Rea Sanka

**Rea Sanka** (散華 礼弥 *Sanka Rea*) is the female lead of the series. She is the deuteragonist, following Chihiro as the protagonist. She is the daughter of Dan'ichirō Sanka and Aria Sanka, but her biological mother died right after she was born. She currently resides in the Furuya Residence at the temple.

## Appearance

Her zombification her skin becomes almost entirely white and her purple eyes become a crimson red. She is described as 'very beautiful' by boys in Shiyou Boys High School. Placed diagonally on her belly is the long scar that she received from the cliff-drop that killed her. She was accidentally pushed off a cliff by her father, resulting in her death. She bears striking resemblances from her unnamed mother.

## Personality

Rea is quite friendly, especially to those at the shrine, but often suffers from indecision and hesitance to act in social situations due to her sheltered upbringing. She is shown to be extremely naive, needing more clarification to pick up on wordplay and some sensitive topics than most everyone else in the series. She lacks knowledge of the outside world due to her father having kept her sheltered inside the mansion most of her life. Overall, she is a gentle young girl who wishes only to live a normal life and be happy with her friends and family (though in the case of her family, that goal is portrayed as being much harder to achieve than she can handle, leading her to despair.) If her goal of achieving a normal life can't be reached then she would rather just end her own life than continue on.

## Abilities

Rea's zombification stopped most of her body's vital organs, changing her skin color into a pale white. Her irises are blood red instead of the deep blue they were when Rea was alive. Also, her body's physical limit was broken, granting her increased strength and endurance. Due to this, Rea can easily down an opponent, lift objects about three times her weight, and shatter chains. It was stated by Chihiro in the series' OVA that using this new strength, while it may be impressive, can put a huge strain on her body's muscles.

However, her body is still a corpse and she will undergo decomposition as time passes. To prolong the effects of the resurrection potion, Rea must regularly consume hydrangea leaves, as the leaves' poison was used to resurrect her. The leaves allow her to retain her human mind and consciousness and slows down the decaying process, but cannot stop it completely. Lastly, her nervous system has been shut down, making her mostly unable to feel temperature and pain. Strangely, however, she cannot run faster because she still feels exhaustion, ironically she also can't sweat. Apparently, she is able to communicate with Bub, who is a zombie himself, even though he is also a cat.

## TMNT X Pokemon

Rea Sanka accidentally scares people due to her zombie-like appearance with the pale white skin. During missions, she works with Megumin and Ms. Fortune.

## Trivia

* Her name has the same pronunciation as the name of the series.
* Like many other anime girls (and some guys), Rea entered Saimoe Contests.
	+ ​ To see her result, visit here.
* In chapter 32, it is revealed that Rea can speak fluent English.
* She greatly resembles Sada, Jogoro's first wife. This caused him to mistake her as his wife.
* She was mistaken for Chihiro's and Mero's deceased mother, due to her pale skin, dark hair, kind demeanor and inability to feel temperature.
* Her design was based on a character of the author's previous works.
	+ Specifically, she was based on Himekawa and Shizuoka of Umishow.
* Her birthday is on November 25(source?).
* She weighs 47 kg (105 lbs)(source?).