Berecca

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**Berecca** is one of the eight main characters of the *Ninjala* series and a major protagonist of the anime.

Berecca used to be a scientist and researcher for the World Ninja Association's Research Institute and worked on the top secret Ninja-Gum project alongside Burton and Ron. After the project's completion, the WNA attempted to hunt her down and the Ninja-Gum turned her into a child. Berecca has since joined the WNA Academy to keep safe, where she is currently training to become a ninja.

## Appearance

Berecca is a fair-skinned girl with round, sky blue eyes and magenta pink hair. Her hair is in the shape of a large pompadour that is pulled into a long ponytail with several blue pins added in. She wears a bright yellow hoodie-like jacket with purple accents and a skull patch on her left arm, and dark-coloured jean shorts. She has blue and white shoes with red laces and soles and thigh-high pink and purple striped long socks with large cartoon skulls at the top of them.

As an adult before chewing Ninja-Gum, Berecca wore a dark grey tank top with a white logo on it, blue jean shorts with a black belt, pink and purple striped leggings, and black and turquoise shoes with pink laces and white details. While working at the Research Institute, she also wore a long, white lab coat with a name tag.

## Personality

In the first episode, Berecca had the expected personality of a classic teenager, though she's suspected to be a bit older. When doing work she's attentive and ready to take on the job, though a bit impatient at first. She also likes to have fun and doesn't question things either much at the moment, happily chewing the prototype ninja gum when it was first created despite possible side effects. When conversing with Burton, she was shown to respond sarcastically to any sayings he might recite, though she does care for him like an older sister (despite being younger).

## History

Presumably early in her childhood, Berecca lost her father to a major accident during an experiment conducted by the World Ninja Association in Oedo, but was never given any details. Wanting to follow in the footsteps of her late father, Berecca dedicated herself to education and sciences. Many years later, an adult Berecca joined the WNA herself, where she met a scientist named Burton and became friends with him. Burton asked Berecca to join him in a special project, which she accepted. This project was the top-secret Ninja-Gum project, which in reality was for the development of gum-based weaponry. They were later joined by Ron, and the three of them spent many days and nights working to develop Ninja-Gum over the course of three years.

## Anime

A female researcher at WNA who works with Burton on the development of "Ninja Gum". She is quick-tempered, competitive, and strong-willed, but has a gentle side to her. Like Burton, she was transformed into a child by a side effect of Ninja Gum...

## Story

### Complete! Ninja Gum!

So far, Berecca and her fellow researchers have had no luck in developing a successful prototype even after over two thousand five hundred failed tests. As they prepare for yet another round of tests, Berecca expresses her frustration that their efforts have been fruitless thus far. After Burton unintentionally adds Goro's bell into the formula, the machine suddenly explodes and a new prototype is created. Burton and Berecca consume the prototype gum and it is proven to finally be a success, to her and Burton's excitement. Their excitement is short-lived, however, as Ron revealed himself as an infiltrator and attempted to kill Burton. Berecca witnessed the ensuing battle, learning that the Ninja-Gum gives the user the ability to create weapons in the process.

After Ron ran away, Berecca demanded an explanation and was furious to learn that she was helping develop weapons technology. While wondering if her father was aware of this, she realized Burton has transformed into a child due to a side effect of the Ninja-Gum, with her turning into a child moments later, much to her shock and distress. Wanting to return to normal as soon as possible, Berecca decides to enter the Ninjala Tournament, and dragged Burton along with her.

### Story Mode: Chapter 2

At some point following the events at the lab, Berecca meets Genryusai and becomes one of his students. Later, Genryusai summons Berecca after learning that a WNA intelligence operative is heading for Oedo, and tasks her with supporting Kappei remotely while he goes to investigate. Wanting to investigate the truth behind the death of her father, Berecca asks to be sent instead under the guise that she wants to visit her father's grave. Genryusai agrees, but tells her not to get carried away.

