Nobara Ibaragi

**Nobara Ibaragi** (茨木 のばら*Ibaragi Nobara*) is a middle school student in Gakuen Alice. Nobara is the only female in the Dangerous Ability class, known as the "Ice Princess." She appears only in the manga, possesses the Ice Alice, and has multiple personalities.

## Personality

Nobara is easily seen as a confused and lonely young girl. Famous for being the "Ice Princess*"*and the only female member of the Dangerous Ability Class, she is ostracized by her peers, which results to her own insecurities. However, as she and Mikan become friends, she is simply drawn to the girl's cheerfulness and charms to the point she becomes completely fond of her and secretly watches her from afar. Her bond with Mikan helps her become more assertive and brave as shown when she disobeys the Elementary School Principal because she could not bear hurting Mikan.

Her manner of speaking is rather soft, but due to her chronic shyness, she is prone to stuttering her words. She noticeably has a very polite demeanor, though she can be somewhat clumsy. She is generally quite trusting, but also very emotionally vulnerable.

Apart from her shy personality, Nobara can also be a cold and heartless person. This personality corresponds with her other Alice and usually comes out only during missions or whenever Persona tells her to.

She is very attached to Persona, beginning from when she first met him at a very young age. Despite his Alice, Nobara regulary has physical contact with him, as proof of her affection for him. She tends to forgive him whenever he does something horrible and justifies it because of the cruel treatment he endures at the hands of the Elementary School Principal and the hatred he receives from others because of his Alice. It was initially unknown whether her feelings for him were romantic or that of an intimate friend, as they both grew up lonely and ostracized by others. However, in the final chapter, it is confirmed that she has been in love with him all along, as they are seen together with their child.

## Appearance

Young and fragile, Nobara possesses ephemeral beauty with a heart-shaped face and a petite form. She has icy-blue, wavy hair that flows down to her shoulders, pale skin and a pair of gentle blue eyes. Complimenting her Alice, her appearance somewhat relates to the depiction of a "*Yuki Onna*" (Snow Woman). She is usually seen with her hair down and only ties it up during an occasion.

She wears the standard middle school uniform for females, which consists of a black jacket with a blue ribbon, a blue-colored plaid skirt, and a pair of black boots. Back in elementary school, Hayate teased Nobara that her appearance is "yucky" because she didn't have any female friends, so she cried all the time. Of course, Rui 'punished' Hayate for teasing Nobara and making her cry.

## Alice

Nobara possesses the power to rapidly decrease the temperature in her surroundings and form a great variety of ice structures. In addition to being above-average in using her Ice Alice, she is able to generate ice, snow, and cold at will and project in various forms of quantities of ice and snow. She is able to freeze any moisture in the air and is virtually immune to sub-zero temperatures.

In addition to her magnificent Ice and Snow manipulation, Nobara carries multiple personalities within her. Normally, she is shy and withdrawn, but her other personalities are cold and ruthless. This personality only comes out when Persona wishes for it and during missions. This is the side she refuses to let Mikan see. These split personalites are a result of hyponotism, because Nobara would refuse to use her Alice herself.

Kaoru's Memory Manipulation Alice and an Amplification Alice has been inserted to Nobara. She also controls these Alices very well.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Nobara doesn't want to fight but her persona will make her.

## Notes and Trivia

* Nobara means "wild rose" in Japanese.
* Nobara's Alice is like the legendary Japanese Yokai, Yuki-onna, which is one of her nicknames.
* She also goes by another alias known as "*Koori-hime*", which literally means Ice Princess.