Plenair

nihongo|Pleinair| プレネール|Purenēru is a fictional character who has made appearances in several games in Nippon Ichi's tactical role-playing game series. She is something of a mascot character for the artist and character designer of these games, Takehito Harada.

The name "Pleinair" is two French words put together; "plein" meaning "full," and "air" as in English. Together, the phrase means "outdoor".

Description

Due to her appearances in video games being little more than cameos, not much is known of Pleinair outside of her physical appearance. She is typically portrayed as a petite, blue-haired girl with red eyes, wearing a red ribbon, a white dress, white stockings, and sometimes glasses. She is often accompanied by a stuffed rabbit named "Usagi-san" and a stuffed shark named "Same-san." A common motif in images of Pleinair is Usagi-san being eaten (or at least gnawed or bitten) by either Pleinair or Same-san.

Appearances

*Pleinair served as the receptionist to the Dark Assembly in , where she first had a speaking part. In the DS version after beating the game with any ending she can become playable for the first time
*In Phantom Brave, the player visits the bustling city of Monetopia on several occasions. Random characters litter the background scenery, and Pleinair can often be found. Usagi-san has a separate cameo as a stuffed animal in Castille's bedroom.
*In , short scenes are shown between chapters in which Pleinair, Usagi-san, and Same-san serve as the crew for a news program. Usagi-san and Same-san both have speaking parts, while Pleinair is only credited with the occasional ellipsis. After conquering Dark World in a side quest Pleinair is the only one to deliver the news. After several ellipses and facial expressions she utters the word "Congratulations."
*Harada's personal website contains many images of Pleinair [http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/u1h/cg/cg.htm] as well as an oekaki BBS [http://hoehoe3.sakura.ne.jp/u1h/ebbs/] where fans draw pictures of Pleinair and other characters designed by Harada.
*A full section on Harada's site was devoted to Pleinair until it was taken down in 2004.*Pleinair is occasionally featured in doujinshi or fan art by other artists. Figures of Pleinair [http://hompyr.jocoso.jp/nfs/hp/blob4/623/115/0/115623/art/404/17/1/1017404/2/u7e3NO_RESIZED.jpg] have also been created by fans. "PLEINAIR HANDBOOK," A compilation of Pleinair fan art by many different Japanese artists, was published in Japan in 2003.
*In Episode 5 of Pani Poni Dash! Pleinair and Usagi-san (or two look-alikes) appear sitting against a sign. She also makes a brief appearance in episode 22, walking along a hallway.
*In the recent publication of the Disgaea 2 manga published by Broccoli Books by Hekaton, Pleinair has a comparatively vocal part again as the Dark Assembly Receptionist.
*In Disgaea 3, Pleinair takes a role similar to that which she had in the original, serving as the "Class Rep" and allowing the player to enter the Dark Assembly-like classroom. She will also most likely be one of the last downloadable characters on the playstation network.

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*Phantom Brave
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*Takehito Harada

External links

* [http://members3.jcom.home.ne.jp/u1h/ Takehito Harada's Site]