"Borrowed Bloom: Ryou Shirogane’s Life as Ichigo Momomiya"

Prompt: Ichigo is first introduced when she is on a date with her love interest, Masaya Aoyama. She is attending a Red Data Animal exhibit with him[1]. She meets the future Mew Mews at the exhibit[2]. In the anime, Masaya and Ichigo go to the park after going to the exhibit. Suddenly, there is an earthquake and then Ichigo is injected with the D.N.A of an Iriomote cat. Later on, she begins having cat-like aspects, such as eating a lot of fish, being more acrobatic (as in she can land on her feet like a cat does), and sleeping more than average. During the date, she passes out when she is injected and has a dream of a cat going inside her or merging with her. When she wakes up, Masaya says she has been sleeping for hours. A bit later Masaya is then attacked by a Chimera Anima and Ryou Shirogane gives her a Mew Pendant and encourages her to transform into Mew Ichigo. Midway through the series, Ichigo gains a mysterious protector – the Blue Knight who later turns out to be Masaya. Throughout the series, Ichigo repeatedly rejects repeated advances by Quiche, one of her enemies, but, even though she could not accept his final declaration of love, she cried and held him when he died, showing how kind Ichigo is. Ichigo dies while transferring her own life force into Masaya after he sacrifices himself to kill Deep Blue, another one of her enemies, but is subsequently revived by the Mew Aqua in Masaya. Later on, Masaya decides to go to study aboard in England at the end of the series; but before he goes, Ichigo participates in a mock wedding with Masaya (manga only). Ichigo is a sweet girl who is ready for just about anything life throws at her. Though kind-hearted, compassionate, and eager to help others, she is also hot-headed and, for better or worse, tends to wear her emotions on her sleeve. She isn't afraid of confronting bullies and standing up for others who've been wronged. Ichigo is, however, completely terrified of ghosts, to the point that Minto had to drag her around on a leash and force her to explore a supposedly haunted school. She is head-over-heels in love with Masaya Aoyama and often frets over his opinion of her, even having nightmares about him finding out she's a Mew Mew. Her favorite foods are waffles with maple syrup, pizza, fish, dried bonito, and strawberries. She dislikes carrots. In Mew Mew Power, she is noticeably snarkier and less tactful. Ichigo has chin length strawberry red hair. She normally has it in pigtails tied up in red ribbons. She wears a red ribbon with a bell on it around her neck (given to her by Masaya), and is usually found wearing her school uniform such as a black and light gray sailor dress with a red ribbon tied, two white puffy short sleeves with black and white lines and a light gray ribbon on. When not, she is often seen wearing a yellow shirt and red shorts. Café Mew Mew She wears a red dress with a white, heart-shaped apron and pink and white ribbons. She also wears pink socks and laces with black shoes. Instead of pigtails, Ichigo's hair is clipped with a lace headband and let down. Mew Mew When Ichigo is transformed, her hair and eyes turn bright bubblegum pink, her hair becoming wavier and let hang loose, and grows black cat ears and a tail. Her tail has a dark pink ribbon tied around it with a bell. She wears a short light pink dress with matching arm garters and a leg garter on her right thigh, along with a choker around her neck. Her gloves are dark pink and reach to her wrists with jagged zigzag cuffs. Her boots are dark pink with black laces and end just below her knees. She has dark pink lace lining the top of her dress and the top and bottom of her arm garters, leg garter, and her choker. Her choker has her Mew Pendant dangling from it. Her Mew Marks is a pink version of the imprint on her Mew Pendant on the inside of her right thigh. As a Civilian She is full of energy, agile and enduring even in her civil form. In one episode, Ichigo joins the rhythmic gymnastics team at her school where she improved her stamina, agility, flexibility and reflexes. Sometimes her enhanced Mew Mew abilities (jumping high, landing on her feet) manifests in normal form, without her controlling it. She has some hand-to-hand skill that is combined with her acrobatic skills giving a combat advantage. She knows how to swim. As a Mew Mew Ichigo is the leader of the Mew Mews. Ryou Shirogane, a wealthy, 15-year-old boy, gave Ichigo her Mew Pendant so she could transform into Mew Ichigo. Later on in Tokyo Mew Mew, Ichigo meets a grey cat called Alto, who was actually Ryou as a cat, who first finds Ichigo's lost choker. Her D.N.A is infused with the Iriomote cat. Her transformation phrase is Mew Mew Strawberry... Metamorphose, and she transforms into Mew Ichigo. At first, Ichigo constantly frets that Masaya would not return her feelings due to her powers, but when he did find out, he didn't mind. She first transforms when Ryou pushes her out of a tree. Ichigo's powers are love-based and emotion-fueled. She transforms partially (cat ears and tail appearing) when she is excited or