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Frenda Seivelun (フレンダ＝セイヴェルン Furenda Seiverun?) is a character introduced in Toaru Majutsu no Index. Originally a minor character used to expand the growing mental breakdown of Mugino Shizuri and the destruction of the first incarnation of Item due to her betrayal, Frenda's character is later expanded in her appearance in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun.
An operative of the Academy City-based underground team called Item, she is one of the main combatants of the team, having incredible prowess in close-quarters combat, as well as expertise in traps and concealed weaponry. Her full name is revealed to be Frenda Seivelun, upon the introduction of her little sister by the name of Fremea Seivelun.[7]
Appearance[]
She is a girl with blonde hair and blue eyes. Yumiya Rakko estimated her height to be 155 cm. It is unknown whether Rakko's estimates were completely accurate.[3]
She is most often depicted with a black sailor top and a pleated skirt. She also wears a pair of pumps and dark-colored pantyhose. A dark-colored beret adorns her head.
In early August of the year before the main story, Frenda's outfit included (according to Ainame Caroline's analysis) a Girl Breeze summer sailor dress, an Angel Halo type-53 beret, a Muraki Dressmakers UV-blocking light model poncho, and Sugar Body type-A black thigh highs.[8]
Personality[]
She and Item's leader Mugino Shizuri have a sort of a master-servant relationship, with Frenda usually being scolded for her fits of unprofessionalism at work. Out of combat, she seems to enjoy talking about ordinary things that girls her age would talk about; she also values her legs highly, saying that it is her pride as a woman.[9] In battle, though, her moves can be difficult to read as her humorous remarks often serve as a diversion; this in turn, combined with her cunning style of combat, can prove to be a deadly combination. She is also somewhat vicious and possesses a blood-thirsty nature, indicating that she enjoys taking away the life of someone as if she was destined to end them.[9]
However, Frenda has a softer side that she keeps hidden from the dark side and the normal world and that she truly cares for people she is acquainted with. She is apparently very amicable, having many connections, and is referred to by Shiage as the most well-connected member of Item, knowing thousands of people, including people not part of the Dark Side of Academy City. Indeed, she has prepared several birthday presents for her many acquaintances.[10] Frenda apparently also has a positive relationship with her younger sister, Fremea, shown when the latter lamented for Frenda, knowing that she is dead. In the end, Frenda has multiple facets to her, having no remorse to those she kills and willing to betray her comrades to save her own skin, being described as a kind of selfish and convenient person. But she also truly cared for her friends and was also a girl who did things that any normal girl of her age would do, and the other sides of her personality does not invalidate any of the others.[10]
Frenda is also suspicious of drugs, and is unwilling to use medicine when she was sick.[11]
She has the habit of often using the term "Kekkyoku," which can be translated as "Basically", "In the end" or "All told" in her speech.[6] Her younger sister also has a similar trait.
Background[]
Frenda is shrouded in mystery. However, there are a few things that are known about her. She is of Norwegian descent.[12][4][Notes 2][13]
She has a hideout in the Dianoid where she keeps the softer side of her personality hidden,[10] and has referenced it to Item and even Kanou Shinka. She is friends with Shinka and is one of the many she has prepared gifts for. Her relationship with Shinka is like that of an older sister with a younger brother, with Frenda continuously allaying him of his insecurities as a crybaby or weakling.[14]
Her sister is Fremea Seivelun, whom the members of Item didn't even know about prior to her death.[15][16]
Abilities[]
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Contradictory information is present between Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S and its supplementary material. She is listed, albeit discreetly, as a Level 4 esper in an episode.[17] However, in one of the DVD and Blu-ray booklets, her level and ability is not listed and she is specifically stated as "the only member of Item who fights without using an esper power." The manga and novels make no reference to her abilities at all. It was later confirmed by Railgun manga editor Ogino Kentarou that Frenda is Level 0.[5]
She proves to be skilled in close combat, making up for her small size in agility and speed, being able to slide under her opponent's legs to attack from behind, as well as dealing surprise drop kicks (a technique similarly employed by Shirai Kuroko). In addition, she is also proficient in using an array of concealed weapons.
Upon her encounter with Mikoto, she makes use of electrical igniters and strips of a tape-like explosive to create fuses that can cut through various objects.[18] She also connects fuses to dolls stuffed with explosives. In fact, this array of traps for Mikoto is a pre-planned trap Frenda set up throughout the facility, which transforms the area into a battlefield where she gains an upper hand almost at the first moment the fight begins. She normally uses remote-controlled bombs, but she chose to not prepare them against an electromaster like Mikoto in case they would be used against her.[19]
She is also somehow able to conceal missiles in her skirt, possesses a perfume bottle of a vaporous, breathable Academy City-made explosive known as Ignis, and has a hidden stiletto in her left shoe.[9] Unfortunately, she is prone to losing her focus in battle when she has the advantage, and she even admits that she underestimated Mikoto when the Level 5 Electromaster uses her electricity against a powerful insulator of electricity, ceramic.
