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| − | |Japanese |
+ | |Japanese = スーシィ・マンババラン |
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+ | |Romanized = Sūshī Manbabaran |
| − | |Gender |
+ | |Gender = Female |
| + | |Age = 16<ref name=lwac>[[Little Witch Academia Chronicles]], page unknown</ref> |
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| + | |Birthday = December 31st<ref name=lwac/> |
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| + | |Height = 163cm (5'4")<ref name=lwac/> |
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| − | |Country = Philippines, Southeast Asia<ref name="nationality">[https://twitter.com/Trigger_Tattun/status/818730280638816256 たっつん on Twitter]</ref> |
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| + | |Weight = 45kg<ref name=lwac/> |
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| + | |Country = Philippines |
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|Occupation = [[Witch]]<br>Student |
|Occupation = [[Witch]]<br>Student |
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| − | |Relatives |
+ | |Relatives = [[Mrs. Manbavaran]] (mother) <small>(Terio Teri manga only)</small><br> [[Ramzan Manbavaran]] (adoptive mother)<small> (Keisuke Satō manga only) </small> <br>[[Garie and Sabi Manbavaran]] (younger sisters)<br>Other unnamed brothers and sisters<br> |
| − | |Friends |
+ | |Friends = [[Atsuko Kagari]]<br>[[Lotte Jansson]]<br>[[Amanda O'Neill]]<br>[[Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank Albrechtsberger]]<br>[[Jasminka Antonenko]] |
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+ | |Movie = [[Little Witch Academia (film)|Movie 1]] |
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+ | |Anime = [[A New Beginning|Episode 1]] |
| − | |Manga |
+ | |Manga = [[Chapter 1]] |
|Voice Jap = {{W|Michiyo Murase}} |
|Voice Jap = {{W|Michiyo Murase}} |
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| − | |Voice Eng = |
+ | |Voice Eng = Rachelle Heger |
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| − | {{Nihongo|'''Sucy Manbavaran'''|スーシィ・マンババラン|Sūshī Manbabaran}} is one of the main protagonists of ''[[Little Witch Academia]]''. She is a young witch from Southeast Asia. |
+ | {{Nihongo|'''Sucy Manbavaran'''|スーシィ・マンババラン|Sūshī Manbabaran}} is one of the main protagonists of ''[[Little Witch Academia]]''. She is a young witch from Southeast Asia.<ref>[http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2016/10/30/little-witch-academia-celebrates-halloween-with-tv-anime-character-design-preview-candy-give-away-and-holiday-art "Little Witch Academia" Celebrates Halloween With TV Anime Character Design Preview, Candy Give-away And Holiday Art]</ref> |
==Appearance== |
==Appearance== |
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[[File:Sucy Design.png|thumb|120px|left]] |
[[File:Sucy Design.png|thumb|120px|left]] |
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| − | Sucy is a tall, thin girl who bears an image of a stereotypical witch. She has pale grayish |
+ | Sucy is a tall, thin girl who bears an image of a stereotypical witch. She has pale, grayish skin, mauve hair, and red eyes with white pupils. She comes off as laid-back, with droopy, half-lidded eyes that make her look indifferent or lethargic half of the time. Her left eye is covered by a large fringe of hair. Because of Sucy's pastel mauve tone, seeming lack of arms (her arms are only visible when she moves them), and a uniform which is longer than usual, that is reaching to the ground, she gives off an eerie aura and a ghostly appearance. |
| − | For pajamas, Sucy wears a white cap |
+ | For pajamas, Sucy wears a white and red cap, paired a white long-sleeved collared tunic that reaches past her feet. She is occasionally depicted without arms in this outfit, although her arms are usually exposed whenever she's wearing this attire. |
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+ | The early promotional poster of the original short film gives Sucy olive-green hair instead of puce, blue eyes, and a slightly darker skin tone. |
==Personality== |
==Personality== |
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| − | When introduced in short films, Sucy is portrayed as an aloof, calm, sarcastic and somewhat sadistic person. She also surprisingly |
+ | When introduced in the short films, Sucy is portrayed as an aloof, calm, sarcastic and somewhat sadistic person. She also surprisingly remains indifferent in various situations and things that drive the other girls crazy, which shows that she is calmer than her roommates. She continues to display these characteristics in the anime, although she appears to be somewhat more apathetic. |
