Gigi Una/Introduction

### Namesake

Gigi: nickname for Jelena/Helene, meaning "torch", in reference to American model Gigi Hadid and Vietnamese model Gigie. Achara: Thai name, meaning "pretty angel", in reference to Naruto character Konan. Lalisa: Thai name, meaning "one who is praised", in reference to BLACKPINK member and Thai rapper Lisa. Xuna: Thai spelling of "Una", meaning "one" in Italian, in reference to Trish Una.

### Family

Donatella Una (mother, deceased), Solido Nasto (father, deceased), Female prison inmate (grandmother, deceased), Father Diavolo (grandfather, deceased), Andreas Arancini (adoptive father, alive)

### Status

Alive

Gigi Una is a minor character and a core ally in Fate of Zephyr. In Vento Aureo, she is Trish Una.

Raised by Donatella Una in Thailand, she grew up believing that her father Solido Nasto was still alive and never heard of her grandfather or her grandmother prior to her arrival to Italy. The death of her mother led her to be put under supposed protection of Passione under orders of Father Diavolo, uprooting her from Bangkok, Thailand to Naples, Italy, and to eventually be escorted to him by The Hitman Team after their promotion. Upon discovering the truth of her grandfather's intentions and confirming her own suspicions, Gigi joined the team in their mission to identify her grandfather's identity as a means to avenge the death of her parents. She is eventually adopted by Andreas Arancini after helping defeat Father Diavolo and legally changed her name to Gigi Andreas-Una.

She discovered that she is a natural-born Stand user of BLACKPINK, which had the ability to manipulate and turn herself and any item she touches into paper.

## Appearance

Gigi is a teenager of average height and slim build. She sports a half-updo lob with the top part resembling the swirl seen on the front of the original Trish, which is colored bright pink except for the front part of her wispy bangs being platinum blonde. She appears to wear bright pink lip gloss, often reapplying it during her time with the Hitman Team. Gigi identifies herself as mostly Thai and part Italian, sharing physical traits from both sides of her family. This is due to her mother being biracial and her father being part Thai. Her eyes are brown, with hues of green, in reference to her father's own eyes.

She wears a two piece outfit that consist of a black polyester vest and low waisted skirt with a belt around her hips. Underneath her skirt are full covered tights and knee-high brown heeled leather boots. Gigi wears warm-length silk gloves, which was only removed during Fate of Zephyr when she washed and wiped her hands on Giorno's jacket. Both gloves, boots, and tights are patterned in tiles of alternating shades of mathematical symbols in shades of pink and yellow, like the original Trish's design, and the pattern is lined on the inside of her skirt as well. She also appears to have simple stud earrings and her hair is tied up by pink bobby pins, as seen sticking out and falling out when a scuffle between her and Invasion of Privacy and later placed back in when she arrived to Sardinia. It was also revealed that she had a picture of her father with her grandfather concealed in one of her pockets behind her top but it was somehow confiscated by Father Diavolo during the fight between him and Olio Nero and, when reretrieved, was nearly destroyed until it was reassembled by Cassio Montagna.

Before being introduced to Olio Nero's team and after the events of Fate of Zephyr, Gigi appears to be wearing a two piece school uniform that consisted of a pink plaid jacket and either matching skirt or fitted pants. She wears a fashionable blouse underneath and carries a brown leather bookbag as well as matching leather loafers. Her hair color remained the same but she removed her gloves to replace them with fingerless ones that match her leather accessories. She is also seen carrying a pink motorcycle helmet as well. As a child, she is seen wearing a paper folded rose as a hair accessory, hinting at her future abilities.

## Personality

Gigi is introduced to the team as a spoiled, selfish girl with high-class tastes, later revealed to be more of an act due to her fear of what Father Diavolo had intended to do to her and not able to know whether The Hitman Team are involved in it at all. After escaping her grandfather, Gigi revealed herself to be more caring and considerate to the team, especially going out of her way to tend their wounds and prioritize their needs over hers. With those that she grew to be more comfortable with, Gigi enjoys teasing and joking around with both her male and female peers. It is heavily implied that Gigi has an amazing sense of humor and that had help her avoid further ridicule when she was younger.

