Saturday, September 13, 2008

Pitchipitchi-Seira


"Seira" is written with the kanji characters for "star" and "silk gauze." The ra character can also mean "net."

Seira is introduced as the future princess of the Indian Ocean, the successor who will follow in Sara's place. However, there's just one tiny problem... Seira hasn't been born yet. Despite not yet being born, however, Seira is on some level already a self-aware entity, and she appears to Lucia as a spirit that takes the form of a young mermaid.

Seira's story begins when Lucia hears a child's voice in her dreams, calling for help. Following the source of these mysterious pleas, Lucia dreams that she journeys to the ruins of the Indian Ocean kingdom. There she meets the ghost of Sara, surrounded by tiny spheres of light. Sara explains what the mysterious lights are:

The life breath of the Indian Ocean is forming into spheres of light. These are all gathering together... These spheres of light are called "fragments of the heart." They are necessary for Seira to be born, not just as a mermaid, but as a woman. Love, and friendship, and the power of belief are being gathered into the heart of this girl.

Unfortunately, the extraordinary energy of Seira's "fragments of the heart" are coveted by another: a villainous creature named Michel. He attacks the yet-unborn Seira, stealing the fragments of her heart. Now Lucia must pursue Michel and fight to reclaim the fragments of Seira's heart. Lucia carries the Orange Pearl with her everywhere. When she finds another fragment of Seira's heart, it is absorbed inside the Orange Pearl, and Seira learns how to feel an emotion like love, friendship, or belief in another.

During most of the second story arc, Seira seems to exist inside of the Orange Pearl. She can appear before Lucia as an insubstantial spirit, usually to offer encouragement when Lucia is feeling down. When Seira is first introduced in chapter 21, she comes across as somewhat of a brat - and she is, even taking into account her age. For example, she taunts Lucia for crying about Kaito. However, as the manga progresses, and as Seira learns more about love and friendship, she matures greatly. Seira may still be just a little girl, but she comes to understand Lucia's feelings on a profound level. Eventually, Seira becomes Lucia's staunchest supporter.

A Ray of Hope
In chapter 28 of the manga, Seira's spirit-form is absorbed into Michel. Within Michel's heart, Seira tastes profound sadness and loneliness for the first time. And yet, buried beneath Michel's rage and hatred, Seira discovers something else - a "crying voice," as she describes it.

SEIRA: I can feel your sadness... I can hear a voice inside of you, crying out to be saved from this sadness! I can hear a tiny voice crying out, a voice that still believes in this world!
MICHEL: That is only your OWN cry that you hear, and nothing more!

Still, Seira refuses to give up. She begs Lucia and Kaito to "save" Michel, and continually pleads with Michel to realize that he is not alone. Finally, however, the climatic moment arrives. Seira confesses that she cares about Michel, and Michel, in turn, realizes that - unbelievably - there is somebody who loves him.

But the battle isn't over. Fuku-chan follows Seira and the mermaid princesses down to Earth, and, overwhelming Michel's will, uses the angelic being as a puppet who attempts to hunt down and destroy the princesses and their allies. Even when confronted with an evil, soul-less Michel, however, Seira's heart aches for him. "Michel really truly is a nice person, just like Michal!" Seira tells Lucia. Seira wants nothing more than to save Michel from Fuku; and with Lucia's help, ultimately, the strength of Seira's love for the forlorn angel is enough to do so.
It is telling that when his moment of salvation comes, Michel's final words of farewell are to Seira, and to Seira only. "Believe that we will meet again someday..." Seira weeps tears of mixed joy and grief as Michel leaves her.
Seira ultimately proves herself a profoundly kind, gentle, yet strong person. Her experiences sharing Lucia's emotions, and then Michel's emotions, have taught Seira many things about the strength of love, and the pain of loneliness. During the climax of chapter 30, watching Seira's determination to save Michel during the final battle, Coco even comments, "Sara... The little princess of your kingdom has already become a wonderful friend."

Seira's Forms

mermaid Seira
This is Seira's basic, true shape (first appearance: chapter 21).
human Seira
Seira appears as a human in the color illustration the prefaces chapter 24. She does not, however, actually appear as a human within the actual storyline of the manga, until chapter 30.
Seira's superheroine alter-ego (first appearance: chapter 29).

