Gigi Una

> I will not cower or flee! I shall soar beyond you and protect my family... the people who actually cared for me!
>
> Gigi Una, standing up against her grandfather Father Diavolo.

###### Character Summary:

*The daughter of Donatella and Solido, Gigi's life was turned upside down after she was brought back to Italy to be supposedly protected by her father. Initially cold and selfish, it was revealed to be all an act to hide her fears and mistrust against Hitman Team #47, but she ultimately learned to trust them after they saved her from her grandfather. She would later become an unofficial member when she discovered BLACKPINK, a close-range Stand that allowed her to manipulate whatever she is nearby into paper. With her newfound powers, Gigi is able to help the team lead to victory and defeat her grandfather. Caring and kind, she is valued by the team as not only a powerful ally but a friend, talented musician, and eventually an adopted daughter of Andreas.* * Introduction
* Gallery
* History
* Trivia

## Gigi Una

### Birth Name

(ะจหะระ อุนะ) Achara Xuna, later (ละลิซะ หเลเนเ อุนะ) Lalisa Helene Xuna

### Namesake

Gigi: nickname for Jelena/Helene, meaning "torch", in reference to American model Gigi Hadid and Vietnamese model Gigie. Achara: Thai name, meaning "pretty angel", in reference to Naruto character Konan. Lalisa: Thai name, meaning "one who is praised", in reference to BLACKPINK member and Thai rapper Lisa. Xuna: Thai spelling of "Una", meaning "one" in Italian, in reference to Trish Una.

### Family

Donatella Una (mother, deceased), Solido Nasto (father, deceased), Female prison inmate (grandmother, deceased), Father Diavolo (grandfather, deceased), Andreas Arancini (adoptive father, alive)

### Status

Alive

Gigi Una is a minor character and a core ally in Fate of Zephyr. In Vento Aureo, she is Trish Una.

Raised by Donatella Una in Thailand, she grew up believing that her father Solido Nasto was still alive and never heard of her grandfather or her grandmother prior to her arrival to Italy. The death of her mother led her to be put under supposed protection of Passione under orders of Father Diavolo, uprooting her from Bangkok, Thailand to Naples, Italy, and to eventually be escorted to him by The Hitman Team after their promotion. Upon discovering the truth of her grandfather's intentions and confirming her own suspicions, Gigi joined the team in their mission to identify her grandfather's identity as a means to avenge the death of her parents. She is eventually adopted by Andreas Arancini after helping defeat Father Diavolo and legally changed her name to Gigi Andreas-Una.

She discovered that she is a natural-born Stand user of BLACKPINK, which had the ability to manipulate and turn herself and any item she touches into paper.

## Appearance

Gigi is a teenager of average height and slim build. She sports a half-updo lob with the top part resembling the swirl seen on the front of the original Trish, which is colored bright pink except for the front part of her wispy bangs being platinum blonde. She appears to wear bright pink lip gloss, often reapplying it during her time with the Hitman Team. Gigi identifies herself as mostly Thai and part Italian, sharing physical traits from both sides of her family. This is due to her mother being biracial and her father being part Thai. Her eyes are brown, with hues of green, in reference to her father's own eyes.

She wears a two piece outfit that consist of a black polyester vest and low waisted skirt with a belt around her hips. Underneath her skirt are full covered tights and knee-high brown heeled leather boots. Gigi wears warm-length silk gloves, which was only removed during Fate of Zephyr when she washed and wiped her hands on Giorno's jacket. Both gloves, boots, and tights are patterned in tiles of alternating shades of mathematical symbols in shades of pink and yellow, like the original Trish's design, and the pattern is lined on the inside of her skirt as well. She also appears to have simple stud earrings and her hair is tied up by pink bobby pins, as seen sticking out and falling out when a scuffle between her and Invasion of Privacy and later placed back in when she arrived to Sardinia. It was also revealed that she had a picture of her father with her grandfather concealed in one of her pockets behind her top but it was somehow confiscated by Father Diavolo during the fight between him and Olio Nero and, when reretrieved, was nearly destroyed until it was reassembled by Cassio Montagna.

Before being introduced to Olio Nero's team and after the events of Fate of Zephyr, Gigi appears to be wearing a two piece school uniform that consisted of a pink plaid jacket and either matching skirt or fitted pants. She wears a fashionable blouse underneath and carries a brown leather bookbag as well as matching leather loafers. Her hair color remained the same but she removed her gloves to replace them with fingerless ones that match her leather accessories. She is also seen carrying a pink motorcycle helmet as well. As a child, she is seen wearing a paper folded rose as a hair accessory, hinting at her future abilities.

