Karen Minazuki

Karen Minazuki is a character from the Yes! Pretty Cure 5 later Yes! Pretty Cure 5 GoGo! it's second season and Power of Hope: Precure Full Bloom.
She is voiced by Ai Maeda (who also voiced Mimi Tachikawa in Digimon Adventure/02, Sailor Pluto in Sailor Moon Crystal, and Yura Keikain in Nura Rise of Yokai Clan).
==Personality==
Karen is admired by other students due to her calm and stoic nature. Initially, she thinks the Pretty Cure thing is a farce, but was forced to believe it when the Nightmare invaded her house. But then she failed to become a Pretty Cure due to her loner mindset. 
Despite this, Nozomi continued to ask her about becoming a Pretty Cure and even overcoming the loneliness she suffered and after realizing that she wants to protect her friends, Karen is finally able to become Cure Aqua. 
As she now spends time with them, she finally softens and warms up to them and starts becoming a better friend as the series progresses further. Also, she was able to overcome her difficulties thanks to the kindness of her friends and as well as have fun with them.
During the course of the series, she develops a rapport with Milk and discovers her dream to help those who are sick, and she starts learning on how to become a doctor.
Approaching 'GoGo!' and the All-stars series, her kindness and honest emotions become more stronger than before.
==Relationships==
===Nozomi Yumehari===
Nozomi is Karen's close friend.
When they met each other, they didn't had an easy start because of Karen's lonely and harshful attitude and Nozomi annoys her about being a Precure. In Episode 7, Nozomi tells her that they both share in common in their life, which made Karen surprised and tells her that she is mysterious. As they share a laugh, the two were ambushed by Bunbee, who confronts Nozomi. As she sees Nozomi and the others getting manhandled by Bunbee, Karen finally decides to stand up to him and yells that she wants to help everyone and finally manages to become Cure Aqua.
After becoming a Precure, her relationship with Nozomi becomes brighter. Although she continues to be annoyed with her clumsy attitude, she still thinks her as a wonderful friend and will protect her no matter what.
===Rin Natsuki===
Rin is Karen's close friend.
In most times, they are often seen arguing and mocking at each other in a harsh way. Rin is assertive and strict while Karen is rather calm and sometimes hot-headed.
Despite this, they still care for each other.
==Trivia==
*Cure Aqua is the first blue cure in Pretty Cure history, followed by Cure Berry, Cure Marine, Cure Beat and Cure Beauty.
*Cure Aqua is the first Aquatic-themed cure in Pretty Cure History, followed by Cure Marine & Cure Beauty.
*Karen occasionally shows an exaggerated fondness for grape juice.
*Karen has a number of similarities to Honoka from Futari wa Pretty Cure, most notably their nearly identical backgrounds and their reputations for being highly intelligent and polite. As such, her relationship with Rin is interesting in how much it differs from Honoka's relationship with Nagisa. This may be due to their opposite Cure forms; Cure Rouge and Cure Aqua control fire and water respectively, which are frequently depicted as opposites. Also, as Urara points out in the same episode, the two also represent passion and intelligence, another well-established opposite.
*Karen's relationship with Milk is implied to be analogous to those between Nozomi and Coco (Koji Kokoda), Komachi and Natts, and Urara and Syrup.
*Karen is the only cure that is never seen expressing romantic interest in a male character, except when others are doing the same.
*Cure Aqua's Aqua Ribbon is the source of a rare inconsistency between the animation and merchandise. Merchandise representing the item consistently depicts it as a long, blue, whip-like ribbon attached to a handle similar in appearance to the Rouge Tact. In the animation, however, the ribbon is absent; the item consists solely of the handle, which the writers would occasionally interpret as a sword hilt. The reason for this discrepancy is unknown.
*Cure Aqua, along with Cure Marine and Cure Beauty, differ from the other blue Cures in the series as their hairstyle in their transformed state is not a purple ponytail. Cure Aqua instead has a blue ponytail.
*In the Pretty Cure All Stars Suite Flower Card Collection, Karen is represented by the iris, which symbolizes love and sympathy in the Language of Flowers.
*Karen is the first cure in Pretty Cure history to play a musical instrument (violin) the other one being Hibiki Hojo (piano) and Ellen Kurokawa (guitar).
*Karen is the first Cure to have a butler, followed by Alice Yotsuba.
*Her pose in Pretty Cure All Stars New Stage 3: Eien No Tomodachi, it resembles Cure Mint's pose.
*Karen will appear as Cure Aqua to give the 10th Anniversary Congratulatory Message at the beginning of episode 7 of Happiness Charge Pretty Cure!
*Karen and Hibari Kyoya from Reborn, which is both a position as Student President.
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