Seira's Powers: Pre-Birth
spirit manifestation - insubstantial
Seira can manifest herself as a ghost or a spirit, but only in her mermaid form.

communication
Seira can communicate to Lucia telepathically, or via dreams. She can also pray to Aqua Regina, and the ocean goddess appears to hear Seira's prayers.

light
When Lucia is feeling down, Seira can make her Orange Pearl glow with a bright, warm light. This seems to have the effect of cheering Lucia up.

spirit manifestation - substantial
In chapter 27, Seira reclaims some of the fragments of her heart from Michel, pulls them into herself, and manifests herself as a very solid, substantial "spirit" form of her mermaid self. Despite the fact that her body appears solid, however, she has not yet been truly "born".

staircase
In chapter 28, in order to allow Lucia/Hanon/Rina to escape Michel, Seira creates a magical staircase that sends the mermaid princesses and Kaito to a distant beach.

Seira's Powers: Post-Birth

transformation
Seira does not use a special phrase or incantation to transform into Orange Pearl Voice; she just does.

singing
Even in her mermaid form (that is, without transforming into her idol form), Seira can sing a song so powerful and moving that it can be heard all over the world - and even in the darkest depths of the ocean's bottom.
Magical Items

Orange Pearl
The Orange Pearl is the source of Seira's power; she needs it to transform into Orange Pearl Voice. In addition, before she was born, Seira existed as a spirit inside of her Orange Pearl.

seashell locket
Like the other mermaids, Seira keeps her pearl in a seashell locket that she wears around her neck. Her locket is orange in color.

microphone
When she transforms into Orange Pearl Voice, Seira uses her microphone to project her singing voice.


Coco - Mermaid Princess of the South Pacific Ocean and keeper of the yellow pearl. She is incarcerated by the sea monsters for most of the first season, so not much is known about her. In the manga, however, she is a friend of fellow Mermaid Princess Sara. Later, she found to be playful and gentle in the manga, yet brash and outspoken in the anime. Her idol form is Yellow Pearl Voice.

Coco

Coco is the princess of the South Pacific Ocean. Using her Yellow Pearl, she can transform into Yellow Pearl Voice. She can also assume a human form in order to move about on dry land.
Coco has already been captured by Gakuto by the time that the manga begins. She spends the majority of the first story arc asleep within Gakuto's castle.n the second story arc of the manga, Coco has a bit more "screentime," and more of a chance to display her normal, playful personality. It should be noted, however, that in the manga, Coco is a much more gentle person than her rather brash, outspoken anime counterpart. However, like in the anime, Coco still likes to have fun, hang around boys, and occassionally (albeit rarely) displays a sexy, sophisticated side of her personality.

Coco is a difficult character to understand, especially since she is only active at the very end of the manga. She seems to be a very kind, gentle person with a normally bright, sunny personality. She is often visually associated with yellow daisies. Coco is also very brave, however, and very loyal to her friends - loyal to a fault. And Coco's closest, dearest friend is none other than Sara. When Coco is awoken and freed from Gakuto's castle in chapter 14, she, for some indiscernible reason, decides instead to stay behind with Sara. Perhaps Coco did not want to leave Sara behind. Perhaps Coco had enough faith in the other mermaid princesses to believe that they would come back for her again, and when they did, then she would be able to do something for Sara. Who knows? Coco's motives for willingly staying behind as Gakuto's prisoner are certainly debatable. But when she is awoken again in chapter 19 and realizes that the castle around her is crumbling and that the final battle is occurring, Coco bravely and simply does what she must do. And it is Coco's love, and Coco's song, that ultimately starts Sara back on the path to her true self.
mermaid Coco
This is Coco's basic, true shape (first appearance: chapter 14).
Coco also appears as a faceless, sketchy background figure in chapters 2, 3, and 8-10.

Coco does not appear as a mermaid princess. Yellow Pearl Voice only has one outfit in the manga, and has received no power-ups. However, her one and only idol outfit is indeed analogous with the "second" idol outfits of the other mermaid princesses; it has double-layered gloves, boots, and ruffles.
ransformation
Coco does not use a special phrase or incantation to transform into Yellow Pearl Voice; she just does.

singing
Despite being without her pearl, Coco can still sing a song emotionally powerful enough to move the heart of even Sara, as she does in chapter 19. Although granted, in chapter 19, when Coco sings, she also eventually gains the help of the other mermaid princesses singing along with her.
Magical Items
Yellow Pearl
The Yellow Pearl is the source of Coco's power; she needs it to transform into Yellow Pearl Voice.

seashell locket
Like the other mermaids, Coco keeps her pearl in a seashell locket that she wears around her neck. Her locket is yellow in color.

microphone
When she transforms into Yellow Pearl Voice, Coco uses her microphone to project her singing voice.

key rod
In chapter 29, Coco takes the magical Key Rod from Hippo, and uses it to fight Michel.

