Zakuro Fujiwara

"Renee Roberts" redirects here. For the English actress, see Renee Roberts (actress).

Zakuro Fujiwara
Tokyo Mew Mew character
Mew Zakuro (Mew Renée and Mew Pam) Zakuro in her Mew form as seen in the anime.
First appearance	Episode ten
Created by	Mia Ikumi Reiko Yoshida
In-universe information
Alias	Mew Zakuro
Nickname	Onee-sama (used mainly by Mint Aizawa)
Relatives	Parents are always busy, so she is accustomed to being by herself.

Zakuro Fujiwara (藤原 ざくろ, Fujiwara Zakuro) is a fictional character in the anime and manga series Tokyo Mew Mew. Zakuro is known as Renée Roberts in Mew Mew Power.

History

Zakuro appears in volume two of the manga, and in episode ten of Tokyo Mew Mew ("The Last Member – The Legendary Lonely Wolf"), and her introduction continues into episode 11 ("The Heart to Believe – All Five Makes Tokyo Mew Mew")

Zakuro was a normal model and famous singing idol, until she became infused with the DNA of a Gray wolf. The Mews are excited to find the last Mew, but she did not want to join the Mew Mews because she prefers to be alone. She later changes her mind and joins the Mews, saying she will make an exception for them. She is more of a minor character; very little of her history is revealed, and she rarely talks, giving the impression being anti-social.

Zakuro is very different in the anime. She shows a softer side when she meets Momoka. She sees Momoka as when she was younger. She remembers her childhood, how her parents were never home.

In episode 42, Zakuro reads a letter from her family, suggesting she doesn't associate with her family due to an incident, according to the letter:

"To my dear Zakuro. It's been almost two years since you left home. [...] We don't know if you ever forgave us for what happened back then, yet we're waiting for you to return whenever it might be."

In the flashback, Zakuro is shown crying over a man's body, saying "Why didn't you believe me?" It is unclear who the man is, as it could either be her father or another person who meant much to her. However according to what Zakuro says in episode 43, it suggests that the man in her flashback is someone she loved.

"I often go to that church to visit someone important to me, someone important who I’ve lost... Confused by what others said, we doubted each other even at the last moment."

Other than this, little is known about Zakuro's family. Her parents are always busy, never really home.

As Zakuro is shown going to a church, wearing a cross necklace, and her weapon is shaped like a cross, it is implies that she is Christian. This is notable because in Japan, Christianity is a minority religion.

The difference from the manga is that Ichigo never meets her or any of her other comrades at the beginning of the seriesat the time of the Earthquake. On an interesting note, Zakuro is the only member of the team who is shown in Mew Mew form before meeting Ichigo and the others - the girls were able to find out her identity because Mint recognized her figure in the newspaper article with the photo of the mysterious girl.

In Mew Mew Power, Zakuro/Renee is a bit more antisocial, grouchy, and sarcastic. She also seems a bit careless of her work as a Mew or waitress at Cafe Mew Mew. What was changed is that when the agent speaks in episode ten, he speaks French, and when Renee speaks to him, she speaks French as well. Also, her cross necklace was edited and scenes where she was praying in the church were removed.

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Zakuro Fujiwara (Renée Roberts)

Romanization

In the Japanese version of the manga, Zakuro's name is written in katakana and hiragana. When she is in Mew form, her name is written in katakana, and when she is "normal", her name is written in hiragana . This was most likely done so that she can hide her identity as Mew Zakuro, and for emphasis, as it is common to write Japanese words in katakana. Due to the difference being different writing systems, this was omitted in the English version of the manga, as English has only one writing system. Because of this, fans who have only seen the English version could find it odd how no one found out her identity.

Profile

• Name Translation: "ざくろ Zakuro"=Pomegranate, "藤 Fuji"=Wisteria, "原 wara"=meadow, original, primitive, field, plain, prairie, tundra, wilderness
• Name Pronunciation: Zah-koo-rou Foo-jee-wah-rah
• Signature Color: Purple
• Grade: 3rd year of junior high school by Japanese standards (10th in Mew Mew Power)
• Zodiac sign: Virgo (Sagittarius in Mew Mew Power )
• Height: 172 cm(5 feet, 8 inches) (6 feet 1 inch in Mew Mew Power )
• Weight: 49 kilograms(108 pounds) (130 pounds in Mew Mew Power )
• Bust-Waist-Hip measurement: 80-60-70 (32-24-27 inches)
• Blood Type: AB
• Hair Color: Purple, light purple in Mew form, Black in the Manga (when normal)
• Eye Color: Dark blue, Lavender-blue in Mew form
• Favorite food: cheese cake
• Transformation saying: "Mew Mew Zakuro Metamorphosis!" (ミュウミュウザクロ メタモルフォーゼ!) in Tokyo Mew Mew, "Power Pendant, Activate!" in the "premiere" episode of Mew Mew Power (she doesn't say anything in later episodes), "Mew Pam, metamorfosi!" (Mew Pam, metamorphosis!) in Mew Mew: Amiche Vincenti.
• Mew Mark: Two wolves around her navel, colored purple (pink in the anime)
• Love Interest: However, there is no real prove of who she likes, she does not seem to have any interest in boys and love. ♥