## Personality

Gigi is introduced to the team as a spoiled, selfish girl with high-class tastes, later revealed to be more of an act due to her fear of what Father Diavolo had intended to do to her and not able to know whether The Hitman Team are involved in it at all. After escaping her grandfather, Gigi revealed herself to be more caring and considerate to the team, especially going out of her way to tend their wounds and prioritize their needs over hers. With those that she grew to be more comfortable with, Gigi enjoys teasing and joking around with both her male and female peers. It is heavily implied that Gigi has an amazing sense of humor and that had help her avoid further ridicule when she was younger.

As a child, Gigi was revealed to be rather introverted and shy. She is well-aware of her financial situation while living in Thailand with her mother, acknowledging that her ability to attend a private school full of wealthier, affluent students despite having a much lower income made her wary of being in social situations. As a result, she adopted her mannerism of being entitled and spoiled as a means to fit in with her peers. She later told Taehyung Pescatore that it was something she despised about herself, having to act like such in order to hide her insecurities as well as protect herself or gain what she wanted in return. The latter was proven useful when she was able to secretly know that her mother was actually killed rather than just die from medical issues, feigning her ability to speak Italian until Olio pointed it out, and use her snobbish persona to obtain high-end luxury items under the pretense that her "father" would have loved her enough to do so.

Despite acting cold and demanding expensive brand items as a protective means, Gigi's taste and superficial aspects is still a part of her and remains unchanged even after the events of Fate of Zephyr. Like Anita Cicchetti, Gigi has a deep interest for modern fashion and arts, and is particular with certain brands of luxury. She has a strong dislike for anything that isn't beautiful to her standards, insects, and men she considered foolish or unkempt, as seen when she initially disliked Andreas; the last two mainly due to her mysophobia. Despite trying to appear regal with her taste, she secretly has an interest for things she deemed "flashy" and what some fashion admirirers deem "excessive" or "tacky", as she mentioned how she wished she was in Zura Grattachecca's body instead of Andreas Arancini's, admiring the excessive gems on her body but openly detested the color palette of Zura's overall outfit despite prefering her style.

Her relationship with Andreas, despite starting off rocky, resembled one of a sibling rivalry, and Gigi often enjoyed joking with him the most througout the story.

## Abilities

### Stand

BLACKPINK is is a close-range Stand that has the ability to manipulate paper items. The most common way is to transform items into layers of paper that can be peeled off at will. Any item can be used, which can include the user's own body, and appear as bright pink sheets of paper in its original form; it can also be transformed into white if desired. However, while the paper itself can sustain some damage, any tear or harm that is irreversible can affect the item that was changed. For example, the floor used to break a person's fall can return back to its original state but with a few newly formed cracks as a result. Gigi often uses her ability to break or soften falls of items and people. When trying to catch Taehyung, she used her abilities to create a safety net via transformng nearby rubble to do so.

BLACKPINK can also use any paper and fold it into anything it chooses, notably origami and kirigami shapes, and unfold them at will to create new ones if desired. These shapes can perform functionalities depending on what they are formed as; cranes and butterflies can fly to a destination the user choses or paper can be folded into sharp edges or armor for self defense. When creating kirigami shapes, the user can create clean cuts into the paper to fold accordingly. However, the cuts are permenant and shapes, true to origami, can only be held together alone without additional support like tape or glue.

### Origami and Kirigami Skills

Prior to discovering her Stand, Gigi developed a hobby and talent for origami as a means to pass time and avoid herself from getting picked on by her classmates; at the same time, it allowed her to befriend some of her classmates and briefly made her feel welcomed for having such a skill. She also uses her abilities to create personalized gifts, as seen when she gave Clara E. a paper crane to give to Sheila and a cat to Andreas. She is also seen folding Lira bank notes into various shapes while on the train to Florence.

She seemed to be most skilled in modular, action, and wet-folding origami styles, which she also applies to her Stand abilities.

### Music Production and Writing Abilities

Throughout Gigi's life, she stated that she had an interest in music and considered being a singer. Gigi revealed to Taehyung and Anita that she used to write songs in her spare time but stopped after some classmates found her notebooks and poked fun at her as a result. At one point, she was also training classically and had plans of performing at Carnegie Hall as a Soprano or attend Julliard School for her higher education studies. However, financial limitations halted her progress. Her musical talent was one of the reasons why Donatella wanted to return back to Italy, believing that she can have more opportunities to advance her musical career there instead of Thailand.

After the events of Fate of Zephyr, Gigi was gifted a small studio in her new bedroom, courtesy of Giorno. She was introduced to music production as a result and improved her skills greatly enough to be signed by a music label as a singer.

