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This is the Four-hundredth-fourteenth week of using the "Perfect Anime Girl Sheet". Notice: This Blog may contain Unmarked Spoilers.

: Welcome back everyone to the show that everyone is tuning in to watch!

Oh man, am I suddenly in Keijo!!!!!!!!?

: Topaz, not everyone is watching that.

They should, and grade it high too. It deserves far better than MAL users give it.

: Ahem. As I was saying, before I was so rudely interrupted, we're here at the second round of Aldra's special fall tournament. We have Topaz here, who has provided his worth by defeating Esdeath last time.

: Fortunately she did not fall into the Void. Though she did get crystalized.

: Indeed, and this week he has to face the Earthen General Quake! And at the Terrain Arena as well!

: Certainly. Though I do dislike that silly name. Call me Kuvira, or General Kuvira if you would like to be proper.

*Kuvira cracks her knuckles and then her neck in an intimidating fashion.*

: So when are we going to start this battle?

Uh... I mean, after my blog.

: Oh? I get one of those silly things as well.

: Careful Topaz, she's a rare character that's neither from anime or from a game. She must be especially devious.

Not necessarily. Remember, I did another girl from her series a long time ago.

: Eh? That must have been before my time.

It was. Many years ago I did Toph.

: EH?! You have spoken to Toph, one of the best earthbenders and the originator of metalbending?

Yes, back when she was a little girl.

*Kuvira thinks hard.*

: Wait, how old is this blog?

About to be nine!

*She thinks harder, even rubbing her head.*

: Wait, this makes no sense...

: Time is silly, but it's more because your sequel series hadn't quite come out back then. As a result Topaz only had the original series. I'm guessing at least.

Exactly, or rather Toph hadn't shown up in your series yet.

: I see, I think. But regardless, I shall allow you to do your silly talking first.

That's quite gracious of you. I'm glad that I have such reasonable opponents.

: I'm not, but then again I enjoyed the battle last time.

: Not everyone did.

I apologize!

: And that's not counting too much exposition birthday chatter!

I apologize again! Is that what you wanted to hear? Was the Tintinabar really worth losing that?

: Yes-wait, I thought it was just the Charm Bangle?

You missed talking to a few units, forgot the Special Forces battle, and asked a question twice.

: CURSES!

: Um, can we get back to the blog.

: Indeed, I am waiting patiently to hear you praise me. Do not keep me waiting too long though.

Fine fine, let's get this stone rolling!



Head
Hair: Kuvira has alright hair, with a good color being brought down by her style. Of course, the good thing is that her hair is a dark black which is always nice. Sadly the style is where she suffers. It's pulled back into a sorta bun above the back of her neck. I really don't like it, mostly because it sacrifices her bangs and sides so she seems to have a larger forehead than she should. It does look quite professional and reserved, which does fit with her character but I really like having the face framed. Oh and she has a part above her left eye as well as a nice white barrette in back (nothing cute like a bow or anything). Her hair is about medium length, going past her shoulders (not that much shows though). She also has bumps on the sides, which seem like braids but they aren't detailed enough to be definite. I do like how sometimes, after a particularly rough battle, she looks a bit more disheveled and her hair is a mess. It shows how her struggle. Also, while I didn't notice (as she didn't seem too important) but in her first appearance she had a long braid and helmet. Shame she didn't keep that look.
Grade: B-

Eyes: I do really like narrow eyes, so Kuvira does well here. They still show quite a bit of emotion as well, and while the tops are mainly straight they do seem to have a slight tsurime to show off her dominant side. She also has green eyes, and while I can't remember well enough to say if there's many green-eyed girls Kuvira herself matches her green-themed clothing well. Also, as you can probably see Kuvira has pretty big eyebrows which look neat too.
Grade: B-

Face: Sadly being a Western-designed character (somewhat) Kuvira does suffer here. Especially with her large nose, even if it's not always fully-detailed. Her chin is also fairly pronounced, though not too badly or noticeable in the series itself. She also has a beauty mark under her right eye, a feature she seems to share with her voice actress. What helps Kuvira slightly is that she is usually smug or dominant and her face is often stoic to show it. Sure she has moments of desperation but she's never too flustered and always seems in control. I can't tell if she's darker-skinned compared to the rest of the Earth Nation population, I can't notice if it's that or if I had just found some shadowy images for reference.
Grade: C+