Upon arriving at Oedo, she finds the operative and immediately recognizes him as Leonard, one of her father's lab partners who was also believed to have died in the accident that killed her father. Berecca follows him, but is ambushed by a group of shadow ninja and loses sight of him. After defeating them, she is contacted by Kappei, also in Oedo, with a message from Genryusai to watch out for suspicious shinobi. Berecca is angered that Kappei did not tell her sooner.

Soon after, Berecca arrives at a hot spring in Shinobi City and sees a crowd running away from a number of space ninja that have invaded the bathhouse. After fighting off a number of them, she is warned by a note from Leonard not to get further involved with his investigation. Genryusai contacts Berecca and scolds her for disobeying orders, and orders her to return to her mission at once. They are interrupted by the arrival of more space ninja; Genryusai tells Berecca to retreat, but she is confident in her abilities and refuses, continuing to fight them off.

Berecca apologizes to Genryusai for being reckless after repelling the space ninja; he reminds her that sometimes not fighting is the best option. Berecca proceeds with looking for Leonard, who appears behind her and warns her one last time not to interfere. Berecca exclaims that she won't, and Leonard has a space ninja, powered-up by eating a shadow ninja, to deal with her. After an intense fight, the ninja manages to get away. Berecca reports her findings to Genryusai, who tasks her and Kappei to investigate the situation further. Berecca begins to suspect that Leonard might actually be trying to protect her.

Some time later, Berecca and Kappei meet with Gen'unsai, Genryusai's brother and Kappei's grandfather, who gives Berecca a ball of Ninja-Gum for the Sushi Axe. The three are ambushed by a raging Lion Dance Car, which chases them to a nearby underground arena where Berecca engages Robo-Yokozuna Gorikimaru in combat. After destroying it, Berecca is informed by Kappei of the space ninja's ability to enhance their powers by swallowing other objects or people that she had observed earlier. A dark stone falls out the broken machine's lantern core, which Gen'unsai warns Berecca is filled with corrupting energy. The group theorizes that the WNA is collecting the stones and Berecca further theorizes that her father went to Oedo to study them, concluding that Leonard must know the truth about what happened. Berecca takes one last look at Oedo before she and Kappei return to Komerica to report their findings to Genryusai.

## Trivia

* Berecca's name appears to be a corruption of the name Rebecca, with the "r" and the "b" swapped places.
* Berecca is the most used female character for promotional material, especially earlier years of the game, alongside Van, who is the most used male character for promotional material.
* Berecca can be seen as one of the four characters playable in the Tokyo Game Show 2018 demo, alongside Van, Ron, and Lucy.
	+ A palette swap of Berecca, representing the sixth player, was also present. The "character" was named Amy.
* In an illustration posted by the official Ninjala Twitter account, Berecca is seen with Ron cooking pancakes together. His is well-made, while hers is burnt to a crisp, suggesting that Berecca is a bad chef.
* Berecca is seemingly frightened by scary movies or TV shows, as illustrated in this 3 Million Downloads commemorative drawing.
* Berecca might be into athletics, as a promotional artwork depicts her playing a basketball game with Van.
* Early in Story Mode: Chapter 2, Berecca at one point exclaims "Damn it!" during an ambush. This makes Berecca one of the few two characters in the series so far to swear, the other being Burton.
* Berecca serves as the female model for the 1080 brand in the shop.
* Berecca is the first character to have their birthday revealed; it was announced through a post on the official Twitter. The rest of the characters had their birthdays revealed in a fanbook currently released exclusively in Japan.

## Gallery

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Berecca's Official RenderBerecca using an Ippon Katana.Berecca as an adult.Berecca posing with Daniel in a 1080 advertisement.Berecca holding ippon katanas with Van.Berecca cooking pancakes with Ron.Berecca holding an Ippon Katana.Berecca taking a picture of Sherbet.Berecca holding eggs that look like the others.Berecca watching a scary movie with Lucy, Burton, and Van.Berecca and Lucy hitting each other with ippon katanas.Berecca parrying Van.Concept art of Ron, Berecca, and Burton as adults during the credits of Episode 0.Concept art and various sketches of Berecca during the credits of Episode 0.Berecca's Birthday