Monday, June 15, 2020

Character Analysis: Filia

In Case You Were Wondering...

As those of you who are familiar with Skullgirls may know, there are actually multiple versions of Filia that have appeared throughout the course of the series. This is because there are multiple timelines in the Skullgirls multiverse, thus giving us multiple versions of the same characters. Given that each timeline are merely branches of the same story, I will be compositing feats for Filia that are present throughout each timeline.

Background

Filia Medici was once an average schoolgirl, but one day woke up with no memories and a second mouth on the back of her head. The mouth on the back of Filia's head was Samson, a parasite that possessed Filia's hair, which resulted in her amnesia. With no memories or anyone to turn to for help, Filia knew that if she wanted to regain her memories, she would need to trust her new parasite comrade and obtain the Skull Heart, a powerful artifact that grants the wish of others. 

Equipment

Skull Heart
A powerful artifact capable of granting the wish of others. In Filia's Story, Filia would successfully defeat Marie and obtain the Skull Heart's power. Filia would use the Skull Heart to wish for the restoration of Painwheel's life, but while the wish was granted, the Skull Heart's power would go on to slowly corrupt Filia, transforming her into the next Skullgirl.

Abilities

Samson
Samson is a centuries old parasite that would fuse himself with Filia's hair. In battle, Samson does most of the fighting for Filia and can transform her hair into almost any weapon he wants.

A list of things Samson can turn Filia's hair into:

Hairball
A move in which Filia curls into a ball as Samson covers her in sharp spikes and they roll forward. An obvious reference to Sonic the Hedgehog's Spin Dash.

Hairball (Projectile)
A hairball Samson spits out of his mouth. 

Physicality

Strength

Speed
  • Intercepted Double before she could attack Squigly
  • Skullgirls characters can react to and block Parasoul's bullets 
  • Skullgirls characters can react to and block Peacock's laser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_565PfnMbo


Durability

Scaling


Cerebella
In Filia's Story Mode, Filia defeats Cerebella. Filia also fights Cerebella in Cerebella's Story Mode. Cerebella's feats that Filia can be scaled to includes:

Valentine
Another character Filia defeats in her Story Mode. Valentine's feats that Filia can be scaled to include:

Marie
Filia defeats Marie in order to obtain the Skull Heart in her Story Mode. It should be noted that Filia does not scale to Marie's full power, given that she defeated her before she could reach that point. But with that said, Filia should scale to feats Marie was capable of performing around the time they fought.

Accomplishments

  • Defeated Parasoul, the military leader of the Black Egrets 
  • Defeated Peacock, Cerebella, and Painwheel in her story mode
  • Defeated Valentine and Double at the same time
  • Defeated Marie and obtained the Skull Heart
  • Teamed up with Squigly to fight Double and Eliza
  • Along with Squigly, defeated Double

Weaknesses

While Filia is kind and polite, Samson can be rather brash and headstrong. Filia also has no fighting experience on her own and relies on Samson to do the fighting for her. But most importantly, Filia has a strong vulnerability to Rule 34, and that's a true crime.

Thursday, June 11, 2020

Character Analysis: Haruko Haruhara

Background

Haruko Haruhara is an energetic and spontaneous 19 year old alien girl whose made it her personal mission throughout most of the series to chase down and absorb Atomsk, a powerful space pirate king. Aside from that, little is known about Haruko.

Equipment

Rickenbacker
Haruko's signature weapon is a bass guitar. Not only is she capable of using this as a melee weapon, but it can also shoot missiles/shotgun rounds.
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (13:04) - Haruko firing bullets from Rickenbacker

1967 Model Mustang
Haruko's bass guitar used in FLCL Progressive and Alternative. The 1967 Model Mustang has nearly the same abilities as the Rickenbacker, but can fire lasers instead of bullets.
  • Alternative Ep. 2 (16:40) - Haruko firing lasers from her 1967 Model Mustang

Vespa SS180
A modified Vespa scooter that serves as Haruko's main source of transportation. The Vespa is capable of flight and can be summoned by Haruko with a whistle. Haruko has stated that her Vespa is light speed, which is likely true given that she uses it to chase down Atomsk through the universe.
  • FLCL Ep. 3 (17:43) - Haruko summons the Vespa with a whistle
  • FLCL Ep. 6 (26:40) - Haruko flying with her Vespa
  • FLCL Manga Ch. 15 (Pg. 47) - Haruko stating her Vespa is light speed

Ukulele Gun 
A ukulele disguised as a machine gun. Used in Chapter 7 of the FLCL manga.

