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Noir
Noir je anime smješten u bližu budućnost. Jedan od glavnih likova je Mireille mlada djevojka, samotni tip osobe koja je ujedno i jedna od najtalentiranijih ubojica u podzemnom svijetu. Jednoga dana Mireille dobiva e-mail s nazivom njezine sljedeće žrtve: Kirika Yumura. E-mail ima iskrivenu poruku, "Join me on a pilgrimage to the past." i melodiju koja je svirala iz muzičke kutijice (sat nezinoga oca) kada su njezini roditelji ubijeni. Mireille, čiji roditelji su ubijeni od strane nepoznatog ubojice, i Kirika, djevojka s amnezijom, postaju partneri.
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Kirika Yuumura
· Kirika Yuumura - Kirika is a schoolgirl who has lost all memories of her past, knowing only that her true name is Noir. It is not known whether her real name is Kirika Yuumura, as the only thing that links her to this name is a student card of her with that name on it. She meets up with Mireille in the first episode with an offer to take a pilgrimage to the past. Ironically, when Kirika was a young child, she killed Mireille's family. Before dying, Mireille's mother asked Kirika to take care of Mireille. She is an excellent marksman and uses a Beretta M1934, but can also use a great deal of mundane objects as well.
Noir artwork
· Mireille Bouquet - A Corsican woman born into a powerful family, Mireille and her uncle are the sole survivors of a brutal attack on her family. The reason behind the murder of her family was that her parents refused to have Mireille raised by the Soldats to become Noir. After her family's murder, she would later be trained by her uncle to become an assassin. Already a well-established assassin, she receives an email from Kirika with an attachment of a familiar melody. She agrees to work with Kirika because of a watch that Kirika has which is identical to one her father had. However, she tells Kirika that once the truth is revealed, she would kill Kirika. Ironically, the codename Mireille chooses to work under, after teaming up with Kirika, is Noir, assuming the role that her parents wished for Mireille not to have. Mireille uses a Walther P99. Mireille's theme music is 'Corsican Corridor' and 'Salva Nos'. She is voiced by Kotono Mitsuishi in the original and Shelly Calene-Black in the ADV dub.
· Chloe - A mysterious figure that appears about halfway through the series, she claims to be the True Noir. Though she is about Kirika's age, she is extremely skilled as an assassin, a quite remarkable fact since she uses throwing knives instead of guns. Chloe is very faithful to Altena and is working on the side of Soldats. She was witness to the murder of the Bouquet family by Kirika, an event which would cause her to look up to Kirika. Chloe's theme music is 'Secret Game' (in addition to the instrumental song 'Chloe'). She is voiced by Aya Hisakawa in the original Japanese and Hilary Haag in the ADV dub.
· Altena - A motherly figure who is high-ranking in Soldats, who seems to be working for "Le Grand Retour" (The Great Return). She resides in a place called "The Manor" which is a vineyard run with medieval technology. The Manor is between the border of France and Spain, and is a "forgotten place" to the world. (This is possibly inspired by the microstate Andorra.) She was orphaned during a war (possibly Cold War) and was raped by a soldier. This trauma led her to believe that if excessive love could destroy, excessive hate could perhaps save
Post je objavljen 30.08.2006. u 14:07 sati.