Canon Personality: Nana plays the role of "team mom" to the girls at Seisho Music Academy. She's sweet, kind, and hard-working, taking on roles both onstage and backstage. She's usually the one who - even after a hard day of school, training, and backstage work - greets the other girls when they come back to the dorm at night. Nana is the team mom to the extent that she even goes out of her way to be sure everyone else is taking care of themselves, whether that means that they're eating properly and getting enough rest, or just need a friend to talk to for a bit.
That's Nana on the outside, and even to an extent on the inside. Everything she does is based on one thing and one thing only: protecting what she believes to have been the single brightest moment she's had. That moment is the performance of the play 'Starlight' that she and her classmates put on during their first year at Seisho. For the first time, Nana felt like she was part of something bright and beautiful, something that she needed others to be a part of, but most importantly something where she herself was needed. She had never felt that kind of radiance before.
When Nana joins the secret underground Revues, she has only one focus, and that's to make sure she protects that beautiful, brilliant stage. Again and again, she fights the other girls in duels - singing, dancing, fighting - and she defeats them. Every time, she uses the wish granted to the Top Star to return to that stage. This happens at least 60 times. Nana does this knowing that the brilliance of the other girls is fueling her wish, but nothing matters to her more than that single shining moment. She eventually comes to believe that she's not just protecting her moment, she's protecting her friends. If nothing changes, they won't be hurt, and more importantly, they won't leave her.
The problem comes in when Nana is faced with the prospect of things changing. She might not outwardly show it, but she's bitter that newcomer Hikari has come in, joined the Revues, and is threatening everything. Hikari is the first one that's able to beat Nana in a Revue, in a moment that Nana has to admit is beautiful. That victory sets things in motion; eventually Nana is defeated for good and the Revues seem to stop. Nana admits that seeing things change hurts, but she's seemingly learned that they leave room for growth.
At least, that's what we think up until the second movie. A bitter Nana, faced with the knowledge that their time at Seisho is ending and her friends are going in different directions, intentionally starts the Revues again. This time, it's less about protecting them and more about showing them that this change is too painful; the change that comes with them leaving is the death of their past selves, in her words. She gets to the point where she even asks her closest friend to hurt herself, but then stops. She realizes - it's a forced realization, but a true one - that she doesn't need to lose her friends. More importantly, she can now look to the future with a degree of optimism that she couldn't have had before.
AU History: Nana was born and raised in Kaisou. When she was a child, she showed a talent for music and dance, and her parents enrolled her in dance and music lessons. She started acting in community theatre when she was little, her first starring role being in a production of Annie when she was seven. That's when she first heard the rumors about there being a ghost in one of the theatres in Kaisou. She knew strange things could happen in the city, but she shrugged it off as just a rumor.
Nana attended Kaisou High School, where she had her first experience with the paranormal - the rumors of a ghost in the theatre weren't just rumors. Nana found out the hard way that the rumors were real when she was attacked by a Spirit Monster while she was rehearsing alone for her role as Christine in Phantom of the Opera. The prop chandelier crashed onto the stage, trapping her under it until she was possessed by the spirit of a harpy, allowing her to get away and heal.
Now, Nana is a theatre major at Kaisou University. She's hoping to do bigger shows one day, but for now, she's content with her studies and her part-time job at a bakery.
AU Personality Differences: The only major difference between canon Nana and AU Nana is that she's a lot more cautious. The falling chandelier incident has also made her afraid of heavy things falling on her again.
Element: Wind Purchased Powers: Low-level sound manipulation (two points) and making small objects float (one point). Possession: She's possessed by a harpy. Her contract price is that for one week a month, she's constantly hungry. She can eat, but no matter how much she eats, it won't be enough to satiate that hunger.
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Other Characters: Usagi Tsukino
Character Name: Nana Daiba
Canon: Revue Starlight
Canon History: Wiki, episode summaries, second movie summary
Canon Personality: Nana plays the role of "team mom" to the girls at Seisho Music Academy. She's sweet, kind, and hard-working, taking on roles both onstage and backstage. She's usually the one who - even after a hard day of school, training, and backstage work - greets the other girls when they come back to the dorm at night. Nana is the team mom to the extent that she even goes out of her way to be sure everyone else is taking care of themselves, whether that means that they're eating properly and getting enough rest, or just need a friend to talk to for a bit.
That's Nana on the outside, and even to an extent on the inside. Everything she does is based on one thing and one thing only: protecting what she believes to have been the single brightest moment she's had. That moment is the performance of the play 'Starlight' that she and her classmates put on during their first year at Seisho. For the first time, Nana felt like she was part of something bright and beautiful, something that she needed others to be a part of, but most importantly something where she herself was needed. She had never felt that kind of radiance before.
When Nana joins the secret underground Revues, she has only one focus, and that's to make sure she protects that beautiful, brilliant stage. Again and again, she fights the other girls in duels - singing, dancing, fighting - and she defeats them. Every time, she uses the wish granted to the Top Star to return to that stage. This happens at least 60 times. Nana does this knowing that the brilliance of the other girls is fueling her wish, but nothing matters to her more than that single shining moment. She eventually comes to believe that she's not just protecting her moment, she's protecting her friends. If nothing changes, they won't be hurt, and more importantly, they won't leave her.
The problem comes in when Nana is faced with the prospect of things changing. She might not outwardly show it, but she's bitter that newcomer Hikari has come in, joined the Revues, and is threatening everything. Hikari is the first one that's able to beat Nana in a Revue, in a moment that Nana has to admit is beautiful. That victory sets things in motion; eventually Nana is defeated for good and the Revues seem to stop. Nana admits that seeing things change hurts, but she's seemingly learned that they leave room for growth.
At least, that's what we think up until the second movie. A bitter Nana, faced with the knowledge that their time at Seisho is ending and her friends are going in different directions, intentionally starts the Revues again. This time, it's less about protecting them and more about showing them that this change is too painful; the change that comes with them leaving is the death of their past selves, in her words. She gets to the point where she even asks her closest friend to hurt herself, but then stops. She realizes - it's a forced realization, but a true one - that she doesn't need to lose her friends. More importantly, she can now look to the future with a degree of optimism that she couldn't have had before.
AU History: Nana was born and raised in Kaisou. When she was a child, she showed a talent for music and dance, and her parents enrolled her in dance and music lessons. She started acting in community theatre when she was little, her first starring role being in a production of Annie when she was seven. That's when she first heard the rumors about there being a ghost in one of the theatres in Kaisou. She knew strange things could happen in the city, but she shrugged it off as just a rumor.
Nana attended Kaisou High School, where she had her first experience with the paranormal - the rumors of a ghost in the theatre weren't just rumors. Nana found out the hard way that the rumors were real when she was attacked by a Spirit Monster while she was rehearsing alone for her role as Christine in Phantom of the Opera. The prop chandelier crashed onto the stage, trapping her under it until she was possessed by the spirit of a harpy, allowing her to get away and heal.
Now, Nana is a theatre major at Kaisou University. She's hoping to do bigger shows one day, but for now, she's content with her studies and her part-time job at a bakery.
AU Personality Differences: The only major difference between canon Nana and AU Nana is that she's a lot more cautious. The falling chandelier incident has also made her afraid of heavy things falling on her again.
Element: Wind
Purchased Powers: Low-level sound manipulation (two points) and making small objects float (one point).
Possession: She's possessed by a harpy. Her contract price is that for one week a month, she's constantly hungry. She can eat, but no matter how much she eats, it won't be enough to satiate that hunger.