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{{character
|name = Neco-Arc
|jname = ネコアルク
|tab1name = Normal
|tab1body = [[Image:Neco-arc_MBAA.png|150px|frameless]]
|tab2name = Mysterious Neco X
|tab2body = [[Image:MNX.png|150px|frameless]]
|franchise = ''[[Tsukihime series]]''
|appearances = ''[[Tsukihime]] <br>[[Kagetsu Tohya]] <br> [[Melty Blood]] / [[Melty Blood Re-ACT|RA]] / [[Melty Blood Act Cadenza|AC]] / [[Melty Blood Actress Again|AA]] <br> [[Fate/tiger colosseum Upper]]<br>[[Carnival Phantasm]]<br>[[Fate/Grand Carnival]]<br>[[All Around Type-Moon]]''
|JPvoice = {{WPlink|Ryouka Yuzuki}}<br>[[Ayako Kawasumi]] (Mysterious Neco X)
|Engvoice = {{WPlink|Kari Wahlgren}}
|type = [[Neco Spirit|Neco]]
|height = 60cm
|weight = 8kg
|gender = Yes (Female probably)
| sizes = Take a steel drum that's lying around and put a tape measure through the top, middle, and bottom<ref name = "NecoArcThreeSizes">{{#lst:Encyclopedia/Misc|TMF3sizeNekoArc}}</ref>
|hairc = Blond
}}
{{Nihongo|Neco-Arc|ネコアルク|Neko-Aruku}} is a [[Neco Spirit]] appearing in the ''[[Tsukihime]]'' series. She is a pint-sized cat girl parody of [[Arcueid Brunestud]], acting as the mascot character of [[Type-Moon]] at times. In ''[[Fate/Grand Carnival]]'', she appears as {{nihongo|Mysterious Neco X|謎のネコX|Nazo no Neko X}}, parodying [[Mysterious Heroine X]]/[[Artoria Pendragon]].

==Profile==
===Background===
Neco-Arc is a member of the [[Neco Spirit]] race, originating from the [[Great Cat's Village]].<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/MB|Great Cat's Village}}
</ref> She became [[Ciel|Ms. Ciel]]'s student, constantly acting up in retaliation for having such little screen time and wishing people to think she is smart.<ref name="Neco">{{#lst:Encyclopedia/Plus Period|Neco-Arc+.}}
</ref> She is referred to as the "work of [[Kischur Zelretch Schweinorg]]" according to [[Aoko Aozaki]], suggesting she was brought from another world, but it's also said that there is a "certain urban legend" telling of six Neco-Arcs and [[Neco-Arc Chaos|one that exceeds them]] that could be a materialization of [[Night of Wallachia|TATARI]].<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/MB|MBN6H}}
</ref>

Other Neco-Arcs include [[Neco-Arc Bubbles]], [[Neco-Arc Chaos]], [[Neco-Arc Destiny]], [[Neco-Arc Evolution]], and [[Mysterious Neco Z]].

===Appearance===
<gallery widths="150" position="center" captionalign="center">	 
NecoBye.png|Neco-Arc in ''[[ALL AROUND TYPE-MOON - A Day of Ahnenerbe]]'', illustrated by ''[[B-suke]]''.
NecoSpirits.jpg|Neco-Arc in ''[[Carnival Phantasm]]'', alongside fellow Neco-Spirits.
Neco-ArcsCD.jpg|Neco-Arc and Neco-Arc Chaos in ''[[All Around Type-Moon]]'''s Drama CD.
NecoArc-hives.jpg|Neco-Arc in the ''MELTY BLOOD ARCHIVES''
Mysterious Neco G.png|{{nihongo|Mysterious Neco G|謎のネコG}} in ''[[Fate/Grand Order]]'', illustrated by [[Metarogu]].
</gallery>

===Personality===
Neco-Arc is known as the biggest small-fry in the Cat Kingdom.<ref name = "Neco"/> Most characters are unnerved by her appearance, and she especially torments [[White Len]], calling her a "tsundere", and [[Satsuki Yumizuka]], who Neco-Arc constantly reminds that she doesn't have a major role in Tsukihime. She recognizes [[Miyako Arima]] as a much-awaited future rival.<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/MB|MBMiyakoArima}}
</ref>

==Role==
===Tsukihime===
Neco-Arc accompanies Ciel-sensei during the "Teach Me, Ciel-sensei!" segments after the player reaches a bad end.

