Blue Sonnet

Characters

; Lan Komatsuzaki : : Lan was in a plane crash with her parents just after she was born, and she was raised by wolves for five years. She possess the latent esper abilities which identify her as the "Crimson Fang".

; Sonnet Barge : : Sonnet is a 16-year-old esper cyborg soldier with silver hair (though it is blue in the OAV) who works as a scout for Talon. Her mother is Puerto Rican and her father is Russian, and she was raised in the slums of New York. When she was about 13 years old, her latent esper abilities began randomly manifesting themselves, causing people to label her a "witch" or a "devil child", and this caused her mother to have to turn to prostitution for money.

: She was tricked into believing her mother was going to be killed, which caused her latent esper powers to fully manifest. Because of this, she now works as a scout for Talon, mercilessly hunting down espers such as Lan. Her interaction and blooming friendship with Lan and others at the school, however, have caused her to remember her humanity and she begins to question her loyalties to Talon. She finally learns from Lan's boyfriend Bird what real love is.

; Dr. Josef Merekes : : Dr. Merekes, a German scientist of Jewish descent who manages the cyborg division of Talon. He is a recognized authority in cybernetic engineering, and is the one responsible for Sonnet's and Bird's cyborg capabilities. While he is generally a cool-headed person, his growing parental love for Sonnet is his eventual undoing.

; Wataru Komatsuzaki : : A first year student at Seiryō Academy who looked up to Bird. He feels responsible for Ran's injuries, and thinks that her powers are caused in part by the blood transfusion she received. He is always helping her.

; Jin Kiryuu : : Jin is a novelist. After learning about Talon after being involved in an incident with Lan, he supports her however he can.

; Shuuichi Torigai : : Often nicknamed Bird, he is a delinquent offered room and board at Seiryō Academy in exchange for working there in the dining hall. He was good friends with Lan, but Talon kills him. They then take his remains and turn him into the cyborg RX-606, and he seeks out Lan again.

; Yuri Onagara : : The daughter of Professor Onagara and a powerful esper whose abilities include clairvoyance, telepathy, and precognition. Due to a fiery incident in her past, she is unable to see, hear, or speak due to the burns she received. She is currently an ally of Lan and intent on attacking Talon.

; Daisuke Kishima : : Daisuke is the son of Jin Kiryuu and a student at Ōsei Academy.

; Naru Haibara : : A student at Ōsei Academy. She works in the library and is Lan's best friend. She has been raised as a foster daughter by the Haibara family. She has a crush on Daisuke.

Others

• Dr. Kaburagi (Miyoko Asō)
• Kyouko Sodeki ()
• Tsunaga (Kōzō Shioya)
• Mikura (Kōichi Kitamura)
• Okano (Seiko Nakano)
• Ina (Issei Futamata)
• Yumi (Yuko Minaguchi)
• Editor Kouji Kubo ()
• Race Track Announcer (Yukimasa Kishino)
• Researcher (Hideyuki Umezu)
• Guard ()
• Doctor (Hiroyuki Satō)
• Squad Leader (Hirohiko Kakegawa)

Story

The opening credits for each episode show Sonnet's former life and give hints about her powers. In the battle between the two powerful espers, Sonnet starts to rediscover her humanity, while Lan has to fight to keep her humanity, and control the Crimson Fang powers.

Sonnet goes undercover as a regular high school student and makes friends with Lan Komatsuzaki and Naru Haibara almost immediately. Lan notices something unusual about Sonnet, but cannot figure out what it is. She immediately becomes very popular due to her looks as well as her talents such as playing the piano, her math skills, and her physical prowess.

Lan goes home and tells her guardian Jin about the amazing new student at school. She also tells him that there is something unusual about her, and that she has a bad feeling about it. When Jin points out she might just be jealous, Lan manifests some of her powers which causes her to become worried. Jin tells her powers are a gift and that she is not a monster because of them.

After she goes to sleep, she has a nightmare—the same nightmare she has had several times before. As she is going to school the next day, Sonnet causes a large building sign to fall toward Lan and her friend, but Lan uses her powers to deflect the sign. That weekend, while attending an F-1 race, Sonnet causes an accident with the race cars and one of them flies through the air directly toward Lan and her friends. Her latent powers strongly manifest themselves and she deflects the car away from the crowd, but Wataru is badly cut by flying debris. Lan offers her blood to help him with a transfusion.

At the hospital, Lan thanks Shūichi Torigai for helping her brother, and he warns her to be careful of Sonnet. She then tells Jin that she is concerned about all the things that have been happening since Sonnet arrived, and that she fears things will only get worse.

Dr. Merikus meets with the Azumi Group board where they tell him that Talon wants the Crimson Fang dealt with quickly. They offer him all of their resources, but he declines in favor of continuing to allow Sonnet to handle the issue. At that moment, Sonnet is being mugged by two delinquents at the high school, but a large group of students intervenes before they can touch her. Sonnet is confused by this show of friendship. Jin tells Lan that he is going to be gone for a few days doing research. He does not realize that the Azumi Group is aware of him and is planning to use him for their own purposes. At school, Sonnet continues to be surprised and confused by how friendly everyone is toward her, causing her to collapse during lunch.

Merikus, posing as her family doctor, arrives at the school to examine her in order to determine what caused the collapse. The school nurse comes in during the examination and sees that Sonnet is a cyborg, so Sonnet has to seize control of her mind of the incident. As Merikus and Sonnet are flying away in a helicopter, he orders Sonnet to kill the nurse, and she does so reluctantly after arguing with him about it.

Wataru tells Lan that he thinks he may have some esper powers since he received the transfusion from her. Sonnet, meanwhile, is continuing to argue with Merikus that there was no need to kill the nurse. She tells him that this is the first time she has had real friends. Lan receives a call that Jin has been in an accident and goes with the police to deal with it. Shūichi arrives just as the police are driving away with Lan, so he goes upstairs and discovers that they may not be the police after all. He takes Wataru with him and follows the alleged police car.

The fake police take Lan out to an old ship in the harbor and lock her in a room. Merikus welcomes her via video feed and sends a bomb into the room in order to get her to show her latent Crimson Fang powers. Just as the bomb explodes, Lan teleports to a road on the shore and nearly gets run over by Jin. Shūichi and Wataru arrive as Jin contemplates Lan's growing powers.

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OVA staff

• Director: Takeyuki Kanda
• Creator: Masahiro Shibata
• Screenplays: , Kōichi Mizuide
• Producer:
• Character Designs:
• Mechanical Designs:
• Storyboards:
• Production: Mushi Productions
• Production Cooperation: Tatsunoko Production

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Reception

The OVA series has been described as "a visual delight" which "harkens back to a simpler age, when the important thing was that the characters looked cute and the action looked cool", even though the "plot fits together, but only barely". While based on shōjo manga, the series contains intense and graphic violence, which is not typical for most shōjo works. The anime is considered "a little bit better than average, though it "doesn't feel finished", but it is "better than the vast majority of 'magical warrior series.

References

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