Seira

"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.

Unfortunately for Michel, this realization seems to come too late.

The Birth of a Princess

As his castle - and his entire dimension - crumbles around him, Michel sets free Seira's spirit-form, and all of the "spheres of light" (that is, fragments of her heart) that he had stolen from her. He tells Seira to leave, and thanks her for her kindness. Although Seira doesn't want to leave Michel's side, Fuku-chan forces her away. Seira and her spheres of light tumble from Michel's realm of the sky down to the Earth below. Then the spheres of light combine together, and Seira is finally, truly born into the world.

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.

Orange Pearl Voice
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

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's name could be romanized as either "Koko" or "Coco."

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.

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.

In 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's Forms
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
Coco in her human form (first appearance: chapter 24).

Yellow Pearl Voice
Coco's superheroine alter-ego (first appearance: chapter 20).

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.
Coco's Powers

transformation
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.

Black Beauty Sisters

Black Beauty Sisters - composed of the red-wearing older sister Sheshe and the blue-wearing younger sister Mimi . Gakuto hires them after the Dark Lovers' failed attempts to capture the Mermaid Princesses. These two have the ability to sing tunes more powerful than the songs the Mermaid Princesses themselves sing, although in the anime and the second arc of the manga, the Princesses manage to get strong enough to overpower them. Though Gakuto turned them back to their original forms (two angler fishes), they were brought back in the second season. Their group name is usually shortened by fans to BBS.

o Many fans think that the name "Black Beauty Sisters" is just a stage name, as Mimi and Sheshe seem to be in love, and sister can mean other things that would apply to the two, such as sharing the same origin. But, in the manga, they are only seen hugging at the worst, never really looking as if about to kiss like shown in the anime.

The Dark Lovers

The Dark Lovers- Gakuto's four female followers who serve him in exchange for his love for them. There are composed of the following:

Izuru- The most mature of the four, she has the power to control waves and marine beasts and has the ability to create dragons from water. She is also the most obsessed with winning the heart of Gakuto.

Eriru- The one with the multiple personality disorder. At one phase, she is cute, and acting as if she were antsy (spinning around and never saying any normal speech). In another phase she can speak correctly and is more observant of her surroundings. In her third phase, when threatened (or when she spins around), she becomes scary, her eyes glow red, and she changes her voice accordingly.

Maria- The one closest to Gakuto in terms of love. She is also very cruel at times, and sometimes seems to see Gakuto more as a boy-toy than a love prospect. She has the power to make and/or manipulate ice and snow.
Yūri- the youngest-looking of the four. She has the ability to control people and objects, especially with the use of her music and, if any, a nearby piano. Although Yūri is loyal to Gakuto, his continued treatment of her as a child leads her to a star-crossed relationship with Hippo, i.e. his human form.

Gakuto

Gakuto - the leader of the sea monsters who is bent on taking over the marine world. He is always depicted drinking wine, and wearing black. His resemblance to Kaito made the latter a subject of initial ire by Rina. He is known in the anime as Gaito. (There is no definite reason for the name change, but one obvious reason is to distinguish him from J-Pop star Gackt, whose name is spelled the same way in katakana. In the Del Rey manga translation, his name is spelled Gackto in order to emphasize the comparison between the character and the singer.)

Caren

Caren - Mermaid Princess of the Antarctic Ocean, keeper of the purple pearl, and twin sister of Noel. In the anime, she first appears as the winner of a beauty contest that the main trio enters; in the manga, she first appears to save them from the Dark Lovers. In the first season, Tarō asks her about his mermaid, and she later blames Rina for Noel's kidnapping. Even after things are straightened out, she chooses to go find Noel alone. She is Noel's polar opposite, having a mysterious personality. While she is cold and distant in the first season, she is found to be wild, humorous, and even a bit sexual in the second. Her idol form is Purple Pearl Voice.

Caren's Powers

Transformation

In the anime, Caren shouts "Purple Pearl Voice!" to transform. In the manga, she can transform at will with no incantation.

Voice

In her idol form, Caren can use her singing voice to get rid of enemies. Her song is Aurora no Kaze Ni Notte, and in the manga, at the end of her songs, she uses 'Cutie Hot Pitch'. In the anime, she uses 'Love Shower Pitch' with the rest of the mermaids.