===Melty Blood===
<gallery type="slideshow" widths="250" position="right">
Image:Melty blood necoA ending.png|
Image:Melty blood necoB ending.png|
</gallery>
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===Fate/tiger colosseum Upper===
<gallery type="slideshow" widths="250" position="right">
NecoArcTCending.jpg|Neco-Arc Ending
AvengerTCending.jpg|Avenger Ending
</gallery>
She is a playable character in the ''[[Fate/tiger colosseum Upper]]''. 
{{-}}

===Carnival Phantasm & Fate/Grand Carnival===
Neco-Arc (Mysterious Neco X in ''Grand Carnival'') and her fellow Neco Spirits run [[Ahnenerbe]], the strange coffee shop that once every ten years allows worlds to converge. Each episode begins with a short skit of them at Ahnenerbe, which ends with the Neco Spirits turning to the camera and declaring "It's starting!" before the opening credits play.

===Melty Blood Back Alley Alliance Nightmare===
[[Lev Lainur Flauros]] finds himself stuck living with Neco-Arc and Neco-Arc Chaos, and regretfully needs their help to return to [[Fate/Grand Order|his own timeline]].

===Other Appearance===
She also makes appearances in the stop-motion extras at the start of the [[Kara no Kyoukai]] movies.

TYPE-MOON has announced two fake films as April Fools' Day jokes. The first was ''[[Neco-Arc The Movie]]'', and the second was ''Neco-Arc Evolution''. ''Evolution'' was produced by "Twentieth Century Cats" and its theme song was "Neco Illusion 2009." She also appears in Carnival Phantasm where she usually is the one who starts the show-off.

In ''[[Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA#Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!!|Fate/kaleid liner PRISMA☆ILLYA 3rei!!]]'', in the 30th Chapter of the Manga and the 12th Episode of the Anime series, [[Illyasviel von Einzbern (Fate/kaleid)|Illyasviel von Einzbern]] is seen wearing a Neco-Arc pajamas.

==Abilities==
[[File:Neco arc rocket.png|thumb|right]]
Neco-Arc is the second strongest character in the [[Nasuverse]] after [[Magical Amber]].<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/Magazines|CTop3}}
</ref> [[Taiga Fujimura]] would obviously lose to Neco-Arc.<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/Magazines|CTaigaNeco}}
</ref> She is twice as strong as Arcueid, but she is weaker than [[Heracles (Berserker)|Berserker]] because cats only have nine lives compared to his [[God Hand|twelve]].<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/Misc|Servantstrength}}
</ref><ref>Neko Arc: "Nine lives! It seems that cats have nine lives so we are a little weaker than berserker."</ref>

All of her techniques are extremely powerful like "Dead Neco-ning" and many more, able to destroy everything in her path.<ref name = "Neco"/> Her eye beams are called the "True Ancestor Beam", a "vaguely familiar blast" that cannot be fully observed with the naked eye.<ref name = "Croc"/> She has a warp skill called "Opuba!". Her uppercut, "Cat Out of Hell", sends the opponent flying into the heavens.<ref name = "Neco"/> Her killer move is {{Nihongo|I want to go to the Crocodile Garden|ワニ園に行きたいわたし|Wani-en ni ikitai watashi}}, where she attacks horizontally by turning into a rocket. Like the rest, its fearsome effectiveness is seriously troublesome, and it may have some connection to the {{Nihongo|Farewell, Ciel-sensei! Our friendship ended in the Crocodile Garden!|さらば知得留！　ワニ園に散った友情}} technique of her [[Popularity polls#Third character popularity poll|third character popularity poll]] command list.<ref name="Croc">{{#lst:Encyclopedia/Plus Period|CrocodileGarden+.}}</ref>

The {{Nihongo|Elite Neco Corps|エリートネコ部隊|Erītoneko butai}} summons the GCV's only military unit, but while they boast in power, it is unrelated to its power as a technique. The high degree of randomness in that she cannot control them makes it only useful as a provocation.<ref>{{#lst:Encyclopedia/MB|MBECT}}
</ref>

==Development==
While originally modeled as a feline, it is hard to tell if Neco-Arc can still be called a cat.<ref name = "Neco"/> She first appears in ''[[Tsukihime]]'', where she "assists" Ms. Ciel in giving the player information on how to avoid the bad endings. She later appears briefly in the [[Tsukihime PLUS-DISC]] and makes an appearance in a few scenes of [[Kagetsu Tohya]]. She was first made a boss character in ''Melty Blood Re-act'', and they gave her many "ridiculous skills."<ref name = "Neco"/> She was later made into a playable character. Arcueid occasionally changes into Neco-Arc in some comedic scenes in Kagetsu Tohya, and some characters refer to the Neco-Arc of ''Melty Blood'' as if she were Arcueid herself. She is treated as both a separate entity from Arcueid, and just as a facet of her personality.

There were originally to be Akiha, Len, and Ciel-type Neco-Arcs along with the Arcueid version, and they even recorded lines for them. Though they were "pleasantly strange characters", capacity problems meant only the Yuzuki Ryouka version could be implemented. Nasu would still like to use them if possible.<ref name = "Neco"/>

==References==
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