Elaine Akamine

> "I'm... a magical girl?"
>
> - Elaine, to Angel

**Elaine Akamine** (Japanese: **赤嶺 アユミ** *Akamine Ayumi*), also called **Cherry** (Japanese: **友奈** *Yuuna*), is one of the main characters of *Pokémon: Light of Hope*, and also the main central. She is an aspiring Pokémon Trainer from Pallet.

## Bio

### Appearance

Elaine is a skinny and short young girl with tan skin, brown hair that fades to dark red and tied into a ponytail, and dark red eyes. Her Harmony Mark is two heart-shaped cherries with the stems tied in a bow.

As a civilian, she wears a pink and red t-shirt, pink shorts with a red waistband and bow, and red and pink sneakers with white shoelaces. While not seen in any of her design artwork, she also carries around a black and white backpack. After gaining Stage 3, her hair become sparkly and slightly longer, though it does not gain any extra color.

As a magical girl, her hair and eyes turn pink with a green and pink flower headband and she has a pinkish-red dress with short black sleeves. She has pink flats with white and pale pink socks and has no wings while her Harmony Gem is located on the left side of her head. Her Elemaximum Gauge is located on her left fist.

### Personality

Elaine is an energetic, kindhearted girl who jumps at the chance to help others, as shown when she got a Parcel for Professor Oak while not even making a fuss. She is extremely loyal to her friends, family and Pokémon, and fights to protect them without a second thought regardless of the risks to her own safety. Elaine is good at reading people's emotions, and will often exaggerate her naivete and childishness in order to brighten the mood. Elaine is also not above telling white lies for the sake of her friends. In truth, Elaine is scared of dying, and being alone. Despite this, she believes that there is always hope for everyone.

### Relationships

* **Trace Artemis**: One of her childhood friends. Due to an incident at the Trainers' School when they were younger, they almost drifted apart, but they remain close, even after they decide to take different roads with the same goal. Sadly, he eventually grows old and dies due to not being a Chosen One, but not before giving Elaine a gift to remember him by.
* **Chase Miroku**: One of her childhood friends, who eventually becomes her crush, even though it was ultimately his fault that she and Trace almost drifted apart and that she is traumatized whenever she gets asked how she got her Harmony Mark. Eventually, at the end of "Love at Full Power," they have their first kiss.

## Magical Warrior

### Attacks

* **Flower Petal Shoot** - Her main purification finisher.
* **Hero Punch**
* **Hero Kick**

## Trivia

* Elaine was born *stillborn*, but the Magic of Friendship made her alive.
* Unlike Mackenzie and later Mark, Elaine and her friends have no wings when transformed and cannot fly. This does occasionally present a problem when the two of them transform and can simply fly around obstacles or to reach high places while the others remain grounded. This makes them somewhat similar to canon Pretty Cures, who can't fly.
* As of the Season 2 finale, she is the wielder of the titular Light of Hope.
* She is the one who coined the term "Incuveetor" for Angel. Whenever she tries to ask how an Incubator had a baby with an Eevee, however, Angel always shoves her paw over her mouth before she can finish.