Corrina Minett (Manga)

"*I am the Pretty Heroine of love and passion. I'm Sailor Aphrodite! Repent or worship love.*"
— Sailor Aphrodite's introduction
**Corrina Minett**
 (コリーナ ミネト, *Korīna Minetto*?) is one of the secondary protagonists of Pretty Guardians of Olympus as well as the co-leader pro tem of the team. Corrina was first introduced to be the crime fighting **Sailor A**
 (セーラーA, *Sēra A*?) whose true identity was **Sailor Aphrodite**
 (セーラーアフロディテ, *Sēra Afurodeite*?), the Guardian of love and passion. Sailor Aphrodite has the abilities to shapeshift and manipulate emotions.

## Appearance

### Civilian

Corrina appears to be a slender young woman with peachy skin, long golden blond hair, and wide violet eyes. They noticeably have rosy cheeks and very pink lips. Many have described her has the modern incarnation of Venus and as the epitome of beauty in the modern era.

Corrina frequently wore the Prometheus Academy school uniform which consisted of a very dark blue blazer with yellow accents, white blouse, a blue tartan skirt, black socks (with two gold lines on the top), and a blue and yellow striped bowtie along with shoes of their choice (black Mary Janes). However, when she was not in the uniform, she often wore varying different outfits.

### Cedric

Meanwhile, Cedric appears as a slender young man with peachy skin. Unlike the female form, he has short, curly strawberry blond hair. They still retain their wide violet eyes, rosy cheeks, and pink lips.

When in this form, Corrina would frequently wear the boys' uniform for Prometheus Academy. The uniform consists a very dark blue blazer with yellow accents, white button-up, khaki slacks, black socks, and a blue and yellow striped bowtie along with shoes of their choice (black loafers).

### Sailor Guardian

* Sailor A
* Sailor Aphrodite
* Super Sailor Aphrodite
* Eternal Sailor Aphrodite
* Nobility
 Sailor Aphrodite's uniform is different from her Sailor A attire. She dons a light pink leotard with a sewn-in chest armor piece and matching shoulder pads which consist of 3 fittings. They wear a purple sailor collar with one white stripe and a peach colored bow affixed to it in the front with a hot pink round gem in the center. She wears a purple skirt attached to a puffy, v-shaped peach colored belt. At the back of the skirt and belt is a hot pink bow. Sailor Aphrodite, like the rest of her team, wears forearm length gloves. Their gloves are the same color as her leotard and have 3 hot pink fittings at the top. They wear a hot pink choker with a purple heart gem charm on it and a gold v-shaped tiara with a hot pink gem in the center of it. She wears hot pink heels with peach criss-cross straps and a horizontal peach strap. Lastly, Sailor Aphrodite adorns the Aphrodite Scallop Girdle in its scallop belt form around her waist.

After Super Sailor Olympus awakens, Sailor Aphrodite's brooch changes from round to heart shaped, and their choker's charm changes color to a light pink with gold trim.

## Sailor Aphrodite

Corrina can transform into Sailor Aphrodite by calling out her transformation phrase as long as she has her transformation item with them.

### Phrases

* **Aphrodite Power, Make Up**
* **Aphrodite Deity Power, Make Up**
* **Aphrodite Divine Power, Make Up**
* **Aphrodite Crystal Power, Make Up**
* **Aphrodite Crystal Eternal Power, Make Up**

### Items

* **Aphrodite Scallop Compact**
* **Transformation Pen**
* **Deity Power Stick**
* **Divine Power Wand**
* **Aphrodite Crystal Heart**
* **Aphordite Crystal Star**

### Weapons

* **Aphrodite Scallop Girdle**
* **Passionate Love Whip**

## Abilities & Powers

Corrina has the innate ability to shapeshift into different people. However, she is incapable of changing into animals or inanimate objects. They themself have stated that they don't have any limits to humanoid forms they might take on and can go as far as to make it seem as if the form she is taking on is her original form. They often use this ability to spy and investigate. Meanwhile, they have the power to forcibly alter people's emotions and feelings to one another.

## Nomenclature & Etymology

### Etymology

**Corrina:** Corrina is a modernized, latinized form of the Greek name Κορίννα (Korinna) which derived from κόρη (kore), meaning maiden. Kore was also another name for Persephone.

**Minett:** Minett derives from the Old Germanic name Minna. Minna in Old German means love.

## Trivia

* Cedric (Corrina's male form's name) comes from the Brythonic Caratacos. Caratacos contains the Celtic element car which symbolizes love.
* Corrina is one of the three Sailor Guardians who has a decent relationship with her godly parent. She has frequently been shown calling Aphrodite throughout the series.
	+ The other two to have a decent relationship with their godly parents are Mia and Macaria. However, Mia's more comes from the mortal alter ego that Ares had for majority of the series.
* For the rerelease of the manga, Chio-Ane asked the English translators to respect her wishes in utilizing both she and they as Corrina's pronouns. It can be seen in the Japanese rereleases and reprints that genderneutral terms are used for Corrina as much as feminine terms are used for them. Later on in the original release, this can also be seen.
* Chio-Ane stated in an interview that Corrina's abilities would scare her the most because they could easily do a messed up form of mindcontrol by manipulating emotions.
* In the original publication and release of the manga, Corrina was born in 1977. With the rerelease, her birth year was left ambiguous and subsequently retconned to fit the ambiguity of the story now taking place in the 21st century.

## Gallery

*Main Page: Corrina Minett/Image Gallery*