embarrassed. With the D.N.A of an Iriomote cat, Ichigo is granted certain cat-like abilities. One is being able to land easily after falling from a great distance. Another is being able to predict the weather. Mew Mew Ichigo's transformation is the most elaborate sequence out of the five team members. It begins with her Mew Pendant glowing with a burst of rainbow light. The next scene shows Ichigo in a curled up position, surrounded by the power of the Mew pendant with her DNA morphing in the background. She then throws her arms upward and twirls around in a burst of sparkles and her Mew uniform appears on her body in a swirl of pink energy. Her tail pops out and her gloves dissolve onto her hands. Finally, her ears sprout from her head and she concludes the transformation by gracefully lifting her leg and sending a stream of sparkles from her hand, which spirals around and dissolves into her choker and Mew Pendant. She then strikes her signature pose. StrawBell Bell (jpn. ストロベルベル Sutoroberu Beru) is the name of the first weapon given to Ichigo Momomiya, the leader of Tokyo Mew Mew, by Ryou Shirogane. It was first seen in chapter 1 of the Tokyo Mew Mew manga series, and the power of this weapon can eliminate Chimera Animas in one shot. The StrawBell Bell can produce a shield, or to attack along with Ichigo's battle cry, "Ribbon Strawberry Check", which blasts enemies with light, and "Ribbon Strawberry Surprise" which is a more powerful version of the first attack. "Ribbon Strawberry Surprise" is used when Ichigo's other weapon, the Mew Berry Rod, is attached to the StrawBell Bell. The weapon is upgraded in chapter 8 of the manga to StrawBell Bell Version Up because the Mew Mew's weapons merging with hers (excluding Ichigo's other weapon, the Mew Berry Rod). The StrawBell Bell is pink and strawberry-shaped (although it more resembles a heart) with a green top resembling a strawberry stem. There's a golden bow under the stem with a heart in the middle containing Ichigo's Mew Mark, and from underneath it hangs a bell. In the Manga the StrawBell Bell is almost exactly the same except the bell is missing. It only appears if the StrawBell Bell is combined with the Mew Berry Rod. Alongside that, the bow and top do not have as much detail on them as the anime version, and the middle of the bow is round as opposed to heart-shaped. This changes in à la Mode, due to Mia Ikumi implementing the weapon designs from the anime version into the manga into it. Ribbon Strawberry Check (jpn. リボーン・ストロベリー・チェック Ribōn Sutoroberī Chekku) is an attack that Mew Ichigo used in the manga and anime Tokyo Mew Mew. She used her StrawBell Bell to perform it. it is a purification attack that Mew Ichigo performed with the StrawBell Bell. It emits a dazzling light and fires countless rainbow-colored light projectiles at the enemy. In Tokyo Mew Mew New Mew Ichigo throws the StrawBell Bell above her head, charges up energy, then catches it and fires a pink heart-shaped energy bullet to purify the targe Ryou Shirogane (jpn. 白金 稜 Shirogane Ryō) is a character who appears in both the anime and manga series. He is one of the main protagonists and is Keiichiro's partner for the Mew Project. Ryou is a genius from a wealthy family. In episode 36, his father mentions that his IQ was over 180 at age of 10. He is headstrong, stubborn, rude, sarcastic, and occasionally reclusive. He takes his work in the Mew Project very seriously, even testing the project genes on himself in order to ensure its safety. He's particularly rude to Ichigo, often teasing her and getting into fights. But despite his abrasive attitude he has a caring side, inviting the girls on trips, and being willing to risk himself in battles despite having no powers of his own. He often comes to Ichigo's rescue whenever she is stuck in her cat form and is kind toward Retasu, encouraging her to be more confident in herself. Ryou has tan skin and blond hair. He is tall and has aqua blue eyes, and is 15-years-old. When he's Alto, his eyes remain the same color. Ryou's Mew mark is on the side of his neck, which is always covered with the collars of his clothes. When Ryou was 10, a Chimera Anima attacked his parents' mansion and killed them when he was out with Keiichiro. He tried to fight the Chimera Anima, but Keiichiro held him back. He moved to America with Keiichiro and spent the rest of his childhood there, but then returned to Tokyo to perfect his father's work. Ryou is dedicated to the Mew Project. When his father Dr. Shirogane's, project was ready, Ryou refused to deploy it before ensuring it's safety. However, because his genes were incompatible with the Mew DNA, instead of gaining the ability to transform into a Mew Mew, he fully became a cat instead. He can shift between human and cat form at will, but he can only maintain his cat form for ten minutes before the transformation becomes permanent. Ryou, alongside his partner Keiichiro, is the one who assessed which people would be the most compatible with having the Red Data Animal DNA implanted in them. In the anime, Ryou also provides the girls with their Mew Pendants to aid them in their