| − | + | As shown in "[[Sleeping Sucy]]" and other separate occasions, it has been suggested that even with her own kind, Sucy was considered an eccentric freak; she had a clear preference on something which scared or at least disturbed other girls, such as the idea of getting eaten, foul-smelling fumes of potions or poisons, performing experiments with potions and poisons on Akko, and pulling scary pranks that she found amusing, less so for her victims. Hannah and Barbara also refer to her as "Creepy Sucy" when they were picking on Sucy, Akko and Lotte. However, contrary to their belief, Sucy is neither a complete freak nor a heartless anti-social girl, as she does care a lot for her friends in spite of having no qualms about using them as test subjects in her [[potion]] experiments, whether or not they give consent to it. In addition to this, her other hobbies are shown to include yoga and meditation. It is also hinted that the only strong emotional connection she had was with Akko, which explains why the memory of their first meeting is her most cherished one. This was later confirmed in "[[Yesterday]]", where she went to the bridge when they first met when Akko was missing. |
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| ⚫ | She has advanced knowledge of alchemy and is very skilled in creating [[Potion|potions]]. She has an uncanny interest for mushrooms, and uses them in most of her recipes, usually deadly or poisonous ones. For a young witch, she has vast knowledge of potions and poisons (including their effects), and is able to prepare poisonous potions that not only can kill its victims, but also is able to reduce said victims' bodies into caustic, liquid body mass. Some of her potions are even capable of causing explosions. She is also able to prepare fertilizer potions that accelerate the growth of vegetation, a potion that [[Puppet Magic|gives life to objects]] and a special [[Mandrake]] potion that temporarily increases magical power. She does all of this despite the fact that such potions are not allowed to be made at Luna Nova. |
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| − | ===Background=== |
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| − | ===[[Little Witch Academia]]=== |
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| − | Sucy is Akko's friend and uses her as a test subject for her various potions. She mocks Akko for liking Shiny Chariot, labeling the performer a fraud. Later, she joins Akko's group into the school's dungeons and kills a minotaur with a deadly potion. She later fights against the released ancient dragon alongside Akko and Lotte. |
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| − | ===[[Little Witch Academia: The Enchanted Parade|The Enchanted Parade]]=== |
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| − | Sucy and Akko create a giant mushroom monster with their combined potion ingredients, which causes them to be punished with preparing the school's annual parade. After Akko and Lotte rip a treasured music sheet belonging to Lotte's ancestors, Sucy attempts to make Akko realize how much she hurt Lotte. She is seen keeping Lotte company and later saves Akko from falling mid-air, quickly mending their friendship. Casting Shiny Ballista, all three pacify the Titan and celebrate together. |
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| − | ===[[Little Witch Academia (TV)|TV Series]]=== |
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| − | ====[[What You Will]]==== |
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| − | When the students are taking lotteries, Akko picked one where she and her team were to be eaten by Vajarois. While Akko and Lotte were horrified to be eaten and be humiliated, Sucy takes actual pleasure in getting eaten. While Akko complains about how this role would affect her chances in getting the title of Moonlit Witch, Sucy and the others countered to Akko that Diana was going to win anyway and Akko's lack of skills was whats stopping her from getting the title. Angered, Akko left leaving the others to continue their parts. |
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| + | Notable potions she has in her disposal are: |
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| − | ====[[Samhain Magic]]==== |
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| − | Akko and her roommates read up on Vajarois' backstory. Akko intends to cheer up the ghost by making her laugh and wants the support from her friends but Sucy and Lotte refused since they saw no point in helping the ghost and that it has been a tradition for a very long time. While they sleep, Akko claims she'll find a way make them see her vision. |
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| + | *Festering Potion |
