Mikael

*This article is about the character who debuted in Reaching For The Stars: Friendship. For the father of Charles and Sera who made his debut in Family Ever After: Filial Piety, see Michael.*

**Mikael** is one of the supporting characters of Candy Series. He is a music prodigy and first appeared as one of the main characters in Reaching for the Stars: Friendship. He is a former student of Sacred Hearts Primary School and previously studied music in Prague before returning to Malaysia.

## Biography

### Early Life

When Mikael was little, he was very talented in singing and everyone held high regards towards him. But when he participated in a singing competition, he panicked and wanted to complete singing the song quickly, he forgot to have eye contact with the audience, thus he failed in the singing competition.

## Appearance

Mikael is a lean 14-year-old boy above average height. He has cream color hair which is kept in strands jutting downwards in every direction and a smaller, upper cowlick (or tuft) of hair jutting upwards. He has golden eyes and a mole right at the bottom of his right eye.

Similar to the rest of the characters, Mikael does not consistently wear the same type of clothes.

He is considered to be very attractive, as shown when several girls stared dreamily at him and whispered about him when he was practising piano.

## Personality

Mikael is caring, patient and gentle, but sometimes, he has mood-swings (mostly happening when Joni is around). He tends to show his charm and gets angry easily when someone insulted him or teased him. He cares a lot about his future ambition, and takes light steps to reach his dream as a musician. Mikael deeply treasures music instruments, as he mentioned in Dreams Take Flight: Ambition.

## Abilities

### Singing

It was mentioned in Book 1 that Mikael possessed some singing skills when he was in primary school. When he participated in a singing competition held by the school, he panicked and wanted to end the song as fast as possible, thus he forgot to have eye contact with the audience, which was the reason why he failed in the singing competition.

### Prodigious Talent in Music

Throughout the entire series, Mikael had demonstrated his prodigious talent in music, particularly in playing the piano.

## Other Media

### Candy Careers Card Game 1.0 and 2.0

Mikael, along with many other characters, are depicted and designed in several cards as performing different types of occupations. He is depicted as:

* Hairstylist
* Lyricist
* Racecar Driver
* Navy Officer
* Keyboardist

### Candy Cuties

Mikael along with all the other characters of Candy Series are featured in the Candy Cuties series. Mikael appears in:

* Candy Cuties Vol.1
* Candy Cuties Vol.2
* Candy Cuties Vol.5
* Candy Cuties Vol.7
* Candy Cuties Vol.8
* Candy Cuties Vol.11
* Candy Cuties Vol.12

## Character Interview

In the official 2018 fanbook, Mikael was interviewed on several questions:

1. **Question:** How would you describe Joni?

* **Mikael's answer:** She's silly.

2. **Question:** How would you describe your relationship with her?

* **Mikael's answer:** Like a cow and its master. She unconsciously leads me.

3. **Question:** How would you describe your relationship with Julian?

* **Mikael's answer:** Like a horse and its rider. If I don't do as he says, he'll dig his spurs into me.

4. **Question:** You've been through a lot with Steve. What do you think of him?

* **Mikael's answer:** Though he's arrogant, self-righteous, nosy, and irritatingly cheerful, he's still acceptable.

5. **Question:** What do you like to do when you're happy?

* **Mikael's answer:** Play the piano.

6. **Question:** What do you do when you're feeling down?

* **Mikael's answer:** Play the piano.

7. **Question:** Who do you think is closer to Joni? You or Steve?

* **Mikael's answer:** Me of course!

8. **Question:** What's your favorite animal?

* **Mikael's answer:** I don't have any favorite animal. However, I've discovered recently that alpacas are not as detestable as I once thought.

## Trivia

* In the official Candy Series characters stats, several information of Mikael is revealed:
	+ Mikael's blood type is A.
	+ Mikael's favorite things are music.
	+ Mikael's hobbies are playing the piano and composing music.

* Mikael was ranked sixth in the 2014 Candy Series characters popularity poll.

* According to the official 2018 *Candy Series* Fanbook:
	+ Mikael's birthday is on October 2, hence making him a Libra.
	+ Positive traits of Mikael include his prodigious talent in music, proficiency in analysing, caring attitude towards his juniors and a good listener.
	+ Negative traits of Mikael include his tendency to become frustrated and his tendency to get frantic easily when the situation involves Joni.
	+ Mikael's favorite food are pizza, Western cuisine and for some special reason, toast pudding while his least favorite food is processed food.
	+ Mikael's strongest subjects are music and language studies while his weakest subjects are PE and Mathematics.
	+ Mikael's favorite dressing style is monochrome outfits that have intellectual styles.
	+ Mikael's pastimes are playing the piano, watching concerts and composing music.
	+ Mikael's role model is Ludwig van Beethoven.
	+ Mikael's motto is "Life is like a piece of music, in order to play beautifully, one must work hard".
	+ Mikael's personal stats are:

## References

1. ↑ Mikael's blood type in Character Information, see Trivia
2. ↑ Mikael's birthdate in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
3. ↑ Mikael's likes in Character Information, see Trivia
4. ↑ Mikael's favorite food in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
5. ↑ Mikael's least favorite food in Fanbook's Character Stats, see Trivia
6. ↑ Keeping You Waiting: Time Management, page 41