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“ | What would Ruler do? | ” |
— Swim Swim ~ Monologue |
Swim Swim (スイムスイム), also known by her real name Ayana Sakanagi (坂凪綾名), is one of the main antagonists of Magical Girl Raising Project.
Swim Swim is a quiet Magical Girl. She is allied with and extremely loyal to Ruler.
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In Unmarked (Arc 1), she is a secondary antagonist that betrays and murders Ruler. She then becomes the leader of Team Ruler and goes on the hunt for Magical girls. She buys the Invisibility Cloak, costing twenty-five years of her life, but trades it for Tama's weapon. |
Appearance[]
Human[]
As a human, Ayana Sakanagi is a little girl with short brown hair tied into two twin tails and brown eyes. She wears a classic Japanese elementary school uniform.
Magical Girl[]
As a Magical Girl, Swim Swim has light pink hair, with short straight bangs, and waves. The front strands of her hair are curly. She also has headphone-like things on her head, which are black with a pink center, fading to purple. The headphones also have a black bunny silhouette on them. Her eyes are purple, fading into pink.
She wears a very generic white swimsuit that sort of resembles a vest, and white pants with pink goggles around her neck. The goggles have a black outline, with white bunny decorations upside down.
She has a black garter with white ruffles and a black heart shaped pattern on her left thigh and a floating belt-like thing surrounding her hips that fade from pink to purple and have bunny silhouettes on them with black outlines. They have long black tentacles with silver pointed things at the back, connected with silver connectors at the top. On her top back, she has small black devil wings.
She has chunky boots on that are black with 4 dark pink shoelaces. The bottom and top of the boots are a violet color with the front of her soles being split up.
Personality[]
Swim Swim is a girl of few words. She admires those in power to the point of emulating her teacher. She tends not to display her emotions outwardly, and is extremely smart for her age, as she was able to manipulate Ruler into a situation where the latter would die.
Swim Swim is very literal-minded and takes the words of those in authority as law. She memorizes all of Ruler's teachings and makes them her way of life, regardless of the content of them.
She believes that she has to follow Ruler's (and, to a lesser extent, Nemurin's) teachings, to the point where she kills Ruler to 'become like her'. Every action Swim Swim takes is an attempt to obey Ruler's words.
Magic[]
Can pass through any object like it's water.
She is able to "swim" through solid objects. During this process, objects will pass through her, and she won't be affected. It allows her to move between substances or invalidate attacks from any materials. However, waves such as light and sound will still affect her.
Special Item(s)[]
- Rabbits-Attached Goggles: Swim Swim's goggles.
- Ruler (Former): A magical item. Similar to a halberd, it's a weapon with a blade length of 30 centimeters and a handle the length of 1 meter. It will not be broken easily even when it's used by magical girls. Swim Swim named it "Ruler".
- Healing Medicine (Former): A magical medicine. It strengthens the ability of those who take it.
- Invisibility Cloak (Former): A magical cloak that can erase one's appearance and smell, however sound and heartbeat cannot be erased. After purchasing it, Swim Swim gave it to Tama.
Relationships[]
Ruler[]
Swim Swim is a member of Ruler's team with Ruler as her mentor. Ruler considers Swim Swim to be the most competent of the team.
Swim Swim greatly idolized her and would follow every order that she gives without hesitation, with no exceptions. Swim Swim always think about something related to Ruler, even after her death. She becomes the new leader of the Team and names her weapon after her and always asks herself what would Ruler do in any situation.
Yunael[]
Yunael and Swim Swim are both students of Ruler. When Yunael died, Swim Swim cared more about how Ruler would’ve handled the situation rather than her death.
Minael[]
Minael and Swim Swim are both students of Ruler. When Minael died, Swim Swim cared more about fighting Cranberry rather than her death.
Tama[]
Tama and Swim Swim are both students of Ruler. Tama calls her "Swimmy" which indicates the affection she has for Swim Swim. Swim Swim cares deeply for Tama and expressed regret over having to kill her. After killing her she mummers to herself that Magical Girls should never reveal their Identities.
