Yume Nikki:Mafurako

Mafurako
マフラー子 (Muffler Girl)
Location	Block World
Role	Teleporting Madotsuki on top of blocks, allowing access to new areas
Size	Standard
Effect Reaction	• Cat: Drawn towards Madotsuki • Traffic Light: Freezes and shows her full appearance • Kitchen Knife: Screams and Disappears
Notes	Transforms under the Traffic Light effect

Invisible (left) and under the Traffic Light (right)

Mafurako (also known as Hat and Scarf Girl by some fans) is an NPC who can be found in Block World.

Initially, Mafurako appears to be invisible except for the hat and scarf she wears. However, using the Traffic Light effect causes her to reveal her true appearance as a girl.

Appearance

Mafurako wears a brown winter cap and a scarf, which are the only visible articles of clothing at first. She has dark brown hair that covers her eyes, a blue sweater, purple pants, and black shoes.

Interaction

Mafurako in the manga

Interacting with Mafurako will teleport both her and the player to 1 of 5 normally inaccessible places atop one of the blocks in the area. One of these locations has a black gate that leads to the White Desert.

Interacting with her again will return the player back. Normally, they will be teleported to a random spot away from Mafurako, and will have to seek her out again. However, if you interact with her while being a snowman, you will always return to Mafurako's side on the return trip, shortening the process of finding the door.

Besides transforming under the Traffic Light effect, Mafurako displays all the normal reactions to the Cat, Kitchen Knife, and Traffic Light effects.

Interpretation

It is possible that Mafurako represents Madotsuki's feelings of shyness. It is evident that Mafurako wants to be unseen, as even when she is visible her fringe covers her face. The fact that she becomes visible when the Stoplight is used may imply that she is consciously attempting to be invisible, and the Stoplight stops her from doing so.
Furthermore, Mafurako seems to seek solitude. She is the sole resident of the very spacious Block World, and prefers to ditch Madotsuki in a distant location rather than teleport back together. She only seems comfortable around the inanimate Snowman, with whom she can relate to (They share a penchant for winter clothing) yet is also impersonal and non-threatening.

Trivia

• Interestingly, Mafurako's sprites are located in Madotsuki's sprite sheet in the game's files. She is the only NPC with this distinction other than Madotsuki's Ghost.