| — Mana to Ibara Naruse |
| Mana Tsuburaya | |
|---|---|
| |
| Kanji |
円谷真奈 |
| Rōmaji |
Tsuburaya Mana |
| Race |
Coppelion |
| Gender |
Female |
| Hair Color |
Black |
| Eye Color |
Gray |
| Affiliation |
Coppelion |
Mana Tsuburaya (円谷 真奈 Tsuburaya Mana?) is a 2nd year highschool student, a former member of the Exploration Unit and a second-year Coppelion who has incredible powers where she is a defect — her body releases neutrons.
Mana was best friends with Meisa Ichikawa, but she is now working with Ibara Naruse's group.
Appearance[]
Mana has short black hair and gray eyes.
She wears a standard school uniform which consists of a white blouse shirt with a caution sign on the left chest part and a black collar with white outlines. She also wears a black skirt, black knee-high socks, and a pair of black leather shoes.
At times, she would wear a sweater, frequently buttoned, but revealing the sailor collar.
Personality[]
Mana reading a book back in her schooldays
Mana is a very quiet girl who had her debut on volume 9, but she has not said a single word until volume 10 where she speaks with Meisa Ichikawa.
History[]
A survivor entering the vault and rats suddenly fleeing from the area
Mana and Meisa Ichikawa along with the other Exploration Unit members arrived at Tokyo prior before other Coppelion Units. One day, Mana and Meisa found a survivor at the Shinto Bank in Shinjuku. They were chasing him and wonders why he was running away from them. Mana slipped and fell so Meisa and the man enters the bank's vault. Mana caught up, but she couldn't open the vault's door and noticed that the rats are running away. Some of the rats died, so Mana panickly checks on the Geiger Counter and discovered that the radiation in that area has drastically increased. She then hear Meisa's cry from inside the vault, Meisa told her that the survivors inside the vault suddenly has blood coming out from their bodies.
Mana's using her powers for the first time to force the vault's door open
Mana tries to open the vault's door but couldn't do so, then her "power" awakened so she used it and force the door open. The survivors inside were all killed because of the 2nd year students' defects - they release Neutrons from their bodies. Because of this, Meisa cries and thinks that she has killed the survivors making her a murderer. She requests Mana to always be with her from that time on due to the terror and bloody scene they have experienced on that day.
On one point, Mana once fought with Meisa after Mana decided to aid Aoi.
Abilities and Powers[]
Neucleus (please refer to this page regarding a more simple explanation of Neutrons and the Nuclear Reaction process relating to Mana's powers.) of Uranium235 breaks down inside her body, releasing a powerful energy as well as Neutrons. This is why her body constantly releases Neutron. Also, she can create and use powerful energies to fly, glide, make objects around her float and create powerful shockwaves. She can control her powers effectively enough not only to make her fly in air, but to the extend that she can also carry the Chimera and two more people around with her. Her powers are powerful enough to make a building fall, wreck all glasses of the building surrounding the area or send a person flying away with just a single finger flick. She can also stop incoming firearm bullets and missiles with just one hand. Furthermore, she can also force her powers by pressuring others to do what she wants (e.g. pulling Aoi Fukasaku towards her or making Ibara Naruse cross her own arms behind by herself).
All living things die if it stays too near to her because of the Neutrons she release, so she wasn't able to talk or interact with any survivors in Tokyo - she always had to stay outside the shelters.
It should be noted that her powers are very similar to Aoi's - using Flare, Levitation, Psychokinesis, Gravitational Field, and many more.
Weapons[]
Mana never wields any weapon up to this point of the story.
Relationships[]
Meisa Ichikawa[]
They are both in the same 2nd year and they were best friends since schooldays. It stopped when Meisa thought that Mana betrayed her. Mana is now working with the medic unit. Seeing this, Meisa would always ignore Mana and avoid talking to her, Mana is seen to be sad about this, she cares so much for her and she still wants to be friends with Meisa.
She was also sad about what happened between Meisa and Dr. Coppelius. Meisa thought that he betrayed her and disassembled herself (Mana caught Meisa's clothes). Kanon caught Mana 'sulking' about this, still in the rooftop of the building where Meisa was.
Aoi Fukasaku[]
Mana and Aoi seems to "resonate" with one another because of their similar powers. Mana also helps and train Aoi on controlling and using her powers just in one night. Mana first taught Aoi three basic techniques, which are "Flare", "Levitation" and "Psychokinesis". Mana told Aoi the trick in pulling out and releasing her power energies were to think about "the person you want to protect" since it was how Mana was able to use her powers for the first time to help Meisa. She trained Aoi at the Yoyogi National Stadium.
Chimera[]
Ibara Naruse[]
Kanon Ozu[]
Major Battles[]
Quotes[]
- (To Meisa Ichikawa, about Ibara Naruse) "..If she's hurt...the Dark Matter...will lose..stability.."
- (To Ibara) "Ichikawa-san's...Without me...she'd be all alone..."
- (To Kanon Ozu) "No. You're a bad person."
- (To Kanon, revealing the secrets of Dr. Coppelius) "Before long...there'll be a nuclear war."
- (To herself, about Aoi Fukasaku) "The Dark Matter is.. waving. At this moment.. that child couldn't control it anymore..!"
- (To Meisa, about Aoi) "Please hand over that child."
Etymology[]
- The name Mana means "right circumstances"" (真奈).
- It can also mean "real, genuine" (真) (ma) and "apple tree" (奈) (na) separately.
- Mana's surname Tsuburaya means "circle, yen, round, money, rotund" (円) (tsubura) and "valley" (谷) (ya).
Trivia[]
- Mana likes reading books.
- It is shown that Mana enjoys nature as she picks up a flower admiring it, but she becomes sad when it immediately withers because of the neutrons she releases.
- Mana is usually seen alone (if not with Meisa Ichikawa) reading a book by herself.
- Mana's defect is that her body releases neutrons (a radiation that is more penetrating than gamma rays).
- Because of how Mana's body breaks down Uranium235 and produces Neutron as well as creating powerful energies, she is referred to as a "walking reactor".
- Neutrons are stronger than Gamma rays (as it penetrates steel and lead which usually protects you from gamma rays), but Neutrons have half life for only around 10-15 minutes before disappearing completely.
- Mana is a great trainer, managing to teach Aoi Fukasaku how to control and use her powers effectively only in one night.