Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch/Characters

These are the characters that appear in the Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch series of anime and manga.

Lucia Nanami
"Voiced by: Asumi Nakata"

"All these people are doing their best to find true love! I will not let you laugh at it!"

Lucia is the typical shoujo heroine: ditzy and lovestruck, but with a pure heart and a sense of love for her friends. In the manga, she was raised to believe that she was a normal mermaid civilian, and lived on the surface as a human with her guardians, "sister" Nikora and "pet" Hippo (who is a penguin). In the anime, she's always known that she is the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean, Pink Pearl Voice. Great, right... except for the "pink pearl" bit. The pearl that gives her her power and is directly tied to her life force is gone; she gave it to a little boy to save his life when they were six. She gets it back by the end of the episode from the boy, who turns out to be her classmate and crush Kaito, and realizes that she has to find the other ocean princesses and save the world. She's also expressly forbidden to confess her love or true identity to Kaito, but she's certain that she won't turn to foam if she finds some loophole. Little does she know that nobody turns to foam when they confess anyway...

Tropes associated with Lucia:
 * Anime Hair
 * Awesome Moment of Crowning: End of the manga.
 * Blue Eyes: In her mermaid form.
 * Boobs of Steel: Also the end of the manga.
 * Changeling Fantasy: Manga only.
 * Covert Pervert: Not as much as Hanon, though.
 * Dangerous Thirteenth Birthday
 * Dojikko
 * First Kiss
 * G-Rated Drug: She gets drunk off cola in the manga.
 * Genki Girl
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Good Hair, Evil Hair: Lucia has ditz/magical girl pigtails.
 * Heart Symbol: Cheesy hearts appear when Lucia performs her "Love Shower Pitch".
 * The Hero
 * Heroes Want Redheads: Whether Kaito is red-haired or brown-haired is debatable, though.
 * Hometown Hero: She's from the ocean that surrounds Japan, after all.
 * "I Want" Song: "Koi wa Nandarou" and "Splash Dream".
 * Idiot Hair
 * Kissing Under the Influence: Literally in the manga, Bowdlerised in the anime to be the result of a magic jewel.
 * Locked Out of the Loop: Twice, but it doesn't make it past the second chapter of an arc.
 * Love Triangle: Lucia-Kaito-Michal.
 * Meaningful Name: Lucia is Latin for 'light', and Nanami is Japanese for 'seven seas'.
 * Her name is also the same as Santa Lucia (Saint Lucy), saint of light who sometimes is artistically represented as a mermaid.
 * The Messiah
 * New Powers as the Plot Demands
 * Non Action Song: "Splash Dream".
 * The Power of Love
 * Princesses Prefer Pink
 * Prophecy Twist
 * Puppy Dog Eyes
 * Rags to Royalty: She's a Sleeping Beauty in the manga and a Snow White in the anime.
 * Rescue Romance
 * Say It with Hearts
 * Say My Name: KAITOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
 * This Loser Is You
 * Together Umbrella
 * Trademark Favorite Food: A mermaid who actually eats seafood, for once.
 * Two First Names

Hanon Houshou
"Voiced by: Hitomi Terakado"

"I know how to attract the guys, and I'll ♥ teach ♥ you! ♥"

Hanon is a flirty, carefree, all-around girly-girl that befriends Lucia on her first day of school. She's more serious than she looks, however, and has been watching Lucia for days and confronts her with her true identity at the end of the first chapter. Hanon is actually the Princess of the South Atlantic Ocean, otherwise known as Aquamarine Pearl Voice. With her strength and happy nature, she makes a great first ally for Lucia, even though they're always at each other's throats -- in particular, Hanon doesn't approve of Lucia dating Kaito at first, even though she's all over a human man, who, at that, happens to be her own teacher. Again, though, despite her peppy, fluffy, hypocritical image, Hanon feels tremendous guilt for the fate of her kingdom, which was besieged with her as the only apparent survivor.