## References

* "붐바야 (BOOMBAYAH)" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwmSjveL3Lc
* "LALISA" music video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awkkyBH2zEo

Jennie's hairstyle during her "How You Like That" promotion, serving as inspiration for Gigi's hair.Gigi Hadid's outfit during Versace's Fall 2021 collection. Inspiration for Gigi's outfit.
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 Gigi Una was born ะจหะระ อุนะ (Achara Xuna) but had her name changed to ละลิซะ หเลเนเ อุนะ (Lalisa Helene Xuna) when a fortune teller told her mother that the name would bring love into her life; later on, she would change her last name to Andreas-Una when she was adopted. She identifies herself as Thai with some Italian heritage.

## Life Before Passione

Gigi was the only child of Donatella Una and Solido Nasto; the latter unknowingly died before she was born. Donatella and Gigi briefly lived in Fonnia, Sardinia while the former attempted to reach out to her lover under the belief that he was merely sent away to the military before his village was burned down. Eventually, Donatella received an offer to teach Italian and English in Thailand and decided to move back to her home country when Gigi was five. They would spend the next 10 years in Bangkok, Thailand, where Gigi would attend ประถมศึกษา (Prathom Suksa) and มัธยมศึกษา (Mattayom Suksa) at the International School Bangkok as part of her mother's job offer. Gigi ended up being fluent in both Thai and Italian, as well as conversational English, the latter is greatly improved by the time she arrived in Italy later on.

Gigi described her childhood as an uneventful and her relationship with her mother a loving one. She also grew up believing that her father was merely sent away from the military and hears about how her grandfather tried to separate her father from her mother; however, she has never seen or met her grandfather before and only know his image based on an old photo that she secretly took from her mother. Through Donatella, Gigi developed a taste for high-end fashion and art as well as an interest in luxury brands. Part of this contributed to her attempting to fit in with her classmates in the private school setting, as many of her peers were from wealthy families either within or outside of Thailand, and she was aware of her mother's position as a teacher allowing her to attend the school despite their actual income and subsidies. She also developed her cold and frivolous personality to blend in with her female peers, although she secretly detested how it has developed into her own personality as time passed, and acted in such a way so to also avoid further bullying due to her mixed heritage and lower social standing.

Although Donatella was caring and tended to her daughter while juggling her job as a teacher, she was unaware of Gigi's schooling situation regarding her classmates but willing to provide Gigi with luxury items when she can. Gigi noticed how her mother often yearned to see her father again and often heard stories about their brief romance told repeatedly. She ended up beoming pessimistic about the possibility of seeing her father again, wishing that her mother would stop dwelling on the past and focus more on her current life now, and believed that her father never really cared for them in the first place. Despite loathing her father, she secretly kept a photo of her father with her at all times, guarding it fiercely whenever she was picked on for carrying such memento, until it was stolen by her grandfather later on.

Donatella's job contract eventually ended, along with Gigi's tuition. Her mother decided to return back to Italy after feeling homesick for Sardinia and believing that her daughter should pursue her career in the arts in Italy instead. However, she left her daughter in Thailand due to the latter at the time studying for her upcoming exams and wanting to use the time setting up their new home to find Solido Nasto once more. At the same time, Gigi knew of her mother's weakened heart growing up, and knew that her health conditions were not going to get better. It would be the last time Gigi saw her mother in person.

## Being Escorted By Olio's Team

Unbeknownst to the doctor, Gigi was able to hear is conversation in Italian and correctly speculated that her mother's actual death was a covered-up murder instead of her heart simply giving out. Gigi immediately suspected foul play was put in, believing that whoever was parading as her father must have killed her mother for a reason and therefore would kill Gigi next, but also fearing that her father was actually alive instead and set out to kill her. When she was addressed by the mafiosos under supposed orders of her father, Gigi began to establish herself as a rude brat and demanded that her father provided her with the necessary luxury items needed as a means to compensate for loss time; she further told the mafiosos that her father, as the leader of Passione, should be able to afford such things if he was really that great and as compensation for lost time. She also feigned being excited to see her father, although the act is interpreted as her simply wanting his material worth rather than genuine fear of what's to come.

She was eventually escorted from Thailand to Italy, arriving in Naples for the first time to be under the care of Ogio Engio. From there, she was passed around from different hitman teams, all of whom did not like her due to her high expectations and demands, and some willingly refusing to oversee her. She was eventually put into The Hitman Team as a final mission before confirming Olio Nero's role as the new Capo. She maintained her spoiled brat act, but quickly realized that no one on the team was phased by it, save for Andreas Arancini and initially Zura Grattachecca; it was Anita Cicchetti that she eventually opened up to due to their shared interest, and later on Taehyung Pescatore when she was seen talking about her past with him as she tended his wounds.