Body
Build: Sadly we don't get a good look at this area. Kuvira just covers herself up too well. I would say she's about average for her age, being somewhat shapely but not to outlandish (this is a kid's show, after all. Not that kid's shows don't have shapely girls but still). She does seem like she would be well-build, as if she has a muscular frame and stomach. From what I can tell she's also ever so slightly shorter than her love interest as well, though I don't have any specific measurements either. Overall it's too difficult to tell.
Grade: C

Chest: Kuvira has some chest, but again it's difficult to tell. She's not extremely busty and looks about average for her age.
Grade: C

Clothes: As mentioned before this is the reason Kuvira does so badly. On one hand I do think that her Earth Kingdom military outfit looks cool and fits her personality well. It consists of a green bodysuit with sleeves (and sadly not skin-tight) and skirt with a lighter green tabard-like design in front. She wears olive pants as well, and sadly the skirt takes away any shape her rear end has which is really unfortunate. She wears a metal belt as well, and along her shoulders, collar, and forearms she has metal strips which she can use to bind opponents. She also wears brown boots and green or grey gloves (she has two different sets it seems). All the green is because it's the national color of the Earth Nation, of which she leads but more about that later. She also receives a large gold medal at a coronation, but she crushes it. In her initial appearance she wears more armor on her upper body as well as a samurai-looking helmet (due to the "trident" in front). Kuvira occasionally wears the armor later on, but it's mainly the pauldrons/shoulders she wears.
Grade: C-

Mind
Personality: Kuvira is a very cool villain, and by that I mean she's reserved and sorta TDB-like (she's lacking the long hair, I imagine). She's often cold and calculating, but gives off a proud feeling and very rarely seems to let things out of her grasp. She's also fairly polite but is easily angered by those who question her orders. She even held someone above train tracks (while riding a train) when they were feeling guilty about what they were making; she even went as far as to mock their conscience. She'll also ship people who speak outwardly about her plans to re-education camps, so she does have a bit of Nazi-like personality. That said, she's a great example of a well-intentioned extremist, doing much of what she's doing to help out her country. However, her plans slowly become revealed to be not as good as previously expected, and she even gets a rare Western animation-styled mecha to prove her superiority! Then again even before that she's a powerful fighter, with an establishment moment with her defeating a group of bandits single-handedly. That said, it's revealed near the end that the reason that Kuvira didn't want to give up on the Earth nation is because her parents abandoned her as a child. Overall she's a great villain that slowly gets her plans discovered and eventually learns the way she was doing things was incorrect. In this way she's somewhat a parallel to the lead Korra who, after a major injury, became disillusioned in what she might be doing is incorrect. Finally, Kuvira is voiced by Zelda Williams, who gives her a strong low voice, which I enjoy quite a bit.
Grade: A-

Libido: Kuvira has a sort-of complicated libido. I could say that she doesn't have any as she doesn't seem to show it too much (at least as far as I recall). That said, she did have a fiance (his name was Baator Jr.). I say "did" because when he was used as a lure to get her she used that as a target for an attack rather than a hostage situation. This is how he realized that she may not be the nicest person and he calls off the wedding. There's also a bit of implied tension between her and the lead Korra, but I don't think it's sexual at all.
Grade: C

Age: It's unknown how old Kuvira actually is, sadly. I've heard people say that she's in her twenties, which is definitely possible, or in her low thirties. That's pretty good but I would have liked a more accurate age. It would also help to have a difference between her and her love interest, as part of her points could depend on which is older.
Grade: B+

Total Grades: 58
Average score: 6.4
Final Grade: C+

And that's the blog for this week!

: Harumph. From the sounds of things you do not think highly of me.

I do like you, but you don't do well. At least as far as the blog goes.

: Don't worry! Topaz seems picky about faces! And perversion!

Perversion is healthy.

*The video screen pops up again, with Aldra shouting once again.*

: KUVIRA!

: Yes, my honor?

: Why have you not taken care of this pest yet?

: I was curious to learn what he had to say about me.

: Don't play to his abilities! He has the ability to make you weaker when he does that!

: WHAT?! Why didn't anyone warn me?