As a child, Gigi was revealed to be rather introverted and shy. She is well-aware of her financial situation while living in Thailand with her mother, acknowledging that her ability to attend a private school full of wealthier, affluent students despite having a much lower income made her wary of being in social situations. As a result, she adopted her mannerism of being entitled and spoiled as a means to fit in with her peers. She later told Taehyung Pescatore that it was something she despised about herself, having to act like such in order to hide her insecurities as well as protect herself or gain what she wanted in return. The latter was proven useful when she was able to secretly know that her mother was actually killed rather than just die from medical issues, feigning her ability to speak Italian until Olio pointed it out, and use her snobbish persona to obtain high-end luxury items under the pretense that her "father" would have loved her enough to do so.

Despite acting cold and demanding expensive brand items as a protective means, Gigi's taste and superficial aspects is still a part of her and remains unchanged even after the events of Fate of Zephyr. Like Anita Cicchetti, Gigi has a deep interest for modern fashion and arts, and is particular with certain brands of luxury. She has a strong dislike for anything that isn't beautiful to her standards, insects, and men she considered foolish or unkempt, as seen when she initially disliked Andreas; the last two mainly due to her mysophobia. Despite trying to appear regal with her taste, she secretly has an interest for things she deemed "flashy" and what some fashion admirirers deem "excessive" or "tacky", as she mentioned how she wished she was in Zura Grattachecca's body instead of Andreas Arancini's, admiring the excessive gems on her body but openly detested the color palette of Zura's overall outfit despite prefering her style.

Her relationship with Andreas, despite starting off rocky, resembled one of a sibling rivalry, and Gigi often enjoyed joking with him the most througout the story.

## Abilities

### Stand

BLACKPINK is is a close-range Stand that has the ability to manipulate paper items. The most common way is to transform items into layers of paper that can be peeled off at will. Any item can be used, which can include the user's own body, and appear as bright pink sheets of paper in its original form; it can also be transformed into white if desired. However, while the paper itself can sustain some damage, any tear or harm that is irreversible can affect the item that was changed. For example, the floor used to break a person's fall can return back to its original state but with a few newly formed cracks as a result. Gigi often uses her ability to break or soften falls of items and people. When trying to catch Taehyung, she used her abilities to create a safety net via transformng nearby rubble to do so.

BLACKPINK can also use any paper and fold it into anything it chooses, notably origami and kirigami shapes, and unfold them at will to create new ones if desired. These shapes can perform functionalities depending on what they are formed as; cranes and butterflies can fly to a destination the user choses or paper can be folded into sharp edges or armor for self defense. When creating kirigami shapes, the user can create clean cuts into the paper to fold accordingly. However, the cuts are permenant and shapes, true to origami, can only be held together alone without additional support like tape or glue.

### Origami and Kirigami Skills

Prior to discovering her Stand, Gigi developed a hobby and talent for origami as a means to pass time and avoid herself from getting picked on by her classmates; at the same time, it allowed her to befriend some of her classmates and briefly made her feel welcomed for having such a skill. She also uses her abilities to create personalized gifts, as seen when she gave Clara E. a paper crane to give to Sheila and a cat to Andreas. She is also seen folding Lira bank notes into various shapes while on the train to Florence.

She seemed to be most skilled in modular, action, and wet-folding origami styles, which she also applies to her Stand abilities.

### Music Production and Writing Abilities

Throughout Gigi's life, she stated that she had an interest in music and considered being a singer. Gigi revealed to Taehyung and Anita that she used to write songs in her spare time but stopped after some classmates found her notebooks and poked fun at her as a result. At one point, she was also training classically and had plans of performing at Carnegie Hall as a Soprano or attend Julliard School for her higher education studies. However, financial limitations halted her progress. Her musical talent was one of the reasons why Donatella wanted to return back to Italy, believing that she can have more opportunities to advance her musical career there instead of Thailand.

After the events of Fate of Zephyr, Gigi was gifted a small studio in her new bedroom, courtesy of Giorno. She was introduced to music production as a result and improved her skills greatly enough to be signed by a music label as a singer.

## References

* "붐바야 (BOOMBAYAH)" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmSjveL3Lc
* "LALISA" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkkyBH2zEo

Jennie's hairstyle during her "How You Like That" promotion, serving as inspiration for Gigi's hair.Gigi Hadid's outfit during Versace's Fall 2021 collection. Inspiration for Gigi's outfit.
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