Eko

**Eko** is a playable character in the *Arcana Heart* series. She is a young girl who has the ability to make her drawings come to life. Because of that, she was kidnapped by the Drexler Institute before Petra rescued her and took her under her care.

While she uses her drawings for some moves, most of the fighting is handled by her "brother," Kazu.

Her Arcana is **Saligrama**, the Arcana of Luck.

## Bio

*A young girl with incredible celestial powers who was kidnapped by the Drexler Institute, Eko has the miraculous ability to bring her various doodles and drawings to life. Although she is an orphan, Eko never feels lonely as not only does she have Kazu, her favorite doodle with her, but also Weiss and Scharlachrot, who dote on her and treat her like a little sister.

Being too young to understand what is going on around her, she was taken into Petra's care after the downfall of the Drexler Institute. Although Eko is much happier now that she's able to go outside and play, she occasionally gets pouty that she's not allowed to draw Kazu in public.

Eko tries to help her “sisters” whenever they get too busy to play with her, so that they can spend more time with her. And despite her age, she is helping Rosenberg to eradicate the Drexler Institute once and for all.*

## Appearance

Eko is a young girl with green eyes and long purple hair with twin mini pigtails tied with green spheres. She wears a blue dress with a white stripe at the bottom, a white sailor uniform shawl, coupled with yellow stripes and a red flower badge, as well as rolled up white socks and red Mary Jane shoes. She also has a yellow adventure hat tied to the back of her head.

## Personality

She's a child who likes to play "Battle" which is fun for her. She's happy around Kazu. If someone beats her in "Battle", she cries, calling them a bully and never forgiving them, unless she decides she likes them or is impressed by them, such as in arcade mode.

## Quotes

* *「あるかなさんあるかなさん。なかよくするの♪」 (Arcana-san, Arcana-san. Let's be friends.)* (*Pre-Battle*)
* *「「ぱわーあっぷ！」」 (Power up!)* (*Arcana Extend*)
* *Saligrama!* (*Preforming Arcana Eclipse*)

#### Continue Screen

* *Booooooooo.*
* *Play with Eko! Play play play! But no ouchies, okay?*
* *Eko wants to play more!*
* *If you keep going, Eko will do something really nice for you! ♪*

#### Story Mode

* After Battle
* After Revenge

* *A snack house? Okay, but you can't eat it, pink lady. It's just a picture! Is that okay?* (*Heart Aino*)
* *Eko isn't playing around! Eko is helping her big sisters! You've got it all wrong!* (*Saki Tsuzura*)
* *Drexler Institute is a good place. The white and red are all really nice to Eko!* (*Kamui Tokinomiya*)
* *Make them move, and we can play together! Yes! Do that! ...Why can't you move them?* (*Konoha*)
* *Yep, that's right! Kazu is alive all by himself! Eko isn't moving him at all!* (*Maori Kasuga*)
* *Please Chinese lady... Don't send Eko back. Eko just wants to help everybody!* (*Mei-Fang*)
* *Person in charge? You mean Petra? Eko left without saying anything, so if she catches Eko, Eko's gonna be in trouble...* (*Lilica Felchenerow*)
* *Rosenberg is a good place! Everyone is nice. Eko wants to help everybody!* (*Lieselotte Achenbach*)
* *It's not magic, witch lady. Kazu's alive!* (*Yoriko Yasuzumi*)
* *You like to play-fight too, right? Eko loves fighting too! People say Eko is too strong, though...* (*Kira Daidouji*)
* *The maid is a spirit? The maid wants to be human? Eko will draw a human for maid lady to be!* (*Fiona Mayfield*)
* *Sorry... Eko is looking for her sisters. I want to help people...* (*Zenia Valov*)
* *Miss Clarice is scary... But it's not Eko's fault. Elsa is going to help Eko.* (*Clarice de Lanza*)
* *Thank you, takoyaki lady! Eko's going to try her best! She wants to help everybody!* (*Catherine Kyoubashi*)
* *I gots to go, theif lady. I don't wanna get scolded, so it's bye-bye time for Eko!* (*Dorothy Albright*)
* *That's not it! Cheer up! Eko can't give you the rock, though...* (*Dorothy Albright with Celestial Stone*)
* *Sorry, but Eko wants to help everybody! Thank you for being nice!* (*Akane Inuwaka*)
* *Doggy lady on a dog! Doggy lady had a crow too! That looks like fun, but Eko is okay as long as she has her sisters!* (*Nazuna Inuwaka*)
* *No. Eko can't give you the rock! It's for Eko's sisters! Sorry!* (*With Celestial Stone*)
* *No! Noooooo! Eko won't go home to Rosenberg. Eko's going to go look for her sisters!* (*Rosenberg member with Celestial Stone*)

- *Woooow! Eko has never played a game of "Battle" that was like this before! So different!*