Tropes associated with Hanon:
 * As You Know: Hanon and Nikora like to go on about the rules of the mermaid world. Lucia usually actually doesn't know this. She's just that dense.
 * Brown Eyes: In her human form.
 * Blue Eyes: In her mermaid form.
 * The Chick
 * Or The Lancer, since she likes disagreeing with Luchia, and is as battle capable as Rina.
 * Covert Pervert
 * Doomed Hometown
 * First Kiss
 * First-Name Basis: Hanon thrusts it upon everyone she meets.
 * Hot for Teacher: Her first crush being Tarou Mitsuki.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 * I Will Definitely Protect You: What "Ever Blue" is about; protecting the ocean, your loved ones, etc.
 * Quirky Household: Once Hanon moves in, the Shinju-yu/Pearl Piari becomes this instantly.
 * Say It with Hearts: Every other sentence.
 * Shallow Love Interest: She tends to go for guys who she just thinks are cute. Tarou is one of these, to the point where she actually forgets about him when he leaves.
 * There Is Another: A lot of Hanon's subjects did survive.
 * Together Umbrella
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the girly one.
 * Tsundere: Towards Nagisa.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Most people in the show, actually, but Hanon deserves a mention for literal blue hair.

Rina Touin
"Voiced by: Mayumi Asano"

"It doesn't matter. Your true nature will come out soon enough."

The standoffish transfer student that Lucia decides to befriend on a whim, Rina is idolized by her classmates as "cool" because she spends most of her time brooding and making the occasional sarcastic remark. She, too, is a princess: Green Pearl Voice from the North Atlantic Ocean. Rina acts as an emotional pillar for her friends, but she herself has issues that need to be dealt with. Even more so than Hanon, she carries a measure of guilt about her escape; after being forced to leave their countries behind, Rina and her friend, Princess Noel from the Arctic Ocean, were ambushed by Gackto and only Rina got away. Despite what she thinks of herself for this, she's a strong and loyal friend of her team.

Tropes associated with Rina:
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Her crush on Kaito.
 * Aloof Ally: Didn't last long.
 * Bifauxnen: You couldn't tell by looking at her, but apparently, she is. She wears the boys' uniform, and Lucia and Hanon's first reaction to seeing her in the anime is "That was a girl... right?".
 * Boke and Tsukkomi Routine: Rina wants to be a comedian in the anime. In one episode and its preview, she manages a decent routine with Lanhua.
 * The Comically Serious
 * Custom Uniform
 * Don't Say Such Stupid Things: On both the giving and receiving ends.
 * Doomed Hometown
 * Fun T-Shirt: Her "It's cool" shirt with the penguin on it.
 * Gray Eyes: In her human form.
 * Green Eyes: In her mermaid form.
 * He Is Not My Boyfriend
 * Laying On a Hillside
 * Miko
 * Mysterious Watcher: For one episode.
 * New Transfer Student
 * Non Action Song: "Piece Of Love" from Pure.
 * Otaku: In the anime, she's given such an obsession with plasma TVs.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Tall, Green-Haired and Bishoujo
 * Tomboy and Girly Girl: She's the tomboy.
 * Tsundere: Type B for Masahiro.
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Caren
"Voiced by: Ema Kogure"

"Who said I'm joining you?"

Brash, bitter and initially unkind, Caren, otherwise known as Purple Pearl Voice and the Princess of the Antarctic Ocean, shows up mid-way through the first arc to rescue Lucia and company a few times. That doesn't, as she makes clear, mean that she plans to join them or become their friend. Caren is the fraternal twin sister of Noel, and as such, has a deep personal grudge against Rina for escaping when the other princess did not. She takes it upon herself to rescue her sister alone, and only when her brazen attempt gets her captured and the heroes rescue her but Noel sacrifices herself again does Caren realize that Rina wasn't selfish at all. She never quite integrates herself into the team for good, leaving more than once after the job's done, but is important enough to be listed here for the second half of the first arc/season.

Tropes associated with Caren:
 * Aloof Ally
 * Beauty Mark: Under her left eye.
 * Big Eater
 * Broken Bird
 * Dark Horse Victory: Her introduction in the anime.
 * Can't Catch Up
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Demoted to Extra
 * Dynamic Entry
 * Early-Bird Cameo
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Caren's VA, Ema Kogure, is the Japanese voice of The Rival Charlotte in the JP dub of H₂O: Just Add Water. Bonus points that both shows are about mermaids.
 * Ineffectual Loner
 * I Was Just Passing Through
 * Knight Templar Twin Sister
 * Let's Get Dangerous: End of the manga with Noel and Coco.
 * Lovely Angels: With Noel and Coco, sometimes.
 * Mysterious Watcher
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: By refusing the trio's help, she gets captured.
 * Non-Identical Twins
 * Princess Curls
 * Purple Eyes: In her mermaid form.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Red Oni: To Noel.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With Noel.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo AND Snarky
 * West Coast Team: Second arc.
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * You Shall Not Pass

Noel
"Voiced by: Ryoko Nagata"

Princess of the Arctic Ocean who was imprisoned by Kaito before the start of the series. Also the twin sister of Caren.