Nemurin[]
During Nemurin's Adventure, Nemurin enters Swim Swim's dream, where the latter is shown admiring Ruler and wanting to be like her someday.
Ideal Ruler[]
Ideal Ruler is Swim Swim's version of Ruler.
Top Speed[]
In Let's Play With Top Speed, she asks Top Speed for a ride. During the ride, Top Speed tries to start a conversation with Swim Swim about things like how is she doing in school, to which Swim Swim answers shortly, showing no interest whatsoever. Top Speed offers Swim Swim her friendship.
Despite this, Swim Swim showed no hesitation nor regret in killing her.
La Pucelle[]
Ripple[]
Ripple tried to fight her after Swim Swim killed Top Speed. They later have another fight in which Ripple ends up killing her, but losing an eye and arm in the process.
Snow White[]
Sister Nana[]
Weiss Winterprison[]
Hardgore Alice[]
Thanks to Minael's magic, Swim Swim manages to find Hardgore Alice's house and plots how to kill her. She decides to kill her while she was going to school in her human form. When Hardgore Alice discovered her, she starts to run in fear and searches for a safe space to transform, in which she fails and dies shortly after Swim Swim's attack in Snow White's arms.
Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry[]
Swim Swim and the rest of Team Ruler go to kill Cranberry due to her being strong. However when she tried to Attack her, Cranberry punched her as Swim Swim used her magic, Cranberry was impressed how strong her magic was, when she tried to stop her, Cranberry used her magic to make a massive explosion, exposing her human form.
Fav[]
Calamity Mary[]
Yoshiko Yoshinoura[]
Sumire[]
Sonia Bean[]
In The Two Monsters Final Battle in the Dream City, they meet but have communication problems. She and Sonia Bean fight with their respective ideal Magical Girls.
Interviewer[]
Etymology[]
Real Name[]
The surname Sakanagi is homophone with “fish-like nature” (魚気), Ayana is homophone with “to maneuver/manipulate skillfully” (操す). Her name thus can be understood as “to operate skillfully like fish.”
- The name Ayana means "twill, design" (綾) (aya) and "name, noted, distinguished, reputation" (名) (na).
- Ayana's surname Sakanagi means "slope, hill" (坂) (saka) and "calm, lull" (凪) (nagi).
Trivia[]
- According to the author, in the Top 5 Biggest Breasts After Transformation, Swim Swim ranked #4.
- In the First Character Popularity Vote, Swim Swim ranked #16.
- In Fanbook 1, Swim Swim has the following stats:
Physical Ability: 2/5
Communication Skill: 1/5
Magic Rarity: 4/5
Magic Experience: 1/5
Mental Strength: 4/5
Learning Skill: 5/5 - As a human, Ayana Sakanagi has a height of 120 cm, while her Magical Girl form as Swim Swim has a height of 163 cm. [1] This makes her the shortest Magical Girl in human form.