transformations. When in his cat form, he goes by the name Alto. He is a grey cat with dark tipped ears, and wears a green scarf around his neck. Alto was introduced in episode 28. As Alto he has saved Ichigo's life many times, kissing her in order to return her back into human form. Ryou is an incredibly intelligent scientist, being particularly knowledgeable in biology. His IQ is stated to be over 180, and he is also bilingual. He is quite athletic and agile as well, being able to jump incredibly high with ease. Because he tested the Mew Project DNA on himself, he is able to transform into a cat at will for ten minutes at a time. Masaya is Ichigo's classmate. At the beginning of the series, he and Ichigo go on a date to the Red Data animals exhibit where Ichigo meets the other Mews and became a Mew Mew herself. At first, she thought Masaya was oblivious to her feelings, but in the second season's premiere, he reveals that he shares her feelings and they begin dating. Masaya is the only person outside the Mew Project to know Mew Ichigo's real identity, but initially pretends otherwise as he knows Ichigo does not want him to know. He was supportive of it when she finally told him in Episode 38, and said he would help her hide it. In Episode 38, Masaya reveals that as an orphan, he began acting like a "perfect child" to be adopted. In reality, however, he felt sick of humans and disgusted by how they treat the planet. He also reveals that Ichigo is the sole exception, and it was only with her that he felt like a "real human being". In Episode 45, it is revealed that Masaya is the Blue Knight, but Masaya did not know that he was the Blue Knight, nor did the Blue Knight appear to have any knowledge that he was Masaya until then. Once Masaya becomes aware of his transformation, he realises it was born of his desire to protect Ichigo. Shortly after this revelation, Masaya collapses and reawakens as Deep Blue, the leader of the aliens and the Mew Mew's final enemy. Deep Blue claims that he created Masaya in order to deceive the world until the time was right for his awakening. Masaya sacrifices himself by releasing the final Mew Aqua inside his body in order to stop Deep Blue, and is revived when Ichigo gives her life to save him. In turn, the Mew Aqua remaining his body then saves her. At the end of the series, Masaya decides to go to England to study the endangered species used for the Mew Project and the Mew Mews hold a mock wedding for Masaya and Ichigo before he leaves. Ichigo describes Masaya as "smart", "cute", "very athletic" and "popular at school". He is also depicted as being a polite and calm person, and will protect Ichigo at any cost when he transforms into Blue Knight. The truth is that he despised the human race ever since he was a child. Everything he did and said was just an attempt to blend in and be accepted. However, once he started to spend time with Ichigo, he began to soften and changed his view of humans. He's noted to be very Eco-friendly and an animal lover since he participates in recycling and using environmentally-friendly material. Masaya is depicted as an average height boy with short black hair and brown eyes. In the first anime series he is shown to have a fairly tanned skin, while the second anime series shows him with a less noticeable tan and more detailed eyelashes. Masaya is usually seen with a standard school attire consisting of a white button shirt, and black pants. As the Blue Knight his skin turns considerably paler, his hair becomes longer and blond, and his ears become more larger and more pointed. He dons a blueish coat, with a black ribbon on his back. Underneath he wears a pair of blue shorts, exposing most of his legs while donning blueish boots. He wields a sword in combat with a red jewel in the hilt. As a Civilian Masaya is a very bright boy at the top of the class and bilingual. He is very athletic and an excellent kendoka. As the series progresses, it is revealed that Masaya is the Blue Knight, but that Masaya did not know that he was the Blue Knight, nor did the Blue Knight appear to have any knowledge that he was Masaya. Once Masaya becomes aware of his transformation, he realizes it was born of his desire to save Ichigo. Quiche is a character who appears in both the anime and manga series. He is one of the alien antagonists who come to Earth, wishing to "reclaim it. Quiche's unnamed alien race (called Cyniclons in Mew Mew Power) are distant relative of humans, since they are both originally from Earth. It's quite possible that his race is an earlier form of human kind, so he has the normal characteristics as his people that are similar to humans. His most notable characteristic is his golden eyes with orange hues with small slits that stick out more than anything due to their brightness. He has large, pointed elf-like ears that all people of his species have, which are quite noticeable. He has two small fangs and is very pale due to living underground all his life. His dark green hair is styled rather short in the back, but he keeps the hair in front of his ears styled with red bands that some aliens use with their