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| − | The next day, Sucy and Lotte eavesdropped on the conversation between Akko and Diana's roommates, who were pranked when Akko was in the guise of Diana. Akko was angered that Hannah and Barbara insulted her friends while outside, Lotte lowered her head in shame while Sucy cracked her neck in quiet fury after hearing the conversation. |
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| + | *Poison Gas Potion |
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| + | *Experimental Poison Gas Bomb |
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| + | *Puppet Magic Potion |
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| + | *Nutrient Potion |
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| + | *Frog Leg Potion |
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| + | *Memory Alteration Potion |
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| + | *Explosive Powder |
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| + | *Pyro Booster Potion |
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| + | *Ultra Super Energy Drink Potion |
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| + | *Weapon-Wand Fusion Powder |
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| + | *Cactus Nutrients |
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| ⚫ | In addition of her skills in potion brewing, Sucy is skilled in other forms of magical practices including [[Flight Magic|broom flying]], [[Metamorphosis Magic|metamorphosis]], [[Illusory Magic|Illusory]], [[Object Control Magic|object control]], and [[Fusion Magic|fusion magic]]. Like everyone in the Manbavaran family, she has developed immunity to poisons and toxins. |
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| − | Back at their room, Lotte wonders why Akko kept on doing what she does with Sucy pointing out how much of a stubborn fool she is. Although, Lotte admires that part of her. Only when they saw the full plans of Akko that they started to join in much to Akko's happiness. |
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| − | While Akko continues to practice her transformation spell, the two waited for their friend to arrive. Diana arrived and saw Akko no where in sight, believed she abandoned them with Hannah and Barbara insulting the young Witch further which proves to be a total mistake as Lotte finally stands up for Akko. Lotte angrily shut them down while defending Akko that she has been working hard for the past weeks leaving Diana, her group and Sucy in shock about Lotte's change of character. |
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| − | After Diana finished her show, Lotte at least complimented Diana but Sucy just mentioned Diana's 'lineage' as the answer. To their relief, Akko arrived and they both head out for the sacrifice. |
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| − | When the sacrifice starts, everything went insane. While Akko used her transformations to avoid Vajarois, Lotte and Sucy act as support with Sucy creating a forest of mushrooms to confuse the ghost and together with Lotte turned Vajarois' hair silly. The audience and the alumna were having a great time but Vajarois remains distraught leading to the latter to attacked the trio. Before about to be eaten, Ursula informs them of the Seed of Sorrow, which is the main reason why the ghost was in pain for centuries. |
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| − | Entering, they found the seed. Akko activates the Shiny Rod into its third form. Grappling the seed, the three pulled it out and ending Vajarois' misery once and for all. After Vajarois thanks them for their kind acts, the audience roared in cheers at the amazing feat they just did. |
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| − | ==Relationships== |
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| − | ===[[Atsuko Kagari]]=== |
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| − | Akko is one of Sucy's best friends. Sucy uses Akko as the main test subject of her spells and potions, much to Akko's annoyance, and has the habit of mocking Akko's poor magic skills, but they get along nevertheless. It's not surprising that they had a rocky start (in Akko's perspective), as Sucy had Akko's bird-shaped bag turned to life and peck her left eye and then scared the daylight out of her by using ropes that transmuted into snakes. Ironically, when Akko entered Sucy's mind in ''[[Sleeping Sucy]]'', it is revealed that Sucy considered her first meeting with Akko is revealed to be the one that she thinks is the best one. On the same episode, it's revealed that she thought Akko being a funny person (in her perspective, Akko depicted with a cartoonish look). |
