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| Name (Romaji) | Akabane Nadeshiko | ||||||||||
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| Classification | Puppeteer | ||||||||||
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Akabane Nadeshiko (赤羽 撫子 Akabane Nadeshiko) is a Japanese puppeteer from the Akabane Clan. She is the younger sister of Akabane Raishin and was killed during the Akabane Clan's massacre. Nadeshiko's body was used by Magnus to create Hotaru, one of his squadron.
Etymology
The compound of the Japanese kanji of Akabane (赤羽) is Aka (赤), meaning "crimson", and Bane (羽), meaning "wing". The Japanese kanji of Nadeshiko (撫子) means "dianthus", a pink flower named after the Greek words "dios", meaning "god", and "anthos", meaning "flower", and is the compound of Naderu (撫), meaning "pat", and Ko (子), meaning "child".
Appearance
Nadeshiko has long straight black (dark brown) hair extending to her hips with fringe and has black eyes (with pinkish undertones). In the anime, she wears a dianthus kanzashi composed of two blue dianthus flowers and two red dianthus flowers with an attached dangling strap of interchained four red dianthus petals and another strap of interchained four blue dianthus petals on the left side part of her head, a yellow-orange kimono with pink dianthus flower designs around it and at the bottom of its sode, an undivided dark blue hakama with its straps tied at the center front of her waist into a ribbon and pink dianthus petal designs at its bottom, tabi socks, and komachi geta. In the manga, a portion of her hair is tied into small half twintails and she wears a houndstooth kimono with an obi wrapped around her waist, tabi socks, and komachi geta.
During a fireworks festival at Ryougoku Bridge in Japan, in the anime OVA and in the light novel side story, Angelic Element, a younger Nadeshiko wears a pink flower kanzashi with dangling green straps on the left side part of her head, a cherry blossom designed pink yukata top with a purple obi wrapped around her waist, a violet knee-length underskirt and black strapped dark brown komachi geta and in the manga, a bira-bira kanzashi pins some of her hair to the back of her head into a half chignon and she wears a floral designed yukata with an obi wrapped around her waist while holding an uchiwa fan.
Personality
Background
Chronology
Facing "Shadow Moon"
- Main Article: Facing "Shadow Moon" Arc
Facing "Cannibal Candy"
- Main Article: Facing "Cannibal Candy" Arc
The Akabane Clan estate was ablaze, and at its reception hall, on top of the altar opposite Tenzen, rested Nadeshiko's dead body.
Facing "Sword Angel"
- Main Article: Facing "Sword Angel" Arc
Facing "Elf Speeder"
- Main Article: Facing "Elf Speeder" Arc
Facing "Rosen Kavalier"
- Main Article: Facing "Rosen Kavalier" Arc
Facing "Target Gold"
- Main Article: Facing "Target Gold" Arc
Facing "Doll's Master"
- Main Article: Facing "Doll's Master" Arc
Other Appearances
Side Stories
Facing "Angelic Element III"
- Main Article: Facing "Angelic Element III"
Anime Appearances
Unbreakable Machine-Doll OVA 4
- Main Article: Unbreakable Machine-Doll OVA 04
Abilities
Relationships
Trivia
- The track, "Dianthus", from the Unbreakable Machine-Doll Complete Original Soundtrack Vol.II, is named after her which was played on her fourth appearance during Raishin's second dream of the past of her and on her fifth appearance during Hotaru's fourth appearance that triggered Raishin's flashback of her in the anime.
Quotes
References
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