Araga Kiwi

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**Araga Kiwi** (阿良河 (あらが)  キウィ?), also known by her alias **Leopard** (レオパルト, *Reoparuto*?), is a member of the evil organization Enormeeta. She currently attends the same school as Hiiragi Utena.

## Appearance

Although she is short, she has a large chest.

Leopard's costume resembles an oversized military uniform. It's adorned with 4-point stars, has a matching hat and boots, and all but exposes her nether region, covered only in garters and a thong. Beneath her oversized jacket, three stars appear across her chest.

## Personality

She became a member of Enormeeta to beat up magical girls, because she hated that they got more attention than her on social media. Although Kiwi was initially hostile towards Utena, after undergoing shock training, she became docile and developed a crush on Utena. Now she is content with Utena's acknowledgement alone. Kiwi frequently fantasizes about going to a love hotel with Utena. Despite appearances she is decent enough academically to help Utena avoid her grades deteriorating.

She and Magia Sulfur instinctively have it out for each other. They immediately devolve to insults and fighting at every opportunity — even in their civilian forms, despite not recognizing each other due to recognition inhibition.

Due to spending a lot of time with Utena, Kiwi has picked up part of her personality and now likes to "play" with Tres Magia. This includes building a card tower on Azul's rear when she was stuck in the wall during the Baiser's Dungeon event and playing a pull-string lottery with clothes pegs clamped on to Magenta's nipples.

## Abilities

**Trans-Magia** (変身 (トランスマジア) , *Toransu Majia*?, lit. "Transform") is a power that transforms Kiwi into her Leopard form. She can perform Trans-Magia by using a transformation star provided by Venalita.

**Recognition Inhibition** (認識阻害, *Ninshiki Sogai*?) is an ability that prevents people from recognizing a transformed magic user.

In her **Leopard** form, she can materialize various explosives and firearms, and fire them concurrently. Her weapons include a double-barrel flintlock pistol, oddly-shaped grenades, AK-47s, blunderbuss, artillery and tank cannons, dynamite, rocket and missile launchers, and other rifles, pistols and bombs.

In her second-stage form, her magic manifests cat-like attributes, including paws and a tail that resemble a black leopard.

**Deadly Bomber** (死ぬボンバー, *Shinu Bonbā*?) is an attack that Leopard can use in her cat form. She releases a seemingly ceaseless barrage of powerful bombs that explode on her enemies. Her bombs appear as black cloudy wisps that follow her. Because she cannot control her magic well, she damages herself when using this ability.

**La Verità** (真化 (ラ・ヴェリタ) ?, lit. "True Form") is a transformation ability in which a magical girl's feelings overflow and advance to the next phase, transforming her into a new form. While transforming, a large amount of stars burst around Kiwi while her transformation star shines brightly on her head. She obtained this transformation by willingly allowing Baiser (in her empowered state) to electrocute her, accepting her feelings and wanting to make Utena fall in love with her even more. Her true form is Strong as Fuck State. She dons an asymmetric cat themed military uniform, tail included (with a bell on the end), with one side have a long floppy sleeve and a thigh high boot and the other side having the entire side of her body exposed and a regular boot.

**Obliteration Beam Strahl** is an attack that Leopard can use in her La Verità form. Steel claw-like prongs come out of her sleeve, creating an orb that fires beams of energy that can change directions multiple times after being fired. The beams are strong enough to destroy the jumper cable Schiavo Baiser made in her empowered form.

