Minato Aqua

**Minato Aqua** is a playable character in HoloCure released in version 0.5. She belongs to the group Gen 2 (JP) and is unlocked through the Character Gacha. Her starting weapon is the Cleaning Broom, her Special Attack is Neko, and she has three other unique skills: Sololive, Cleaning Maid , and Klutz.

## Starting Weapon

*Main article: Cleaning Broom*

**Stats & details:**
* 1
* 2
* 3
* 4
* 5
* 6
* 7

Level 1
**Damage**:110% (9 – 13)**Attack time**:100 (1.67 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:100%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 2
**Damage**:132% (11 – 15)**Attack time**:100 (1.67 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:100%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 3
**Damage**:132% (11 – 15)**Attack time**:100 (1.67 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:100%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6**Knockback duration**:5 (0.08 s)**Knockback speed**:10Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 4
**Damage**:132% (11 – 15)**Attack time**:100 (1.67 s)**Attack count**:2**Attack delay**:3 (0.05 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:100%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6**Knockback duration**:5 (0.08 s)**Knockback speed**:10Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 5
**Damage**:132% (11 – 15)**Attack time**:100 (1.67 s)**Attack count**:2**Attack delay**:3 (0.05 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:115%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6**Knockback duration**:5 (0.08 s)**Knockback speed**:10Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 6
**Damage**:132% (11 – 15)**Attack time**:85 (1.42 s)**Attack count**:2**Attack delay**:3 (0.05 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:115%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6**Knockback duration**:5 (0.08 s)**Knockback speed**:10Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

Level 7
**Damage**:132% (11 – 15)**Attack time**:85 (1.42 s)**Attack count**:3**Attack delay**:3 (0.05 s)**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:30 (0.5 s)**Area**:115%**Duration**:120 (2 s)**Projectile speed**:6**Chance**:30%**Knockback duration**:5 (0.08 s)**Knockback speed**:10Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570

### Upgrades

 **Level 7** | Throw 3 Brooms. Targets have a 30% chance to become Wet. Brooms damage is increased by 20% for each stack the target has.

## Special Attack

### NEKO

**Stats & details:**
**Damage**:400% (36 – 44)**Attack count**:1**Hit limit**:-**Hit cooldown**:25 (0.42 s)**Area**:250%**Duration**:300 (5 s)**Projectile speed**:3**Knockback duration**:12 (0.2 s)**Knockback speed**:12Up to date with version 0.6.1692275570
* Ignores knockback resistance.

## Skills

### Klutz

* Affects all Multishot weapons, excluding Bone Bros. and Broken Dreams.
* The bonus projectiles increase the split count for damage bonuses from enhancements and Growth.
	+ This also applies to Bone Bros. and Broken Dreams, even though they do not gain any projectiles from Klutz.

### Cleaning Maid

* The bonus crit damage is a multiplier to the damage of all crits on targets within the specified range.

## Tips

* Limiter and Knightly Milk are ideal items to use on Aqua due to her Cleaning Maid skill, which benefits off Pick Up Range.

## Outfits

The following outfits are available for Aqua:

## Trivia

* Cleaning Broom and Cleaning Maid refers to Aqua's bio where she is a Marine Maid.
* NEKO is Aqua's crudely drawn mascot and was originally created due to her being jealous of other cat owners among her (small) social group.
	+ A better drawn but still derpy version of Neko is used as her all purpose mascot appearing as her army of helpers.
* Klutz, Cleaning Maid crit damage in range effect and Cleaning Broom's attack pattern reference Aqua's inability to do any housework despite her being a maid. Aqua has an entire song dedicated to this inconsistency as well as her alternative title *Nekomimi Gamer* Marine Maid.
	+ Cleaning Maid was originally named Gamer Maid but was changed by Kay as the name does not match the effect or the rest of Aqua's in-game representation.
* Sololive is a popular nickname of Aqua due to her infamous introversion and social anxiety which tends to manifest as her playing solo even in normally cooperative games such as Minecraft, ARK and Apex Legends.
* Aqua's HP being 44.5 is a reference to a Wii Fit stream where she accidentally revealed her weight (44.5 kg ≈ 98.1 lbs). The number became a code for Aqua and is spammed by her fan to reference her.
	+ As of Ver. 0.5, Aqua currently has the lowest base HP of all the characters ingame.

## History

*For full list of changes, see Changelog.*

Version 0.6
* The chance of damage penalty of Klutz has been reduced by 10% per level.
	+ *From 40%/30%/20% to 30%/20%/10%.*
* The buff of Sololive has been increased by 10% per level.
	+ *From 30%/40%/50% to 40%/50%/60%.*

0.5 Hotfix 1
* *NEKO damage increased from 300% (27 – 33) to 400% (36 – 44).* [*Undocumented*]
* *Neko knockback speed increased from 1 (0.02 s) to 35 (0.58 s).* [*Undocumented*]

Version 0.5
* Initial release

## References

1. ↑ Cover Corp. Minato Aqua.
2. ↑ ほぼ日刊ホロライブ (Almost daily hololive) (2020/03/13). Hololive daily clipping ranking (March 12, 2020).
3. ↑ Holoyume - holoyume - VTuber ENG Subs ホロ夢 (2021/05/10). Nekoooooo nekooooooooooooooo.
4. ↑ Minato Aqua. Aqutan no koto Suki Sugi☆Song - Minato Aqua / 湊あくあ【Hololive/ENG Sub】. Hololive are Idols (TL).
5. ↑ Kay Yu (2023/02/14). Kaynimatic on Reddit. “... Also as an aside for people that brought up Aquas gamer side, she just has too much to choose from. The Cleaning Maid skill I was gonna call Gamer Maid, but calling it gamer didn't really make sense with how her character played, like "what's gamer about her gameplay?". Cleaning as a mechanic made more sense.”
6. ↑ Daily Dose of Vtuber (2022/01/21). The Adventure of 44.5 and Minato Aqua.