Blanca is the "angelic" +Anima discovered beneath Astar by Aaron Newt.[1] She is a living doll created by past Astarian researchers.
Appearance[]
Blanca's Anima markings
Blanca appears as a young slender girl wearing a plain white dress. She has white wings and her hair is made of feathers, which often has her mistaken for an angel. Several Anima implants have left her with markings covering her body although these are hidden with makeup; the location and existence of any markings associated with her angelic features, which she would have had prior to the implants, are unknown.
History[]
Blanca is a living doll composed of organic materials, created by Astarian researchers. At some point she was abandoned beneath the Astarian capital, Astar. Eventually, Aaron Newt found her suspended in a crystal-shaped container. Believing her to be an angel +Anima, with the help of his apprentice, Fly Greena Aight, Aaron began implanting various Anima into her under the notion that "if angels are closer to God than man is... then they ought to have all the abilities found on earth".[1] Fly formed an obsession with her, and after Aaron's botched implantation, he took over management of her.
Plot[]
Upon Cooro's return to Kilter, Blanca senses his presence and becomes restless. At night she sends her Anima spirit to the church but is seen by Nana Alba who mistakes Blanca for a ghost, panics and chases her. The next day, Nana and Husky find Blanca's physical body suspended in her crystal-shaped container. Blanca releases her Anima spirit to ward off the intruders, but Fly arrives with Cooro and Senri, and he calms the situation.
After Fly implants Cooro's Anima into himself, he visits Blanca to tell her to wait just a little longer for them to fly together. They are interrupted by the arrival of Lord Nuoref and the King of Astaria. Blanca heads outside against Fly's wishes; her appearance startles the visitors. Blanca is in awe by the sight of the sky and immediately takes flight; Fly chases after her with his newly acquired wings. Mid-flight, Fly notices that Blanca is smiling, which he has never seen her do. When Fly's Anima starts to disappear and he falls from the sky, Blanca catches him and as they are falling together her body starts to disintegrate.
Trivia[]
- The official romanization in the Japanese Volume 10 spells her name as "Branca".
- The white spirit which Aaron identified as Blanca bears a similar appearance to the Anima that left Lyra's body, suggesting that Blanca is in fact the Anima spirit who is inhabiting the artificial body.
- She is able to separate this white spirit from her body and travel great distances, fully conscious of her own actions.
- She only smiled once throughout the series; at her very end, when she flew for the first time.[2]
- Appearing in the introduction in Chapter 1, Blanca is the first character to appear in the series, even before Cooro.