Noel

Noel - Mermaid Princess of the Arctic Ocean and keeper of the deep blue pearl. She helped Rina escape from the sea monsters, which led to her capture. She is calm, gentle, caring, and studious (as she sometimes wears glasses on land later in the second season of the anime). Her idol form is Ai-iro (Deep Blue) Pearl Voice.


* In the third volume of the English manga, ai-iro was translated as indigo, but deep blue makes more sense regarding the character's colour scheme; the colours may be based on the rainbow, but Lucia is pink, not red. It is yet to be seen whether this will be corrected.

* Some refer to Noel's name as Noelle, because originally Noel is a male name, while Noelle is the female form, but the official English translation as well as the official Japanese romanization uses Noel.

Madame Taki

Madame Taki- owner of the Pearl Piari. A fairly major character in the anime. Madame Taki is a fairly major character in the anime, who only appears in the manga during a brief cameo in chapter 06 (literally, in only two panels), and then again for a larger role in chapter 32.
In the manga, Madame Taki is a fortune-teller who lives within Lucia's undersea kingdom. However, she is not a mermaid. But she is some sort of sea-creature, despite the fact that she looks very much like a human woman. We have no idea how old Madame Taki is, or how long she has lived. However, we do know that she has been present at the birth of so many mermaid princesses of the North Atlantic kingdom that she can hardly count them anymore. It is Madame Taki's role to view the future of each mermaid princess as she is born. Madame Taki also appears to have been responsible for Lucia's upbringing when she was a baby mermaid.

Nikora

Nikora- virtual manager of the "petit-hotel" Pearl Piari , puchi-hoteru pāru piari?) on land, where Lucia, Hanon, and Rina work (in the manga, she is the owner of a bath house called Pearl Waters). A purple mermaid, she poses as Lucia's older sister in order to inform her of her mission.

Shiroi Nagisa

Shiroi Nagisa

Nagisa is a young boy who falls head-over-heels in love with Hanon, despite the fact that she regards him about the same way that she would regard a cockroach that she found crawling in the bathtub. Hanon often declares (to anyone who will listen) that she only has taste for older men, after all. Nagisa is utterly sincere in his attempts to win Hanon's love, although his "romantic" stunts usually backfire, and end up only infuriating Hanon. Still, you have to give the poor boy some credit. He's literally willing to do anything, if he thinks that it will make Hanon like him.

It is not until chapter 25 of the manga, however, when Nagisa literally puts his life on the line in order to protect Hanon, that Hanon finally admits to herself that Nagisa might be "kind of cool." Finally, Hanon begins to see Nagisa more and more as an adult. However, Nagisa panics when he discovers that Hanon was once in love with her teacher, Mitsuki-sensei, and that the teacher even wrote a song just for Hanon. Nagisa eventually discovers that Hanon has received a letter from Mistuki-sensei, her "beloved." Nagisa drags Hanon out to the beach and, as they crouch on the sand in front of the waves, confesses his love to her. Then he immediately looks away and says, "But because I love you, I understand your feelings. You still love that guy who wrote that melody for you, don't you? I don't have any talent like that. My love is just an bother to you, so if you want me to, I'll give up--" Seeing how grown-up Nagisa is, Hanon starts crying. "If you really love me, why don't you try to make me forget about Sensei?" she asks him. It turns out that in Mitsuki's letter, all that he really wrote was words of encouragement to help Hanon move on with her life. Haven't you found someone with eyes only for you yet? Mitsuki wrote in his letter. Hanon confesses all of this to Nagisa, and Nagisa then promises: "I may be just a kid, but Hanon, I swear, I'll become a man that you can be proud of!"

On Christmas Eve, Hanon gives Nagisa a pair of tickets to a concert by Mitsuki-sensei, to be held in Japan next year. She tells Nagisa, "I want to introduce you properly to Sensei, as my boyfriend... I mean, it's already been half a year, and Sensei has become so famous, it'll be embarrassing if I couldn't even manage to get myself a boyfriend in that time..." Nagisa seems embarrassed, but Hanon smiles at him and says, "Don't worry! 'Cause you're the one that I love, you know." Blushing, Nagisa gives her an aqua-colored barette for her hair. As he puts the barret in her hair, Hanon realizes that Nagisa has grown taller than her. Finally, she kisses him.

The final chapters of the manga show Nagisa and Hanon happily hanging out, as boyfriend and girlfriend. Hanon realizes that she will have to leave Nagisa someday and return to the ocean - but she seems to have made peace with this fact. Nagisa, however, does not seem to understand that someday Hanon will leave him. The manga leaves this issue completely unresolved.