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| − | Akko and Sucy's friendship is tested in Enchanted Parade after Sucy tries to make Akko realize the depths of which she hurt Lotte. Akko loses her temper and declares she and Sucy are no longer friends, but feels guilty afterwards. Sucy later saves Akko from falling and quickly mends their friendship, joking that she never takes Akko seriously anyway. |
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| − | [[File:Thebigthree.jpg|thumb|right|Sucy, Lotte, and Akko going on an adventure.]] |
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| − | ===[[Lotte Yanson]]=== |
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| − | Lotte is one of Sucy's roommates. They are pretty good friends and hang out together. Sucy, also with Lotte, gets dragged into Akko's wild adventures, though Sucy does not mind since she finds it fun. |
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| − | Sucy expresses her deep concern for Lotte's well-being in Enchanted Parade, chiding Akko for hurting Lotte's feelings. She encourages Lotte to not keep everything bottled up inside and tell Akko how she really feels. In the TV series [[Sleeping Sucy|episode 8]], Sucy showed interest in Lotte's favourite novel but kept those thoughts shut. |
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| − | ===[[Amanda O'Neill]]=== |
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| − | Sucy and Amanda are shown to be friends since they eat lunch together. |
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| − | ===[[Constanze Amalie von Braunschbank Albrechtsberger]]=== |
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| − | Sucy and Constanze get along since they don't mind eating with each other at lunch. |
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| − | In the last episode of the TV series, they were playing a video game together while Akko tried to fly her broom. |
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| − | ===[[Jasminka Antonenko]]=== |
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| − | Sucy and Jasminka are friends since they don't mind eating lunch together in cafeteria. |
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| − | ===[[Diana Cavendish]]=== |
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| − | Though not much is known about their relationship, Sucy may have found Diana to be a less likable character as in movies that played her memories in her perspective, Diana depicted to be having unnaturally long limbs and sharp, long nose, something which Akko found hilarious. |
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| − | ===[[Hannah and Barbara]]=== |
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| − | Sucy hasn't shown much how she felt about them until ''[[Samhain Magic]]''. After hearing the two insulting her and her friends, Sucy cracks her neck several times showing her absolute hatred towards them. |
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| − | ===[[Ursula]]=== |
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| − | Sucy admires Ursula as a teacher and Akko's mentor. She doesn't know that Shiny Chariot, which Akko idolizes, is the same person as Ursula. |
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| − | In the first OVA, Sucy however, considers Shiny Chariot a complete fraud and mocks Akko for liking her. |
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| − | ===[[Lukić]]=== |
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| − | Sucy admires Lukić because of her expertise in potions, poisons and mushrooms and maybe also her similar attitude. |
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| ⚫ | She has advanced knowledge of alchemy and is very skilled in creating [[Potion|potions]]. She has an uncanny interest for mushrooms, and uses them in most of her recipes, usually deadly or poisonous ones. For a young witch, she has vast knowledge of potions |
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==Voice actors== |
==Voice actors== |
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|ja={{W|Michiyo Murase}} |
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| + | |en=Rachelle Heger<ref>https://twitter.com/Rachellular/status/676847514411143168</ref> |
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| − | |en={{W|Rachelle Heger}} |
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|it={{W|it:Giuliana Atepi|Giuliana Atepi}} |
|it={{W|it:Giuliana Atepi|Giuliana Atepi}} |
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|pt_br={{W|pt:Christiane Monteiro|Christiane Monteiro}} |
|pt_br={{W|pt:Christiane Monteiro|Christiane Monteiro}} |
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|es_la=[[w:c:doblaje:Catalina Muñoz|Catalina Muñoz]] |
|es_la=[[w:c:doblaje:Catalina Muñoz|Catalina Muñoz]] |
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|fr_eu={{W|fr:Mélanie Dermont|Mélanie Dambermont}} |
|fr_eu={{W|fr:Mélanie Dermont|Mélanie Dambermont}} |
