Matilda Matisse

Matilda Matisse (マチルダ・マテイス,Machiruda Mateisu, Macchi in the English Anime) is one of Hao's followers and from England. She was born on July 19, 1986. She is on the team "Hana-Gumi"(Flower).

Appearance
She has orange hair and brown eyes. She wears a white undershirt with black overalls and boots. She is almost always carrying a broom. She has one costume change and it is when she is watching Team The Ren faces off against Team Earth.

Personality
She is the cheeriest of "Hana-Gumi". She likes Asakura Hao and is grateful that he helped her. She is sad because people called her a witch. She is very affected when Asakura Mikihisa slaps her, yelling out and claiming that not even her parents dared hit her.

Spirit

 * See More: Jack

Matilda's Guardian Ghost is a pumpkin doll named Jack. Her Over Soul is a small pumpkin doll with skeleton body, where it can pull out its ribs and use them as bladed weapons. She seems to use her broom to launch her Over Soul into battle.

Past
When her Spiritual powers began to show her parents became afraid of her and they eventually left her in the forrest were she was taken in by an old witch. She took in Matilda as an apprentice and taught her many old secrects about witchcraft. The Witch also used her knowledge about plants to save many people in the village nearby. But when the witch herself fell ill no one would help her and Matilda gave up in despair never trusting humans again. It was then Asakura Hao showed up and helped her burry the witch. After the dead of the witch would one of her seals breake and release the spirit of a murder, named Jack whom Matilda took in as her guardian ghost, knowing the dangers of her journey with Hao.

Shaman Fights First Round
Matilda is shown all over Shaman King with out saying a word. Her first appearance is in the title page of reincarnation 1 with her Marion Phauna and Kanna Bismarch with Jack beside her. Her next appearance is in the title page of reincarnation 15. Then she was arguing with Kanna and Marion while watching Tao Ren and Asakura Yoh's match. Then she was with Marion and Kanna when Yoh, Ren, Usui Horokeu, and Umemiya Ryunosuke are going to the Patch airlines. She is also shown with Asakura Hao on the Spirit of Fire. She also asks Marion Phauna why they are leaving Tokyo when it is supposed to be "The Shaman Fight in Tokyo" when they are on the plane.

She is also with Hao when he is entering the Patch Village. She is also is other title pages.

Shaman Fights Second Round
The fight with T-production is very short and no fighting is actually shown but the end was shown as a win by the Hana-Gumi. At the end of the fight she tries to cheer Marion Phauna up.

Kanna Bismarch, Marion Phauna, and her try to get Redseb and Syren's souls but Tamamura Tamao and Tao Jun stop them. Matilda fights Tamao while Kanna fights Jun. She finally shows her abilities and uses her over soul Jack the Ripper Trick and Treat. Tamao stops her with her over soul arrow(Which is Conchi's tail). Jack uses his knives to cut Conchi's tail off. After that Jack, Chuck, and Ashcroft gang up on Lee Pailong but Asakura Mikihisa saves him. When Mikihisa shows up he slaps all three of them. She yells at him saying that no one ever slapped her not even her parents. When they are defeated by Mikihisa. Magna comes and tells them they are still useful and then he takes them away.

Invading the Plants
Marion Phauna, Kanna Bismarch, and her are killed by Peyote Diaz. She was brought back by Anna. She helps fight off some of Hao's allies. She switches side to Yoh's. She was last seen sulking over what she did to other people and thinking over her life.

Funbari no Uta
13 years after the tournament, Matilda works together with her former teammates at the Funbari no Uta. Together they are known as the Hanagumi Waitresses and all three wear a yukata with a flowered pattern at the buttom.

The three of them are often scolded by the inn's Okami Tamamura Tamao, Matilda for having a creepy hairstyle, ressembling a skull at the crown. According to Tamao they often skip work and she ussualy retorts to threatening them with the use of Dai Tengu.

Anime/Manga Difference
In the anime she and the rest of Team Hana-Gumi are not killed, and she remains on Hao's side for the entire series.

Trivia

 * Instead of calling Marion by her given name, she calls her Mari for short.
 * In the first character poll she is called Pumpkin Girl.