Pick a chara. LOL. Okay so Amu is a girl who doesn't like how she comes across, how people see her, and is desperately fighting her own shyness so that she can do something about that. Each of her charas helps her to showcase an aspect of herself (or more than one) that is normally hidden.
With Ran she is perky, energetic, athletic, and upbeat. She loves sports and competition. She can cheer on anyone and is brave enough to speak her mind, no matter how she might regret it later.
With Su she is also energetic and optimistic, but in a different way. It is less "GO GO! YEAH! WE CAN DO IT!" and more "Got a mess? Leave it to me! I'll fix it!" Where Ran is we can do anything, Su is we can FIX anything. Su is the side of her that wants to be a happy housewife someday. (blame her mother, the woman works for a housewife magazine, and is constantly giving Amu tips on being a "good mother, wife, and guest.")
Miki's impact on her personality is less direct than Ran and Su's. Miki herself is calmer, and while she crushes on every cute boy EVER, she can also be more focused. She doesn't take over Amu as often as the other two do, but rather teaches Amu by refusing to take over. She uses her quiet words and (sometimes) brooding nature to get her point across. Where Ran's answer to Amu's lack of confidence is to chara-change and show her she can do it, Miki will refuse to change, saying that she knows Amu can do it, but if Amu keeps relying on her to do it for her, she'll never learn.
With Dia.... things are very different. Dia spends most of the series after she arrives asleep in her egg, telling Amu that she's not ready for her yet. Dia represents Amu's desire to shine, to be in the spotlight. A dream that was born from knowing Ikuto and Utau, though their music. Thanks to Ran and the others, Amu now has the courage to DREAM about being on a stage one day and being a star, but not the courage to actually do it. When she gets closer to that point, she's been told. Dia will hatch again.
On the whole, Amu is often frustrated by her charas, but loves them all. She tries to act tough, but she's got a soft heart, and always wants to help others, not matter the cost to herself. She's easily embarrassed though, and her charas sometimes push her into embarrassing situations to show her that it isn't the end of the world, and because, well... they think it is funny.
But the big "Sailor Moon Says" moment that comesa at the end of most episodes... comes from Amu as herself, not chara-changed or chara-naried. Just Amu as Amu. It is her empathy. The moment comes after the battle, when the child who was behind the Batsu-chara or Nozu-chara is waking from their daze, when she gives a short speech about how they're feeling and how she can relate and ways to grow from there. Usually with her back to the child because she's too embarrassed to say such conry things to their face. But the speeches, while short, are usually very touching and on point. And that empathy, I think, is the core of who Amu is. And the embarrassment at not being able to look at the person while saying it. but saying it anyway because the other kid NEEDS TO HEAR IT, is crucial to understanding her inner and outer character.
CRAU developments: N/A
Key themes: Empathy. Living your dream a step at a time. Transformation. Risks. Faceted personalities.
Main Motivation: On the surface it seems to be "be less embarrassed", but I think more... it is a happy and safe world for her, her friends, her family, and all the children. At the moment that means stopping Easter. Not by destroying them, but by helping them, even if she doesn't realize she can. She's got a good track record at reforming bad guys. Utau, Sanjou (Utau's manager), Kairi, on and off Ikuto, and even Nikaidou, who had been a top Easter agent who became a sub at their school as part of a nefarious plot and signed on as a full time teacher after he quit Easter when Su and the others helped him remember his own childhood dreams.
Skills:
As herself... Average little kid skills. Fair at most things, excelling in little. Chara-nari with not just her charas, but ANY. Even when she doesn't want to. And one chara can force her to Chara-nari even if she is already transformed with another. Which is exhausting. I think her record is sic transformations in one battle, but it might have been seven.
Chara-changed: With Ran: Athletic like whoa. Large leaps that are nearly flight. Loud voice. Excessive energy. With Miki: Artistic and creative. Can create clothing and masterpieces of art. With Su: Very domestic at top speeds. She can make wonderful yummy treats, and clean a house like she was Mary Poppins, only faster. She can also magically fix small things.
Chara Nari: (this is not an exhaustive list, as she constantly gets new powers) With any: Purifying Batsu and Nozu tamas and charas. Excess speed strength and agility. Borderline flight. Summoning their special weapons and power ups. With Ran: Flight as in the air under her feet is like ground when she wants it to be, as well as true flight for short bursts. Extreme athleticism and strength. A magical baton that works a bit like a boomerang, and magical pom poms. Magical inline skates for speed. With Miki: Colorful Canvas! A magical spell cast with a giant paint brush that can stun or still foes, and can make the air thick. She can do similar with music using a G clef shaped baton. With Su: REMAKE HONEY! Using a green wisk, she can issue forth a burst of magic that can mend or repair very nearly ANYTHING. She can undo paint spills this way, convince an animal that stole a wallet because of a nozu-tama to bring it back, and undo magical attacks. It is excessively powerful, but unlike the other special abilities... it can also sometimes crit fail in hilarious ways. Not always, but sometimes.
Item: The Humpty Lock which is what lets her, and eventually others, Chara-nari.
