Ruby (Jewelpet)

## Ruby

* Jewelpet
* Human

**Ruby** (Japanese: **ルビー**) is a female Japanese hare Jewelpet who represents Luck (originally Courage), and one of the three mascot characters of the *Jewelpet* franchise. She is the most notable icon of her origin franchise, as well as the very first Jewelpet in the roster overall.

## Bio

### Appearance

#### Animal form

**Ruby** is a white Japanese hare with pink inner ears. Her Jewel Eyes are made out of red rubies. For her attire, she wears a pink cherry blossom flower around her left ear with a red star in the center of it and a pink pearl necklace with a pair of red cherries around her neck.

In *Jewelpet Magical Change* and *Heroes of the Starry Sky*, she also wears her Jewel/Harmonic Watch on her right arm, and later on in the latter series, an orange bracelet on her left arm.

When activating **Tiny Jewel Power**, the only thing that changes is that a pair of light pink fairy wings sprout on her back. Later, however, she eventually also gains pink sakura markings on her cheeks.

#### Charm form

Ruby's **Jewel Charm** is oval-shaped. It is red in color and has an embedded heart-shaped ruby with four ruby crystals surrounding it. It is also decorated with golden-white lines. The white gold changes to pure gold whenever it gets powered up.

#### Human form

Ruby appears as a 12 year-old girl with fair skin and cherry red eyes. She has cherry red medium length hair, and her Jewel/Harmonic Watch is worn on her right wrist. In *Heroes of the Starry Sky*, she also wears the orange bracelet that her Animal form has on her left wrist.

Normally, she wears a thin fuchsia magenta pink headband with her signature cherry blossom flower ornament with a powder white large kerchief attached to it. She also wears a light pastel fuchsia magenta pink unbuttoned seifuku jacket with side pockets and a powder white shirt with a pastel fuchsia magenta pink folded collar. She wears a pleated pastel fuchsia magenta pink skirt, powder white long socks, and pastel fuchsia magenta pink shoes. Her shoelaces resemble her Animal form's signature cherry necklace.

In her **Jewel Magic** form, her hair grows longer and is tied with sakura petals in low pigtails, but doesn't change color. Her eyes remain the same, and on her head is her rabbit ears. She wears a very Senshi-like outfit, except that her boots are different, and the collar is replaced with a pink necklace that has her gem on it. On her right hip is her Jewel Charm, and on her back is her rabbit tail. Prior to the climatic battle of *Jewelpet Magical Leap*, she had no wings of any sort.

### Personality

According to the official *Jewelpet* website, Ruby is depicted as polite and tidy who loves to watch the cherry blossoms bloom. In most of her origin franchise's anime, she is depicted as being dumb and airheaded.

In *Jewelpet Twinkle☆* and *Heroes of the Starry Sky*, however, she has a much more nicer and sweeter personality, being depicted as a supportive type for the heroes. She is a curious and cheerful character who thinks positively. She also acts as Labra's older sister. Even when in the harshest of situations, Ruby would do anything to help her friends (especially Akari in JPT and Kimberly in HotSS) and never leave them alone.

### Etymology

A **ruby** is one of the four precious stones, together with the sapphire, emerald, and diamond.

## Skills

Officially in the *Jewelpet* franchise, Ruby represents Luck. As the Jewelpet of Luck, her magic spells can enhance one's luck. In *Jewelpet* and *Jewelpet Twinkle☆*, she has the power of Courage, which allows humans to become courageous and work up their courage to do something extraordinary.

In *Jewelpet*, Ruby is ranked in the Acrylic Class because of her magic, which has a 1% success rate and can cause bad luck and explosions if it fails. However, its reliability is varied; even after Ruby had been upgraded to Super Crystal Class by learning a new lesson of courage and had been trained with Labra to temporarily upgrade her magic in order to summon Opal, her magic still causes explosions. Ruby can also use the Jewel Pocketbook alongside Rinko to awaken Jewelpets from their charm forms.

### Skills used

*See List of known skills used/Ruby (Jewelpet)*
## Known partners

Including fanmade series, Ruby's partners in the *Jewelpet* franchise are...