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| − | |de=Flavia Vinzens<ref>[https://www.anime2you.de/news/146150/little-witch-academia-deutsche-sprecherin-von-lotte-jansson-bekannt/ »Little Witch Academia«: Deutsche Sprecherin von Lotte Jansson bekannt]</ref>|pl = Dorota Furtak-Masica}} |
+ | |de=Flavia Vinzens<ref>[https://www.anime2you.de/news/146150/little-witch-academia-deutsche-sprecherin-von-lotte-jansson-bekannt/ »Little Witch Academia«: Deutsche Sprecherin von Lotte Jansson bekannt]</ref>|pl = Dorota Furtak-Masica|es_eu = Maribel Pomar}} |
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+ | ==Misc.== |
| + | ===Trivia=== |
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| − | * Her first name, "Sucy" can mean "holy" in Malay and Indonesian and may also be derived from "Susi" in Filipino, which means "key". |
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| − | * Her second name, "Manbavaran", is apparently derived from "{{W|Barang (Visayan word)#The Mambabarang|Mambabarang}}" in {{W|Cebuano language|Cebuano}}, which means "Sorcerer/Sorceress". |
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| + | * Sucy's family is different in both the [[Little Witch Academia (Terio Teri Manga)|Terio Teri manga]] and in the [[Little Witch Academia (Keisuke Satō Manga)|Keisuke Satō manga]]. In the Terio Teri manga, she stayed with her biological family, whereas in the Keisuke Satō manga, she was adopted by an elder witch along with several other children who did not have any parents to take care of them. |
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| + | **The latter case seemed to be partly inspired by the early concept of Sucy's intended backstory as shown in the official panel of Little Witch Academia at AnimeNEXT 2017. According to the said panel, Sucy was abandoned at an orphanage as a baby along with a vial of deadly poison, and thus all of her experiments are actually attempts to discover the said poison's formula and track down her original family with it.<ref>[https://amp-reddit-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.reddit.com/r/anime/comments/6kyvss/interesting_little_witch_academia_character/?amp_js_v=0.1&usqp=mq331AQGCAEoAVgB Interesting Little Witch Academia character backstory tidbits from TRIGGER Panel at AX2017] from Reddit.com</ref> |
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| + | **During the development of Sucy's background in 2013 film however, Sucy has a biological family as with in Teri Terio manga, but they are very poor that she also working part-time job as magic show assistant during her enrollment at Luna Nova while initially presented as an exchange student. As a reference to witches in Polynesian mythology, Sucy possesses a special ability to split her own body apart into pieces and control the said pieces however she wishes, an ability she exploited for the aforementioned part-time job. Owing to this, there's a running gag where her head will occasionally fall off in her daily life. Unfortunately, such concept eventually scrapped due to it will make her stands out more than Akko. <ref>https://mobile.twitter.com/TRIGGER_support/status/1163162064648626177</ref> |
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| + | ***In the same development, Sucy was originally intended to be a "loser" and not as sharp-tongued as she is best known today. The reason why she also made a smart aleck is so there's a member of Akko's team who commented on Akko's actions. |
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| + | *Sucy was born on December 31st, making her birthday on New Year's Eve as stated in ''[[Little Witch Academia Chronicles]]''.<ref name=lwac/> |
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| + | *Sucy makes an appearance in the eighth episode of ''[[w:c:spacepatrolluluco|Space Patrol Luluco]]'', another anime series produced by [[Studio Trigger]]. |
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| + | ** While Sucy's Japanese voice actress, Michiyo Murase, continues to voice her in ''Space Patrol Luluco'', she is voiced by [[wikipedia:Anastasia Muñoz|Anastasia Muñoz]] in Funimation's English dub of the anime.<ref> https://www.funimation.com/blog/2017/07/16/october-2017-home-video-releases/</ref> |
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+ | ===Etymology=== |
| + | Her first name, "Sucy", can mean "holy" in Malay and Indonesian, and may also be derived from "Susi" in Filipino, which means "key"; while her surname, "Manbavaran", is apparently derived from "[[Wikipedia:Barang (magic)#The Mambabarang|Mambabarang]]" in [[wikipedia:Cebuano language|Cebuano]], which means "warlock/witch" and "black sorcerer/sorceress". |
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| − | {{moreimages|Images of Sucy Manbavaran}} |