: No matter, I'll just handicap Topaz further. TOPAZ!

Yes?

: I shall ban you from summoning this match. That should be a fair enough for a fair fight.

*Aldra's video feed is cut and the holographic screen disappears.*

: Certainly, and now that the conditions have been made let's begin the battle.

: Oh no! Without your summons what can you do?

Don't worry, I have a plan!

: Let's see how great your plan is when I do THIS!

*Kuvira does a flip and slams her foot on the ground. It cracks, creating a deep hole though Topaz dodges if just barely.*

: Hmmm, you must have weakened me to the point where that was avoidable.

: Don't blame Fissure's poor hit rate on stat-decreasing... (Darn, I'm making video game jokes again that no one will get...)

: No matter. I'll just keep attacking. It's not like you can do much to defeat me...

*She uses the ability again, shaking the ground. Topaz somehow goes missing as he dives behind her. She looks back and forth.*

: You can't hide from me forever...

*Suddenly Kuvira is hit by a snowball from behind. She turns to look and sees Topaz popping his head out of a hole.*

: YOU? How did you manage to create ice?

: Did you summon Boreas while we weren't looking? Because if you did I could go for a snow cone.

It's my mimicry ability!

: I don't care what kind of gimmicky ability you have, explain!

: Seems that Topaz has given himself Esdeath's power over ice, how interesting!

That's exactly what happened.

: Grr, you should have hit me harder when you had the chance then.

*She wipes the snow off her head.*

: You will regret not using that opportunity better.

It's alright. Since you're a ground-type the ice attacks will be super-effective!

: That may be a sound strategy, but it is incorrect...

Huh?

*A large rock slams against Topaz, dealing 30 damage.*

: I am not a Ground-type, I'm more Rock-like!

: Curses, it's like Gigalith!

*Topaz gets up and brushes himself off.*

That's fine, all I have to do is keep the pressure up.

*He shoots a few lances of ice at Kuvira, but she causes a wall to appear from the dirt.*

: Have you figured it out yet?

What out?

: You might have to spell it out for Topaz, he can be dense sometimes!

: Do you know why I wished to fight in the Terrain Arena?

Because the other two were picked first and you got stuck with it?

: Because you picked randomly?

: Ha ha ha, both good, if incorrect, guesses. No, the reason is that this field amplifies my power.

: She's right, just look at all those rock outcroppings that she could use for ammunition!

You mean the same things that might have prizes inside?

: Just because it was Halloween doesn't mean that there's candy inside the rocks, Topaz.

Darn!

: Why don't you check anyway, Topaz?

*Kuvira flings more rocks at Topaz, who narrowly avoids.*

: Go Stone Miss being accurate to its name!

Unlike Accurate Wave!

: Can you stop running around for a few seconds?

*Kuvira melds all the rocks together, creating a gigantic fist. She then aims it downward over Topaz.*

: Any last requests?

Don't kill me?

: Request not obeyed. Good bye.

*She uses her powers to push down on the stone fist. However, Topaz shoots icy dust upward, in a beam-like attack that comes from both his hands. He slowly works ice into the cracks and weak points of the fist, freezing it and causing it to be crushed to dust.*

Looks like you're out of attacks.

: A true warrior always has a back-up. Like THIS!

*Kuvira uses her forearm plates as discs, throwing them at Topaz. He narrowly avoids the buzzing blades.*

: Looks like this battle is really heating up!

Rock AND Steel it seems, I've really got my work cut out for myself...

: Watch out for Ms. Aggron over there!

: I am not aggravated, or whatever the heck you called me!

*Kuvira sends her blades at the sidelines, causing Ririchiyo and Koto to dive for cover. Koto pops up first.*

: HEY! Attacking the audience or especially me is specifically off-limits!

Besides, you don't want to lose track of ME!

: HUH?

*Topaz has snuck up behind Kuvira and punches her square in the stomach. She is thrown back, but stays on her feet inside the Terrain Arena.*

Obviously your weakness is Fighting now!

: Or Ground, but I guess this is easier to access at the moment.

*Kuvira starts to chuckle. Then she runs her hand through her hair from the forehead back and starts laughing maniacally while bringing her head up.*

: I was wrong to underestimate you. Not that a punch like that could ever cause any SERIOUS damage, though. But since you've angered me take THIS!