Name Notes: "Nagisa" means "beach". "Shiroi" sounds like the Japanese word shiroi ("white"), but is actually written with the characters for "white" and "well" (as in, a drinking well).

Hamasaki

Hamasaki

Hamasaki is a teasing, flirtatious boy whom Rina first bumps into in chapter 15. It's obvious to everyone else that Rina and Hamasaki have mutual crushes on each other, but Rina adamantly denies it, and Hamasaki's flirting drives her up the wall. Hamasaki is a high school student who wears glasses and rides a motorcycle. Other than that, the manga reveals almost nothing else about this mysterious boy, not even his personal name ("Hamasaki" is his surname.)

Hamasaki and Rina at first only run into each other by accident. Hamasaki tries to get Rina to open up to him and tell him what's on her mind, but she remains silent around him. Ultimately, however, it IS Rina who approaches Hamasaki with an invitation to their first date-like outing: watching the fireworks together on the night of a summer festival. However, even as Hamasaki and Rina see each other more and more, Rina still won't tell Hamasaki what's on her mind. Finally, Hamasaki grows frustrated, and confronts her about it. "You won't show me your heart... I know that you're hiding something from me!" he tells her.

Later, Hamasaki takes Rina to Awami Shrine on Christmas Eve, and tells her that he's a descendant of the man who was saved by the legendary mermaid. "It must seem silly for a high school student to still believe in mermaids... But when I look at you, I just can't help but believe." Hamasaki starts to tell her that he loves her, but Rina screams at him tearfully, "STOP!" So instead, the two hug. "Don't say goodbye to me," Hamasaki pleads to Rina. And Rina vows to him, silently, Someday, I'll return to you.

The final chapters of the manga show Hamasaki and Rina happily hanging out as boyfriend and girlfriend. Rina knows that someday she will leave Hamasaki, but she seems to have made peace with that fact. Hamasaki, as well, is more perceptive than he lets on - he seems to understand the reason for Rina's silences, and has also made peace with the fact that she is keeping secrets from him. But still, he is able to love her just the same.

Hamasaki's given name is "Masahiro." The only place this is revealed in the manga is in Hanamori Pink's introductory notes to chapter 25, published in volume 05. "Masahiro" was named after one of the chief editors of Nakayoshi magazine.

Mitsuki Tarou

Mitsuki Tarou | Mitsuki-sensei is the new music teacher at Lucia's school. Because he's so young, he easily becomes friends with his students, especially one Houshou Hanon. Mitsuki-sensei treats Hanon like a close friend, and seems oblivious tosensei, also, has had encounters with a mermaid in the past...

Ultimately, Hanon does the right thing, and gives up on Mitsuki-sensei when she final

the fact that she likes him... She really, really likes him. But Mitsuki-ly accept the fact that he is already in love with another. Mitsuki-sensei seems to finally realize the depth of Hanon's feelings for him, but fortunately, her mature self-restraint saves him from having to outright break her heart. At the end of the first story arc, Mitsuki-sensei leaves Japan to study music in Germany. Although he is apart from Hanon, the two of them keep in touch with letters. What started as a passionate crush on Hanon's part eventually develops in a deep, strong, lifelong (and entirely platonic) friendship between teacher and student.

"Mitsuki" is written with the kanji characters for "ocean" and "moon."

Michal

Michal is a shy, sweet, and very lonely girl, who is the same age as Lucia. She travels the world with her brother, Rihito, a famous orchestra conductor. Because of her poor health and the fact that she moves frequently, Michal rarely makes friends, and spends most of her time isolated at home. Michal loathes her position as a burden on her older brother, and convinces herself that Rihito must hate her for it.

Even so, Michal was generally content with her unhappy life... Until one day, fate cruelly let her taste true happiness for the first time. While living in Hawaii, Michal stumbles upon a shipwrecked boy washed up on a beach. That boy is Doumoto Kaito, and Michal selflessly devotes herself to saving Kaito's life and nursing him back to health. Kaito, in turn, is the first person who treats Michal with kindness, respect, and believe it or not, gratitude. For the first time, Michal feels as if she isn't being a burden on someone. And she is falling in love.