 * Beauty Mark: Under her right eye.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Blue Oni: To Caren.
 * Bookworm: Noted in episode 71.
 * Dark Blue Hair, Ivory Skin: She's the palest mermaid.
 * Gender Blender Name
 * Meaningful Name: Because she's from the North Pole.
 * Meganekko
 * Sibling Yin-Yang
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Although she stops being this when going along with Coco's or Caren's schemes.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair

Coco
"Voiced by: Satomi Arai"

Princess of the South Pacific Ocean who suffered the same fate as Noel, but unlike Noel, the audience doesn't get a good look at her until the end of the first season.


 * Eyes of Gold
 * Genki Girl
 * Hair of Gold
 * Hime Cut
 * It's All My Fault: Feels guilty for not being able to appease Sara.
 * Meaningful Name: Considering how she is associated with Hawaii... despite the fact that Hawaii is located on the North Pacific Ocean, not the South.
 * The Tease: Noted in episode 71.

Sara
"Voiced by: Kana Ueda"

"I want you to fill the seas with darkness as soon as possible, my prince."

Sara first appears as a mysterious figure in Gackto's castle, stealing all his attention from the Dark Lovers and making them jealous. The truth is, Sara has been there all along, directing Gackto from behind the scenes. She does what she wants, when she wants, whether it helps or hinders Gackto's plans, and strings him along to agree with it by flirting and pulling rank, the exact same way he treats his Dark Lovers. Sara has had her heart broken in the past, and no longer believes in love, hope and freedom. Her objective now is to take revenge on all the world, but at times, what remains of her heart can get in the way - which Lucia and company will need to exploit if they want to summon Aqua Regina.

Tropes associated with Sara:
 * Broken Bird
 * But Not Too Evil: The lyrics of the Italian version of her song say the exact opposite of what the original said, making her sound like a good guy. But also partially justified by the fact that either due to either laziness or genuine budget issues the Italian dub decided to recycle "Assoluto Amore" for Sara's successor Seira, your mileage may vary on how successful the execution is though.... especially considering Seira's singing voice is the SAME as Sara's!
 * Dark Magical Girl: She's twenty-three, but it fits.
 * Dark Reprise: "Return to the Sea" reverses this.
 * Disproportionate Retribution: Seriously, Sara, causing the end of the world for that?
 * Evil Costume Switch: Sara was originally an orange Mermaid Princess with more frills and less black.
 * Eyes of Gold
 * Face Heel Turn: Before the beginning of the anime/manga.
 * Fan Nickname: Black Sara.
 * Heel Face Turn
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight
 * In the Hood
 * I Was Just Passing Through
 * Last Chorus Slow-Down
 * Love Makes You Evil and Love Redeems
 * Man Behind the Man: To Gackto.
 * Mysterious Watcher
 * Paint It Black
 * Pinocchio Syndrome: If Sara had only been human, we could have avoided all of this.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Rebellious Princess
 * Schrodingers Cat
 * Sealed Good in a Can: Her end in the manga.
 * Spirit Advisor
 * Star-Crossed Lovers
 * Villain Song
 * Where I Was Born and Razed
 * Villain Song
 * Where I Was Born and Razed

Seira
"Voiced by: Eri Kitamura"

"Is this the feeling of 'friendship'?"

Major first arc spoilers here. Lucia, following Sara's last instructions, took the orange pearl to the Indian Ocean to create a new Orange Pearl Voice. The little girl, Seira, didn't fully emerge before Michel ambushed them and absorbed most of her life force. Now Seira is trapped as a spirit, much like Aqua Regina had been, inside the pearl, and much of the quest of the second arc focuses on getting back the pieces of her heart.

