Hime-chan no Ribbon
This document is the on-line Hime-chan no Ribbon
(姫ちゃんのリボン) encyclopedia.
Introduction
Hime-chan no Ribbon is a story about a 13 year old tomboy,
called Nonohara Himeko (野々原姫子), usually called Hime-chan,
who was given a magic ribbon which enabled her to transform
into any other person in the human world.
The magic ribbon turned her stuffed animal Pokota (ポコ太) into
a live, talking animal.
The manga is written by
Mizusawa Megumi
(水沢めぐみ),
and was running in the monthly magazine Ribbon (リボン).
This document contains the following information.
This document is being organized by
Hitoshi Doi,
and contains contributions by the following people
(in alphabetical order).
I'm sorry if I left anybody out.
- Robert DeLoura (deloura@pmel.noaa.gov)
- Pascal Janin (p-chan@akane.swb.de)
- Alan Takahashi (takahash@ntmtv.com)
Erika (エリカ) loaned the ribbon to Himeko, in exchange for being
allowed to watch her via her crystal ball for one year.
The ribbon is what animates Pokota.
It also allows Himeko to transform into any other person in the human
world.
To do this, Himeko must stand in front of a reflective surface
(like a mirror) and say
Parallel Parallel, name ni naaaaare.
When she does this, the ribbon turns into a small pendant.
When the one-hour time limit on her transformation is about to end,
the pendant starts to flash and beep.
Before the hour is up, Himeko must stand in front of a reflective surface
(again) and recite RURERAPA RURERAPA, moto no sugata ni naaaare
in order to turn back.
Note: RURERAPA is PARARERU (Parallel) with the syllable
ordering reversed.
If she doesn't turn back within the time limit...
she is stuck in that person's form for the rest of her life.
There are five general rules that describe the Ribbon's behavior:
- She can only transform while wearing the ribbon.
- She can only transform into people in the human world.
- She can only transform for one hour at a time.
- While she's transformed, the real person (who she now looks like)
still exists, so she has to be careful not to meet that person.
- While she's transformed, she cannot remove the Pendant.
Later in the series, Himeko gets another magical item that allows her
to make a duplicate of herself.
The duplicate acts and talks in a much more feminine way than Himeko does.
This is because the duplicate has only 1/2 the power of Himeko.
She is 1/2 as strong, 1/2 as tomboyish, etc.
In one year, when Erika's observation of the human world
training ends, Himeko will have to return the ribbon (and, presumably,
the palette which allows her to make a duplicate of herself).
In addition, if anyone in the human world ever discovers that she has
these magical powers, they will be taken away from her,
and all memories that relate to them (or to the Land of Magic)
will be purged from the human world.
Actually, Daichi finds out about her powers fairly early in the series,
but an exception is made.
As long as nobody *else* finds out about them, Himeko is still OK.
The following is the list of seiyuu for the major (and some minor)
characters in the Hime-chan no Ribbon anime.
- Ohtani Ikue
- She does the voice of Nonohara Himeko and Erika.
- Ikura Kazu
- She does the voice of Pokota.
- Shiratori Yuri
- She does the voice of Nonohara Aiko.
- Yokoyama Chisa
- She does the voice of Nonohara Yumeko, and some other
minor characters.
- Sasaki Yuko
- She does the voice of Nonohara Hanako.
- Daiki Yuu
- She does the voice of Kobayashi Daichi and Camille.
- Endou Katsuyo
- She does the voice of Mori Manami.
- Takayama Minami
- She does the voice of Kamikura Ichiko, and Kobayashi Shinataro.
- Mizuhara Rin
- She does the voice of Hibino Hikaru and Robelia.
- Touma Yumi
- She does the voice of Hijiri Yuka, and pochi (a dog).
- Inoue Kikuko
- She does the voice of Yamashita Hatsune.