairy. I will continue to exist even if you don't believe in me.
Chat: Hey! My former "oshi" was a fairy!
Mint: I apologise... to you not your "oshi".
- Vitriolic Best Buds: With Matara Kan from VShojo. The two playfully insult each other and Matara in particular seems very keen on pushing Mint outside of her comfort zone, like pairing her with Henya and then leaving them to their devices, laughing her head off.