Tropes associated with Seira:
 * Become a Real Boy
 * Bratty Half-Pint: Before Michel stealing her heart away.
 * Damsel in Distress: One of the main plotlines of the second season is about rescuing her from Michel. They even make it a point to remind us at the beginning of every other episode.
 * Heroic Sacrifice: But doesn't die.
 * It's All My Fault
 * Kid Appeal Character: She would logically be a baby, but she looks and acts like an elementary school-aged child. Definite kid appeal here.
 * Patronymic: Seira's name takes kanji from Sara, the woman who was the Indian Ocean's princess before her and who is, technically, her mother.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Someone Has to Do It
 * Sympathy for the Devil: In relation to Michel.
 * What Is This Feeling?: Throughout the season she learns what love, friendship, heartbreak, etc. feel like.
 * Younger Than They Look: She's only been born, but looks and acts in the 8-10 year old range.

Kaito Doumoto
"Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio"

"I only really feel like myself when I'm surfing."

Kaito, Lucia's love interest, is a smug local celebrity due to his incredible surfing ability and a gaggle of fangirls that follows him everywhere. He pays little attention to them, but nobody knows that it's because his heart really belongs to a certain mermaid that saved his life as a child when his parents were killed in a storm. When he sees her again years later, he returns her pearl and begins to search for her, but all the while, he learns that this ditzy girl in his class named Lucia is different from his regular fan club. As Kaito becomes more and more confused, he develops powers that no human should display, making him an easy and interesting target for Lucia's enemies.

Tropes associated with Kaito:
 * Accidental Pervert: And sometimes not so accidental.
 * Amnesia Danger: In most of the Pure arc.
 * Bishonen: And he knows it.
 * Changeling Fantasy
 * Clothing Damage
 * Creepy Cool Crosses: The mark in his forehead.
 * Dude in Distress: The end of the first arc and a few times in the second.
 * Door Step Baby
 * Easy Amnesia: Pure again.
 * Facial Markings: Again, the mark in his forehead, although it should be noted that it only appears when needed.
 * First-Name Basis: With Lucia from the start.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal
 * Intimate Healing: In the manga,.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Loves My Alter Ego: At first he loves Luchia the mermaid, but not Luchia the human, as he thought they were two different people.
 * Lonely Rich Kid: Maybe at home, since he's an orphan, but certainly not at school.
 * Love Triangle: Lucia-Kaito-Michal.
 * Magnetic Boyfriend
 * Mr. Fanservice
 * My Significance Sense Is Tingling: When Luchia is in danger.
 * Not What It Looks Like: Early with Rina.
 * The One Guy
 * Rescue Romance
 * LUCIAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
 * Shirtless Scene: Kaito, you exhibitionist.
 * Together Umbrella
 * You Killed My Father: Aversion.
 * Together Umbrella
 * You Killed My Father: Aversion.
 * You Killed My Father: Aversion.

Tarou Mitsuki
"Voiced by: Daisuke Kirii"

"I always thought mermaids were something out of a dream."

Tarou is mature, cultured, and beautiful - everything Hanon wants in a man. Too bad he's her music teacher. To his credit, he gently ignores her more overt attempts to get his attention, but even if he weren't her teacher, there's been someone else on his mind for a very long time. A composer and pianist, Tarou is sensitive to music and perceptive to the Masquerade -- early on, when he hears Yuuri's brainwashing music, he knows there's something wrong. He's clearly human, but he's more informed than the rest of his kind.

Tropes associated with Tarou:
 * Distinguishing Mark: He's certain that he recognizes the woman he's been waiting for from her Rapunzel Hair. He's initially wrong (for one, all the mermaids have it, not to mention whichever humans feel like growing it out!), but gets it right later.
 * I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
 * Love Martyr:
 * Hot for Student: Averted, since he turns his student down.
 * Pastimes Prove Personality: Kind, gentle, refined pianist.
 * Shallow Love Interest: For Hanon.
 * Star-Crossed Lovers
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: Male example.

Nagisa Shiroi
"Voiced by: Chihiro Kusaka"

"You never know until you try!"

If there's one thing that Nagisa is, it's persistent. Even though Hanon has a thing for older men and is still hung up on her crush on Tarou even after he turns her down, this underclassman won't stop working hard to get her attention, whether it's camping out in the middle of the night for tickets to the fireworks show or buying more drinks than he can consume when she's working at the beach shop. He's an immature dork, that's for sure, but soon Hanon begins to see a brave, unbeatable side of him... now if only he'd stop claiming that he was already her boyfriend.

Tropes associated with Nagisa:
 * Adorkable
 * Badass Normal: He once fought off Lady Bat's hypnotism and punched him out through sheer willpower.
 * Determinator: Basically his whole character.
 * Dogged Nice Guy
 * Gender Blender Name
 * Keet
 * Second Love: For Hanon, eventually.

