Kahlua Marjoram

Infobox animanga character
name = Kahlua Marjoram
series = Galaxy Angel


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first = Galaxy Angel II
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voiced by = Aya Hirano
age = 21
born = June 9

nihongo|Kahlua Marjoram|カルーア・マジョラム|Karūa Majoramu is a fictional character and one of the heroines of the dating sim/ strategy game series Galaxy Angel. She debuts in Galaxy Angel II: Zettai Ryouiki no Tobira (2005), the first of the sequels to the original Galaxy Angel game trilogy.

While possessing huge magical potential, she is unable to fully tap into her powers and so to pilot her Spell Caster Emblem Frame she must consume alcohol and transform into Tequila Marjoram. Tequila is the one who enters battle and transforms back into Kahlua when the danger has passed.

Characteristics

Kahlua is a calm, ever patient young lady. Throughout GAII, she never raises her voice, even when annoyed. While her slow talking style makes her seem ditzy, she is actually highly intelligent and attentive.

While she is unable to make full use of her magical abilities due to a mental block, she enjoys experimenting and creating new potions in her specially equipped lab on the Luxiole. Unfortunately, whenever Kazuya happens to be around accidents happen (mostly because Kazuya makes a mistake). Despite the potentially dangerous nature of her experiments, Kahlua nevertheless displays nerves of steel as displayed by her casual description of possible results if Kazuya made a mistake during an experiment.

Like most of the Angels, Kahlua speaks politely and attaches the honorific '-san' to the names of virtually everyone she talks to.

Ranpha Franboise, who is interested in magic (and is also an amateur fortune teller), respects Kahlua greatly. This occasionally causes Kahlua some discomfort, as she would rather not be reminded of just how powerful her magic is.

Personality

Kahlua is a sweet, soft-spoken young woman. She speaks in a soft, rather laid-back (some would say ditzy) tone and never raises her voice. Like most of the other Angel Troupe members, she loves sweet things.

She loves her friends dearly, and her greatest fear is that she will be abandoned and left alone. Otherwise, she does not seem to let anything phase her and nearly always has a calm smile on her face.

Kahlua also suffers from a mental block that prevents her from utilising her huge magical potential. This mental block stems from a trauma in her past and is the reason she must transform into Tequila before being able to pilot.

Trivia

* Kahlua and Tequila's split personalities and use of an outside substance to trigger the transformation brings to mind the famed Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde story and Launch (with her two personalities) from Dragon Ball. However, while not as polite and more rambunctious than Kahlua, Tequila is nowhere near as depraved as Hyde was.

* Kahlua refers to Tequila as 'that person' (ano hito).

If paired with Kazuya

Upon accepting Kahlua's invitation to travel to the resort planet, Kazuya embarrasses her by unconsciously staring at her in her swimsuit. As they play in the sea, she dives underwater and does not come up for a worrying amount of time. Just as Kazuya is becoming frantic, she surfaces. She explains she used her magic to allow her to breathe underwater and casts the same spell on Kazuya, allowing him to see the beautiful scenery beneath the waves. As he views the underwater wonderland, he glances up to see Kahlua floating above him, smiling serenely. He bashfully notes that it's as though he has his own personal goddess watching over him.

Kazuya unfortunately forgets that the spell is temporary, forcing Kahlua to rescue him. As they sit on the beach together, Kahlua shyly confesses her feelings for him. Surprised, Kazuya is filled with disbelief until she repeats herself. Kazuya admits his own feelings for her, but before they can continue Kahlua is forced to leave when a drunken beachgoer comes by and strikes up a conversation. Once he leaves, an apologetic Kahlua explains that if strong enough, even the smell of alcohol could trigger her transformation into Tequila.

Once they return to the ship, Kazuya then attempts to deal with the fact that Kahlua is essentially two people in one. He invites Tequila to his room and serves her a full course meal. He then unveils dessert, a beautiful cake with frosting that spells out "I love you". An amused Tequila prepares to turn back into Kahlua until Kazuya admits the cake is for her, not Kahlua. Shocked, Tequila reminds Kazuya that he loves Kahlua, but in return he admits that he loves Kahlua, but also loves Tequila. As she stares in disbelief, he leans over and kisses her.

Sometime later, Kahlua feels oddly weak. During a battle, Tact notices she is not performing as well as she normally does. Kazuya is terribly worried when she faints and he rushes her to the medical bay. While there, Kahlua transforms into Tequila, who suddenly attacks Kazuya. She begins casting deadly spells at him and it is only Mimolett's interference that saves him. Following this shocking incident, Kahlua sadly decides to avoid Kazuya until she can find out what was wrong.

Shortly thereafter, Kahlua takes the Spell Caster out without authorization, fearing that if she stays aboard the Luxiole she will eventually hurt Kazuya or worse. However, the Spell Caster is designed for Tequila to control and so does not responde properly, sending the Emblem Frame plunging into the nearby planet's atmosphere. With all systems, including shields, down it is only a matter of time before she burns up. In desperation, Kazuya launches the Brave Heart and combines with the Spell Caster to save her, but winds up being dragged down as well.

Mimolett convinces her to use the strength of her feelings to break whatever spell is affecting Tequila. She agrees to try, and when Tequila attempts to attack she cries out to her. This breaks the curse Tequila was under, and she quickly reactivates the Spell Caster and pulls them to safety. Tequila later reveals the spell was cast on her by their late enemy Ditta, who was an old rival.

Later, in unison with Emperor Zeldan of Celdar Kazuya and Kahlua's feelings are used to force open a gate to ABSOLUTE, where the enemy commander Pareru has fled with the captive Milfie. With Milfie gone, travel between EDEN and NEUE is impossible as ABSOLUTE (with Milfie as gatekeeper) is the only way between dimensions. This means that people from EDEN, such as Tact and Rico, are essentially stranded without a way home. Using the power of Kazuya and Kahlua's feelings, along with that of the Emperor, Tact plans to lead a strike force into ABSOLUTE to rescue Milfie and put an end to Pareru's insurrection.

Something goes wrong, however, and only the Luxiole makes it through the gate. While Forte and the Moon Angel Troupe sneak into the Master Core of ABSOLUTE to rescue Milfie, Tact and the Rune Angels engage Pareru's forces. Pareru reveals his trump card: the Shadow Moon (as opposed to the White Moon that created the Emblem Frames and the Black Moon used by Eonia during his coup d'etat).

Just when all seems lost, the Elle Ciel emerges from the EDEN gate and so the Rune Angel Troupe finally has the opportunity to fight alongside their predecessors the Moon Angels. After a fierce battle with both the Shadow Moon and Pareru's personal flagship, peace is finally restored.

In the epilogue, Kahlua and Kazuya are working on an experiment in her laboratory when an accident transforms her into Tequila. While at first irate at Kazuya's carelessness, the sultry spellcaster begins teasing him before playfully tackling him to the floor. Kazuya becomes very concerned when she turns off the lights and begins feeling him up. Before things go any further, Ranpha and Mimolett walk in looking for them. Both are shocked when they turn on the lights to find Tequila straddling an embarrassed Kazuya on the floor. Just as Kazuya is about to ask them for help, Ranpha apologises for interrupting and switches the lights back off before leaving with Mimolett. Kazuya fruitlessly begs them to wait as they leave, prompting a grinning Tequila to quip, "Now where were we...?" as he wails.

External links

* [http://galaxyangel.wikia.com/wiki/Kahlua_Marjoram Kahlua Marjoram] on [http://galaxyangel.wikia.com/wiki/Main_Page The Galaxy Angel Wiki] at [http://www.wikia.com Wikia] .