Seira ( Sera?) Voiced by: Eri Kitamura is a fictional character in the manga and anime series Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch. She is the next Keeper of the Orange Pearl and Mermaid Princess of the Indian Ocean, following the death of Sara - the former Mermaid Princess.

Seira is introduced in the second story arc.

On the day of her birth, the Sea Monsters attacked and Michel, the leader, absorbs her into his body despite Lucia tries to protect her. After she is absorbed, Sara's spirit gives Lucia a little blue box containing the orange pearl and tells her to gather the pieces of Seira's heart which are contained in Michel's wings. She continues to do so throughout the story, and every time she gathers one feather, Seira learns one thing about love or friendship.

Seira has three forms: her mermaid, human, and Orange Pearl Voice form.

Mermaid

Her mermaid form follows the trend of all the other mermaid princesses, with two pearl bracelets around her left wrist and tail. She wears two earrings that are identical to Sara's.


Seira is introduced in the second story arc.

On the day of her birth, the Sea Monsters attacked and Michel, the leader, absorbs her into his body despite Lucia tries to protect her. After she is absorbed, Sara's spirit gives Lucia a little blue box containing the orange pearl and tells her to gather the pieces of Seira's heart which are contained in Michel's wings. She continues to do so throughout the story, and every time she gathers one feather, Seira learns one thing about love or friendship.
By coming in contact with Michel's heart, Seira begins to realize that he is actually very lonely and sad, and shows sympathy to him.

When the mermaid princesses meet Michel in a final confrontation, Seira's spirit is freed from Michel (in two different ways in the anime and the manga). Then Seira informs her fellow Mermaid Princesses about Michel's sad heart and persuades them into saving him together

In the manga, after everything is done, Seira settles down in Lucia's house.

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Saturday, September 6, 2008

Shojo and Anime For Girls

Anime, Japan's stylish animated storytelling is a big hit in many countries these days, and you can't turn around without hearing of a new anime series surfacing on the Cartoon Network's Adult Swim or at your local Blockbuster. One of the big stereotypes of anime however, is that it's all for boys and nothing could be farther from the truth!

Shojo (sometimes spelled shoujo) anime is made for a younger, female audience with the emphasis being placed on personal relationships rather than world-shaking battles or politics. Whether you're looking for gift for a younger female cousin, or your friend feels that all anime is about men fighting in robot suits, there are a lot of different shows that will be perfectly suitable for even your girliest friend.

Fruits Basket

This series is one of the hottest sellers in the United States and with good reason! The story focuses on Tohru Honda, an orphaned high school girl who runs into a cursed family. Whenever a member of the wealthy mysterious Sohma family is hugged by a member of the opposite sex, they transform into one of the animals of the Chinese zodiac. As Tohru struggles to break the curse, the audience will be enjoy strong plotlines, engaging characters and hilarious situations.

Fushigi Yuugi

In this anime, which is often translated into "The Mysterious Play," a young girl falls through a portal in a book that takes her to ancient China. Once there, she is declared a priestess who must save the world by collecting the Celestial Warriors of the country and invoking a god. While Miaka is trying to do this, she must contend with being dragged back to her own world and dealing with mundane things like exams as well!

Angel Sanctuary

This dark, gothic story features a young boy who is the reincarnation of a rebellious angel. As both heavenly and infernal forces move to shape his awakening powers for their own ends, Setsuna Mudo must come to terms with his own conflicting emotions and find out what it is that he is willing to protect and fight for. This anime is not really suited for younger viewers, as it involves very adult themes.

Princess Tutu

If the idea of the protagonist starting out as duck who wants to save her prince appeals to you, than check out Princess Tutu. Ahiru is a young girl at a ballet school who has a crush on the quiet male lead dancer, Mytho, but she's also a duck... and a magical superheroine! This occasionally surreal, always adorable anime is ideal for both younger viewers and those who can't resist good animation and wonderful storytelling.

Here Is Greenwood

Getting away from the supernatural, Here Is Greenwood is the tale of a young student at boarding school for the first time. Kazuya Hasukawa is possibly the unluckiest boy ever; he falls in love only to have the object of his affections turn around and marry his brother. With a dorm full of fascinating characters that Kazuya just finds annoying and his double-crossing brother turning out to be the head of the infirmiry, Kazuya's in for a wild semester!

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