Masahiro Hamasaki
"Voiced by: Kiyotaka Furushima"

"When I look at you, I can't help but believe..."

Hamasaki, who only goes by his last name, is a mysterious, charming biker who catches Rina's eye even if she doesn't want to admit it. Like Tarou, he seems to understand more about the Masquerade than he lets on, but he won't say for certain whether he knows that Rina and her friends are mermaids.

Tropes associated with Masahiro:
 * Demoted to Extra: In the anime, is removed, as is all of his first-arc screentime!
 * Half-Human Hybrid: No, he's not this.
 * Only One Name: Throughout the manga, you never learn his first name, except in the volume notes.
 * Averted in the anime.
 * Second Love: For Rina, if you are counting her crush on Kaito.
 * Secret Keeper: The unknown variety... maybe.

Rihito Amagi
"Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima"

Michal's older brother. He works as a maestro.


 * Creepy Cool Crosses:
 * Promotion to Parent: And Up to Eleven
 * Second Love: Advertised as such for Luchia, but ends up subverted.
 * All Love Is Unrequited: Slightly implied to develop feelings for Luchia.
 * May-December Romance: Luchia is 14. Rihito, a renowned maestro, can't be younger than 25.
 * Simple Staff:
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Licht, Lichto, etc.
 * There Is Another:
 * There Is Another:

Michal Amagi
"Voiced by: Ryoko Shintani"

"I don't care if your heart isn't in it! I want you to be with me!"

When Kaito's memory is stolen by Michel, he's rescued again and taken in by a wealthy girl named Michal who lives with her brother in a mansion. Michal is weak, sickly and lonely, constantly doubting herself and her own worth, and she becomes extremely clingy towards and overprotective of him, not letting him go home or go surfing even though it's what he loves to do. She quickly catches on that Kaito's classmate, Lucia, is his girlfriend, but her loneliness gets the better of her and she becomes determined to steal him away before he can remember.

Tropes associated with Michal:
 * Big Brother Worship
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Though not without good reason.
 * Expy: Michal is Hotaru from Sailor Moon as a Clingy Jealous Girl.
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight
 * Ill Girl
 * The Jimmy Hart Version: "Ashita ga Mienakute" is this of Michel's "Tsubasa wo Daite".
 * Lonely Rich Kid: Michal is the epitome of this, and it's gotten to her head.
 * Love Triangle
 * Mana:
 * More Than Mind Control
 * Prophetic Names: Her connection to Michel.
 * Satellite Character: She thinks becoming this will help her win Kaito's heart.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: Her brother, Rihito, is respectful and independent.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Mikaru.
 * There Is Another:
 * The Power of Love: Even when unrequited, it works.
 * Winged Humanoid: With Michel.
 * The Power of Love: Even when unrequited, it works.
 * Winged Humanoid: With Michel.

Subaru
"Voiced by: Yuki Matsuda"

A cientist working in Antartica. He and Caren fall in love with each other.


 * Adorkable
 * May-December Romance: Caren is, what, 16? Subaru must be 25 or older.
 * More Than Mind Control: The Black Beauty sisters use him to melt the Antarctic ice.
 * One-Shot Character: Actually appeared in two episodes: Caren's Day in The Limelight and the finale. But the status of the finale as canon is debatable.

Gackto
"Voiced by: Daisuke Kishio"

"The days of leaving the sea to the devices of humans are over!"

What does it look like? Seriously, though, Gackto (Gaito in the anime) is a self-obsessed pretty-boy prince that somehow manages to wear a fur coat and sit in a hot tub underwater. The main antagonist of the first arc, his aim is to trap the seven princesses in People Jars, use their pearls to summon the great Aqua Regina, and destroy the world as revenge for his people, whom she sealed underwater millenia ago to punish their king. At least, that's what he says his motivation is. He may not do much but drink wine, hold roses and order his harem around, but he holds formidable power, and he's out to double it -- and Kaito just may be the key to do that.