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| − | ===Official art=== |
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| − | Sucy sheet.png|Sucy's character design from the official website. |
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| − | Sucy sheet.jpg |
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| − | Sucy SD art.png|Sucy's SD art from the official anime website. |
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| − | </gallery> |
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| + | ==References== |
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| − | ===Screen captures=== |
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| − | Sucy's_nasty_obsession_with_potion_and_poisons.jpg|Sucy's obsession with mushrooms |
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| − | Sucy.png|Sucy in her pajamas |
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| − | maxresdefault.jpg|Sucy's morbid face |
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| − | IMG_0195.PNG|Sucy's most cherished memory |
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| − | c86cIQp.jpg|Fish Sucy |
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| − | Sucy in costume.png|In her party dress |
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| − | </gallery> |
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+ | ==External links== |
| + | {{Game_site_icon}} {{Official TV character link|sucy}} |
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| − | Akko Lotte Sucy confus.gif|Akko with Lotte and Sucy. |
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| − | Poti.gif|Killing a Minotaur with a potion. |
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| − | sucybroomdance.gif|Dancing. |
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| − | Pupp.gif|Animating Akko's toy |
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| − | AAEpGrN.gif|Testing her petrifying poison. |
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| − | Creepy Sucy and Nerdy Lotte.gif |
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| − | </gallery> |
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Sucy Manbavaran (スーシィ・マンババラン Sūshī Manbabaran) is one of the main protagonists of Little Witch Academia. She is a young witch from Southeast Asia.[2]
Appearance
Sucy is a tall, thin girl who bears an image of a stereotypical witch. She has pale, grayish skin, mauve hair, and red eyes with white pupils. She comes off as laid-back, with droopy, half-lidded eyes that make her look indifferent or lethargic half of the time. Her left eye is covered by a large fringe of hair. Because of Sucy's pastel mauve tone, seeming lack of arms (her arms are only visible when she moves them), and a uniform which is longer than usual, that is reaching to the ground, she gives off an eerie aura and a ghostly appearance.
For pajamas, Sucy wears a white and red cap, paired a white long-sleeved collared tunic that reaches past her feet. She is occasionally depicted without arms in this outfit, although her arms are usually exposed whenever she's wearing this attire.
The early promotional poster of the original short film gives Sucy olive-green hair instead of puce, blue eyes, and a slightly darker skin tone.
Personality
When introduced in the short films, Sucy is portrayed as an aloof, calm, sarcastic and somewhat sadistic person. She also surprisingly remains indifferent in various situations and things that drive the other girls crazy, which shows that she is calmer than her roommates. She continues to display these characteristics in the anime, although she appears to be somewhat more apathetic.
As shown in "Sleeping Sucy" and other separate occasions, it has been suggested that even with her own kind, Sucy was considered an eccentric freak; she had a clear preference on something which scared or at least disturbed other girls, such as the idea of getting eaten, foul-smelling fumes of potions or poisons, performing experiments with potions and poisons on Akko, and pulling scary pranks that she found amusing, less so for her victims. Hannah and Barbara also refer to her as "Creepy Sucy" when they were picking on Sucy, Akko and Lotte. However, contrary to their belief, Sucy is neither a complete freak nor a heartless anti-social girl, as she does care a lot for her friends in spite of having no qualms about using them as test subjects in her potion experiments, whether or not they give consent to it. In addition to this, her other hobbies are shown to include yoga and meditation. It is also hinted that the only strong emotional connection she had was with Akko, which explains why the memory of their first meeting is her most cherished one. This was later confirmed in "Yesterday", where she went to the bridge when they first met when Akko was missing.