She also has decent chemistry skills, which she apparently uses for her explosives.[11]
Equipment[]
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Frenda has made use of an extensive selection of explosives, gadgets and other tools, many custom-made by herself.
Character Art Designs[]
Design Evolution[]
Appearing only in a single volume, Haimura Kiyotaka designed Frenda to be a simple moe character, and used her and the entirety of Item as a light contrast to the dark premise of volume 15, up until much later when Item becomes more involved with the plot. According to Kamachi, he had Haimura deliberately design Frenda as extremely cute in order for the audience not to peg her as someone who would die easily in her debut.[20]
Gallery[]
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Quotes[]
- (Railgun manga vol. 5) "Nishishishi~ ♪"
- (Railgun manga vol. 5) "M-Mugino hugs a beat up old plush doll or she can't sleep!"
- (Fighting against Mikoto Railgun manga vol. 5) "I said earlier that the target's life is of no interest, but I get a special feeling whenever I end them. That instant when you pluck a life, it feels like I've conquered their destiny. In the end...It's like they were born just to be killed by me."
- (After Shiage accidentally shows her a porn video, vol. 15) “In the end, you’re disgusting, Hamazura”.
- (Birthday message to Kanou Shinka, from NT Index volume 12) "Your tears are like a safety lock from your common sense. They’ll make sure you don’t stray from the proper path no matter how unreasonable the obstacle. That’s something I don’t have, so I respect you for having something I could never reach! There are so, so, so many people that will end up doing awful things so easily, but your strength will never allow that. So be proud. In the end, you can be proud of having the strength to cry and forgive anything!!"
- (Railgun manga chapter 83) "Ha det bra!"
Trivia[]
- Because of her tragic fate, Frenda is usually referred to by fans of the Light Novels as Fre nda (or フレ ンダ in Japanese), with the deliberate space dividing her name in two. It acts as a joking reference for her death in the hands of Mugino Shizuri, who used her Meltdowner ability to slice Frenda in two by the waist.
- Both the anime and the manga continue to reference the character's fate in the Sisters arc during her fight with Misaka Mikoto. Frenda comments both on nearly losing the lower half of her body to her own trap as well as the importance of preserving her legs. Also, when Mikoto numbed her tongue with electricity, which prevented her from selling out her team members, which she was perfectly willing to do. When she succeeds in doing just that in the Battle Royal Arc, Mugino hunts her down for betraying them. In her last appearance of the final episode of Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S there is a contrail line passing over her waist.
- Frenda was among the characters that were featured on a set of Toaru-themed Tarot cards were released by Animate for the series 20th anniversary. The cards were based on the Major Arcana of the Rider-Waite deck, and Frenda's card was Death, with the image used being from Toaru Majutsu no Index Volume 15.[21][22]
Notes[]
- ↑ According to Yumiya Rakko, Saten and Frenda's heights are 150cm and 155cm respectively based on their pace length. In the anime adaptation, Saten's height was changed to 160cm, but Frenda's height remained same, so Frenda's height is 155cm.
- ↑ The first main clue to her nationality was when she used the phrase "ha det bra", a Scandinavian (Norwegian or Swedish) term for "goodbye". Later, in Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 19, she said "deilig", the Norwegian word for "delicious".
References[]
- ↑ Toaru Anbu no Item Light Novel Volume 02 Chapter 1 Part 5
- ↑ Toaru Anbu no Item Light Novel Volume 02 Chapter 3 Part 3
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 081
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun T Episode 19
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Ogino Kentarou (Railgun editor), Twitter. Retrieved on 28 May 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15 Chapter 2 Part 2
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01
- ↑ Toaru Anbu no Item Light Novel Volume 02 Between the Lines 1
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 027
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 3 Part 13
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 2 Part 6
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 083
- ↑ Toaru Project, Official Twitter. Retrieved on 19 August 2020.
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Chapter 2 Part 3
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 01 Chapter 5 Part 5
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 02 Chapter 3 Part 8
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun S Episode 18
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 029
- ↑ Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Manga Chapter 026
- ↑ Shinyaku Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 12 Afterword
- ↑ Animate
- ↑ Toaru Majutsu no Index Light Novel Volume 15
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