Dafa

Dafa Defara

Dafa Defara is the major protagonist in the Dafa & Lulu Universe. He is the leader of the group and likes to encourage his teammates and put them before himself. He is brave, courageous, diplomatic, persistent, reliable, confident, and empathetic.

## Background

Dafa Defara is a primary school student of SD Nusantara. He is an only child of Sigit Pamungkas and Anisa Hayati. He loves to eat his father's infamous egg fried rice, and enjoys playing soccer with his mother. Dafa also has a cat called Piko, whom he loves to play with very often. His father is an office employee and his mother is a housewife. His parents are Dafa's biggest supporters.

### Relatives

Dafa is the only child in his family.

* Ayah: Sigit Pamungkas is Dafa's father who works as a chef in a restaurant. He is a family man who loves to play and sometimes pull a prank on Dafa.

* Bunda: Anisa Hayati is Dafa's mother who stays at home. She loves to spend time with Dafa by playing soccer together.

He has a close relationship with his parents. He loves to help whenever his father is cooking. His father's homemade fried rice is his all time favorite dish. However, his father always tells him that he and his friends should ask for help from adults whenever they are doing something dangerous to kids, such as lighting up fire, cutting food, etc. His father are overly proud of Dafa when he becomes superhero that he collects news articles about him.

His mother is like a walking diary to Dafa, as he tells her everything. He also loves to play football with his mother. Since his first day of school, Dafa has been disciplined by his mother to put his own stuff to his bag for school. He gets a lot of support and love from his parents and it was the reason he always support and love his friends.

When Dafa is on the third grade, it is inexplicitly revealed that he is struggling with dyslexia.

### Sekolah Baru

In the Sekolah Baru! arc, we follow Dafa as he learns how to form friendships in school, along with Lulu, his friend from kindergarten and other new classmates.

### Legenda 8 Batu Sakti

While in the Legenda 8 Batu Sakti arc, Dafa takes the role of the leader of the group, when a mysterious event gives Dafa and his friends superpowers. In difficult situations, Dafa always puts everyone ahead of himself, and would strategize and coordinate his team formation before taking any action.

## Character Design

### Physical Appearance

Dafa has an ideal posture with brown skin. His spiky hair is colored black with a quite big topknot on its edge. Dafa has black colored wide eyes.

### 123 Outfit

When Dafa was in grades 1 to 3, Dafa wore a light blue t-shirt with dark blue stripes. The pants that Dafa is wearing are dark blue shorts. When she was little, Dafa wore casual and comfortable clothes for activities. The blue color in Dafa's outfit shows that she is a calm child.

### 456 Outfit

When Dafa was in grades 4 to 6, in his daily life, Dafa uses light-patterned shirts on the chest, trousers, and sandals. T-shirts with lightning patterned on his chest symbolize the strength he received from the Batu Merah Kepemimpinan.

### Hero’s Outfit

Dafa's hero outfit is dominated by red which symbolizes courage, passion, and excitement. The glasses and headphones he uses are to protect his eyes from the power of the wind that hit his face caused by his hyper-speed. The shorts he used also served to make the movements more agile and flexible. The wing in his shoes symbolizes his ability where he can run at a very unnatural speed. These wing shoes also describe who Dafa is personally. The wing is a symbol of the possibility of flying to the distant heaven that illustrates Dafa's aspirations to be able to reach the peak of the country, being a President. This wing is also often associated with freedom and victory which is a characteristic in Dafa to continue to climb up like a wing that flies to the sky to win.

In the ancient Egyptian story, all winged gods are protective gods who are very closely related to Dafa’s personality. He desires to help all living things and the environment around him like those protective gods. The wings also describe intelligence and understanding which are two characteristics in the red stone of leadership wielder.

Dafa’s hero outfit has a light-line motif on its shoulder and feet with a meaning that describes the role of Dafa in his team. The line is a basic element of art that symbolizes his leadership to unite his team to reach their goals together.

## Personality

> "No matter how angry you are, it doesn't give you the right to hurt people." - Dafa to Pak Tjoi in Si Penjaga Alam (*The Guardian of Nature*).
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Dafa has always been an excited and confident student since his first day at SD Nusantara. He has a thirst of knowledge and wants to explore as many things as possible. Thus, he always asks questions to people he looked up to, such as his teachers, parents, or even his friends' parents.

