Makoto Nanaya

Makoto Nanaya is a character from Blazblue. She fought Terry Bogard from Fatal Fury and King of Fighters.

## Description

**Makoto Nanaya** is a squirrel-type Demi-Human and is considerably hyperactive with a short attention span, though she has proven to be rather cunning when she needs to be. She is outgoing and adventurous. She has a few complexes about her race, but nonetheless, she acknowledges who she is and is proud of it. In *BlazBlue: Continuum Shift*, Makoto works for the Novus Orbis Librarium Intelligence Department with Hazama but is actually a spy for Sector Seven. In the True Ending, she defects from the NOL after finding out what happened and leaves with Noel and Iron Tager.

In Makoto's arcade ending in *Continuum Shift II*, it is revealed that one of the reasons Makoto is in the 13th Hierarchical City of Kagutsuchi is because of her discovery of the several failed attempts by the NOL to create Noel at Ikaruga.

## Trivia

* “Makoto” (誠) is a unisex Japanese name that means “sincerity” and “honesty”; two virtues that Makoto undoubtedly shows and possess. “Nanaya” (七夜) is Japanese in origin and literally means “Seven Nights”. Its a fairly uncommon surname and can be used as a surname in some Eastern cultures; however, Makoto’s last name is found more in media than it is in real life.
* All of Makoto’s special moves, Astral and Distortions have their names influenced by celestial and astronomical terms.
	+ Her birthday, April 2, is National Peanut Butter and Jelly Day.
	+ In the *BlazBlue: Alter Memory* anime, Makoto is missing several black stripes from her tail. This error is consistent with each of her appearances in the anime.
		- In Episode 7, the black stripes from her tail are visible only during one of her appearances.
	+ Upon defeating Litchi in Arcade Mode in *Chronophantasma*, Makoto reveals that she wears her outfit because it makes easier for her to move around.

* Makoto said to Noel once that her breast size will increase if she lets a boy massage them, making her face flushed and repenting the thought of that. This also happens in a short story in one of the official comics, where Makoto loses her underpants.

* In the Highlander Assault Mode in *Chronophantasma*, if Makoto uses her Distortion, Big Bang Smash, against Highlander: Takemikazuchi, instead of the usual large scale projection of her being shown before she attacks, the camera instead does a close-up on her.

* In the Tutorial Mode of *Chronophantasma*, Makoto will teach the *Beginner- Offense* and *Beginner- Defense* classes alongside Noel Vermillion; she will also teach the *Beginner- Rolling* class alongside Tsubaki Yayoi.Makoto’s beastman gene is that of a Kagutsuchi Island Squirrel.
* Upon defeating Rachel Alucard in Arcade Mode in *Chronophantasma*, Makoto reveals that she comes from a big family.
* Makoto makes various old-school martial arts manga references during some of her moves.
	+ When using **Big Bang Smash**, she says *Moetsukiru hodo hīto!!* (燃えつきるほどヒート！！ *The heat’s enough to burn!!*), a reference to Jonathan Joestar from *JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure*.
	+ When using **Planet Crusher**, she yells the (in)famous *Atatatatatatatat!!* battle cry of Kenshirō from *Fist of the North Star*.
* Makoto has arguably the most amount of moves that can inflict Fatal Counter hits throughout the series, partly thanks to her Drive mechanic.