Huang Mei Ling

Mei Ling Huang is one of the supporting human characters in the Anime OVA series Blue Submarine No.6 as well as the two videogames. A 10-year-old Vietnamese crew member who works with the sonar and communicates with Zorndyke's creatures. She is the operator of Blue 6's Lorenzini System and thus a vital member of the crew.
==Appearance== 
Huang is a female child with grayish green eyes and sandy blond hair that reaches her neck and is kept in small twintails. She is constantly shown siting the Lorenzini control room with her headset and her teddy bear.
==History==
A prodigal child from Vietnam, Huang was born and raised in a wealthy family. Her father is French and her mother is Vietnamese. Not much is known about her early life but because she is gifted with extra sensory abilities, she was involved in a project at the Oceania Marine Development center. After the Zorndyke conflict began, Yamada saw her talent and had her join the Blue Fleet. She became a sonar officer on the ship and the sole operator of the Lorenzini system. It is unknown if Huang's parents or any other family are still alive or if she, like so many other crew members, lost them during the war.
== Personality and Abilities ==
Despite the apocalyptic world she is growing up in and the horrors of war she's experiencing first hand, Huang is nonetheless a generally sweet and good-natured girl, always treating others with kindness and seems to have a good relationship with the crew. She is a child genius and a sonometer who uses the "Lorenzini System" included on the Blue Fleet Submarines. She is the sole member of Blue 6 who operates this system and reports to her guardian Mako Yamada, Blue 6's main sonar operator. During the final stages of the war, Huang also worked in conjunction with Katsuma as guides for the crew.
Huang is a psychic with extra-sensory and empathic abilities, she can sense the location of things both living and non-living and in some cases with the former, even communicate with them and sense their feelings. The advanced "Lorenzini" system on Blue #6 is able to amplify Huang's abilities far beyond her natural limits giving her the ability to detect enemy units long before the ship's radar and sensors can pick them up thus giving a strong advantage in battle. The system also allows Huang to guide the submarine through rough and dangerous terrain, this was shown in episode 3 when she guided the Blue Fleet to Antarctica through a narrow and difficult passageway with Katsuma's help. 
She also has some apparent skills in a Grampus; during the Antarctica game, she is paired with Juju in the "Cuttlefish".
Despite Huang's remarkable skills, she is still quite young and very emotionally frail, often times she's seen clutching her stuffed bear and is very disturbed by all the death that occurs on both sides during battle. Nevertheless, Huang is strong-willed and diligent despite enduring the harsh reality of her life and fulfills her duties to the best of her abilities.
Shown in her first meetings with both Kino and Juju, Huang is also very shy and intimidated around others. Despite this, she has been shown to warm up to people once she gets to know them. She became very close to Mayumi Kino, whom she looks up to her like a little sister, and Kino seems genuinely concerned about her well-being and dotes on her like a caring big-sister figure. Huang also becomes friends with Juju despite him bullying her at first once he realized what a fragile and caring person she is.
Because of her nature, Huang dislikes any kind of conflict and feels burdened by her psychic abilities. Though her innocence is at stark contrast with the rest of the crew of the Blue #6, Huang still cares deeply for them and is vice-versa. 
=Blue Submarine No.6=
==Blue==
Huang is first shown late in the first battle at the Tokyo base against a musica, warning Yamada that the "sharks" he's picking up are torpedos. She later informs that the Narushio has arrived to assist, helping Blue 6 to destroy the musica.
==Pilots==
When the Ghost Ship attacks the Tokyo base, Huang is briefly heard announcing that NOVO System has confirmed the enemy's position.
Later when Blue 6 returns to Blue HQ at Blue Dome, Huang is first seen having finished calibrating the Lorenzini system to be ready for the coming final assault against Zorndyke's forces. As she rests afterwards, Huang hears a haunting song, unknowingly sung by Mutio's sisters possibly as an early warning of the approaching enemy forces. Huang becomes distraught as the songs continue and goes seeking solace from Kino. Despite her mood from a recent argument with Hayami, Kino comforts her asking what's bothering her. Huang tells her that she keeps hearing songs and not the usual kind of dolphins or whales as Kino suggests but rather sad and "black" ones. Just then the facility shakes and the alarms sound as the Chimeran forces led by the Ghost Ship have manage to track Blue 6 back to their base. Huang returns to the safety of the Blue 6 with Kino.
Thanks to Dr. Marunami, the entire Blue Fleet is able to escape Blue Dome before it's destroyed.
==Hearts==
The next day, the Blue Fleet proceeded with the plan for the final stand against Zorndyke's forces. Huang continued her duties which were becoming more vital than ever. She first guided the fleet to a location of a sunken sub carrying 20 nuclear SLBMs intended to use against Zorndyke's based. After recovering the nukes and storing them about Sub No. O, the Blue Fleet proceeded towards the Chimera territory, Huang was essential in guiding fleet through the narrow and dangerous ice passageway with Katsuma Nonaka's help, using the same route he and Hayami took on their first failed journey to bring a peace offering to Zorndyke. 
Soon a Musica was detected which turned out to be Red Spot, a "defective prototype Musica who strayed from the main herd. Captain Iga ordered the Musica destroyed but at the very moment the torpedoes launched, Katsuma told Huang that Red Spot was carrying Hayami who had been shot down during the battle at Blue Dome and presumed dead but it was too late. Despite failing to stop the launch, Huang told Yamada that Hayami was on the Musica to which Kino immediately launched in her Grampus to rescue him. Kino successfully recovered and returned Hayami to Blue 6 as Red Spot sank. During the time, Huang once again heard the sad song of Mutio and her sisters mourning the dying Musica.
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