Top Speed

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## Top Speed / Tsubame Murota

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**Top Speed** (トップスピード), also known by her real name **Tsubame Murota** (室田つばめ), is one of the main protagonists of *Magical Girl Raising Project*.

Top Speed is a cheerful meddler and a junior Magical Girl. She used to be part of a biker gang called Empress.

## Appearance

* Top Speed
* Top Speed's human form, Tsubame Murota
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### Human

As a human, Tsubame has long braided chestnut-brown hair with brown eyes. Her bangs are clipped to the side, and also has a blue star clip at the bottom of her side-braid. As she is pregnant, she wears a blue and red plaid maternity dress with a yellowish-brown cardigan. She wears purple socks with black polka dots, and grey slip-on shoes with a red bow on the top. She also has small, star-shaped earrings.

### Magical Girl

As a Magical Girl, Top Speed has long, light orange hair tied into two braids and has light blue slit pupil eyes. She also has four bobby pins on the left side of her hair in the shape of 2 x's.

She wears a classic black witch outfit and a witch hat. Her cloak is an orange color with black stripes on the inside. Her witch hat is black, with white lace inside of it and two orange accents. Her dress has a black collar, with a red bow attached to it. It has short, unattached black sleeves on both sides. On her left arm she wears a long black glove, and on her right, she wears a purple gauntlet. She also wears a small birth charm.

Her black boots go up to her thighs, and the boots have orange soles.

In the anime adaptation, her look is still the same, only her cape is all orange on the inside, her hair is a darker orange, and on the inside of her hat is fluffier.

## Personality

She is lively and anxious and always seems to have positive thinking. In a way, she also has a motherly love towards those close to her. She is a peace maker, and tries to stop Ripple from doing risky things. She was worried when Ripple was districting. When Top Speed was chosen to be a magical girl, she wasn't very sure about being one for the sake of her child.

## Magic

***Uses a broomstick to fly at high speeds.***

She possesses a broomstick named Rapid Swallow as her unique Magical Item. It is decorated with motorcycle parts such as muffler and propulsion devices. The maximum seat capacity is two people, though it is shown that it's capable of carrying more weight than that.

The broomstick can travel at a high speed. At maximum speed, it is faster than a modern jet fighter, and can even create a sonic boom.

The broomstick and its equipment are able to withstand supersonic flight. When traveling at high speeds, the broomstick won't break, even if it collides with an obstacle. Additionally, it seems to also be resistant to damage, to an extent.

### Special Item(s)

* ***Rapid Swallow:*** Top Speed's broomstick. It is stylized to resemble a motorcycle. It can withstand supersonic flight speeds.

## Relationships

### Ripple

Top Speed thinks of Ripple as her self-proclaimed partner, and both of them are often seen together since their districts are next to each other. She considers Ripple someone with whom she can talk about anything, and isn't bothered when the only responses she gets from her are "tchs" or silent nodding.

### Calamity Mary

Calamity Mary was Top Speed's mentor. She wasn’t fond of Calamity Mary and took Ripple as her student (since Calamity Mary's was supposed to be her mentor) so she wouldn’t suffer what she did while she was under Calamity Mary's training. When Top Speed and Ripple fought against Calamity Mary on the highway Top Speed was neutral in Mary's death by Ripple.

### Shoichi Murota's Sister

She and Top Speed were good friends as children and had a close bond.

### Fav

Fav transformed her into a Magical Girl. Top Speed doubted of becoming one since it could put the life of her baby at a risk, but Fav promised her she wouldn't be in any danger. Despite knowing she was pregnant, Fav still chose her as a participant of the Magical Girl Raising Project.

## Etymology

### Real Name

* Although her name "**Tsubame**" is written in hiragana (which has no meaning), her first name can be translated to "Swallow", a bird known for its speed, it’s also the name of Top Speed’s broomstick.
* Tsubame's surname **Murota** means "room, greenhouse/icehouse, cellar, apartment" (室) (**muro**) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (**ta**).

## Trivia

* In the First Character Popularity Vote, Top Speed ranked #13.
* In Fanbook 1, Top Speed has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 2/5
Communication Skill: 4/5
Magic Rarity: 2/5
Magic Experience: 2/5
Mental Strength: 4/5
Cooking: 4/5
* As a human, Tsubame Murota has a height of 166 cm, while her Magical Girl form as Top Speed has a height of 155 cm.

## Reference

1. ↑ "Magical Girl Raising Project Official Fanbook", "TV アニメ 魔法少女育成計画 才フィシャルファンブック"