Tropes associated with Gackto:
 * A Glass of Chianti
 * Anti-Villain: It's easy to pity him once you see how devoted he is to Sara and learn of his past.
 * Big Bad: Of the first arc.
 * Creepy Cool Crosses
 * Evil Overlord
 * Disc One Final Boss
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: He really seems to like doing this; maybe he thinks it'll add to his battle harem.
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * No Celebrities Were Harmed
 * No, Mr. Bond, I Expect You to Dine: Invites Rina to dance with him in one episode.
 * Schrodingers Cat
 * Sealed Evil in a Can
 * : His end in the manga.
 * Simple Staff
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Has three appropriate names in canon itself, besides the erroneous ones.
 * Suck My Rose
 * We Can Rule Together: Offers this to near the end.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Simple Staff
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Has three appropriate names in canon itself, besides the erroneous ones.
 * Suck My Rose
 * We Can Rule Together: Offers this to near the end.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * We Can Rule Together: Offers this to near the end.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Dark Lovers (Izuuru, Eriru, Yuuri and Maria)
"Voiced by: Sayori Ishizuka (Izuru), Yuki Matsuoka (Eriru), Chieko Honda (Yuuri), Sanae Kobayashi (Maria)"

"The Dark Lovers will never die until I've captured Gackto-sama's heart!"

These four strange women were Gackto's childhood companions under the seal, a group of sea creatures that he magically transformed into his own personal harem. Think about that for a minute. They're all completely devoted to him, but he plays with their hearts for his own ends, leaving them frustrated, eager to please, and constantly feuding with each other. When they combine their powers, however, they're a devastating force indeed.

Izuuru was originally a shark, and is the oldest and most overdramatic of the Dark Lovers, though the writer describes her as "the only normal one". Eriru, formerly a manta ray, is an idiot who twirls around to switch between her "evil" and "normal" personalities. Yuuri, once a fish, is now a precocious, bratty child. Maria, an eel, became a cold and gorgeous ice user.

Tropes associated with the Dark Lovers:
 * An Ice Person: Maria.
 * Anti-Villain: Yuuri and Eriru. Maaaaybe Izuuru. As for Maria... eh...
 * Battle Butler
 * Bratty Half-Pint: Yuuri.
 * Christmas Cake: In the manga attention is frequently drawn to Maria's age.
 * Anime too. There's an episode where the mermaids tease Maria about her age.
 * Dating Catwoman: Hippo with Yuuri, later on.
 * The Ditz: Eriru's nice personality.
 * Four Is Death
 * Dungeon Bypass: Yuuri in episode 10. She and Eriru were lost in a maze cave, she just blasted the wall saying "If it's like this the maze is no problem!"
 * Friendly Enemy: Eriru's nice personality. Yuuri, later on, tries her best to resist becoming this or pulling a Heel Face Turn.
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom: Eriru's evil personality has glowing red eyes.
 * Harmless Freezing: Maria's powers.
 * Interspecies Romance: Besides their fixation on Gackto, Yuuri eventually falls in love with Hippo.
 * Jekyll and Hyde: Eriru's first personality is friendly and harmless. Her second, on the other hand...
 * She also has a third personality which isn't very frequently seen. This one is distinctive for having more detailed eyes. In it, she's neither as perky or as evil as the other two; she is instead observant and thoughtful and can make some really insightful comments.
 * Lolicon: Yuuri looks and acts about nine. Gackto treats her like the black sheep of the harem because he isn't a lolicon (not that he loves any of them), which almost causes her to Heel Face Turn out of spite.
 * Love Martyr: All of them, but Izuuru takes this up ten notches.
 * Mad Love: They have it for Gaito.
 * Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A rastafari with cat ears and black feathered wings. That's Eriru.
 * Perky Female Minion: Yuuri. Eriru's friendly personality is an even better fit.
 * Personality Powers: Maria's ice.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: Of the first season.
 * Redemption Earns Life: They are all revived in the last episode. But keep in mind that the canonicity of that is dubious.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning: Evil Eriru.
 * Schrodingers Cat
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Izul and Eril.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: It turns out that they were Gackto's only friends as a kid.
 * The Virus: Yuuri's piano music.
 * Write Who You Know: Eriru is based on the author's sister and Izuuru is named after her editors.
 * You Have Failed Me: Gackto rotates through giving the Dark Lovers attention depending on who's failed recently.

Black Beauty Sisters (Mimi and Sheshe)
"Voiced by: Noriko Shitaya (Mimi), Miki Tsuchiya (Sheshe)"

"Are you done yet? Now it's time for our own 'live start'."

