Adele Demetriou

**"No Touching Please!"**

## Adele Demetriou

* School Uniform
* Casual
* Coat On

## Personal Description

### Age

10 (First Appearance)
11 (Current)

## Status

### Family

Adelinde Siegert (Maternal Grandmother)
Auguste Siegert-D'Autriche (Maternal Grandfather)
Mikhail Demetriou (Father)
Elvira Demetriou (Mother)
Lysithea Demetriou (Older Sister)

## Portrayal

### English Voice

Krystal LaPorte (Anime)

**Adele Demetriou** (アデル・デメトリウ *Aderu demetoriu*) also known as **Dele** (デレ *Dere*) is the younger sister of Lysithea Demetriou and the daughter of Support Hero Astra and Pro Hero Triton. She is in Lorenz Private Academy's Elementary sect. in her last year until Junior sect. She always carries a hand puppet named **Tamashii** (魂 *Tamashī*), which she values as her hero.

## Appearance

Adele has the look of a young, cute girl that's 11 years of age with blue eyes and long curly blue hair. Her casual outfit is an oversized green raincoat with a rabbit theme, sporting a poofy tail with a pink ribbon tied to it on the coattail, and a pair of rabbit ears on the hood. The coat is lined with a gold zigzag pattern and white frills, and the sleeves are partially detached at her upper arms. She wears green boots matching the color of her raincoat with pink socks inside. Under her raincoat is a white dress and a pink ribbon around her neck.

Usually, she is almost always seen wearing a hat. In the summer, she wore a one-piece dress and a sunhat given to her by Lysithea. Adele wears the Lorenz Private Academy female uniform. This apparel consists of a black, long-sleeved top (winter version), or a white, short-sleeved top (summer version), together with a blue skirt, and a pair of long, black stockings that reach up to half of her thigh

## Personality

Adele is described as being a shy, yet kind young child and is far more passive compared to most of the other quirk bearers, never even fighting back against the bullies despite them constantly trying the bring her dowm. During her first appearance, Adele was withdrawn to the point of being unable to articulate full sentences or express herself well, instead having her alter ego, "Tamashii," speak for her. However, while this certainly wasn't a healthy way of living, it did at least help keep her mental state somewhat stable. On the other hand though, whenever Tamashii was separated her, the normally quiet girl would completely lose her composure and even showed willingness to resort to violence to get her puppet back.

Like the other Demetriou descendant, Adele's mental state can also be displayed through her powers. During her debut, her powers would constantly cause it to rain, symbolizing how sad and lonely she was. Similarly, whenever Tamashii is separated from her, Adele would unintentionally freeze her surroundings, showing how unstable she is without her alter ego.

Adele slowly begins to improve her communication skills and learn how to integrate herself into society. Not long after starting her rehabilitation, she becomes able to converse with others without relying on Tamashii. She later also becomes more open and daring in her interactions, especially after befriending Koyomi.

### Tamashii

"Tamashii" is Adele's alter ego that appears in the form of a puppet speaking through ventriloquism and was created to help her bear the hardships of being the daughter of Pro-Heroes. The Tamashi personality only exists within the puppet; when the two are separated, Tamashii becomes dormant. However, both Adele and Tamashii don't seem to know this, causing them to believe the puppet is alive and not understand what ventriloquism means.

Since Tamashii was created to be the shy Adele's ideal "hero", the puppet's demeanor has a far more of an outgoing and outlandish demeanor compared to the latter. In contrast to Adele who speaks timidly, Tamashii speaks boldly and in third-person. Subconsciously, despite having lost her memories, Adele based the personality of the puppet off her sister Lysithea, who told her the puppet was a symbol of her always looking after her. Tamashii has shown to be brutally blunt, to the point of unintentionally insulting others on occasions. She is also very teasing, especially during her first appearance, to the point that she came off as being arrogant. However, misguided as she might be at times, Tamashii has shown to truly care for Adele's best interests.