hair. Quiche seems to have the body size of a human male around 13 years old that is notably skinny. He dresses in clothes obviously native to his race. He wears a dark green shirt with poofy sleeves and high collar with red stitching and a brown shirt over top. The shirt only goes halfway down his chest and shows his midriff. It appears that a brown V-neck shirt is stitched onto the black shirt, and, as it is seen when the inside of his shirt is showing, it is quite possible that the black shirt only goes down to the length that is shown from the brown shirt's V-neck. Quiche wears black baggy pants that end at mid-thigh held up by a red waist band and red bands around his mid-thighs. He wears a brown loincloth that covers the front and back of his body that is held there by the red waistband. On the back of his pants are two long and skinny cloths that flow around in the air. Quiche also wears a pair of dark red bandages (sarashi) that wrapped around his wrists and around his legs. He wears a pair of dark boots that are kept on by three straps on each of them. Quiche is a carefree, playful, clever, optimistic, and a rather open-minded person, although this is somewhat hidden by his blood-lustful intentions for humans. He enjoys torturing Ichigo Momomiya, his main enemy, whom he likes seeing in pain. He harasses her regularly and gives her nicknames like "honey", "kitty-cat", and "sweetie-pie". He has a rather cruel sense of humor, playing with his opponents for his amusement. He is very sadistic and enjoys seeing humans in pain, both physically and mentally. He is seen as a bit fun-loving, such as when he tries to make sure that everything that goes his way amuses him. An example: considering his enemies his toys. Quiche is also intelligent, seeing as how when he makes any mistake, he will find a way to make it benefit him. Quiche is very possessive over anything of his, and that includes people. He has a temper and he doesn't have much control when angered. He would even attack one of his comrades out of sheer annoyance at times. Even with his rather cruel personality traits, he does the things he does for his goal of helping his people, his friends, and his family. Quiche hates humans for what they have done to the Earth, and would take immense pleasure in killing them. He is cruel and rather a figure of danger to strangers, but he can't help but be a happy, optimistic figure to the people he is close to. Quiche trusts very few people, seeing as how he hates all humans its only natural he only trusts (sometimes barely) his teammates Pie and Tart. He doesn't trust Deep Blue very much, despite Deep Blue's claims that his intentions are in their best interests. He sometimes wonders if Deep Blue is even trustworthy of saving their planet, and is more confident in his own orders because of this. Throughout the series, Quiche is shown to developing increasing stronger feelings for Ichigo. He constantly harasses Ichigo and often gives her pet names, the most common being "Koneko-Chan". He would do anything to gain Ichigo's love. He has tried several times to kill her boyfriend, Masaya Aoyama, out of his jealousy and possessiveness. He first regarded her as an "interesting toy" that he'd kill for his leader. Slowly, but ever surely, as he got to see her more and more it became an obsession. Eventually, in the manga, he kidnaps Ichigo and confesses his love, then demands she cry because he loves seeing her frightened, although in the anime version, he is only seen attempting to kidnap her and later hurting her, only for Masaya to appear and transform into the Blue Knight in front of them both. Towards the end of the manga, Quiche again declares his love to Ichigo, but when she rejects him he attacks her and begins strangling her. He starts crying and asks how he can make her love him before eventually releasing her. Quiche has a goal, of course. But it has changed in Mew Mew Power, the English dub of Tokyo Mew Mew. Tokyo Mew Mew anime Quiche's goal in the Tokyo Mew Mew is to reclaim his home planet, Earth, for his loved ones and himself, since they were starting to die off. Quiche is the first of the aliens to come to earth along with Pie, and Tart. His people were originally from Earth, and were forced to flee their planet. When he and the other aliens ended up on a planet with an inhospitable surface environment he was forced to live underground because of the sandstorms and high temperatures. He never forgot about Earth, and when he returns he's disgusted by the human inhabitants, as he feels that humans are destroying the planet. Quiche uses chimera animas to accelerate the humans' environmental damage to destroy all life, and reclaim the planet. As a child he is seen as rather sad, but it appears he hides it with his cheerful personality so it didn't bother anyone close to him. Mew Mew Power In Mew Mew Power however, his goals are changed to claiming the planet Earth since his planet, that he has always lived on, is extremely poor, which implies that he and the others are jealous. Tokyo Mew Mew manga He is introduced at the end of the first volume of the manga