*She sends her metal blades at Topaz, but misses.*

Looks like you missed!

: Who said I was aiming for you?

*The blades carve up the parameter of the arena. It cracks and starts to collapse inward.*

: A great strategy, destroying the arena. Topaz will still have to be careful to stay inside!

: Wait, why doesn't his opponent?

: Because she has a large portion of the arena bound to her feet.

*The camera closes in and indeed Kuvira's feet look surrounded by the earth of the Arena. On the other hand Topaz has to jump from clump to clump, fighting to not get trapped under the dirt-whirlpool.*

==Meanwhile==

*Aldra gets a call from the lower floors.*

: Aldra-sama, Kuvira's destroying the Terrain Arena.

: WHAT?! I do suppose that she did aid in the creation of this building and that arena, but she is not allowed to destroy it without my permission. First Esdeath and now her, why are my generals trying to destroy the monument to my success?

*Aldra gets up and starts to walk towards three levers. We join Topaz as the dirt has fallen and he seems to be tangled in the machinery of the floor below them. Not only that, but there's a lot of fully-functional machinery in general just stuck in the background for effect.*

Well this is a fine pickle I'm in...

*Kuvira lowers herself down on her chunk of earth. She looks somewhat disheveled, not that the icon shows it. She stops right in front of a large laser and grabs the wiring underneath it.*

: Ufufu, there's no way that you can avoid this all tangled up like that. Now, prepare to be Spirit-Lasered!

*The laser starts to glow with immense power. Topaz struggles but it doesn't help. At the last moment he holds out his palm, then clenches it into a fist. As he does so the giant laser is crushed and bent by ice abilities. The tip is also frozen over, causing it to freeze up literally.*

: W-what? How did you do that?

I still have Esdeath's abilities...

*Topaz then freezes the wires, causing them to shatter and he lands on the dirt pile below. He then looks determined at Kuvira.*

And there's still one that I haven't used... ZA WARUDO!

*The entire battlefield is frozen in time. Topaz looks around.*

Heh, so it actually worked. So this is what time freezing feels like. But I can't be distracted by the strangeness, I've got to do THIS! MUDA MUDA MUDA!

*Topaz punches Kuvira upward, though the punches are certainly not useless. Her body is frozen in place but each punch hits her slightly more upward.*

Now for the finisher! ROOAADD ROLLLERR!

*Topaz finds the heavy vehicle and somehow tosses it at Kuvira. It lands on top of her, knocking her out of the arena-pit. Fortunately she doesn't seem too injured, as Topaz notices as he climbs out of the hole himself. The time stop then ends.*

: Wow, seems like a lot happened in that time stop.

: You know, you should watch that show if you're going to keep referencing it...

WRRRYY-Er, I mean "Why?" Besides, you know my dislike of eye injuries.

: But it has people based on bands, not that they get to keep their actual names sometimes but still. Cute-sounding girls too. And it has a smoking monkey too!

Silly Riri, Orangutans aren't monkeys. Now how long are you going to make that mistake.

: Probably Forever.

: Putting Bizarre Adventures aside, it looks like Topaz won again!

: Hurray!

HUZZAH! Now there's only one battle left!

: NOT SO FAST!

*The road roller floats upward before being compacted into a quarter of the size. It is then thrown to the side.*

: You may have won the match with that obscenely powerful ability, but I will still keep you from continuing!

*Kuvira stands up, holding her side as if injured.*

But you're so injured. There's no way that you can continue to fight.

: I'll still be an obstacle and-GWAAAH!

*Suddenly Kuvira's necklace glows and she becomes crystalized. She tries her best, using chunks of metal to try and chip away but to no avail.*

Oh no, not her too!

: Aldra really does seem possessed by a demon, much like Airi said way back when.

Indeed, but that just means that we have to hurry and defeat her.

: Wait, why?

Because once I do all these people will be saved!

: That's the way these sorts of things go, right? Everyone returns near the end because they were really just being healed by Sylphs or something?

: I don't get that reference, but let's continue upward to the Forge Arena!

Seems like next time will really be heating up with Fasalina's blog!

: I hope not literally...

*The trio continue upward to the Forge Arena.*