Unfortunately, just as Michal is unaccustomed to happiness in her life, she is also unable to handle the loss of that happiness. When Michal and Rihito return with Kaito to Japan, Kaito's accident-induced amnesia wears off, and he is re-united with the girl that he loves. Kaito gently tries to break the news to Michal, but she reacts with outright hysterics. "Kaito-kun has always been kind to me, but you never once - not ONCE - looked at me as a woman!" she screams at him, tearfully. In response to this, Kaito can only turn away from Michal. "You only love me because I'm here, you only love me because you don't really know me," Kaito tries to tell her. And still Michal won't listen. "You're wrong! For me, Kaito-kun is everything! As long as I have Kaito-kun, I don't need anything else!" Michal even offers herself sexually to Kaito, and when he still turns her down, she tells him, "If I don't have Kaito... There's no meaning left in life."

As time wears on, however, rather than more tearful hysterics, Michal settles for another coping strategy - denial. Even as Kaito spends more time with Lucia, Michal cheerfully cooks for him and hangs onto his arm as if she were his girlfriend. But when Kaito tells her to stop and reminds her that he already has a girlfriend, she holds her hands over her ears and screams, thinking to herself, No more... No more! I want to run away from this terrible world... This is the first time that Michal hears Michel's voice in her head. If you want to run away, a strange voice whispers to her, then come to me...

When Rihito confronts his sister about this latest outburst, she lashes out at him, too. "If I weren't around anymore, you could finally live freely... Everybody only gives me pity... THAT DOESN'T MEAN THAT ANYBODY LOVES ME!" Michal screams, anguished. Seeing her last and only chance for romantic happiness being torn away from her, Michal turns more and more toward the strange new voice in her head, the voice that whispers, I am always with you... When you yearn for it most, I will fulfill your wish...

In Japanese, Michal's name is written as, although a scan from the character design booklet that comes with the second Pure box shows that her name is actually Michal. Michal is a feminine form of "Michael." In the Bible, Michal was the name of King Saul's daughter, who was also King David's first wife. Michal's surname, "Amagi", is written with the characters for "Heaven" and "castle".

Amagi Rihito

Amagi Rihito is an orchestra conductor who travels the world, accompanied by younger sister, Michal. His father was Japanese and his mother was of an unknown nationality, but both apparently died a long time ago. Through his work, however, Rihito is able to provide for himself and his sister.

Rihito is a kind, gentle man who is always thinking of others. He devotes himself entirely to his sister Michal, even to the point where his concern for her sometimes stifles her. Despite his good-natured personality, however, Rihito actually harbors a deep-seated hatred for his father, whom he blames for treating Michal coldly. When Michal is threatened or in danger, Rihito will lash out at those around him. Despite all of this, however, Rihito exhibits an uncommon ability to really see things from another person's point of view. He understands Lucia's pain when she sees Kaito and Michal together, and tells Lucia, "I'll be watching over those two, so don't worry." (This is basically the same as saying, "I'm on your side," as far as the Lucia/Michal/Kaito love triangle is concerned.) Rihito cares deeply about Kaito, too. He views Kaito as a friend and an ally, even as he tries to push Kaito away from Michal - after all, Rihito is just trying to help Kaito and Lucia get back together.

Now, before you think to yourself that it sounds as though Rihito is plotting against his sister, remember this: Rihito KNOWS that Kaito is going to remember Lucia. He KNOWS that Kaito is going to leave Michal eventually. And this, then, puts Rihito in the unenviable position of being the one who is trying to drive Michal and Kaito apart, even as he watches Michal fall in love with Kaito. What Rihito does, he does because he doesn't want Michal to be hurt. Although Michal seems unable to understand this, and the whole affair drives a wedge between the two siblings. Even worse, Rihito's motivations are not entirely free of jealousy. Rihito loves his little sister very much; she, however, seems utterly convinced that Rihito only views her as a burden. No matter what Rihito does, he is unable to get Michal to accept the fact that he loves her. It's no wonder that Rihito grows more and more frustrated and desperate as the manga progresses.

As we find out later in the manga, Rihito's mother was actually of the Panthalassa clan, and Rihito shares her Panthalassa blood. He manifests a number of superhuman powers, including a light that shines from his forehead (just like Kaito), the ability to sense evil, and the ability to drown out the Black Beauty Sisters' evil song with the strength of his orchestral music, as he conducts during a concert. He also inherits a Panthalassa staff from his mother, one which looks very much like the one that Gakuto wielded in the first story arc of the manga. Rihito uses the staff to fight against Michel during the final climactic battle in the manga.

In Japanese, Rihito's name is written as Rihito's surname "Amagi", is written with the characters for "Heaven" and "castle".