Weapons and abilities

Her DNA is infused with the Gray Wolf. When she transforms she develops lavender wolf ears and a wolf tail. She is the fifth and last member of the team to join. Her emotion-fueled power is unknown, but it's speculated that it is related to fire because there are flames in her transformation. Zakuro is probably as strong as Ichigo, considering that she has defeated numerous Chimera Animas instantly and without the need for Ichigo's finishing move, though sometimes she requires Ichigo do to the finshing move, so this seems inconsistent and may depend on enemies' varying vulnerabilities. However, seeing as the Grey Wolf is no longer an endangered species, it could be said that Zakuro would have lost her power to become a Mew Mew.

Tokyo Mew Mew

• Weapon: Zakuro's Whip(there is no exact name given in the manga) (ザクロスホイップ, Zakurosu Hoippu)^[Weapon]
• Attack: Ribbon Zakuros Pure (リボーンザクロスピュア, Ribōn Zakurosu Pyua)^{[Reborn][Attack]}

• Weapon (manga only): Mew Aqua Rod (ミュウアクアロッド, Myū Akua Roddo)
• Attack (manga only): Reborn Aqua Drops (リボーンアクアドロップス, Ribōn Akua Doroppusu)

• Weapon: ZaCross Whip
• Attack: Mew Power Extension (ミュウパワーエクステンション, Myū Pawā Ekusutenshon)

this attack is only used in volume seven with Mint, Lettuce, and Pudding to give time for Ichigo to battle Deep Blue.

Mew Mew Power

• Weapon: Purple Dagger.
• Attack: She does not give a name for her attack during her attack sequence, but makes a few quiet grunts.

Renee's weapon is edited to not look like a cross, although this edit is inconsistent, as pictures of the unedited weapon can be seen on the 4Kids website. Oddly, in the 4Kids market section of the website, the "Purple Dagger" item is shown as the unedited weapon, which is strange because 4Kids draws the items themselves. Her weapon was changed to a dagger is because when editing anime, religious references are removed.

Mew Mew: Amiche Vincenti

• Weapon: Fiocco di Pam (Pam's ribbon)
• Attack: Fiocco d'energia (Ribbon of energy)

東京喵喵 (Dong Jing Miao Miao)

• Weapon: Shi Liu Cross Whip
• Attack: Ribbon Shi Liu Pure

every one says she and pai/sardon are a good match

Voice actresses and alternative names

In the original Tokyo Mew Mew Zakuro is voiced by Junko Noda. In Mew Mew Power, "Renée's" voice actress is Mollie Weaver. In the Italian adaption, Mew Mew:Amiche Vicenti, she is known as "Pam Fujiwara". In the French version of "mew mew power" Zakuro is known as Estelle

Character songs

Zakuro has two character songs performed Junko Noda, Zakuro's voice actress.

• Do Bi Do Wa Dancin' Night
• Don't Cry

Both can be found on Mew Zakuro no CD okiki nasai! (Mew Zakuro's CD). They are also included in the CDs Character songs megamix, Super best hits-Cafe Mew Mew side, and Super best hits-Tokyo Mew Mew side.

Content notes

^ Reborn: In the Japanese version of the manga, the first word of the Mew Mews' attacks is written as リボーン ribōn, which translates to "reborn". In the Tokyopop's English version, it is translated as "ribbon" throughout the entire manga series. The word "ribbon" (リボン ribon) is used in the opening song of the anime series, and リボーン could possibly be intended as a pun on リボン; however, there is no clear indication of this.

^ Weapon: The pun of her weapon in the Japanese version is quite vague; it comes out to something between "zakuro" (ザクロ) and "cross" (クロス, kurosu), making it "Zakurosu-hoippu" (ザクロスホイップ) which roughly translates to "Zacross Whip", or Zakuro Cross Whip. This can also be taken to mean "Zakuro's Whip".

^ Attack: Throughout the English version of the manga, the translation of Zakuro's attack name (リボーンザクロスピュア Ribōn Zakurosu Pyua) varies between "Ribbon, Zakuros Pure", "Ribbon, Zakuro's Pure", and "Ribbon, Zakuro Pure". Tokyopop probably assumed that the ス su part is supposed to be an apostrophe "s" ('s). Another existing translation is "Ribbon Zakuro Spear", with the "spear" part derived from スピュア supyua.

The pun used in the attack name is similar to the one in the weapon's name, a combo of "Zakuro" and "cross", making it "Reborn ZaCross Pure". This may be a reference to Zakuro being possibly Christian, as she is seen in a church, wears a cross, and her weapon is cross-shaped.

External links

• Bio: Fujiwara Zakuro