Ringo Andou

Ringo Andou is a Smart and Agile young adult girl/woman and one of the Lead Protagonists of the Puyo Puyo Franchise. Ringo is an In-Between of Arle Nadja and Amitie Tamashiro (Or any other last name you gave her). Aside from being a Puyo Popper as her normal job, she is also a Martial Artist and a Racer, and drives a Red Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 (Series 1), Specifically, THAT ONE car which escaped the mysterious black car in the Prologue. Ringo is the Oldest of the Lead Protagonists, being 20 years old, making Amitie the Youngest as she is 18 years old starting in Chapter 1.
== Appearance and Personality ==
In physical appearance, Ringo wears a dark blue leotard with a purple hue and an Armor set on both shoulders, the breast, and the stomach; and a red skirt. Instead of having green eyes, a green Puyo hair clip and a red and green bracelet, Ringo has red eyes, a red Puyo hair clip, and six red bracelets (Three on each side.)
In Personality, Ringo is smart and cunning, and can be considered an Anti-Hero Protagonist. In the Galaga Heroverse, she is very sassy and athletic. Judging by wearing a leotard, Ringo enjoys doing Gymnastics.
Due to her physical prowess and high skills in martial Arts, she along with Arle and Amitie are part of the fighters' roster in the Infamous Super Smash Bros. franchise until the franchise's downfall due to the toxicity of its community.
Her intelligence is what gave her the advantage in the Race track, and in evading the black car in the Prologue of Gala Stories.
== Portrayals ==
=== In Canon ===
Ringo makes her debut in Puyo Puyo 7, obviously, only her story is changed. She has been playing Puyo Puyo for a long time, and is getting bored that none of them is up to her levels. She has 6 best friends with her on her side, and they already once outmatched her to the point they're on her posse of "mean girls", and now they're wanting more. One day, Ringo had a dream where she fights someone in an intense battle, and when she woke up, she sets out on a mission to find that someone, and it's PERSONAL.
When she met Arle and Amitie for the first time, what did they do to her? Challenge her into a Puyo match, of course, and when things get tough, Ringo finally met her match, but as she reached her super form: Crimson Ringo, someone else butts in to her personal battle. It's Dark Arle and her army of Blob-Aliens, the Ecoloes (Singularly named Ecolo). They are set to kill Arle and Amitie, apparently, but they cannot tell who told them to kill the two heroes, and thinking Ringo is protecting Arle and Amitie, RIngo assures that she is on nobody's side, only hers and her own friends. But because Ringo still wants to fight Arle, she now has a new goal: Protect her rival from being killed.
So first, the Ecoloes fight Ringo, Arle and Amitie. Well, Ringo is unwilling to team up with the latter two because she finds them only worthy as rivals instead of friends, so she still fights only for her own gain. Angered by the first defeat, Dark Arle orders her army to find and possess as many people as they can (Except Ringo's parents because they are away for work) and kill Ringo, Arle and Amitie, causing Amitie to drag Ringo and Arle into a train station where they board a train to Primp Town.
Amitie gave Ringo and her 6 friends a tour of Primp Town, before being interrupted by possessed Maguro, Risukuma, and Random looking people who are NOT the characters Ringo fought earlier because they have all left her after she fought them. By fighting them, Ringo, Arle and Amitie all banished the corruptions, and all of them left Primp Town. Only one Ecolo remained and it and Dark Arle were Cross! Now, Dark Arle and the Ecolo went personal and decided to SCREW Arle and Amitie, only Ringo is the target. Arle and Amitie, not wanting their rival to die because she is equal to them, decided to also get angry, and join Ringo in slaughtering the last Ecolo and Dark Arle.
=== In the Gala Stories ===
In early childhood, Ringo lives in Suzuran, which is a City located in the North-Northeast of Prism Land, 5.605 miles Away from the flagship capital, Prism City. Suzuran is called the Heaven of Street Racers and Mixed-Use development, more so than Prism City because Prism City is 90% Metro rail and Office-Business oriented. Suzuran City has a race track built to be surrounded by Mixed-Use buildings like Apartments and Shopping Complexes amalgamating the typical Street-Racing cities.
== Relationships ==
=== Arle Nadja and Amitie Tamashiro ===
Arle and Amitie are Ringo's close equals ever since their first encounter in both Canon and Gala Stories, Ringo's hunt in Puyo Puyo 7 and one of Gala Stories' races in Prism City. She is quite the Excellent Puyo Popper that can give both Arle and Amitie a run for their money. Since this Ringo is different, she has a Love-Hate relationship with Arle and Amitie. First off is because they managed to make the playing field equal, and Arle found someone who is way harsher than she was. Also Ringo finds Amitie's innocence really annoying.
=== Ringo's Classmates ===
Ringo's classmates: Ichigo Takamachi, Fujiko Hoshizora, Isami Watanabe, Makoto Kiriya, Ami Fujiyama, and Aya Hiramoto are Ringo's TRUE friends and crewmates back in Magic School. Since they are all the same age as Ringo, All six of them and Ringo graduated a year before Arle's Graduation year. Ringo and her classmates are still close to this day, and they even made friends with Draco Centauros, Witch, Harpy, Raffina, Sig, Lidelle, Klug, and TaruTaru. Ringo's classmates are also street racers, and Ringo's team is called the Red Sirius Wolves.
=== Maguro Sasaki and Risukuma Asakura ===
Maguro Sasaki is Ringo's Boyfriend and the Mechanic of the Red Sirius Wolves. Maguro and Ringo were childhood friends in their young days. While Ringo's classmates are supportive of Ringo and Maguro becoming a couple, Maguro personally dislikes the classmates due to an infamous rumor that the 6 girls have been involved in a School Shooting, when the perpetrators are the Evil Space marines, and Maguro didn't care about trying to find out the truth. The Only reason Maguro serves Ringo's classmates and treats them nicely is due to peer pressure from his employees and Ringo's sake. Should Maguro rebel against Ringo's classmates, his employees will go on strike. Risukuma Asakura is the car tuner for the Red Sirius Wolves akin to Jun Kitami. Aside from modifying cars, he also researches on advanced car technologies that make them powerful and durable in the race track.
=== Vanellope Von Schweetz ===
Ringo and Vanellope are full blown rivals towards each other. Unlike Arle and Vanellope who have a Sisterly bond, Ringo personally dislikes Vanellope, just like Rancis Fluggerbutter is to her in Galaga Heroverse. Ringo is the type who doesn't trust foreigners, due to her family's encounter with them in the past.
=== Dark Arle ===
The Main antagonist of Puyo Puyo 7 and 8. Ringo absolutely hates this bastard who impersonates Arle of all people, which could have confused Ringo into which Arle was the real one, come the reveal in the 8th game who Dark Arle truly is, Ringo's hatred grew more severe.
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