Fuuka σ Taisen - Story Mode (Arika)

"neutral-centric anime poverty fg with surprisingly good source material"

Fuuka σ Taisen is a fighting game that, for some untold reason, has recently developed a community, making it one of these poverty fighters (i.e. very very niche fighting games) I found while making my rounds for finding whatever fighters I could sink my teeth to. Based on the My-HiME anime series, this fighting game has a story mode that - somewhat - has elements relating to the plot of the show... I guess? I would say that because story mode does have several fights against major characters that appeared in the anime series.

Arika Yumemiya - a character originating from spinoff series My-Otome, and the one shown here - is an unlockable character in this game, obtainable by clearing story mode for essentially all characters from the base roster (those being Mai, Midori, Akira, Natsuki, Mikoto, Nao, Akane, Yukariko and Yukino). She is perhaps the most fun character I played in this game - like Mai, her moveset's close to a proper shoto in this game, but Arika's superior range and her slightly faster movement options make her even fun to mess around with.