## Trivia

* "Leopard" may refer to a model of tanks developed in Germany, or the Leopard species of wild cats.
* The pronunciation of 「レオパルト」*Reoparuto* is based on the German pronunciation for "Leopard", in which the final 'd' is unstressed, sounding closer to a 't' sound.
* The name "Kiwi" is likely related to Leopard's green and brown colour theme, as those are the colors of the Kiwifruit.
* Judging by the appearance of her home, Kiwi may be from a wealthy family.
* Sister Gigant theorizes that Kiwi masquerades as a No-Star because she can't control her power, but Kiwi claims that it (posing as a No-Star) is simply a handicap she imposes on herself. The truth remains unclear, but Kiwi's fighting power as a Three-Star appears to have a short time limit.
* She describes her relationship with Utena as more than friends but less than lovers. **Ch 40**

## Relationships

### Hiiragi Utena

They first met at the Nacht base, Kiwi initially disliked Utena and felt she was weak. But after losing to Baiser after the first match, Kiwi changed her mind and transferred to the school where Utena was studying. They gradually expanded their relationship to the point where it could be called above friendship and below love.

### Morino Korisu

After Vena brought Korisu back to base, Kiwi immediately commented that she was adorable, but after seeing Korisu's sharp eyes, she immediately thought that this child was scary. She supports Korisu's ability to play with dollhouses, Kiwi often damages Korisu's dolls and teddy bears, whether on a daily basis or in battle. She bought a toy to make up for Korisu, and it was shaped like a superhero. She is also seen playing with Korisu to distract her from things Korisu shouldn't see.

### Akoya Matama

Matama and Kiwi fought for the first time when Kiwi arbitrarily rushed into battle with Loco Musica despite Korisu's intervention. In that battle, Kiwi lost to Loco and fled with Nero Alice. In the next battle, Enormeeta won against Loco Musica and Leberblume, Matama joined Enormeeta and they became friends and teammates.

### Anemo Nemo

The first time Kiwi and Nemo fought each other, it was during an outdoor performance by Loco Musica. During the battle, Leberblume controlled Leopard's shadow causing her to attack Baiser, but the second time she was captured by them. After losing to Enormeeta, Nemo joined Enormeeta and became friends with Kiwi.

### Hanabishi Haruka

Because Kiwi transferred to Utena's school, Haruka is now her classmate. The first time Kiwi and Haruka met in class, Haruka offered to invite Utena to lunch, but Kiwi immediately pushed Haruka away, thinking Haruka was planning to steal Utena from her. Leopard also often participates in lewd jokes teasing Magenta with Baiser

### Minakami Sayo

Sayo and Kiwi were classmates after Kiwi transferred there. She thinks Sayo puts on a show with Utena and thinks meditating under a waterfall is stupid. Kiwi felt itchy when Sayo acted mature. Sometimes after Baiser and Azul finished fighting, she wondered what happened.

### Tenkawa Kaoruko

Kaoruko and Kiwi always quarrel whenever they meet, Kiwi felt annoyed when Kaoruko called her a stalker Utena the first time they met and she called Kaoruko a flat-chested girl. They are always seen fighting with each other throughout the series. Kiwi also said that next time she will kill Magia Sulfur because she defeated Utena.

### Venalita

The reason Kiwi wants to destroy Tres Magia is because she wants to be the most adorable person in the world, but everyone only knows them so she wants to destroy them, so Vena turned her into Magical Girl. Kiwi also often asks Vena about Utena's condition whenever she is injured in battle. Vena also built a hotel according to Kiwi's wishes

## Image Gallery

Character ProfileVolume 3 CoverCh. 5 p. 9 Fan-coloredSince when did you think I was 0 Stars?Cat FormLeopard's La VeritàVolume 1 Sale Promo ArtSmile!!Nomination Promo ArtChibi Alice and LeopardAnimeOutfit details (anime)What if scenarioVolume 10 Cover
## References

1. ↑ https://myanimelist.net/people/41328/Aoi\_Koga
2. ↑ Translated as **Leoparde** in the J-Novel translation.
3. ↑ Sometimes translated as "**Leopolt**" in fan translations.
4. ↑ *Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete* manga; Chapter 6
5. ↑ *Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete* manga; Chapter 7 pages 10-11
6. ↑ *Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete* manga; Chapter 7 page 12
7. ↑ Volume 2 Character Profile.
8. ↑ *Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete* manga; Chapter 6
9. ↑ Japanese Wikipedia レオパルト#名称.
10. ↑ *Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete* manga; Chapter 18