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Personality:
Pick a chara. LOL. Okay so Amu is a girl who doesn't like how she comes across, how people see her, and is desperately fighting her own shyness so that she can do something about that. Each of her charas helps her to showcase an aspect of herself (or more than one) that is normally hidden.
With Ran she is perky, energetic, athletic, and upbeat. She loves sports and competition. She can cheer on anyone and is brave enough to speak her mind, no matter how she might regret it later.
With Su she is also energetic and optimistic, but in a different way. It is less "GO GO! YEAH! WE CAN DO IT!" and more "Got a mess? Leave it to me! I'll fix it!" Where Ran is we can do anything, Su is we can FIX anything. Su is the side of her that wants to be a happy housewife someday. (blame her mother, the woman works for a housewife magazine, and is constantly giving Amu tips on being a "good mother, wife, and guest.")
Miki's impact on her personality is less direct than Ran and Su's. Miki herself is calmer, and while she crushes on every cute boy EVER, she can also be more focused. She doesn't take over Amu as often as the other two do, but rather teaches Amu by refusing to take over. She uses her quiet words and (sometimes) brooding nature to get her point across. Where Ran's answer to Amu's lack of confidence is to chara-change and show her she can do it, Miki will refuse to change, saying that she knows Amu can do it, but if Amu keeps relying on her to do it for her, she'll never learn.
With Dia.... things are very different. Dia spends most of the series after she arrives asleep in her egg, telling Amu that she's not ready for her yet. Dia represents Amu's desire to shine, to be in the spotlight. A dream that was born from knowing Ikuto and Utau, though their music. Thanks to Ran and the others, Amu now has the courage to DREAM about being on a stage one day and being a star, but not the courage to actually do it. When she gets closer to that point, she's been told. Dia will hatch again.
On the whole, Amu is often frustrated by her charas, but loves them all. She tries to act tough, but she's got a soft heart, and always wants to help others, not matter the cost to herself. She's easily embarrassed though, and her charas sometimes push her into embarrassing situations to show her that it isn't the end of the world, and because, well... they think it is funny.
But the big "Sailor Moon Says" moment that comesa at the end of most episodes... comes from Amu as herself, not chara-changed or chara-naried. Just Amu as Amu. It is her empathy. The moment comes after the battle, when the child who was behind the Batsu-chara or Nozu-chara is waking from their daze, when she gives a short speech about how they're feeling and how she can relate and ways to grow from there. Usually with her back to the child because she's too embarrassed to say such conry things to their face. But the speeches, while short, are usually very touching and on point. And that empathy, I think, is the core of who Amu is. And the embarrassment at not being able to look at the person while saying it. but saying it anyway because the other kid NEEDS TO HEAR IT, is crucial to understanding her inner and outer character.
CRAU developments: N/A
Key themes: Empathy. Living your dream a step at a time. Transformation. Risks. Faceted personalities.
Main Motivation:
On the surface it seems to be "be less embarrassed", but I think more... it is a happy and safe world for her, her friends, her family, and all the children. At the moment that means stopping Easter. Not by destroying them, but by helping them, even if she doesn't realize she can. She's got a good track record at reforming bad guys. Utau, Sanjou (Utau's manager), Kairi, on and off Ikuto, and even Nikaidou, who had been a top Easter agent who became a sub at their school as part of a nefarious plot and signed on as a full time teacher after he quit Easter when Su and the others helped him remember his own childhood dreams.
Skills:
As herself... Average little kid skills. Fair at most things, excelling in little. Chara-nari with not just her charas, but ANY. Even when she doesn't want to. And one chara can force her to Chara-nari even if she is already transformed with another. Which is exhausting. I think her record is sic transformations in one battle, but it might have been seven.
Chara-changed:
With Ran:
Athletic like whoa. Large leaps that are nearly flight. Loud voice. Excessive energy.
With Miki:
Artistic and creative. Can create clothing and masterpieces of art.
With Su:
Very domestic at top speeds. She can make wonderful yummy treats, and clean a house like she was Mary Poppins, only faster. She can also magically fix small things.
Chara Nari: (this is not an exhaustive list, as she constantly gets new powers)
With any: Purifying Batsu and Nozu tamas and charas. Excess speed strength and agility. Borderline flight. Summoning their special weapons and power ups.
With Ran: Flight as in the air under her feet is like ground when she wants it to be, as well as true flight for short bursts. Extreme athleticism and strength. A magical baton that works a bit like a boomerang, and magical pom poms. Magical inline skates for speed.
With Miki: Colorful Canvas! A magical spell cast with a giant paint brush that can stun or still foes, and can make the air thick. She can do similar with music using a G clef shaped baton.
With Su: REMAKE HONEY! Using a green wisk, she can issue forth a burst of magic that can mend or repair very nearly ANYTHING. She can undo paint spills this way, convince an animal that stole a wallet because of a nozu-tama to bring it back, and undo magical attacks. It is excessively powerful, but unlike the other special abilities... it can also sometimes crit fail in hilarious ways. Not always, but sometimes.
Item:
The Humpty Lock
Sample:
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