character analysis on ginban kaleidoscope

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The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, a Japanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot . During a qualifying round in Montreal , Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical trouble. Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her body for 100 days.She ends up falling for Pete. Tazusa Sakurano (桜桜 桜桜桜 Sakurano Tazusa ? ) Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Rizelle Santos (English) A Japanese figure skater known for her sharp tongue. She is on bad terms with the media and the public because of her cold attitude and string of bad luck in competitions. Her goal is to compete in the Winter Olympics in Torino (Turin , Italy ). At the beginning of the series, she is possessed by the ghost of Pete Pumps and while she initially hated him, she gradually grew to accept his constant presence in her life and grew even more to love him. While possessed, she picked up the habit of eatingtomatoes , because her possessor Pete hates tomatoes, and using masochism , since Pete can share Tazusa's pain, to keep him in line. She has an unlucky tendency to fall asleep when she gets bored, but can never sleep the night before a competition. In the anime, she describes herself as "The 10 Billion Dollar Beauty." Initially Tazusa is portrayed as a bratty, cold girl. She doesn't have many friends and lives with her coach and sister. However after spending time with Pete, she slowly changes and opens her heart. Especially in school where Pete helps her through her exams. She also starts to express herself more during the skating routines which enable her to represent Japan in the Olympics. At the same time she also experiences falling in love with Pete and she finally realizes what's important to her. She even showed Pete her ways of love for him but in the end Tazusa was not able to say "I love you" (In Animax Asia English dub, she does.) but it surely was obvious that Tazusa and Pete are in love with one another.

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This paper presents an in-depth character analysis of the main protagonist of hit-manga Ginban Kaleidoscope. In particular, the focus of the literature are main character motivations, personalities, and aspirations.

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Page 1: Character Analysis on Ginban Kaleidoscope

The story revolves around Tazusa Sakurano, aJapanese Olympic figure skating candidate, and Pete Pumps, a Canadian stunt pilot. During a qualifying round in Montreal, Canada, Tazusa falls in the middle of a Triple Lutz and loses consciousness. At the same time, Pete dies mid-performance when his stunt plane crashes due to mechanical trouble. Unfortunately for Tazusa, Pete ends up involuntarily inhabiting her body for 100 days.She ends up falling for Pete.

Tazusa Sakurano (桜野 タズサ Sakurano Tazusa?)Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (Japanese), Rizelle Santos (English)A Japanese figure skater known for her sharp tongue. She is on bad terms with the media and the public because of her cold attitude and string of bad luck in competitions. Her goal is to compete in the Winter Olympics in Torino (Turin, Italy). At the beginning of the series, she is possessed by the ghost of Pete Pumps and while she initially hated him, she gradually grew to accept his constant presence in her life and grew even more to love him.While possessed, she picked up the habit of eatingtomatoes, because her possessor Pete hates tomatoes, and using masochism, since Pete can share Tazusa's pain, to keep him in line. She has an unlucky tendency to fall asleep when she gets bored, but can never sleep the night before a competition. In the anime, she describes herself as "The 10 Billion Dollar Beauty."Initially Tazusa is portrayed as a bratty, cold girl. She doesn't have many friends and lives with her coach and sister. However after spending time with Pete, she slowly changes and opens her heart. Especially in school where Pete helps her through her exams. She also starts to express herself more during the skating routines which enable her to represent Japan in the Olympics. At the same time she also experiences falling in love with Pete and she finally realizes what's important to her. She even showed Pete her ways of love for him but in the end Tazusa was not able to say "I love you" (In Animax Asia English dub, she does.) but it surely was obvious that Tazusa and Pete are in love with one another.