Luchia is junior high school student who is both blessed, and cursed, with the same personality characteristics that befall almost every shoujo heroine: a simple heart, and a simple mind. Fortunately, Luchia also has courage and determination in abundance. She lives and works in the public baths, Pearl Waters, along with her "older sister" Nikora, and her guardian penguin, Hippo.
Luchia is actually a mermaid, or more specifically, the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean. When she was six years old, Luchia gave her pearl to a boy that she saved from drowning. When she turned thirteen, however, she was forced to assume a human form, show up on dry land, and search for her pearl. Nikora explained that Luchia needed her pearl in order to become an adult; and in the mermaid world, thirteen is considered the age of adulthood.
But Luchia is more than just a mermaid princess. Using her Pink Pearl, Luchia can transform into Pink Pearl Voice, and use the power of her singing voice as an offensive attack against the evil creatures of the sea.
At the beginning of the show, Luchia did not know that she was a princess, and Nikora did not explain to her the real reason that she needed her pearl (which would be to summon Aqua Regina). The reason for Luchia being raised not knowing that she was a princess is rather complicated. When Luchia was born, Madame Taki, her kingdom's resident fortune-teller, oversaw the baby princess's birth, as she had so many before. But Luchia's pearl shone with a light brighter than any Taki had seen before, and in that moment, Taki saw Lucia's future, and saw that Luchia was burdened with a "dark and deep hardship." Unsure of what to do, Taki decided to raise the baby Luchia not as a princess, but as a normal mermaid, until the day came when she would be old enough to be told her fortune.
Luchia is actually a mermaid, or more specifically, the Princess of the North Pacific Ocean. When she was six years old, Luchia gave her pearl to a boy that she saved from drowning. When she turned thirteen, however, she was forced to assume a human form, show up on dry land, and search for her pearl. Nikora explained that Luchia needed her pearl in order to become an adult; and in the mermaid world, thirteen is considered the age of adulthood.
But Luchia is more than just a mermaid princess. Using her Pink Pearl, Luchia can transform into Pink Pearl Voice, and use the power of her singing voice as an offensive attack against the evil creatures of the sea.
At the beginning of the show, Luchia did not know that she was a princess, and Nikora did not explain to her the real reason that she needed her pearl (which would be to summon Aqua Regina). The reason for Luchia being raised not knowing that she was a princess is rather complicated. When Luchia was born, Madame Taki, her kingdom's resident fortune-teller, oversaw the baby princess's birth, as she had so many before. But Luchia's pearl shone with a light brighter than any Taki had seen before, and in that moment, Taki saw Lucia's future, and saw that Luchia was burdened with a "dark and deep hardship." Unsure of what to do, Taki decided to raise the baby Luchia not as a princess, but as a normal mermaid, until the day came when she would be old enough to be told her fortune.
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