Not actually sisters. Probably. We hope. The Black Beauty Sisters are a mercenary couple of anglerfish turned into girls, who take the stage as enemies in both arcs. Unlike the Dark Lovers, who are motivated by love, and the Winged Ones, who are motivated by duty, the Black Beauty Sisters only care about what rewards will come out of working for Gackto and Michel. They're strong enough to pose a major threat to anyone they face -- except their bosses, that is.

Tropes associated with the Black Beauty Sisters:
 * Alluring Anglerfish
 * Anti-Villain: Mimi becomes this halfway through Pure. Sheshe only when
 * Ascended Extra: Brought back from the first arc into the second.
 * Bring Out Your Gay Dead: They're the first to go.
 * Catch Phrase: Mimi's "She's right, isn't she?"
 * Day in The Limelight: Episode 79.
 * Eviler Than Thou: Well, they try, anyway.
 * Fair Cop: In one episode, they dress up like this.
 * Fashionable Evil
 * Hide Your Lesbians
 * Line-of-Sight Name: Mimi calls herself "Mari" as a human after spotting a pot of marigolds in the window.
 * Meganekko: Mimi, as "Mari".
 * Minion Shipping: A canon example.
 * Monster of the Week: They're the only ones to summon them.
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Redemption Equals Death: Anime only.
 * Redemption Earns Life: They are revived in the last episode (watch out for dubious canon).
 * Death Equals Redemption: Their spirits briefly show up to help the cause of good in the last chapter of the manga.
 * Reliable Traitor
 * Schoolgirl Lesbians: They're not really in school, but Mimi does masquerade as a human teenager in the anime.
 * Seme: Sheshe.
 * Solo Duet
 * Uke: Mimi.
 * Villain Song
 * You Are Worth Hell: They don't care what happens to them so long as they are with each other.

Michel
"Voiced by: Junko Minagawa"

"Just what am I!?"

Michel, the main villain of the second arc, is a cruel, manipulative angel who attacks the weak and blackmails the mermaids to enlist them in his self-declared war against humans. Still, Michel is sympathetic in his own way. He's being used the entire time, given painful "medication" that only makes him weaker and drives him slowly into insanity. In there somewhere is a good person, but as long as he's absorbing people whom Lucia loves, it's hard to tell.

Tropes associated with Michel:
 * Big Bad: Of the second arc.
 * Bishonen
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Voiced by Junko Minagawa.
 * Crystal Spires and Togas: His original home. What's more, he actually wears a toga, albeit a rather unorthodox one.
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight
 * The Jimmy Hart Version: "Tsubasa wo Daite" with Michal's "Ashita ga Mienakute".
 * Kill All Humans
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: He not only induces it but has it himself.
 * Life Energy: One of his goals is to steal it from powerful beings to become stronger; this eventually begins to consume him.
 * Light Is Not Good: Not really surprising considering he's an angel, though its possible that the original intention was simply to depict him as villainous, since white has traditional connectations with death in Japan.
 * Mission From God: Or so he thinks.
 * Mordor
 * Our Angels Are Different
 * Perpetual Molt
 * Pillar of Light
 * Power Gives You Wings: He already had them, but he gets more.
 * Shirtless Scene: The aforementioned unorthodox toga.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Mikeru.
 * Villain Override
 * Villain Song
 * You Have Failed Me: Gackto, at least, was nicer about it than this guy.
 * We Can Rule Together
 * Villainous Breakdown: On top of everything that happens to him, the medication is driving him crazy.
 * Winged Humanoid
 * Winged Humanoid

Winged Ones (Lady Bat, Lanhua, Alala)
"Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Lady Bat), Megumi Kojima (Lanhua), Masayo Kurata (Alala)"

"You made the ones you call trash... so what are you?"

Reanimated from the ancient past, these three join the Black Beauty Sisters as enemies who can use music just like the mermaids. They are Michel's servants and do whatever he asks out of respect and duty, but they know a secret that even he doesn't, which Fuku is trying desperately to keep them from telling.

Lady Bat, a crossdressing vampire, uses hypnotic attacks. Lanhua, a Chinese butterfly-woman, splits into a lot of chibi versions of herself. Alala, the last to awaken, is an all-too-perky young fairy.