* Rinko Kougyoku (JP)
* Akari Sakura (JPT)
* Kanon Mizushiro (JPS)
* Pink Oomiya (JPKD)
* Chiari Tsukikage (JPH)
* Momona (LJP)
* Airi Kirara (JPMC)
* Ruri (JPAC)
* Megumi Takara (JPF; when needed)

She is not partnered with a Human in *Jewelpet Magical Heart* and the movies that follow it, as well as *Jewelpet the Movie: Sweets Dance Princess*.

In *Heroes of the Starry Sky*, her partner is Kimberly.

## Appearances

* *Jewelpet* franchise
	+ Jewelpet
	+ Jewelpet Twinkle☆
	+ Jewelpet Sunshine
	+ Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!
	+ Jewelpet Happiness
	+ Lady Jewelpet
	+ Jewelpet Magical Change
	+ Jewelpet Magical Heart
	+ Jewelpet Friendship
	+ Jewelpet Infinity
* Heroes of the Starry Sky

## Stats

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* Magic Power: ???M/K (???)
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* Speed: ???/10 (???)
* Accuracy/Precision: ???/10 (???)
* Evasion: ???/10 (???)
* Learning/Developmental Potential: ???/10 (???)
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## Trivia

*For this character's tropes, see here.*
* Concerning her motifs...
	+ Animal: Japanese hare
	+ Jewel: Ruby
	+ Secondary: Cherries and cherry blossoms
* She has her birthday in July, the month correspondent to her jewel. Because she was born on the 29th in that month, this effectively makes her a Leo.
	+ It is also her birthstone's month.

### Jewelpet franchise

* In the early pitching of the *Jewelpet* anime, Ruby was meant to be a polite and tidy character like how she was depicted in the official website. Sanrio and Sega later decided to alter her personality into a scatterbrained but naughty character, which is reflected by the jewel she was based on.
* Before Ruby's human form was decided, one of her proposed designs had her hair twin-tailed, possibly to represent her rabbit ears.
* Ayaka Saito, who voices Ruby in the Japanese version, is known for voicing many little kid characters in anime. She is famous for voicing Momiji Sohma from *Fruits Basket* and Chiyo Mihama from the *Azumanga Daioh* short film.
	+ Also, Saito's vocal tic in the series is shared with Sachiko Kiyono's character Nontan. Ayaka Saito also voiced the character itself in the 2002 series *Genki Genki Nontan* and has the same vocal tic as Ruby. Fans sometimes call Ruby a female version of Nontan because of this.
	+ Saito also voiced as Mitsukuni "Honey" Haninozuka from the *Ouran High School Host Club*.
	+ Saito is also the voice of Mofurun in *Maho Girls Pretty Cure!*
	+ Saito also voiced Chibi Panda in *Future Card Buddyfight X*.
* Ruby is the only Jewelpet who had constant love interests throughout various *Jewelpet* series:
	+ Tour in *Jewelpet* and *Jewelpet Twinkle☆*.
	+ Granite in *Jewelpet Sunshine* and *Jewelpet Kira☆Deco!*.
* *Jewelpet Friendship* was originally going to be the only series in the *Jewelpet* franchise where Ruby wasn't partnered with the central character, but it was changed to her and Ryl having their partners swapped, especially since Ryl's human outfit being red wouldn't make sense for a Jewel Heroine whose theme color is pink.

### Fanon content

* At one point in *Heroes of the Starry Sky*, she gives Kimberly a ruby shaped like a flower, indicating their special friendship.

## See also

* Comparison page showing differences between Ruby in the canon anime (and the official setting) and Ruby in *Magical Heart*.
* Comparison page showing differences between Ruby in the canon anime (and the official setting) and Ruby in *Friendship*.
* Comparison page showing differences between Ruby in the canon anime (and the official setting) and Ruby in *Infinity*.
* Comparison page showing differences between Ruby in the canon anime (and the official setting) and Ruby in *Petit*.

## References

1. ↑ アニメ「ジュエルペット」公式アカウント [@anime\_jewelpet]. (2015, Jul 28). Tweet revealing one of the proposed designs of Ruby's Human form. *Twitter*. Retrieved May 9, 2018.