Dafa's charming and easy-going personality make him easily befriend anyone. He is also supportive to anyone. When he was on the first grade, he compliment Cika who was insecure because she thought that her drawing was awful. When Dira joined SD Nusantara on the second grade, Dafa immediately befriended her and took her to play with the others.

The disciplined from his parents makes him an independent kid who believes that he should rely on himself first and be someone people can rely on as well. His calm manner makes him a mediator whenever there is a fight between his friends, such as when Made and Bona are fighting because Made broke Bona's phone. He is also the one who consoled Puti when her fish was dead. He has the highest level of empathy and compassion that make him always put anyone before himself.

When he is on the third grade, Dafa has a difficulty whenever he is studying, which is inexplicitly revealed that he is struggling with dyslexia. This condition makes him insecure, something that he only shows to his parents and Piko, but never to his friends. However, his persistent keeps him going and he believes that everything is possible if he persistently works for it.

> "Calm down, Lulu. We'll clean up all this mess, together." - Dafa to Lulu in MONSTEEER!!!
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He is chosen to wield the Red Stone of Leadership due to his personality. As a leader, he is brave and courageous.

He is also able to keep calm and think clearly under pressure or in any inconvenience situations. In Si Penjaga Alam (*The Guardian of Nature*), Dafa is able to keep calm even when his friends are in panic because they are trapped in The Woods by Pak Tjoi and Mimi, and ended up saving his friends and other people from wild animals.

He is not afraid to speak his mind in a respectful manner whenever he sees someone do the wrong thing. In Misteri Rangka (*The Mystery of Rangka*), he confronts Pak Rangka and tells him that his action is wrong. Other than that, he is also able to act professionally and not letting his personal judgement gets in the way. In Bahaya Asep (*The Danger of Asep*), Mang Asep endangers the neighborhood by conjured smokes that affected people's respiration and kidnapped Dafa's cat, Piko. Even though his cat is kidnapped, his priority is to save people and fight Mang Asep.

> "Hold on, Dira. Now is not the time to fight [Nona Mandala]. Our priority is to save the employees first." - Dafa to Dira in Ledakan Energi Nona Mandala (*Energy Blast of Nona Mandala*)
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His leadership traits grow stronger on the sixth grade. In Ledakan Energi Nona Mandala (*Energy Blast of Nona Mandala*), Nona Mandala puts chaos on the entire city by absorbing the electricity. As a leader, Dafa gives relevant and on-point commands to his friends in order to end the chaos.

## Powers and Abilities

### Powers

In the Legenda 8 Batu Sakti arc, Dafa wields the Red Stone of Leadership. As a result, his appearance changed. He has red hair and red eyes in his hero form.

* Hyper-Speed: Dafa is able to run at extremely high speeds while all others could see him as a vibrating blur of red-colored motion. Dafa usually uses this power to get to places quickly, avoid enemy's powers, and to protect people. In Ledakan Energi Nona Mandala (*Energy Blast of Nona Mandala*), he uses his hyper-speed to check on the central electric power plant to find out the cause of the city's blackout.
* Team Buff: This power allows Dafa to enhance his friends' power with his presence, even without him knowing about it.

Dafa's hero formHyper SpeedTeam Buff
### Abilities

**Leadership**: Dafa is an incredible team leader. He can come up with various strategy and lead his team to overcome any kinds of battle by fighting efficiently.

**Master Tactician**: Dafa is an excellent strategist and tactical genius who can formulate battle strategies and alter them to fit the changing needs of the situation.

## Items

### Weapons

* Dafa's Suit: Dafa wears a special suit and shoes to avoid burning up from the immense air friction encountered when he runs.
* Whirlwind: Dafa created a whirlwind to distract Pak Cuan in Berpacu dengan Pak Cuan (*Pak Cuan’s Competition*) and to put out the fire created by Mang Asep to save Piko in Bahaya Asep (*The Danger of Asep*).

## Weakness

His dyslexia sometimes makes him need more time and effort to understand some things. His high level of empathy and compassion makes him easily deceived by his enemies.

## Trivia

* Dafa is struggling with dyslexia.
* Dafa owns a pet cat named Piko.
* Dafa's favorite food is homemade fried rice made by his father.
* Dafa is Lulu's neighbor and her childhood friend.