Tropes associated with the Winged Ones:
 * Bishonen: Lady Bat.
 * Chinese Girl: Lanhua.
 * Cross-Dressing Voices: Lady Bat, of course. Voiced by Sanae Kobayashi.
 * Death Equals Redemption: Their spirits briefly show up to help the cause of good in the last chapter of the manga.
 * Dragon Lady: Lanhua.
 * Evil Diva: Alala.
 * Four Is Death: With the Black Beauty Sisters together taking the fourth slot.
 * Hey, It's That Voice!: Think of Lady Bat as an evil version of Allen Walker.
 * "I Am" Song: "Oh, Yeah! Alala!"
 * Kawaiiko: Alala.
 * Kiss of the Vampire: Lady Bat.
 * Lesbian Vampire: Lady Bat's image, even though he's actually a man.
 * Lolicon: Alala knowingly invokes this with her fanboys. Her title? "The wings of dreams and depravity".
 * Minion with an F In Evil: Alala, who poses the least threat out of the three.
 * Odango: Lanhua.
 * Perky Female Minion: Alala; fits it much less than Yuuri does, though.
 * Personality Powers
 * Petting Zoo People
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad: Of the second season.
 * She's a Man In Japan: Lady Bat is a woman in Italy and Spain.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Ranfa/Ran Fa/Lang Fa, Arara.
 * Super-Deformed: Lanhua's power.
 * Sissy Villain: Lady Bat.
 * Villainous Crossdresser: Lady Bat.
 * Villain Song
 * Winged Humanoid

Fuku-chan
"Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi"

"Listen to me, because my words are Michel-sama's words, and Michel-sama's words are the Great One's words."

Fuku-chan is Michal's realistically drawn pet bird, who lives in a cage by her window. Fuku-chan is also Michel's simply drawn bird sidekick with a chibi human head and a halo. Tiny, arrogant and shrewd, he transforms and slips between these identities with no one the wiser, and tends to get slapped, thrown and snarked at by the Black Beauty Sisters and Winged Ones on the grounds of being a small annoying thing. Fuku-chan isn't as harmless as he seems, though; he talks back to the Great One himself, he administers Michel's medication and keeps secrets from him, and only he knows the truth about Michal.

Tropes associated with Fuku:
 * The Chew Toy
 * Deal with the Devil: Do not trust the little chibi bird-thing.
 * Evilutionary Biologist
 * Man Behind the Man: To Michel.
 * Not So Harmless:
 * Polly Wants a Microphone
 * Small Annoying Creature

Hippo
"Voiced by: Miyako Ito"

"What are you doing, Lucia-sama!?"

Hippo is the series' talking animal mascot, a fat little penguin in a sailor suit who speaks with a shrill voice and follows Lucia around. He's currently assigned to protect Lucia, but was initially created for another purpose. He thinks of Lucia as a failure princess because of her forbidden love, interest in the surface world and terrible singing voice, but, in fact, he's no better. Though he's obnoxious and shoves the rules into Lucia's face, he learns to relent when he, too, finds out what she means by The Power of Love.

Tropes associated with Hippo:
 * Battle Butler: When he regains his powers.
 * Big Damn Heroes
 * Bishie Sparkle: Invoked with him many times in human form.
 * Butt Monkey
 * Cool Horse: His true form.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy: As a human.
 * Dating Catwoman: With Yuuri.
 * Dreadful Musician
 * Humanity Ensues
 * Humans Are Ugly: Hated his human form until he saw how many girls he attracted.
 * Interspecies Romance: With Yuuri.
 * Meaningful Name: At first you think it's just because he's fat, but "Hippo" isn't even short for "hippopotamus" at all.
 * Weasel Mascot
 * Winged Humanoid: As a human.

Nikora
"Voiced by: Eri Saito"

A mermaid who poses as Luchia's older sister and is the hotel manager.


 * Cool Big Sis
 * Day in The Limelight: Episode 41, also for Maki-san.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Nicola.

Madame Taki
"Voiced by: Kumi Yamakado"

A fairly incompetent and kind of old fortune-teller whose true form is a clam. She mostly functions as a gag character.


 * The Comically Serious
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Day in The Limelight: Episode 71 gives most of the information about her. She has a fiance named Somegoro who's a squid and a doctor, and she doesn't know how old she is. To a much lesser extent, episode 20 also counts.
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Immortality: Implied.
 * I Will Wait for You: Gender-inverted; Somegoro promises to wait for her.

Aqua Regina
"Voiced by: Kumi Yamakado"

The goddess of the ocean, mother of all mermaids. She's incapacitated for a good chunk of the first season. She's responsible for giving upgrades for the mermaids.


 * Big Good
 * Hair of Gold
 * Ms. Exposition