Lucia Nanami

Lucia Nanami
Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch character
File:Lucia-Mermaid.jpg Lucia in her mermaid form as seen in the anime.
First appearance	Season 1, Episode 1: Pearl Tears
Last appearance	Season 2, Episode 39: Onward to that Dream
Created by	Pink Hanamori
In-universe information
Alias	Lucia Nanami (Human) Pink Pearl Voice Princess of the North Pacific Ocean
Relatives	Nikora ("sister")

Lucia Nanami (七海 るちあ, Nanami Ruchia) is the main protagonist of the anime and manga Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch and its second anime season Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch Pure. She is the mermaid princess of the North Pacific Ocean and is the keeper of the Pink Pearl. Luchia surfaced onto the human world to look for her pearl that she had entrusted to a boy seven years ago. When she succeeds, she accepts the task of uniting the seven mermaid princess of the seven nations of the seas and defeating the sea monsters.

Lucia is a very cheerful person and has a very kind heart. Her idol form is Pink Pearl Voice. She has two image songs form both seasons of the anime: Splash Dream and Mother Symphony.

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In the Anime

Lucia Nanami first appeared as a young mermaid seven years ago before the story started. One night when she ventured onto the sea's surface and encountered a cruise ship celebrating a festival, she met a young boy. It was love at first sight. But before anything else happened, a giant wave crashed onto the ship and the boy fell into the icy ocean. Lucia went after the boy without a second thought. She saved the boy using her precious mermaid pearl. The boy kept the mermaid pearl ever since.

As the story begins, Lucia surfaced on land again, but this time her purpose is to retrieve her pearl. 13 is considered adult age in the mermaid world, but a mermaid princess without her pearl cannot receive her full power. Heading to the human world with her pet penguin Hippo, Lucia assumed a human form and took Nanami as her surname. She works and lives in the hotel Pearl Piari, along with her "older sister" Nikora and the fortune teller Madame Taki.

In time, Lucia retrieves her pearl and also reunites with the boy who she gave it to long time ago. She also learns that there is an enemy trying to capture the seven Mermaid Princesses and obtaining their pearls for evil. They have already destroyed the Mermaids' kingdoms and captured two Princesses. Only Lucia's kingdom wasn't destroyed because Aqua Regina used her power to protect it.

Caren, one of the mermaid princesses, often turns her back on the other mermaids. Every time she is saved by one of them, she doesn't bother to thank them, and simply swims off and gets into more trouble.

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Lucia Nanami in her human form as seen from a screenshot.

While on land, Luchia meets a surfer who looks awfully like the boy from seven years ago named Kaito. Luchia could not believe it at first, but he most certainly is the boy who had Luchia’s pearl for seven years and whom never forgot about this mermaid. Luchia and Kaito have a troubled relationship throughout the first season of the anime, mainly because that the mermaid Luchia is unable to reveal her human identity to Kaito. It is said that a mermaid who willfully reveal her identity will turn into sea foam. Luchia is desperate for Kaito to learn her secret, asking him to search for her in episode 10. Kaito was troubled with his feelings about the human Luchia and the mermaid Luchia, whom he thought were two different people.

Luchia has a very cheerful personality. She has a good and simple heart, and a simple mind. But she also has courage and termination in abundance. She would help anyone that is in trouble. She is also very friendly, especially when she makes a “friendship ring” for Rina although she hardly knew her in episode 3. However, she is also insecure sometimes, and gets nervous whenever she sees some other pretty girls around Kaito.

Luchia shares a strong bond with her friends and fellow mermaid princesses. She met the first other mermaid princess, Hanon, in episode 1. Hanon and Luchia became quick friends, partly because of their similar personality. As for Rina, the green mermaid princesses, it was a hard beginning due to Rina's cold and distant exterior. However, as time passes, the three became close friends. They are always there to defeat the Dark Lovers, and they help each other whenever it is possible.