She was initially wary of Giorno Giovanna, who often referred to her as Trish on accident, but eventually befriended him too. Clara E. was able to point out that her attitude was merely an act based on how Gigi, despite presenting her as a selfish and vain individual, went out of her way to help the team and even sacrifice herself on the train ride to Florence. This is further proven with Gigi's Stand BLACKPINK was revealed to her and she used it to help the team fight agains their enemies, including her grandfather. She would later on stay behind inside Coco Jumbo to tend Taehyung's wounds after the team's initial encounter with Dr. Doccio Ciocolatta and Secco. During the body switch, she was placed into Andreas' body while Andreas was placed into Zura's and Zura's into Gigi's. Gigi commented on how she wished she could have been in Zura's body instead of a "stinky, unkempt rat" like Andreas, similar to how the original Trish commented on being in the original Mista's body. After the body switch, she shared a laugh with Andreas and apologized for her comment earlier. The two of them tried racing each other to the Colosseum to meet up with Olio Nero.

## Post-Fate of Zephyr

After Giorno was announced to be the supposed leader of Passione, he gave out a statement explaining Gigi's involvement as just an innocent school girl from Thailand taken from a human trafficking ring that was roped into corruption and would eventually be used as a scapegoat had Giorno not step in. Gigi's identity remained anonymous, with bribes solidifying the belief that her name was actually (ภระนปริยะ ศะjะกุล) Pranpriya Sajakul and that she was actually 10 years old instead of 15. The lies not only hid Gigi's identity but also allowed public opinion to sway in Giorno's favor, making his transition to power easier to accept.

Gigi was eventually taken in by Andreas when he retired from his position in The Hitman Team. It was Andreas that offered her a place to stay and legal guardianship while she continued finishing her education and live with him in Olio's old home. After hearing about her interest in producing music and song writing, Andreas and Giorno set up her new living space with the most current music producing technology for her to use. Gigi began to find new friends in her school through her interest in music before being recruited by a talent agency to model and eventually release her first album. This led her to gain international success, garnering herself many fans and ultimately shot her into stardom. Between her rise to stardom and her becoming adopted, she had her name legally changed to Gigi Andreas-Una in order to further preserve her identity and to be officially adopted by Andreas. According to Gigi, the change to new name was her way of transitioning from the pain of losing her parents into a new life with her new family. She has a memorial set up for both her father and mother in Sardinia.

## Comparison to the Original Trish

Both Gigi and Trish share similar traits in terms of names, personality, and backstory. Like Trish, Gigi is named after an American model, Gigi Hadid, and shares the same tastes and distastes, and their life leading them to be caught up in Passione's agenda.

Unlike the real Trish, Gigi is both Italian and Thai and lived in Thailand for the majority of her life instead of Sardinia. Gigi's backstory is more fully described to explain her personality, mainly her preference for higher-end, luxury items, snobbish/rude personality, and personal insecurities. Gigi's Stand is also based on a girl group, namely BLACKPINK, instead of Spice Girl, and her appearance is more closely resembling their members instead of the model she is named after.

* Gigi, like Trish, was named after American model Gigi Hadid and Vietnamese model based in Thailand Gigie. Her birth name, Lalisa, is the real first name of BLACKPINK member and Thai rapper Lisa.
	+ Thai naming conventions involve a first and last name that is only used on legal documentation and carefully chosen by reputed religious leaders; no middle name is used and names could be changed at any time if it would bring more fortune to the individual. Otherwise, people are referred by their ชื่อเล่น (chûe-lên), a one-to-two syllable nickname given by their families or friends.
	+ Gigi is based off BLACKPINK members Jennie and Lisa, with Jennie being the inspiration for her appearance and Lisa for her names and Thai heritage. Lisa herself had her name changed to Lalisa because a fortune teller said it would bring her good fortune, in reference to Gigi's name believing to bring her love.
* Gigi's last name, Xuna (อุนะ), is a Thai version of the Italian surname Una used by the original Trish. However, it may or may not be accurately Thai and based on an online Thai keyboard and Google Translate.
	+ The actual translation of the name Xuna in Thai is unknown.
	+ In Nigeria, Xuna means "beloved one" and used by many Nigerian women as a first name or middle name. The original language it came from is also unknown, as Nigeria is home to various Nigerian languages spoken and the name is used in various groups as well. The connection to Nigerian culture is unintentional, but it can be considered that Gigi has a connection to it in some way.
* Gigi's abilities are based on the *Naruto* character Konan, the head of the Amegakure village and a founder of the Akatsuki who has the ability to manipulate and transform herself and her surroundings into paper. As a result, she also briefly resembled Konan as a child.
	+ Konan herself was given the nickname "God's Angel" by her village, explaining Gigi's original birth name being Achara.
* According to Gigi, her blonde highlights were dyed by herself and Donatella actually didn't approve of them.