History Characters / MakenKiVenusAcademyMembers

* TransgenderFetishization: Syria is revealed to have originally born male before she obtained her powers, along with the ability to transform into a girl. As a girl, she is considered extremely beautiful and sexy--partly because she's [[ForeignFanservice American]], but even in her homeland she's a TeenIdol. She also becomes one of the girls most aggressively pursuing Takeru.

* BoobsOfSteel: She's an '''E-Cup''' and physically strong enough to [[spoiler: break the "Heaven's Gate" seal on Murakumo with a single blow from her Trident]].

* SenpaiKohai: During her stay at Tenbi, she spends time giving Kim drawing lessons.

* WhipItGood: "Kinben" takes the form of a twin-tailed whip, imbued with lightning Elemental properties. Though Inaho imagined her using it as a {{dominatrix}}!

* SempaiKohai: During her stay at Tenbi, she spends time giving Kim drawing lessons.

* {{Otaku}}: Her flashback in chapter 109 shows she lived in seclusion in the Swiss mountains, until she was accosted by a group of ability users who tried to abduct her. After defeating them, Minerva noticed one of them had a smartphone (she had never seen one before) and became curious. It was her first exposure to anime and manga; including ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist'', ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'', and ''Anime/SailorMoon''. The narration says it was love at first sight and shaped her perception of Japanese culture. So when Akaya showed up to recruit her, she immediately said "Yes" simply because he was from Japan (with the added promise that he'd take her to see Comiket).

* CryCute: Due to embarrassment, after Takeru's Maken ability cancelled out her Inversion, causing her to revert to male form in front of him. But they became TearsOfJoy, when he told Celia that he still thought of her as a friend, [[Heartwarming/MakenKi regardless of her gender.]]

-->'''Yan-Min:''' "It doesn't matter who it is. The ones on the battlefield fight risking their lives for many different reasons: [[TrueCompanions Azuki does it for her friends.]] [[PatrioticFervor I do it for where I am]] and [[DontYouDarePityMe for my pride.]] You, who insult by saying [[WomenAreDelicate "such things".]] '''[[ThisIsUnforgivable I WON'T FORGIVE YOU!!"]]'''

* AnimeChineseGirl: While she's noted as being Chinese, there isn't much that distinguishes her appearance from the rest of the cast, aside from having slanted eyes and her hairbun decoration. But once she takes off her jacket, it reveals that she's wearing a short {{qipao}} underneath. Yan-Min is a raven-haired Chinese beauty with a stunning figure, garbed in [[SexyBacklessOutfit a form-fitting backless]] qipao, and her Jingu just happens to be a twin tailed lash. [[HeadTurningBeauty Nihao, Nurse!]]

* RapunzelHair: Her sidetail is long enough to reach her waist.

* PantyShot: She unintentionally gave Takeru and Usui a pretty good look at hers, camel toe included. But she'd much rather be the one to do the honors, which she did twice to Haruko and Inaho.

* {{Bishonen}}: See the [[TheFightingNarcissist Fighting Narcissist]] entry.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: The anime version changes her hair color to sky blue.

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Minerva is known for her cheerful optimism, which stems from her ditziness and [[spoiler: her belief that she's unbeatable]]. So the reader knows the situation has become dire in chapter 109 when Minerva becomes sullen. Because, for the fifst time in her life, she fears she [[spoiler: might lose]].

* MrFanservice: Only seen during the pool battle in episode 9, where he repeatedly flexes and flaunts his physique. Which gets lampshaded by Uruchi, ''[[SchoolgirlLesbians of all people]]'', while cheering Aki on from the sidelines:

* LovelyAngels: With Demitra (see the related entry in her section).

* NotSoDifferent: Despite their differences, she and Azuki share a quite a bit in common. They're the unarmed combat specialists at their respective schools (both favoring [[KickChick the use of kicks]]), and they're two of the fastest characters in the manga[[note]]with Yan-Min being heavily implied to be ''the'' fastest character in the series[[/note]]. Plus, they're proud and fiercely competitive with each other.

* RosehairedGirl: It's carnation pink to match her infectiously sweet personality.

* {{Expy}}: Picture [[Characters/TheKingOfFightersTheOrochiSaga96 Leona Heidern]] with braids, instead of a ponytail, and you'll have a pretty good idea of what she looks like. They also [[EmotionlessGirl have similar personalities]] and backgrounds as orphans, who eventually became mercenaries. And both conduct investigations on NESTS and Kamigari respectively.

* {{Transgender}}: Despite being born male, she identifies as female and her Inverse power allows her to make her body match. Everyone is shown to respect and treat Celia the same as any other woman.

* BadassAdorable: She's cute, she's childish, and the combination of her wrestling skills, along with her Inversion ability, enables her to suplex some of the strongest ability users around. And she's so {{moe}}, that her speech bubbles [[SayItWithHearts always include hearts]] -- [[Funny/MakenKi even when she's pissed!]]

An exchange student, who's popular in America as an {{idol singer}} and as a wrestler. As such, her infectiously cheerful and outgoing personality has endeared her to her fellow students. She takes an immediate liking to Takeru upon first meeting him and soon joins his harem of suitors. Celia's native power is Inverse, which allows her to transition easily, given she was born a boy.

* DudeLooksLikeALady: There's no discernible difference when Celia reverts to male form, aside from becoming flatchested and having smaller hips. It's even implied that her voice sounds the same, regardless of gender.

* SillyMeGesture: Seen in chapter 49, when she almost forgot to tell the others that her Inversion would wear off the islanders after 30min.

* TransgenderFetishization: Syria is revealed to have originally born male before she obtained her powers, along with the ability to transform into a girl. [[TransEqualsGay That's problematic in its own right]], but as a girl, she is considered extremely beautiful and sexy--partly because she's [[ForeignFanservice American]], but even in her homeland she's a TeenIdol. She also becomes one of the girls most aggressively pursuing Takeru...which leads to another issue with her portrayal. Early on, Takeru notes that he feels no attraction to Syria and doesn't understand why, with the implication being that he instinctively realized she wasn't "really" a girl. This later gets resolved when he says he doesn't care what gender she was before gaining her Inversion ability.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieTanaka (Japanese), Martha Harms (English)

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SatomiAkesaka (Japanese), Terry Doty (English)

** To Jigoku throughout chapter 74 in the final moments leading up to his death, which filled him with such terror that he tried to flee. Except hde couldn't escape and was reduced to tears as he pleaded with Yan-Min to spare his life.

** To Jigoku throughout chapter 74 in the final moments leading up to his death, which filled him with such terror that he tried to flee and was reduced to tears as he pleaded with Yan-Min to spare his life.

-->''Idaten''': "Th-Thunder Fists..."

* EffortlessAmazonianLift: Takeru found out just strong she can be, when he pissed her off.

* ButNowIMustGo: Akaya leaves Venus Academy in the manga's final chapter to fill Aoshi's position as the new leader of Yomatsuri. [[spoiler: Aki Nijou]] goes with him as his adjutant.

* HairDecorations: She always wears a white cloth hair bun covering, slightly to the right near the back of her hair.

* BiTheWay: The end of chapter 110 confirms Minerva as the manga's second bisexual character, when she openly admits it to Kimmi Sato and even implies that she has a crush on her.
-->'''Minerva''': ''(smiles and thumbs-up at Kimmi)'' "Did you know that I go both ways?? Just now, I could feel the yuri vibes!"