Nanako (EntityTopic, 13)
From Compile Worlds
This article is about the character. For other uses, see Nanako (disambiguation).
Nanako is an original character created by Keiji who is the main character of the aptly titled Project Nanako. She is also the mascot of Compile Worlds, and her emblem has been "borrowed" for use as the Kawachan icon.
Biography
Nanako is an artificial life form. She was created by "Kei-sama" as a robot in a virtual world. Her loyal and carefree personality developed mainly from having nothing better to do with the vast majority of her time, and thanks to Juichi's efforts (though their means were somewhat controversial), she became able to travel between the digital and real worlds at will. She and Juichi can also shapeshift into the forms of other people they meet, except that they always have persocom ears while in the real world.
Nanako's abilities are grouped into three types, and she is well adapted to all of them. The first type is melee, where she can fight pretty darn well with either her bare hands or a sword. The second type is beam weapons (blatantly stolen from Megaman except they can go in all directions, not just horizontally... okay, they were really stolen from Metroid, but that's besides the point). The third type is a rather unique form of magic: Nanako can collect crystals of various types and assemble them in certain geometric patterns to form sophisticated spells.
Etymology
Nanako was actually created as a complete coincidence. It so happened that Keiji bought a server in 2008, and the normal naming scheme for his computers could not be used. So, in an AIM chat with Kawase, she suggested the name Nanako, after some anime character she liked. In fact, the only reason the character Nanako exists at all was because the computer ended up with this name. These facts were conveniently forgotten recently, and the name was back-derived to be related to the number 7, one lower than the logical number to use as far as the series of computers she was in is concerned.
Appearances
Project Nanako
She's the protagonist of her title game, what did you expect?!
Puyo Puyo Fever Redux
Nanako also makes an appearence in Puyo Puyo Fever Redux, namely because she just happened to be lying around as Keiji's convenient OC at the time. Or, I should probably say, she would have made an appearence, if PPFR was anything more than vaporware. Still, some Fever-style art was drawn for her, as you can see in the gallery and this should be proof enough for you skeptics!
Compile Worlds
In Compile Worlds, Nanako is rather a mysterious character. She seems to lead some sort of organization with an awful lot of manpower and intelligence behind it. Quite how this happened, though, is unknown. She has provided our heroes with various near-godmode advantages on numerous occasions, but denied them on others. She recently appeared to team up with Daichi, declaring Ekoro, Angol and Satan as criminals who "must pay", although judging from later events, it seems this is not actually the case, as she has revealed a mysterious relationship with Strange Klug and brought some to think about her real purpose here...
Quotes
- Don't "Ms." me. You should know I am a fine maiden! :D — Episode 39
- Good luck, young Sig. Work hard for me♥ — Episode 39
