Mana Inagawa

"*大丈夫です。よく頑張りましたね。*"
*"“Don’t worry about it. I know you did your best out there."*
—Mana's quote, *Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni*
"*くすくすくす... うふふふふふふふ! あふふふ!!!*"
*"“Fufufu... Fuhahahahahahaha! Ahahaha!!!"*
—Mana's laugh,*Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni*
**Mana Inagawa** (猪名川 マナ) is a former antagonist turned heroine and one of the main protagonists of *Valkyrie Drive Bhikkhuni*. She is a mysterious young girl who acts as a mediator of the Bhikkhuni Island. While her origins were unknown, Mana is the most dangerous of the Elites that anyone was unaware of. Despite this "rumor", she disguises herself as a "rookie" to others.

## Appearance

Mana is about in average height of a young woman with beautiful long brown hair and honey yellow eyes. She wears a natural floral hairpin on the left side of her hair and a hair tie with small bells on her lower right side. She wears a "shrine maiden" (巫女 *Miko*) robe with an orange sailor-like ribbon, detached arm sleeves with ribbons, and a short red skirt. Due to her breast size, her robe's fitting is somewhat tighter, which slightly exposes her side breasts as well as her belly button on the lower area of her torso. Due to her outfit's shrine maiden nature, Mana only wears sandals without socks instead of shoes, unlike the other traditional shrine maidens did. In addition, she also wears knee guards with ribbons and floral designs that were entirely made out of ordinary silk.

## Background

Mana's origins are unknown throughout the storyline, but it was implied that Mana was born in Bhikkhuni for many years without traveling to other parts of the world. Like the other Valkyries when being transferred into the island, Mana is infected by the V-Virus. Although she attends school, Mana is born homesick and does not have a family.

## Fighting Style

Mana was a martial arts master of Japanese archery (Kyudo) and Karate styles, utilizing both long-ranged and close-ranged combat (when using the blades of her bow as melee weapon, punches, and kicks). Furthermore, Mana has a most dangerous ability, where she can perform a shooting barrage through evasion and counters at hypersonic speeds, making her the most agile (if not) of the Valkyries in the series.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Expert Combatant**: While she does not appear to be practice and training, Mana is still exceptionally strong and extremely self-taught in combat.
	+ **Enhanced Swordsmanship**: While Mana does not wield a sword, she instead uses the limbs of her bow as sword blades by swinging it over foes.
	+ **Expert Archery**: True to her shrine maiden motif, Mana is expertly skilled at Kyudo. Although she never trained it, she is still able to shoot faster and precisely, similar to that of a sniper.
* **Durable Weapon Hardening**: Due to her VR-Virus infection, Mana can conduct *ki*-like energy and transmit it into her bow for striking powerful attacks; namely, her bow, generally speaking, was made of string and wood and cannot be destroyed at any scratch when it was hardened by the virus' abilities.
* **Acrobatics**: *To be added*
* **Hair Manipulation**: Mana was able to convert her hair strand into an energy arrow that was imbued with VR-Virus. Once her hair strand was already used, after pulling a single one out, a new strand will regrow in her hair without problems. Due to the effects of the V-Virus, Mana's hair can be also use a whip-like weapon thanks to its strong durability and did not feel any pain while pulling out each of the strands.
* **Expert Escapologist**: *To be added*

### Drive Breaks

* **Ara Mitama** (荒魂, lit. *Wild Soul*): Mana grabs her hair strand from her hair transforming into a super-charged version of her energy arrow before shooting the opponents. However, the recoil force of this attack was so strong in about 30 tons, which penetrates through her foes at very long distances.
* **Nigi Mitama** (和魂, lit. *Tranquil Soul*): Mana performs a massive barrage of hair arrows by performing acrobatic flips straight forward to her opponents.
* **Kushi Mitama** (奇魂, lit. *Wise Soul*): Mana's signature Drive Break. Mana surrounds her bow with energy strands of her hair before charging it up and shooting a massive arrow into the sky, summoning a giant shower of arrows. It is also the strongest Drive Break in the game due to its omnidirectional range.

## Etymology

* Mana's surname **Inagawa** means "boar" (猪) (**i**), "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (**na**) and "river, stream" (川) (**kawa**/**gawa**). When combined, it literally means "River of Boar's Reputation".

## Trivia

* Her motifs are a Shrine Maiden and Dragon. Although no such Rider having a Shrine Maiden motif, Mana's overall characterization are based on the Kamen Riders with Dragon motifs:
	+ 1. Shinji Kido/Tatsumi (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Ryuki*)
		2. Haruto Soma (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Wizard*)
		3. Mitsuzane Kureshima (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Ryugen*)
		4. Ryutaros (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Den-O Gun Form*)
		5. Shouichi Tsugami (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Agito*)
		6. Dark Shinji (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Ryuga*)
		7. Ryuga Banjou (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Cross-Z*)
		8. Touma Kamiyama (A.K.A, *Kamen Rider Saber*)
	+ Ironically, there is one existing Rider that bears resemblance to a shrine maiden named Alpina Tsukuyomi (A.K.A. *Kamen Rider Tsukuyomi*) from *Kamen Rider Zi-O*.
* During the Chaos Route of the game, Mana Inagawa is called as **Kirin Chaos** (or simply as **Kirin** by Koharu), a separate type of the fifth Pillar God, Kirin.
* Mana shares the same voice actress with Yumi, from Senran Kagura (a sister franchise from Marvelous).
* The names of her Drive Breaks were named after one of the four Japanese honorable spirits.
* Mana is implied to be an artificial Valkyrie created from the samples of the V-Virus by the scientists of Bhikkhuni, similar to Sri. This is proven a reason why Mana always appears out of nowhere in front of her friends, although it is not yet confirmed.