Makini (SIA)

Makini Marisa Majizila is one of the two main protagonists of Rebel Bladers (alongside Flora Linniaro), and one of the major supporting characters of Siblings In Action. She is the daughter of Fikiri and Kitendo Majizila and the granddaughter of Rafiki Aikawa.
== Appearance ==
When she's introduced, Makini is a young mandrill similar to her appearance in The Lion Guard, save for her attire. Her attire varies depending on her mood and style. However, she grows taller as the series progresses, and a couple years later, surpasses Flora in height.
Her Rebel Bladers outfit consists of a black leather jacket over a yellow tank top with a crimson flower design, maroon sweatpants, and black Nike sneakers. She also has pink and yellow daisies in her hair.
When she resonates with Treptune, she emits a yellow-green aura. This later changes to spring-green when she evolves it to Scorch Treptune, indicating a complete resonance.
== Personality ==
Makini is very friendly to everyone she meets, especially to the Junior Cadets. They see her as a mentor and sister, often calling her "Makini-chan" or "Makini-senpai", and she sees them as younger siblings. She's also protective of her teammates, and can't stand people making fun of them, much like Flora. She also adores her "senpais" to the point of originally taking up Blading for the sole sake of avenging Flora.
She's quite carefree and childish, particularly when excited. One example was when she beat Jin for the first time, which resulted in her showboating and losing a subsequent rematch, showing that she can also be quite overconfident after winning. Multiple times on set for The Lion Guard, she, Bunga, and Flora are often the ones playing pranks or causing mischief on set (earning them the nickname "Troublesome Trio"). On top of her childishness, she is also quite clumsy (though not as much as Flora) and can get carried away, especially when singing; her most notable incident of this was when she was rehearsing "Today is my Day" and, not paying attention to the paint on the floor, she tripped and spilled paint everywhere.
During Rebel Bladers, she starts becoming more aggressive, but not enough to qualify as a bully. She also takes a few of Flora's traits, including her determination and humor. Gabby even states at one point, "彼女は私の妹を思い出させます。" (She reminds me of my sister).
She has stated on more than one occasion that she does love her savage moments, hinting a sassier side of her. She is also quite sarcastic, typically after a loss, or when Fuli or Anga sass her, and very quick to retort. However, a recurring gag is her inability to time her insults, leading to others giving her weird looks.
After creating Flare Treptune, she took a more mature persona. She also tends to give others more benefit of the doubt. However, she also developed some cockiness, which usually leads to her underestimating her opponents and losing. The most common example is her practice matches, in which she will continuously forget what to do and mislaunch.
Makini's biggest insecurity is her Blading Rank. Every time her Rank compared to Flora's or Fuli's is mentioned, she backs away or cries slightly, leaving Fuli to calm her down.
After losing a match, she's very quick to apologize, similar to Flora. After her loss to Flora, Gabby, and Rina consecutively, she begins training hard to the point of throwing up and collapsing in the middle of the park, also showing how hard she takes losses.
She's very loyal to her Bey, Treptune. Whenever Treptune breaks, she clutches it to her heart, showing her love of her Bey. She also breaks down and collapses, even fainting sometimes. When Flora and Hannah fixed her Bey for her, she broke down in tears, thanking them both. When Treptune goes missing, she searches frantically to find it, showing her fierce attachment.
By the time she starts her sophomore year of high school, she has calmed down a bit, but still keeps her upbeat and excitable personality. She has become more involved in school activities and throws herself out there, which she claims was inspired by Flora. She's a lot more sociable and befriends more of her classmates.
Makini is protective of her friends and cares very deeply for them, shown with the concerned looks she gives when they cry and her being one of the first ones to comfort them, or celebrating their accomplishments by tackling them into a bear hug.
Unlike her canon counterpart, Makini is actually very shy in new settings, but quickly warms up. Once she does, she quickly becomes as excitable as her canon counterpart (more, even) and often needs to be quieted down when on set so as not to disturb the other scenes being filmed. Her exciteable antics and competitive nature sometimes land her in trouble, the most notable being the time she and Flora got in an argument resulting in the two throwing some of Rafiki's paint on each other and around Rafiki's tree. Both are made to clean their mess as a result of their actions.
By the start of her junior year, Makini is more determined than ever and accepts challenges more easily. On top of this, she is more dilligent with her studies.
== Appearances ==
* Baobab Baseball!
* You Can Be Queen Again
* The Lion Guard: 5 Years Since
* Blunder Pressure (cameo)
== Abilities ==
* Acting: Is a child actress and naturally talented
* Singing: Is quite the singer, earning praise especially for her debut song
* Painting: Already had a talent for it before being cast, and improved as the show went on (she was in charge of creating the Moja Kwa Moja stone paintings)
* Martial Arts: Has been learning various styles of martial arts through Rafiki, and is a Black Belt in Taekwondo
* Drawing: Much like painting, had a talent before the show; was accepted into Art 2 in her freshman year and is currently in AP Art
* Instrumental: Is a very talented flutist, having chosen it as her instrument as an elementary schooler
== Relationships ==
=== Fuli Haraka-Sana ===
Fuli and Makini are childhood best friends, meeting while filming The Rise of Scar. Makini was rather nervous on set, so Fuli reassured her several times and the two bonded quickly.
=== Flora Linniaro ===
Flora and Makini are childhood best friends who met while filming The Rise of Scar and bonded over being newer to the show.
== Trivia ==
* Her Beyblade combo is Scorch Treptune T7 8' Orbit-2, a stamina Beyblade.
** Her generic combo prior to owning Treptune was Yugen Yegdrion 2Glaive Friction.
* She's one of the youngest members of the Rebel Bladers and TC BC.
* Her birthday is November 22, 2007, making her 17 in the current timeline.
* She confirmed in a Twitter post in October 2021 that Rebel Bladers "would, unfortunately, have some tough losses and horrible destructions" (her words) and she would be a victim to several.
* A flashback reveals how she was introduced to Blading: watching Flora's infamous loss that scarred their eye, and vowing vengeance.
* She is the youngest of the main The Lion Guard cast, a spot previously held by Flora (and earlier, Bunga).
* Out of every main cast member in The Lion Guard, she has the highest Beat Saber score.
** She has the third-highest overall, only losing to Ellie (2nd) and Sunset (1st).
* She will graduate high school in 2026.
** She will graduate from college in 2030.
* Makini is (roughly) 1/8 Cuban, 5/24 Ukrainian, and 2/3 Malawi.
** She is the first Malawi character on the show.
** Due to Rafiki being half-Japanese, Makini has a little bit of Japanese heritage that is never specified.
* She is fluent in English, Spanish, Russian, Ukrainian, and Swahili.
** She is currently learning Japanese through Rafiki and Flora, and is semi-fluent.
* She is an honorary member of the Lion Guard.
* Makini's surname is meant to reference her being a Royal Mjuzi in training, and later a Royal Mjuzi.
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