Chitose Karasuma
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| Chitose Karasuma (烏丸 ちとせ) | |
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| Gender: | Female |
| Age: | 17 (21 in GA II) |
| Seiyū: | Saori Goto |
| Height: | 157cm |
| Hair color: | Navy blue (English manga, however, states her hair as black) |
| Eye color: | Green |
| First appearance: | Galaxy Angel Moonlit Lovers(Game) Galaxy Angel Season 4(Anime) Galaxy Angel Volume 5 (manga) |
The character Chitose Karasuma (烏丸 ちとせ) is from the anime, manga and bishojo series, Galaxy Angel.
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[edit] In the anime
Introduced in the fourth season, Chitose is a purportedly sickly, navy blue-haired girl who joins the Angel Team. Although she wishes to make friends, she is very clumsy about it. Her attitude towards the team (especially Milfeuille) flipflops between vengefulness and self-imagined ostracism. Some consider her a love (friendship) addict, albeit with good intentions.
She also appears in the seventh episode in Galaxy Angel II, the anime version of Galaxy Angel II, along with the rest of the original Angel Troupe, by then called the Moon Angel Troupe. Here, she looks similar to her game incarnation (see below), with the collar and necktie being the only additions to her original uniform. However, her appearance is limited to her trudging through a lot of paperwork in the office.
[edit] In the manga
She is the newest member of the Angel Troupe. She was found drifting in space in an escape capsule, she was the only survivor of a ship that was destroyed. Chitose also lost most of her memory when she comes out of the capsule. With the help of the angels and Takuto, she is able to slowly recover her memory. Because Takuto wants Chitose to help her regain her memory, she slowly starts to have a crush on him. The other Angels slowly become concerned of Milfie and Takuto's relationship, but Milfie assures them that it's no big deal because she wants Chitose's memory to return completely.
However, in volume 2, it is revealed that Chitose has unwittingly been mind-controlled by Noa all along. Noa tries to make Chitose kidnap Prince Shiva, but Chitose regains enough of her own mind to kidnap Takuto instead.
[edit] In the games
Introduced for the first time in Moonlit Lovers, Chitose became the replacement for one of the original Galaxy Angel members who left the team in order to be with Takuto. A traditional, polite, and soft-spoken young woman, Chitose joined the military for two reasons; for her respect and admiration for both her father and the Angel Troupe. Extremely intelligent, Chitose became an elite within the military, scoring the highest marks ever in the military exam, defeating even Milfeuille (whom scored the second highest due to her luck).
Highly experienced in archery, Chitose ends up being chosen as the pilot of the 6th Angel Frame, the "Sharp Shooter", which is designed for extreme range sniping. Chitose greatly respects her friends/teammates in the Angel Troupe, to the point where she wishes not to do anything that might offend them, even to the point of forcing herself to suppress her growing feelings for Takuto.
Chitose's hobbies include archery and tea. Her 'fish out of water' situation is the source of much comic relief, since she originally believed the Angels and Takuto were model soldiers. The realization that they were all quirky was somewhat of a shock. Among such events include her hyperventilating when asked by Takuto and the Angels to address him by his first name rather than the more official 'Commander Mayers' (prompting Vanilla to tell her to take a deep breath and calm down), fainting after eating one of Ranpha's ultra-spicy Ranpha specials and fainting again upon meeting Empress Shiva in person for the first time. This latter event made Shiva ask Takuto if Chitose would really be okay aboard the Elsior, to which all Takuto could do was give an uncertain, embarrassed laugh.
Originally, Chitose did not have a story in the game, unlike the other Angels. However, in the PS2 version (and a patch for the same story was release with Eternal Lovers for the PC version Moonlit Lovers), she has her own storyline. In it, she takes time adjusting to Takuto's fairly laidback leadership style as she was expecting him to be a model soldier (befitting his reputation as the hero of Transbaal). She eventually becomes comfortable enough to address him as Takuto-san instead of Commander Mayers.
Takuto learns that Chitose's father was a military man who captained a ship and died in an accident when she was young. While saddened, she was proud that he had died doing his duty, the way he'd wanted. However, when Takuto volunteers to help her pilot the super weapon meant to defeat the Val-Fasq warship O-Gaub ravaging Transbaal and is accepted, she attacks and knocks him out just before the launch.
She reveals that she is uncertain that whoever pilots the weapon will survive and while she is willing to die to carry out her duty, she is not willing to see another person she cares for do the same. Takuto manages to convince her otherwise and they manage to destroy the ship. Unlike the other Angels, who are already familiar with Takuto and have accepted her feelings, Chitose keeps hers under wraps. Unbeknownst to her, however, Takuto has begun thinking of her more often as well.
In Eternal Lovers, Chitose and Takuto spend much time together but deny they are a couple. However, the two are attracted to each other, but Takuto is still unsure as to how he feels about her. After urging from most of the crew, Takuto finally admits he's fallen in love with Chitose but is unable to find an opportunity to tell her.
Later still, Takuto is forced to shoot her down to prevent her from falling into enemy hands. As a result of this, Chitose believes herself to be in love with Lester (who, incidentally, happens to match her image of a model soldier). This is to the shock of the Angels and especially Takuto. However, fearing that this is her way of coping with the fact that Takuto was the one to shoot her down, the reluctant hero asks Lester to continue the charade, much to Lester (and Almo's) chargin.
The delusion proves so strong that even when Takuto writes her a love letter, she assumes it is from Lester and that Takuto is merely the messenger. It would not be until after the liberation of EDEN that Chitose (after being taken to the infirmary after a fainting spell) admits that she loves Takuto, who reciprocates. He embraces her, only to have her faint from happiness and embarrassment. Shortly before the final battle with the Val-Fasq, the two meet at the park aboard the Elsior and share their first kiss under the stars.
In Galaxy Angel II, Chitose is one of the two members of the Moon Angel Troupe who does not resign from the military. She is used to stay in the planet "Celdar" along with Forte Stollen. She now stays abroad Elsior and protects the gate in the EDEN universe along with Lester Cooldaras.
[edit] Trivia
- The game version of Chitose is seen as a Yamato Nadeshiko i.e. the traditional Japanese epitome of the perfect woman. Beautiful, supportive and skilled in traditional Japanese arts (such as archery and tea ceremonies), she is far more popular among fans than her occasionally malicious-seeming anime counterpart.
- While other members of the Angel Troupe use Western naming arrangements (i.e. the given name comes before the family name), Chitose uses the traditional method of family name first. Thus, while Milfuelle introduces herself as "Milfuelle Sakuraba", Chitose introduces herself as "Karasuma Chitose."
| Galaxy Angel characters |
| Moon Angels |
| Milfeulle Sakuraba - Mint Blancmanche - Ranpha Franboise Forte Stollen - Vanilla H - Chitose Karasuma |
| Rune Angels |
| Apricot Sakuraba - Lily C. Sherbet - Nano-Nano Pudding Kahlua/Tequilla Marjoram - Anise Azeat |
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| Game and manga |
| Takuto Meyers - Kazuya Shiranami - Lester Cooldaras - Almo and Coco - Shiva |
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| Anime only |
| Normad |
