Vanilla H
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| Vanilla H | |
 Second Lieutenant H in TCY 412 | |
| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 13 (TCY 412) 14 (TCY 413) 17 (TCY 417) |
| Height: | 132cm (TCY 412) 156cm (TCY 417) |
| Emblem Frame: | Harvester (GA-005) |
Vanilla H (ヴァニラ・H Vanira Asshu?) is the youngest member of the Moon Angel Troupe, and she pilots the Emblem Frame GA-005, also known as Harvester. She has the ability to control nanomachines, which allowes her to treat wounds, and with the assistance of Harvester, repair machinery as well.
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[edit] History
[edit] Early Life
When Vanilla was a small child, she was unable to save the life of Sister Beryl, one of the nuns who raised her.
[edit] Service on the Elle Ciel
In TCY 412, Vanilla was one of the two Angels who did not take part in Takuto's first battle with Eonia's forces, having hung back with Mint Blancmanche to protect the Elle Ciel.
Takuto chose to take her to the dance, but Vanilla was reluctant to dance until Takuto took her hands and positioned them before taking her out to the dance floor. Yet Vanilla's subsequent contentment was cut short when Ugi-Ugi, a rabbit Vanilla adopted as a pet, died of old age despite Vanilla's repeated attempts to heal it, where she drove herself to exhaustion. Consequently, Vanilla clung to Takuto and cried, a rare instance in which she expressed intense emotion.
Takuto then learned that Vanilla, because of her ability to heal, took death very hard, and that this is not the first time Vanilla has been unable to save a life. Fortunately, Takuto and the others helped her to overcome her grief in the present, and her healing abilities were vindicated at the final battle against Eonia. When the Elle Ciel was heavily damaged in an attack, she used all of her energy to repair the whole of Elle Ciel to its original condition.
In TCY 413, when Chitose joined the Moon Angel Troupe, she mistakenly believed the relationship between Takuto and Vanilla was a sibling-bond, and Vanilla could not work up the nerve to verbally explain to Chitose her relationship with Takuto. Even when Vanilla took Takuto's arm in hers in a gesture of intimacy, Chitose still did not understand until Ranpha spelled it out to her. This prompted Vanilla to become more demonstrative of her affection for Takuto. This was not easy for her, since she had spent so long suppressing her emotions that, now that it had become necessary to express those emotions instead, Vanilla did not know how. The other Angels, notably Ranpha, chipped in with various advice with mixed results (at one point, Vanilla even dressed up as a maid and attempted to feed Takuto using the traditionally-romantic gesture of putting food in a loved one's mouth using a utensil). In the end, however, she worked up the nerve to give Takuto a sweater she knitted for him, as well as a protective charm Ranpha told her about: the kiss of a loved one.
Vanilla did her best to make sure that Takuto was able to relax whenever he was with her, and after Takuto's nightmare, comforted Takuto by holding his hand. However, because of her relative innocence concerning relationships, she began to fear that perhaps Takuto had grown bored of her, especially once the beautiful Lushati arrived. She managed to keep these fears hidden until Takuto was forced to shoot her down to prevent her from falling into enemy hands.
As a result of that action, Vanilla's fears infected her nanomachine pet, which transformed from a small, fuzzy animal to a huge, light blue, ferocious, red-eyed wolfish monster. The nanomachine pet then attacked Takuto on sight. Stricken with guilt and sadness, Vanilla opted to stay behind on the White Moon. Some time later, Takuto realized that while Vanilla had done so much for him, he'd done nothing for her. As a result, he decided to take the time to knit her a present, despite having no idea how to knit and much to the amusement of the Angels. When he met hagain, the two were pleasantly surprised that they'd made each other mittens. Despite this, Vanilla's fears were still strong, prompting Ranpha to point out that Vanilla was very much an innocent young maiden and so was terrified at the thought of losing the one she loves. It is only after Takuto asked her to marry him while on EDEN that her fears finally faded, prompting her nanomachine pet to transform back into its original, healthy state and cease attacking Takuto for good. In a touching scene, as they went to the final battle against the Valfask, Takuto meets Vanilla in the park aboard the Elle Ciel and gives her a ring engraved with her name as proof of their promise to wed before the two share their first kiss.
[edit] Nanomachine Research on Pico
During a survey mission in NEUE conducted by the Elle Ciel in TCY 415, Vanilla discovered a nanomachine life form on Pico's moon, Femto, and named it Nano-Nano. She then decided to stay behind on Pico to do nanomachine technology research. As such, she began working on spreading the use of nanomachine technology throughout NEUE.
[edit] Non-canon
[edit] Anime
A very stoic girl, she hardly ever showed any emotion and spoke in a deadpan voice. She was always seen wearing a headgear featuring a red gem on top, possibly a mark of her family or religion. She also carried around the artificially intelligent doll Normad, and was gifted with the ability to heal injuries by touch.
Vanilla frequently spoke in cryptic remarks, religious themes, or random words. She could be very caring and was adept at hard work, but tended to behave strangely, sometimes to the inconvenience or detriment of the other Angels. Although seemingly totally apathetic, she actually possessed a very hot temper. When offended, she lashed out with extreme force, examples being cursing someone with fish scales or leveling an entire city with a laser beam from her gem.
Vanilla was highly religious. In her quarters was a shrine featuring a tall rotating column that she prayed upon daily. She often received “divine revelations,” either commands or visions of prescience, and generally acted upon them with unusual means and results. So devout is Vanilla that she tended to place spiritual matters ahead of everything else, either acting destructively, even to herself, or otherwise inconveniencing others.
Normad was a constant companion, as Vanilla carried him wherever she went. He often spoke to other people on her behalf while she stayed silent, sometimes squeezing or stretching him to simulate facial expressions. Normad was infatuated with her and constantly spoke highly of her, though Vanilla seemed either uninterested or oblivious. Despite his praise, she tended to act neglectfully, even harmfully towards him, such as sitting on or strapping dynamite to him. Nevertheless she could become vindictive when others threatened to cause Normad harm, though she looked the other way if it was the other Angels.
After her service in the Moon Angel Troupe, at 17 she became a professor at a military academy and adopted Nano-Nano Pudding as her daughter.
[edit] Manga
Vanilla behaved similarly in the manga as she did in the anime, the main difference being her nanobot. She didn't carry Normad around in the manga for copyright reasons; instead, there was a small fox-like creature that sat on her shoulder. The creature, known only as "Nanobot", could transform into different clothing, assist her in some of her healing, and expressed her emotions for her. She was very honest and obedient, but she had a tendency to overwork herself, worrying everyone on board the ship including Takuto and the Angels. Vanilla did not like it when she tried to do a task for others but failed it, but the others assured her that her help is greatly appreciated even if it didn't turn out well.
Probably one of the reasons why she took death very hard is because she was present at the death of her adopted mother, Sister Beryl, and she regretted not being able to save her despite her ability to heal.
[edit] Behind-the-scenes
- Vanilla's Japanese voice actor is Mika Kanai, she is played by Satomi Akesaka in the musicals and her English voice actress is Anna Cummer.
- Vanilla's first name comes from the flavoring vanilla.