## Abilities

### Quirk

* **Water Puppeteer** (水上人形師 *Minakami ningyō-shi*): Adele has the ability to manipulate all three states of water in her surrounding area, although generally this is shown in the solid state. She usually only uses her powers for defensive purposes due to her kind and shy nature. Being a passive person, Yoshino is very agile when running and hiding against those against her. However, she is a potent fighter when properly motivated.
	+ At her full power, Adele is capable of creating a large blizzard dome that extends to 10 meters. Izuku Midoriya notes that she is capable of freezing things without substance. Izuku even compares the intensity of her ice storms to being constantly targeted by a barrage of shotguns.
* **Marionette** (マリオネット *Marionetto*): Her Angel, Ryūjin, is a huge puppet about three meters in length that resembles Yoshinon. In the anime, Ryūjin has two forms. The first form resembles Tamashii but is a lot bigger, with one red round eye and an eyepatch, large sharp teeth, and white skin. In this form, Ryūjin has the ability to absorb water from the ground and air and release it in the form of freezing air that acts similar to liquid nitrogen. Tamashii is also able to talk through the puppet and acts as a limiter to suppress the Angel's powers so that it doesn't end up killing anyone. Ryūjin's second form appears to be its true form, this form also resembles Tamashii but is even larger than when Tamashii becomes Ryūjin. The second form is larger than a building and does not have an eyepatch. This Ryūjin has the same powers as the other but its strength receives a significant boost. Ryūjin is manipulated via strings from two holes in its back. Adele usually keeps her hands inserted in these holes, but she can use the strings to remotely control the puppet for sneak attacks.

## Relatives

* Adelinde Siegert (Maternal Grandmother)
* Auguste Siegert-D'Autriche (Maternal Grandfather)
	+ Elvira Demetriou (Mother)
	+ Mikhail Demetriou (Father)
		- Lysithea Demetriou (Older Sister
		- **Adele Demetriou** (Younger Sister)

## Trivia

* Adele is derived from the name Adela, Originally a short form of names beginning with the Old German element *adal* meaning "noble" (Proto-Germanic \**aþalaz*). Saint Adela was a 7th-century Frankish princess who founded a monastery at Pfazel in France. This name was also borne by a daughter of William the Conqueror.
	+ Demetriou is derived from Demetrius, Latinized form of the Greek name Δημήτριος (Demetrios), which was derived from the name of the Greek goddess Demeter. Kings of Macedon and the Seleucid kingdom have had this name. This was also the name of several early saints including a Saint Demetrius who was martyred in the 4th century.
* Adele's design is based on a "jungle girl" which means a "fairy-like female that lives in the forest."
* Her favorite things are cute hats, and her least favorite are crowded spaces.
* Adele's casual dress was initially cat-themed rather than rabbit-themed.
* She's one of the only people that know that Lysithea is secretly working as a vigilante.
* Adele's favorite drink is Ramune, and she enjoys all of Hokuto's cooking.
* Adele's main hobby is blowing soap bubbles. She also enjoys buying sweets and accessories with her pocket money for everyone at the Demetriou Estate, squishing cat paws and helping with the cooking.

## Quotes

* (To Izuku) *"Even when it's someone who you think is perfect, like My Sister, my big sister, she's soooo perfect, but she's- she doesn't like food. One day she got so fed up with herself, she was like, she was so annoyed, she hated how much she loved food, yeah, so he thought it would be better if there wasn't any food. But that's so silly! Because you've got to eat food or you'll die, won't you? So my sister, Lysithea. Lysithea... She- she thought it would be better, if she just got it over with then and there. So she- Last year she... She hurt herself..."*
* (To Yugo) *"As the eldest of the Demetriou family, sister always has a full schedule of places she needs to be. I do try my best to share her load, but there is no changing the pressure she is subjected to all year round, and the toll it takes upon her. \*sigh\* When you see her, remind her to take care of herself, for her sister's sake..."*

## Original Characters

* Yoshino Himekawa - Date A Live (Abilites, Appearance, Image Profile, Personality, Trivia)
* Victoria Spring, Solitaire - Alice Oseman (Quotes)
* Shinobu Kocho - Kimetsu no Yaiba (Relationships)
* Kanao Tsuyuri - Kimetsu no Yaiba (Trivia)