Uzi Submachine Gun
A submachine gun used by Haruko. Uzi Submachine Guns have a rate of fire of  600 rounds/minute and have a muzzle velocity of around 895 mph.
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (1:00) - Haruko using an Uzi Sabmachine Gun

Slingshot
A slingshot used by Haruko. With it, Haruko can fire small explosive red energy spheres capable of staggering skyscraper sized robots.
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (16:20) - Haruko using a slingshot

Spring-Loaded Boxing Glove
A spring-loaded boxing glove that comes from Haruko's...let's move on.
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (3:45) - Haruko's spring-loaded boxing glove

Abilities

4th Wall Breaking/Toon Force
Throughout the series, Haruko has shown the ability to break the laws of physics with some light reality warping. She can pause the anime to comment on events, stretch her limbs and body, and can even turn the anime itself into a manga panel.
  • FLCL Ep. 1 (5:14) - Pauses the anime to comment on a slow motion shot
  • FLCL Ep. 2 (16:45) - Stretches her eyes
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (4:03) - Stretches her body
  • FLCL Ep. 6 (7:34) - Turns the anime into a manga

Flight
 Haruko has shown the ability to fly without her Vespa.
  • Progressive Ep. 5 (20:28) - Haruko flying on her guitar

Atomsk's Power
During the events of FLCL Progressive, Haruko was able to absorb the power of Atomsk himself. While absorbing Atomsk' true power proved to be too much for her to handle, Haruko was able to tap into a portion of his power during her fight with Jinyu. The portion of his power tapped into while fighting Jinyu was likely residual energy left in her body after trying to absorb Atomsk the first time. 
  • Progressive Ep. 4 (14:54) - Taps into Atomsk's power
  • Progressive Ep. 4 (20:27) - Devours and reabsorbs Jinyu into her body

Feats

Strength
  • FLCL Ep. 1 (9:25) - Destroys an X-Ray machine
  • FLCL Ep. 1 (9:40) - Cartoonishly makes a hospital twist and jump into the air
  • FLCL Ep. 1 (20:30) - Bashes her guitar bass through metal
  • FLCL Ep. 4 (0:00) - Hits a baseball out of the atmosphere
  • FLCL Ep. 4 (20:35) - Hits a giant baseball bomb into space and damages the surrounding area
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (16:20) - Staggers a skyscraper-sized robot with a slingshot

Speed
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (6:22) - Deflects a sniper bullet
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (11:40) - Dodges and deflects gunfire at close range
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (13:00) - Dodges bullets in slow motion
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (17:15) - Dodges building-sized bullets
  • FLCL Ep. 6 (30:36) - Flies out of the solar system
  • Progressive Ep. 2 (17:37) - Blocks lasers
  • Progressive Ep. 5 (7:55) - Moves FTE
  • Alternative Ep. 2 (19:00) - Spins fast enough to create a vortex
  • Is capable of driving her lightspeed Vespa

Durability
  • Consistently endures point blank explosions
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (17:20) - Gets shot by multiple building-sized bullets
  • FLCL Ep. 5 (18:18) - Gets shot by five building-sized bullets at once
  • FLCL Ep. 6 (24:10) - Takes hits from an Atomsk-empowered Naoto
  • Progressive Ep. 2 (19:30) - Survives an explosion that creates a massive crater

Scaling

  • FLCL Ep. 6 (5:28) - Atomsk is stated to be capable of stealing star systems. While Haruko does not fully scale to Atomsk, she is capable of tapping into a portion of his power
  • FLCL Manga Ch. 15 (Pg. 19 - 20) - Canta jumps to space in seconds
  • FLCL Novel (Pg. 114) - Naoto hits a meteor at warp speed two

Accomplishments

  • Chased Atomsk across the galaxy
  • Defeated an army of gun wielding goons with her guitar
  • Along with Canti, fought a skyscraper sized robot
  • Defeated and absorbed her other half, Jinyu
  • Would eventually catch up to Atomsk and absorb his powers 

Sources
FLCL, Progressive, and Alternative anime: https://www.adultswim.com/videos/flcl