Abilities and Equipment
She has advanced knowledge of alchemy and is very skilled in creating potions. She has an uncanny interest for mushrooms, and uses them in most of her recipes, usually deadly or poisonous ones. For a young witch, she has vast knowledge of potions and poisons (including their effects), and is able to prepare poisonous potions that not only can kill its victims, but also is able to reduce said victims' bodies into caustic, liquid body mass. Some of her potions are even capable of causing explosions. She is also able to prepare fertilizer potions that accelerate the growth of vegetation, a potion that gives life to objects and a special Mandrake potion that temporarily increases magical power. She does all of this despite the fact that such potions are not allowed to be made at Luna Nova.
Notable potions she has in her disposal are:
- Festering Potion
- Poison Gas Potion
- Experimental Poison Gas Bomb
- Puppet Magic Potion
- Nutrient Potion
- Frog Leg Potion
- Memory Alteration Potion
- Explosive Powder
- Pyro Booster Potion
- Ultra Super Energy Drink Potion
- Weapon-Wand Fusion Powder
- Cactus Nutrients
In addition of her skills in potion brewing, Sucy is skilled in other forms of magical practices including broom flying, metamorphosis, Illusory, object control, and fusion magic. Like everyone in the Manbavaran family, she has developed immunity to poisons and toxins.
Voice actors
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Misc.
Trivia
- Sucy's broom in the first episode is a Walis Tambo, a soft broom commonly used in households in the Philippines.
- Sucy's family is different in both the Terio Teri manga and in the Keisuke Satō manga. In the Terio Teri manga, she stayed with her biological family, whereas in the Keisuke Satō manga, she was adopted by an elder witch along with several other children who did not have any parents to take care of them.
- The latter case seemed to be partly inspired by the early concept of Sucy's intended backstory as shown in the official panel of Little Witch Academia at AnimeNEXT 2017. According to the said panel, Sucy was abandoned at an orphanage as a baby along with a vial of deadly poison, and thus all of her experiments are actually attempts to discover the said poison's formula and track down her original family with it.[5]
- During the development of Sucy's background in 2013 film however, Sucy has a biological family as with in Teri Terio manga, but they are very poor that she also working part-time job as magic show assistant during her enrollment at Luna Nova while initially presented as an exchange student. As a reference to witches in Polynesian mythology, Sucy possesses a special ability to split her own body apart into pieces and control the said pieces however she wishes, an ability she exploited for the aforementioned part-time job. Owing to this, there's a running gag where her head will occasionally fall off in her daily life. Unfortunately, such concept eventually scrapped due to it will make her stands out more than Akko. [6]
- In the same development, Sucy was originally intended to be a "loser" and not as sharp-tongued as she is best known today. The reason why she also made a smart aleck is so there's a member of Akko's team who commented on Akko's actions.
- Sucy was born on December 31st, making her birthday on New Year's Eve as stated in Little Witch Academia Chronicles.[1]
- Sucy makes an appearance in the eighth episode of Space Patrol Luluco, another anime series produced by Studio Trigger.
- While Sucy's Japanese voice actress, Michiyo Murase, continues to voice her in Space Patrol Luluco, she is voiced by Anastasia Muñoz in Funimation's English dub of the anime.[7]
Etymology
Her first name, "Sucy", can mean "holy" in Malay and Indonesian, and may also be derived from "Susi" in Filipino, which means "key"; while her surname, "Manbavaran", is apparently derived from "Mambabarang" in Cebuano, which means "warlock/witch" and "black sorcerer/sorceress".
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Little Witch Academia Chronicles, page unknown
- ↑ "Little Witch Academia" Celebrates Halloween With TV Anime Character Design Preview, Candy Give-away And Holiday Art
- ↑ https://twitter.com/Rachellular/status/676847514411143168
- ↑ »Little Witch Academia«: Deutsche Sprecherin von Lotte Jansson bekannt
- ↑ Interesting Little Witch Academia character backstory tidbits from TRIGGER Panel at AX2017 from Reddit.com
- ↑ https://mobile.twitter.com/TRIGGER_support/status/1163162064648626177
- ↑ https://www.funimation.com/blog/2017/07/16/october-2017-home-video-releases/
External links
Sucy Manbavaran at LittleWitchAcademia.jp/TV1st
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