La Pucelle

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## La Pucelle / Souta Kishibe

* Unmarked
* Anime
* Manga

**La Pucelle** (ラ・ピュセル), also known by her real name **Souta Kishibe** (岸辺颯太), is one of the main protagonists of *Magical Girl Raising Project*.

She is Snow White's childhood friend and one of the few male Magical Girls, being a boy in his human form and a girl in her Magical Girl form.

## Appearance

* La Pucelle's human form, Souta Kishibe
* La Pucelle
* La Pucelle (Drama DC)
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### Human

As a human, Souta is a young middle school boy with short brown hair and brown eyes. He wears an orange hoodie and blue pants with white sneakers.

### Magical Girl

As a Magical Girl, La Pucelle has short, dirty blonde hair. Two strands of her hair are braided in the front. She wears a black clip in her hair, with golden accents and white lace around the edge. She also has light brown, slit pupil eyes and small, dark navy horns. She has very light blue eyeshadow.

La Pucelle wears a navy blue ribbon tied around her neck, with a bow on the back. It is attached with white lace to her golden dragon knight armor. She wears navy blue underwear as her bottoms and has boots that reach up to about her knees. She has a long, golden dragon tail.

The sheath for her sword is hooked onto her back.

## Personality

Souta Kishibe is both a Magical Girl Otaku and a soccer-boy, but he prefers Magical Girls. However, he has to hide this fact, as he is afraid of being labelled a pervert. Despite this, he desires to attend real-life meetings with other Otakus and talk about their hobbies.

He is bad at handling his feelings, as Magicaloid 44 was easily able to see that he has a crush on someone. He also gets embarrassed whenever he is called by his old nickname, "Sou-Chan."

As a Magical Girl, she displays a calm and proud demeanor. She is very selfless, always putting others above herself. When the elimination game and the killings began, while she admitted that she was afraid, she managed to remain calm and put up a good face in front of Snow White. In battle, she likewise remains calm and always thinks of what is the best move to make next.

## Magic

***Can change the size of her sword at will.***

La Pucelle possesses a special sword whose normal size is the length of 1 meter and width of 40 centimeters, and it cannot be physically damaged by a normal magical girl's arm strength.

The length and size of the sword can be adjusted at will, however, there is an upper and lower limit. La Pucelle must be able to still hold the sword no matter what size it is.

La Pucelle does not need to be holding the sword for her to be able to change its size. As long as the sword is within her sight, she is able to affect its size regardless.

### Special Item(s)

* ***La Pucelle's Sword:*** La Pucelle's unique weapon. It is attached to her from belt to shoulder. Its size can be changed by La Pucelle's magic.

## Relationships

### Snow White

Snow White and La Pucelle are childhood friends. After Snow White becomes a Magical Girl, La Pucelle can immediately tell that she is Koyuki. La Pucelle decides to mentor Snow White, becomes her partner, and even vows to protect Snow White.

### Sister Nana

Sister Nana was La Pucelle's mentor. She once invited him to the apartment she shared with Weiss Winterprison, along with Magicaloid 44. Sister Nana was devastated at her death.

### Weiss Winterprison

They were both in Sister Nana's alliance and apparently were at good terms with each other.

### Magicaloid 44

They were both invited to Sister Nana and Weiss Winterprison's apartment when Magicaloid noticed something strange about La Pucelle and deduced La Pucelle was in love.

### Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry

Before the events of *Unmarked*, Cranberry selects La Pucelle as a participant of the Magical Girl Raising Project and asks Melville to look after her while La Pucelle was in a meeting for Magical Girl enthusiasts.

Later during the events of *Unmarked*, La Pucelle and Cranberry fought in a hidden spot. Cranberry later throws La Pucelle to a highway in order to kill her.

### Genopsyko Yumenoshima

During *Knight on the Day of the Offline Meetup*, La Pucelle and Genopsyko Yumenoshima met while at a meeting for Magical Girl enthusiasts. When La Pucelle was harassed by Misoyaki, Genopsyko Yumenoshima came to her rescue.

### Melville

During *Knight on the Day of the Offline Meetup*, La Pucelle and Melville met while at a meeting for Magical Girl enthusiasts. Melville helped La Pucelle by giving her some clothes, as her outfit was torn off due to Souta running too fast while still transformed as La Pucelle.

### Stella Lulu

In Magical Girl Raising Project: Episodes Δ La Pucelle was trying to stop Calamity Mary from doing crime, when she entered a building she saw Stella Lulu. After some talking they realize that they have a lot in common. The escaped La Pucelle and Stella Lulu went to a restaurant. They never saw each other again after that.

### Ideal Snow White

Ideal Snow White is La Pucelle's version of Snow White.

## Etymology

### Real Name

* The name **Souta** means "sudden, sound of the wind" (颯) (**sou**) and "thick, big, great" (太) (**ta**).
	+ In names, the kanji "太" is used for "healthy".
* Souta's surname **Kishibe** means "shore, bank, coast" (岸辺).

## Trivia

* In the First Character Popularity Vote, La Pucelle ranked #8.
* In Fanbook 1, La Pucelle has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 4/5
Communication Skill: 3/5
Magic Rarity: 2/5
Magic Experience: 2/5
Mental Strength: 3/5
Potential: 3/5
* "La Pucelle" is French for "The Maid", a nickname attributed to Joan of Arc.
* He is the first male character before the Magical Girl transformation.
	+ The second one is Stella Lulu.
* As a Human, Souta Kishibe stands at a height of 163 cm. As a Magical girl, La Pucelle stands at a height of 169 cm.
* Asari Endou mentions on an interview: “Among all the characters, La Pucelle is the one who received most corrections compared to the original draft. Primarily in regard to her sex.”

## Reference

1. ↑ https://www.toranoana.jp/info/dojin/mahosyoujyo\_portal/character\_file.html
2. ↑ "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