Wednesday, August 8, 2012

Queen's Blade Grimoire Character Profiles: Alicia, Zara, Tina and Kaguya

The QB site was finally updated a few hours ago, so here are the juicy profiles of the new characters.
If you missed the Grimoire prologue, check the comments of the previous post for an awesome translation by Maku.
Enjoy!


User of the Darkness in Wonderland Alicia

“What have these guys started singing now for? Don’t be such fools.”

  

The magic swordsman who lost her way from a dimension different than Melfare.  Though Alicia was perplexed by the foreign world, the foreigners treated her as a strange person conversely.
She’s a user of dark magic, holding a powerful power that matches her being a terribly haughty, confident person. Though she behaves arrogantly, she hates twisted things.
Though she often abuses the residents of the borderland for lacking common sense, will Alicia be gradually tainted by this world too?
She’s participating in this tournament to return to the world where she was born in.

Occupation: Magic swordsman
Ability: Can manipulate the power of darkness


Demon Hunter of Little Red Riding Hood Zara

“No more girls will fall prey to the darkness. Here’s one of your peers who hunts the darkness.”


A cool, beautiful huntress, accompanied by a demon wolf which once ate her grandmother and her. She survived being eaten by the demon wolf, and acquiring a magic power in his belly, she was reborn as a fighter. She gained the ability to regenerate her body even if it was torn apart and chewed up.
A true good person that became a demon hunter in order to prevent people in sorrowful circumstances to end up like her, though she won’t reveal her mouth.
Her nemesis is the “Demon Monkey Necromancer”, and hearing that she’s participating in the tournament, she’s followed her there.

Occupation:  Demon hunter
Ability: Has an abnormal capacity of regeneration


The Little Mermaid Tina
“Something like a wet princess, do you hate it?”


The youngest daughter of the Kingdom of the Seabed. Yearning for a man on the ground, she made a wicked deal with the “Demon Monkey Necromancer”, and got the ability to change her tail into two legs.
Since she can also swim in the air in a mermaid’s form too, she has no inconveniences living in the ground, but it’s a problem of looks. However, since she almost became captured by that same monkey, she ran away. Though she has a timid personality, she thinks that she can change herself by fighting at the tournament.
Though she can manipulate the force of water, she’s constantly wet because of that, and her clothes are see-through.

Occupation: Princess of the seabed
Ability: Can manipulate the force of water


Magic Clothing Sword Princess Kaguya
“He who wants to marry Kaguya, bring me treasure!”


A collector of magic clothings (magic treasures), and self-proclaimed person from the moon.
Although she’s made an earnest supply of treasure from many people due to her cute appearance,she isn’t a wicked, calculating woman, she’s only childlike, with a low mental age.
She was found by an old couple, who raised and indulged her very much.
She’s participating in the tournament because she’s interested in the Queen’s Blade the winner is said to obtain.

Occupation: Magic clothing user
Ability: She can instantly master any magic clothing



So, seems like I previously mistranslated Kaguya's title, since she's all about magic clothings.

Also, if you didn't hear, they're releasing "Queen's Blade Rebellion: Gocco", the first anthology comic of Rebellion.


The lists of artists included are:
Sumita Kazasa, Sagara Riri (also author of the QBR Zero manga), Hitsuji Hako, Iwato Akira, Shirai Sanjirou, Hirai Yukio, Peke (a.k.a MeroMero Melon), 3 pixiv artists: Hiyosan, Moominhanehane and Akatsuki, Sogabe Toshinori, pixiv artist Madoka Hoshino, Takatsuki Nagi, Morinara Mig, Edoya Pochi, pixiv artist Ekakibit, Hasegawa Kouji and Minagi Tokuichi.