In the second season of the anime, Luchia has a rival for Kaito. And because of the upcoming danger, Kaito gave up his memory in order to protect the ones he loves. Luchia has to deal with the harsh facts that Kaito no longer remembers his precious mermaid, the enemy she has to face is very powerful, and she has to win Kaito over the girl who saved him and developed a crush on him, Nikia Amagi.

In the Manga

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Lucia Nanami, draw by Pink Hanamori on a splash page of Volume 5 of the manga. Her cheerful personality is protrayed in this image, notice the eyes and the smile.

Lucia has similar personality in the manga. She was portrayed a bit more childish and fights over little things with Hanon often. She is also very dependent as a human, afraid of the lightning. However, her relationship with Kaito goes a lot deeper, especially in the second season. Mermaid Lucia is also given an even bigger role in the manga, especially in chapter 14 when the trio has to rescue the recently captured Caren, princess of the Antarctic Ocean. It was Lucia who believed and played the harp to call Aqua Regina's spirit. In the final volume, it shows that Lucia was destined to become the next Aqua Regina, and has now taken her place.

Lucia's hobby is singing, although she is tone deaf while she is in her human form. Her talent is making beaded things, like the three friendship rings she made in chapter 3 of the manga and episode 3 of the anime. Her favorite subject is said to be Home Economics, while her least favorite subject is mathematics, or any subject that you have to use your head. Her favorite flower is Cosmo, and favorite color is pink. She likes shrimp, but dislikes celery and raisins. She also dislikes monsters and being lectured by Nikora or Hippo. She is good at cooking poundcakes and cookies. Her favorite type of boy is a protective boy.

Aspects and forms

A mermaid, Lucia has to transform into a human in order to stay on land. When she is facing a sea monster, she transforms into her idol form, Pink Pearl Voice, and uses her voice as an offense.

Mermaid Form

Lucia’s mermaid form and her human form contrast the most out of all the mermaid princesses. She has dark blonde hair and brown eyes on surface while she has lighter blonde hair and light blue eyes as a mermaid. Lucia’s mermaid form is the same as every other mermaid princess, with a bracelet around one of her upper arm and double pearl bracelet around one of her wrists and her tail.

Lucia's mermaid princess form is first revealed in chapter 6 of the manga. Her hair is loose and barely in pigtails. The ends of her hair are curled. There are also glittering pearls strewn and petaled flowers throughout her hair. She has lacy and fancy gloves on, and her dress has three bows and three layers, all centered in the front. Lucia appeared two more times in this form, in chapter 14 and chapter 19 of the manga with minor differences, such as adding a choker of laces and changing the petal flowers into roses.

Idol Form

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Lucia in her first idol form, Pink Pearl Voice, as seen on one of the DVD covers.

When facing the enemies, Lucia transforms into her idol form, Pink Pearl Voice. In her idol form, she sings with the rest of the mermaid princesses and uses her voice as an offense.

Her first outfit is complete with a pink dress with short skirts, lacy pink gloves, and lacy pink boots. Lucia, along with Hanon and Rina, gains her second outfit in episode 28. The trio was upgraded by the goddess Aqua Regina. Her second outfit is noticeably different from her first one. Her dress now is complete with a double layer and a long pink bow on her back. Her gloves and her boots now have a second layer. She also gained accessories such as a jeweled headpiece, a watch, and more fluffs along side the top of her dress. Lucia’s second form is more powerful than the first one; they enable her to defeat the Black Beauty Sisters with her new songs.

Special powers and items

Like the rest of the mermaid princesses, Lucia needs her pearl in order to transform into her idol form. Her pearl is also needed in order to summon Aqua Regina. When in her idol form, her voice was transmitted by a microphone like object called the e-pitch, in order to defeat the enemies. Her songs are 'Splash Dream' and 'Mother Symphony'. She ends with 'Love Shower Pitch' in both the anime and manga.

Actresses

Lucia was voiced by Asumi Nakata in the Japanese anime. In the dub, she is voiced by Carolyn Lawrence who does the voice of Sandy Cheeks in SpongeBob Squarepants. In the movie, her live action actress is AnnaSophia Robb.

See also

• Mermaid Melody
• Hanon Hōshō
• Rina Tōin
• Caren