Reference[]
- ↑ "Magical Girl Raising Project Official Fanbook", "TV アニメ 魔法少女育成計画 才フィシャルファンブック"
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V • T • E Unmarked (Arc 1) Characters | |
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Sister Nana's Alliance | Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Snow White • Ripple • Top Speed • Hardgore Alice |
Team Ruler | Ruler • Swim Swim • Tama • Minael • Yunael |
Others | La Pucelle • Nemurin • Calamity Mary • Magicaloid 44 • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry |
Non-Participants | Fav • Yoshiko Yoshinoura • Sumire • Pythie Frederica |
V • T • E Episodes Characters | |
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Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • Ripple • La Pucelle • Top Speed • Ruler • Swim Swim • Minael • Yunael • Tama • Nemurin • Calamity Mary • Magicaloid 44 • Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Hardgore Alice • Fav |
Restart | Clantail • Pechka • Rionetta • Nonako Miyokata • Magical Daisy • Nokko • @Meow-Meow • Genopsyko Yumenoshima • Detec Bell • Lapis Lazuline • Melville • Cherna Mouse • Pfle • Shadow Gale • Masked Wonder • Akane • Keek • Palette |
Others | Tomoki Tatehara • Beautiful Calamity Mary • Pixie Kitten • Fairy Puppy • The First Lapis Lazuline • Bluebell Candy |
V • T • E Episodes Δ Characters | |
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Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • La Pucelle • Top Speed • Ripple • Ruler • Swim Swim • Yunael • Minael • Magicaloid 44 • Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Cranberry • Hardgore Alice • Fav |
Restart | Pechka • Clantail • Rionetta • Nonako Miyokata • Shadow Gale • Pfle • Lapis Lazuline • Keek • Fal • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey • Nokko • Cherna Mouse |
Limited | Mana • Tepsekemei • 7753 • Archfiend Pam • Hana Gekokujou |
JOKERS | Marika Fukuroi • Styler Mimi • Lady Proud • Umbrain • Uttakatta • Princess Inferno • Princess Deluge • Princess Quake • Princess Tempest |
ACES&QUEENS | Patricia • Micchan the Dictionary • Glassianne • Lethe |
F2P | Stella Lulu • Fan Lit Fan |
Others | Yoshiko Yoshinoura • Sumire • Tomoki Tatehara • Twin Dragons Panas • Mina Mad Gardener Acre • Metallie • Twin Stars Cutie Altair • Maiya • Barter Ranko • Sanae Utatane • Mol Mol Morgue • Puchidevi • Cockle |
V • T • E Episodes Σ Characters | |
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Unmarked (Arc 1) | Snow White • Minael • Yunael • Ruler • Swim Swim • Tama • Top Speed • Nemurin • Magicaloid 44 • Weiss Winterprison • La Pucelle • Hardgore Alice • Ripple • Calamity Mary • Sister Nana |
Restart | Shadow Gale • Pfle • Nokko • Lake of Fire Flame Flamey |
Limited | Kuru-Kuru Hime • Archfiend Pam • Pythie Frederica |
JOKERS | Princess Quake • Styler Mimi • Lady Proud • Marika Fukuroi • Umbrain • Grim Heart |
ACES&QUEENS | CQ Angel Hamuel • Shufflin Ⅱ • Lethe • Puk Puck • Uluru • Sorami Nakano • Premium Sachiko |
Black | Mephis Pheles • Kumi-Kumi • Thunder-General Adelheid • Classical Lillian • Princess Lightning • Ranyi |
Breakdown | Maiya |
F2P | Amy • Monako |
Dream World | Beautiful Calamity Mary • Ideal Sister Nana • Ideal Weiss Winterprison |
Others | Twin Dragons Panas • Void Roar Forodite • Demon Swordsman Alondia • Shark • Cockle • Mina Mad Gardener Acre • Mol Mol Morgue • Negino • Twin Stars Cutie Altair • Auro • Sumire • Yoshiko Yoshinoura |
V • T • E Drama CD Characters | |
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Magical Girl Raising Project in Dreamland | Nemurin • Beautiful Calamity Mary • Snow White • La Pucelle • Pfle • Shadow Gale • Detec Bell • Lapis Lazuline • Rain Pow • Postarie • Marika Fukuroi • Ideal Snow White • Ideal Pfle • Ideal Shadow Gale • Ideal Detec Bell • Ideal Lapis Lazuline • Ideal Rain Pow • Ideal Postarie • Ideal Marika Fukuroi |
The Wall Between Me and You | Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Ideal Sister Nana • Ideal Weiss Winterprison |
The Two Monsters Final Battle in the Dream City | Swim Swim • Sonia Bean • Ideal Ruler • Ideal Pukin |
V • T • E Peaceful Days Characters | ||
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Unmarked | Snow White • Ripple • La Pucelle • Top Speed • Ruler • Swim Swim • Minael • Yunael • Tama • Nemurin • Calamity Mary • Magicaloid 44 • Sister Nana • Weiss Winterprison • Musician Of The Forest, Cranberry • Hardgore Alice • Fav | |
Restart | Palette |