- *I-It's not Eko's fault... Eko's a good girl! Really...*

#### Victory Screen (Versus Mode)

* *Eko is Eko! Kazu is Kazu, too! We only need one of each! \*Throw\** (*vs. herself*)
* *Saligrama is the angel of dice! Eko's very own angel!* (*Arcana Blaze Finish*)
* *Kazu is soooo cooooool! Eko loves you!* (*Critical Heart Finish*)
* *Pink lady! Eko knew it was you! Eko thinks love is important, too!* (*vs. Heart Aino*)
* *No, you're wrong! Kazu is a gentleman! He's not scary at all!* (*vs. Saki Tsuzura*)
* *Woooow! You're soooo coooool! You're the third coolest after my White and Red!* (*vs. Kamui Tokinomiya*)
* *Puppy! Puppy! So cute! You're all fluffy, like a stuffed animal! Play with Eko some more!* (*vs. Konoha*)
* *Yaaay! You're the big one! Eko isn't very big yet... but she wants to be big someday too!* (*vs. Maori Kasuga*)
* *Eko wants to fight like you! And, and, Eko wants to be bouncy! ...Eko can't?* (*vs. Mei-Fang*)
* *You're awesome! Rolly rolly! I'm gonna copy you! Eko's gonna draw rollies on Kazu, too! ...You don't want them? Awww...* (*vs. Lilica Felchenerow*)
* *Eko wants to be an artist. Kazu will be Eko's manager. Red is going to be Eko's fan!* (*vs. Lieselotte Achenbach*)
* *Magic lady, is your kitty a gentleman? Kazu is a gentleman! He protects Eko!* (*vs. Yoriko Yasuzumi*)
* *Is... is that a pool?! Can Eko go in? Please please please?! Change into Eko's swimsuit, and... Splash!* (*vs. Kira Daidouji*)
* *You look like you have a lot of fun, maid lady. Eko likes fairytales. Kazu is a gentleman.* (*vs. Fiona Mayfield*)
* *Eko wanted to use pistol like big sister Petra! But... Eko couldn't draw them good... It was sad...* (*vs. Petra Johanna Lagerkvist*)
* *Zenia's pilebunker makes Kazu look ugly. You should go easy on him, okay?* (*vs. Zenia Valov*)
* *Eko wants your anpan! Eko is hungry. Eko wants lots of anpan! Yay!* (*vs. Elsa la Conti*)
* *What's wrong, Auntie Clarice? Are you hurt? Eko got some anpan from Elsa... Would you like some?* (*vs. Clarice de Lanza*)
* *The takoyaki lady's robot is sooo cooool! It goes vroom vroom! Kazu... Kazu can't do that...* (*vs. Catherine Kyoubashi*)
* *Wooooow that was amazing! More tricks! More! Eko loves magic tricks!* (*vs. Dorothy Albright*)
* *Why are you hiding your ears and your tail, doggy? They're so cute! You shouldn't hide them!* (*vs. Akane Inuwaka*)
* *You've got so many friends, puppy... But Eko only has Kazu... Eko has lots of sisters, though! They're lots of fun!* (*vs. Nazuna Inuwaka*)
* *Angel lady... You're so fluffy! Eko wants to fly and be fluffy too! Fly Kazu! You can't?* (*vs. Angelia Avallone*)
* *Eko won! Eko beat White! Candy! Eko wants some candy as a reward!* (*vs. Weiss*)
* *Eko beat Red! Eko wants to go to the park as a reward! And, and White comes too!* (*vs. Scharlachrot*)
* *I won against a weird girl! Thank you for playing together with me. But, I want to play more...* (*vs. Minori Amanohara*)
* *Fish-y sis, are you hungry? Here, Eko shares sweets with you. Is it nice?* (*vs. Pistrix*)
* *Pink skull sis! Fighting is no good! I'll punish you if you don't get along well with others! No sweets for you!* (*vs. Dark Heart*)

## Trivia

* She is the youngest human character in the series.
* She calls Clarice an "old lady" due to her immortality, but not Elsa.
* Her measurements are actually 49cm/47cm/53cm (as seen on the *Arcana Heart 3 Love Max* Japanese website).
* Some alternate color swaps give her a resemblance to Roll from the classic *Mega Man* series.
* Like Taokaka from *BlazBlue*, throughout the Story Mode, she creates nicknames for other characters (with the exception of Petra and Elsa, who she calls by their real names):
	+ Heart: Pink Lady
	+ Saki: Blue Lady
	+ Kamui: Black Lady
	+ Konoha, Akane, Nazuna: Doggy
	+ Maori: Priest Lady
	+ Mei-Fang: China Lady
	+ Mei Ling Hua: Professor Lady
	+ Lilica: Rolly Lady
	+ Lieselotte: Puppeteer Lady
	+ Yoriko: Witch Lady
	+ Kira: Swimsuit Lady
	+ Fiona: Maid Lady
	+ Zenia: Red Eyes Lady
	+ Clarice: Auntie/Sister Clarice
	+ Catherine: Takoyaki Lady
	+ Dorothy: Thief Lady
	+ Angelia: Angel Lady
	+ Weiss: White
	+ Scharlachrot: Red
	+ Minori: Strange Lady/Weird Girl
	+ Pistrix: Fishy Sis
	+ Dark Heart: Pink Skull Sis
		- She also refers to herself in the third person.
* Whenever she summons Tempestas (Aboleo) or Kayatsuhime (Sakura Mori), she points with her pencil.
* A glitch in *XTEND* occurred when Eko got damaged by Parace L'sia's Starke Arznei Sich while using Gentleman!, causing her to grow big, leaving her stuck as a giant and unable to attack. She would continue to grow if it happened again. This was patched out in an update on March 3rd, 2022.
	+ Before the update, the workaround was to use one of Gier's supers, which would change Eko back to normal.