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Spoiler Alert: This article/section contains details about future plot lines described in the light novels, not covered in the anime. Do not proceed unless you want to be spoiled. |
- This article deals with MARIA, the Fraxinus AI in the light novels. For the game-exclusive character, please refer to the Maria Arusu article.
| MARIA | |
|---|---|
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| Profile | |
| Katakana | マリア |
| Romaji | Maria |
| Status | Alive |
| Gender | Female |
| Height | 158 cm[1] |
| Species | AI |
| Hair Color | White |
| Eye Color | Blue |
| Nicknames | Roboko (by Nia Honjo) |
| Personal Status | |
| Affiliations | Ratatoskr |
| Occupation | Fraxinus AI Manga Assistant |
| Media | |
| Novel Debut | Volume 14[2] Volume 19 [3] |
| Anime Debut | Date A Live Ⅳ Episode 4[2] Date A Live Ⅴ Episode 12[3] |
| Portrayal | |
| Japanese | Suzuko Mimori [4] |
| English | Sarah Roach |
MARIA (マリア, Maria?) is the Fraxinus AI. After the ship's upgrade to Fraxinus EX, she gains the ability to talk to the crew members.
Summary[]
As the Fraxinus AI, MARIA is responsible for compiling the data options given for Shido's date with each Spirit. After her upgrade, she gains the ability to talk to the crew members and offer her opinion on combat matters. During the final battle with DEM, she was able to gain physical form through Nia's powers.
Appearance[]
After being granted physical form through Nia’s Rasiel, MARIA's appearance looks virtually identical to Maria Arusu. She is 158 cm tall, and her three sizes are B84/W58/H85.[5]
Personality[]
As the Fraxinus AI, MARIA has an insightful perspective and delivers her advice in any given scenario when needed. At the same time, she can be remarkably childish and hold grudges against people like Nia Honjo for insulting her. In these cases, she shows a more snarky and vindictive side to herself. Shido notes that this side of her personality makes her more remarkably human than an AI would normally be considered.
MARIA shows considerable interest in experiencing the human lifestyle. Within a month of gaining her human form, she keenly observes the interactions between Shido and Kotori, while also voicing a desire to study at high school. Within a year, she begins to have her own possessions funded by a part-time job under Nia, and becomes capable of conducting herself in social gatherings. She also learns how to use hand gestures to imitate the way a human counts, even though as an AI it would be unnecessary for her to do so.
History[]
Background[]
MARIA has always remained within the system of the ship, being the one that compiles the choices during Shido's dates. However, while always lurking behind the scenes, she was unable to communicate with the crew beyond that. Thanks to the upgrade to the Fraxinus EX, MARIA now gained the ability to freely speak to the crew through the communication system.
Powers & Abilities[]
Being the Fraxinus AI, MARIA has complete control over the ship. She is able to control every function on the ship as if they were her own limbs. During times of emergency, she can relinquish control to Kyouhei Kannazuki, allowing the Fraxinus vice-commander control of the ship by using the ship's main Realizer. However, MARIA finds the mere thought of this detestable and would only ever consider it during emergencies when she is too preoccupied with another matter.
After being given a body through Rasiel's power, she gains the ability to duplicate herself and revive continuously like the Nibelcole as long as Nia still has Reiryoku left. After Nia lost her powers, she was able to retain physical form through just the Realizer alone. Her Realizer body is remarkably human-like, being able to consume food and sweat just like a normal human. Each MARIA body is equipped with its own internal Realizer, which means MARIA often likes to summon multiple copies of herself to double-check the accuracy of the main Fraxinus ship's calculations.
Weapons & Equipment[]
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Media[]
- Light Novel
- Appearances:
- Volume 14-22
- Encore 9-11
- Appearances:
Quotes[]
- (To Nia Honjo) "MARIA does not listen to you." [6]
- (To her viewers) "──Yes, this is super AI Maria. Greetings from above the sky today. How is everyone crawling on the ground getting along?" [7]
Trivia[]
- MARIA's design is based on the game-exclusive character, Maria Arusu.
- Despite her name being written in katakana, the novel mentions that her name is spelled in English letters when displayed on the monitor.
- She likes beautiful source code, and dislikes slovenly manga artists who use any excuse to drink alcohol and slack off when not supervised even though the deadline is imminent.[5]