Thyma

**Thyma** (シーマ) is a minor character from *Promare*.

A hesitant woman who struggles with her newfound circumstances, Thyma is one of the first Burnish featured in the shorts. She first appeared in *Galo-hen* being rescued by Galo. She is later captured by Freeze Force and discovered by Lio and company.

Portrayal: Mao Ichimichi

## Personality

In her brief appearances, Thyma appears to be a fairly meek person who keeps to herself, as Thyma doesn't attempt to leave the Mad Burnish. She is made upset by her sudden turning of a Burnish, where up until Gueira and Meis calm her down, Thyma tries to deny. Thyma is deeply considerate of others' wellbeing. When she accidentally sets the Mad Burnish leaders on fire, she is regretful until realizing they are fine.

In the Burnish institution, she is shown reaching out to Lio, showing that she still has some consciousness. She comments on her confusion regarding the torture inflicted on the Burnish. Specifically what could of caused them to deserve to be disected and used as fuel.

## Appearance

Thyma is a thin woman with brown skin, pink-ish brown hair, and green eyes. With her hair, she wears a blue bandana. She wears a black and white top, a white lab coat, black tights, and white boots. Thyma also sports golden hoop earrings. On her person is an employee badge.

When she is found again by Lio, Gueira, and Meis, she is heavily bandaged up and sports none of her previous accessories. She instead wears a grey prison outfit. Her head and arms are wrapped in gauze. As they arrive at the cave, her clothes are replaced with a blanket, leaving bandages around her chest and waist as coverup.

## History

### *Galo-hen*

During the events of *Galo-hen*, Thyma is found to be trapped inside one of the office buildings. The camera footage shows Thyma hitting at the door. Lucia concludes she was locked in from the heat in the building. This eventually results in Galo going in to save her.

After regaining consciousness, Thyma suddenly turns into a Burnish, causing her to accidentally burn Galo's left arm. She is horrified by this, as her flames end up forming a giant snake. Before she or anyone else can do anything. Gueira and Meis step in and take her away from the area.

### *Lio-hen*

After driving for a while, Gueira and Meis properly introduce themselves to Thyma alongside other Burnish. Thyma continues to be in denial of what happened, causing her flames to lash out once more. Everyone is left unaffected by it. Gueira and Meis explain that they all just suddenly became Burnish in some stroke of fate and that, if she wanted, Thyma could join Mad Burnish.

Before the conversation can continue, Freeze Force tracks the group down. Gueira and Meis drive away so they can distract the group. However, Freeze Force already predicted this, resulting in the capture of multiple Burnish, including Thyma.

### *Promare*

When Lio, Gueira, and Meis are captured and brought to their cell, Thyma was one of the prisoners inside. She attempted to reach out to Lio. He and the others can only show sympathy at this time, as their hands were still locked up. She questions why this is happening to them. When a prison breakout occurs later, Thyma was rescued alongside her fellow Burnish.

In a hidden away cave, Thyma is tended to by Lio and the others. He attempts Burnish CPR via mouth-to-mouth to save her. Even with this, Thyma dies to her wounds. Her body turns into ashes and fades away.

## Relationships

### Mad Burnish

After turning into a Burnish, Gueira and Meis take her with them to prevent any further actions from Burning Rescue or potentially Freeze Force. They later attempt to calm her down and even offer to have her join them. However, Freeze Force catches her after Gueira and Meis try to distract the armed police force.

The duo later find her in prison. They direct Lio's attention to her and help her escape alongside other Burnish.

### Lio

When Lio purposefully lands himself in prison, Thyma is shown reaching out to him. Despite likely never knowing her before, he hurries to her side. He later attempts to save her via Burnish CPR. His efforts are in vain as she dies with a slight smile.

### Galo

During the events of Galo-hen, Galo saves Thyma. Regaining consciousness, Thyma ends up turning and scars Galo's left arm. Galo later wishes to save a dying Thyma in the Burnish hideout. It is unknown if they recognized each other.

### Aina

When Galo launches himself and Thyma out of a window, Aina catches them. She promptly brings them to the ground. After Thyma turns, Aina is the one to think fast and put both her and Galo out. Aina theorizes that she had just turned and, thus, was not the cause of the aflame building.

## Quotes

* *"It can't be. Please, I DON'T WANT THIS!"*
* (to Gueira and Meis) *"Who are you guys?"*
* *"I don't understand, I was completely normal until today."*

## Gallery

*For Thyma's full gallery, go here.*

Thyma in *Galo-hen*Thyma with Gueira and MeisThyma in *Lio-hen*Thyma with Gueira and MeisApologetic Thyma
## Trivia

* In the Memorial artbook, she is referred to as "Mad Burnish Lady."
* Thyma's employee badge sports a similar appearance to Heris'. Both have a golden diamond shape. This means she was an employee of Foresight Foundation as well.
* Thyma and Aina are the only named female characters to physically show up in both prequel shorts and *Promare*.

### Miscellaneous

* Her Japanese voice provider, Mao Ichimichi or M・A・O, provides her voice for Vorona in the *Durarara!!x2* series, Yuuri Wakasa from *School-Live!*, *Mob Psycho 10**0'*s Minori Asagiri, and Fumika Sagisawa from the *Idolmaster* series.
* Thyma is the only named character with two separate English voice actors.
	+ Kimberly Brooks, her actress in the shorts, is most notably known for her roles as Shinobu Jacobs in the *No More Heroes* games, Allura from *Voltron: Legendary Defender*, Skara in Disney's *Owl House*, and Batgirl in *Batman* related video games.
	+ Erica Lindbeck, while also voicing Futaba Sakura in the *Persona* series and Pakunoda from *Hunter x Hunter*, is also the voice actress for Heris.
* In the shorts, a few scenes depict her bow with different colors or Thyma missing her earrings due to animation errors.