Darling In The FranXX: 02

Today's "Character of the Week", I decided to include one of the main characters from the anime Darling In The FranXX, a short anime I really fancy. I will be talking about none other than Zero Two, or 002, the main heroine and the deuteragonist.

Darling in the FranXX is a short (It has 1 season containing 24 episodes) Sci-Fi, Mecha, Action & Romance anime that premiered in winter 2018, airing from January 13th to July 7th 2018. Very well, onto the description:

"In the distant future, humanity has been driven to near-extinction by giant beasts known as Klaxosaurs, forcing the surviving humans to take refuge in massive fortress cities called Plantations. Children raised here are trained to pilot giant mechas known as FranXX—the only weapons known to be effective against the Klaxosaurs - in boy-girl pairs. Bred for the sole purpose of piloting these machines, these children know nothing of the outside world and are only able to prove their existence by defending their race.

Hiro, an aspiring FranXX pilot, has lost his motivation and self-confidence after failing an aptitude test. Skipping out on his class´ graduation ceremony, Hiro retreats to a forest lake, where he encounters a mysterious girl with two horns growing out of her head. She introduces herself by her codename Zero Two, which is known to belong to an infamous FranXX pilot known as the "Partner Killer". Before Hiro can digest the encounter, the Plantation is rocked by a sudden Klaxosaur attack. Zero Two engages the creature in her FranXX, but it is heavily damaged in the skirmish and crashes near Hiro. Finding her partner dead, Zero Two invites Hiro to pilot the mecha with her, and the duo easily defeats the Klaxosaur in the ensuing fight. With a new partner by his side, Hiro has been given a chance at redemption for his past failures, but at what cost?"

Personality-wise, due to her Klaxosaur blood, she was always alone as a child. This made her aggressive and behave in non-human-like ways, like eating with her hands, growling instead of speaking, chasing mice like a cat and such. The way people treated her as a child made her lose faith in people which is especially seen when she was a child; being very defensive or aggressive when people tried to interact with her. As she grew up, Zero Two's personality was rumored to be dangerous, cold, and alluring. Her outlook on life was quite cynical which is why she didn't bother with a name since they were all meant to fight and die. Zero Two was a very unruly, passionate, fierce-tempered, self-confident, smug, assertive and carefree girl who hated to follow the rules set up by the adults. Zero Two also seemed to only care about herself.

There is much more to tell about her but it would be too long of a description of her if I said more (plus, I would be spoiling so much).

Appearance-wise, as a child, Zero Two looked much more like a monster, with red skin, long sharp nails, and fanged teeth. As she grew up, Zero Two developed a fair and light complexion. She had a slender and athletic figure; she was the tallest girl in the squad and even taller than most of the boys as well. She had waist-length, long pink hair with straight bangs covering her forehead and a pair of red horns on her head and a white limiter headband over her horns. She had sharp, cyan eyes with rings around the pupils and pinkish-red eyeliner. Her height and weight is unknown though.

I actually really like Zero Two. She is most likely my favourite character from the anime. Not only because of her wonderfully beautiful appearance though. I do not blame her for being who she is at all; it is her horrible and tragic past that made her that way so you cannot say much bad about her. Sure, she is not the nicest creature but all she wanted was to get a chance in life and become a human. With time in the anime, she eventually changed her ways anyway when she realized everything and what she did was wrong.