and in the 2nd episode. In the 2nd episode was his real introduction, but only his eyes were seen. More about Quiche in the Japanese anime In his first full body appearance he was watching the movements of Ichigo in the search of the "ghost" at a junior high school. He speaks to Ichigo at the end of the episode saying that he was "rather fond of her". He then leaps down in front of and kisses her; unknowingly stealing her first kiss. He leaves her after saying "Thanks for the meal." (translated as "Thanks for the kiss." in the manga and fansubs) and the episode ended with her standing there stunned. From then on Quiche is seen using Chimera Animas throughout the series. Quiche very much enjoys his battles with the Mew Mews and treats it as a game. He has said before that all of the Mew Mews are rather "cute", but he finds Mew Ichigo the "cutest". Capacities Quiche can fly at will, teleport and do the same with people and objects, even opening dimensional portals. He is very strong, which is demonstrated in episode 18. He is able to distort the material, as shown in episode 13. He can breathe underwater and extract people's spirits. Quiche is very flexible and agile. Quiche has excellent melee skills even though he doesn't use it often. His ability is remarkable when he faces opponents. Chimera Animas Quiche is seen using Chimera Animas for almost the entire first half of the series instead of actually using his skills. In the manga it is shown in book 5 he can split himself into multiple copies. Weapons Quiche swords In the manga, Quiche uses Tonfas while in the anime he uses a pair of sai that he calls "dragon swords". He is capable of using them in both of his hands and is very well trained at using them. His is capable of using lightning along with the sais and can electrocute his enemies. In the new anime, the Tonfas are used for combat during a short period of the 3rd episode he had a small short blade to eliminate Ichigo which does not happen by the intervention of Mew Mew. Energy Blasts Quiche uses bursts of energy to sometimes startle an opponent, or will use to destroy objects in his way (Or people). Chimera Animas (キメラアニマ, Kimera Anima) are the names of the monsters the aliens create in Tokyo Mew Mew. In Mew Mew Power, the monsters are called Predasites. The jellyfish-like creatures used to make the Chimera are known as Infusers in Mew Mew Power. In the manga and the original anime, they are sometimes called Parasite Aliens. In the Playstation game (sometimes also in the anime), they are called Para Para for short. Chimera Animas are monsters created by aliens Quiche, Pie, and Tart when they use small blob-shaped jellyfish-like parasites called Para Paras to merge with an animal (in the anime also with a plant, or a human spirit stolen from people) to make them monstrous and under their control. However, the Red Data Animals' DNA prevents any attack of the jellyfish-like parasites, so they can't become host of the parasite. When they are defeated by Ichigo Momomiya, Minto Aizawa, Retasu Midorikawa, Bu-Ling Huang, and Zakuro Fujiwara, their host reverts back to normal and Masha eats the Para Para. Shintaro Momomiya (jpn. 桃宮 慎太郎 Momomiya Shintarō) is one of the supporting characters in the manga and anime series Tokyo Mew Mew. Shintaro is a handsome man. He has pitch black, spiky hair, tan skin, and cold, gray eyes. Shintaro is rather strict and temperamental towards Ichigo, but only because he wants to protect her. Shintaro is actually very caring despite his outward appearance. Shintaro hates Masaya Aoyama, Ichigo's boyfriend, for some unknown reason, while Sakura Momomiya, Ichigo's mother, is fine with their relationship. Shintaro is also very childish and he starts fights with Ichigo. He overreacts whenever Ichigo is late or if anyone mentions Masaya. In one point in the anime, he even challenged Masaya to a kendo match, but Ichigo stopped them the very same way Sakura stopped her father during a fight with her father and Shintaro. In Mew Mew Power, it was shown he has a liking to a movie called The Reluctant Samurai. Sakura Momomiya (jpn. 桃宮 さくら Momomiya Sakura) is one of the supporting characters in the manga and anime series Tokyo Mew Mew. Sakura is a youthful-looking woman whose age is unknown. Her cherry red hair is styled into a bob that frames her face. She has fair skin and large brown eyes. Sakura and her daughter look incredibly similar to each other. She is bubbly, cheerful, and easily excited, much like Ichigo. Sakura was aware of Ichigo and Masaya Aoyama's relationship before her husband, Shintaro, was. Unlike Shintaro, who instantly disliked Aoyama, Sakura was fully supportive of him dating her daughter. make a body swap that is has no way of reverse every between Ichigo and Ryou form ryou point of view and live ichigo life with her family and going to school and work and fighting for the plant around anyone they are force to act like each other and not talk about the swap show the Gender Dysphoria for ryou thanks to his new breast and hips which are notable and the fact most of the days he need to wear skirts and date a boy of all things.