Manya Atachi

Manya Atachi

Names
English	Manya Atachi
Japanese Japanese 安（あ）立（たち） マニャ Base 安立 マニャ Furigana あたち マニャ Rōmaji Atachi Manya
Personal
Birth	December 1
Gender	Female
Education
School	Alien Middle School #8 (Season 2)
Duelist
Tournament Position Friendship Rush Duel Tournament No Result Galaxy Cup Did not place
Deck	Bubble Actress
Appearances
Anime debut	Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! episode 0077: "Can You Name All the Monster Types?"
Appears in Anime Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!!
Voice actors
Japanese	Rio Suzuki
Atachi, Manya

Manya Atachi (安（あ）立（たち） マニャ Atachi Manya) is a character in the Yu-Gi-Oh! GO RUSH!! anime. She is a childhood friend of Yuamu Ohdo who moved away from Mutsuba Town to become an actress.

Design

Appearance

Full-body view of Manya in her main outfit.

Manya resembles Mimi Imimi, though unlike Mimi she is genuinely a child. She has curly brown hair and pink eyes. Manya's most common outfit is a pink dress and a white vest tied with a black ribbon and patterned with a gold snowflake on each side. She also wears a large white beret with cherries patterned on it, long white socks, and pink Mary Jane shoes.

When advertising the monthly Saikyo Rush Duel magazine, her hair turns a bright pink with a yellow headband. she wears a bright blue dress with a white line going down the center, a blue cape, blue arm guards with yellow around the edges, and a yellow belt with a red buckle

Lineart of Manya in her white dress.

As an actress, Manya has an extensive wardrobe; she wears a white dress, sunhat and dark sunglasses when returning to Mutsuba Town for the first time.

In her youth she wore a yellow dress while at preschool with Yuamu Ohdo. When she first joined a talent agency, Manya had her hair in pigtails and wore blue dungarees over a lighter blue shirt and a red purse around her neck. She wore the same outfit as "Dian Keto the Cure Maiden" in her role on The Cure Maiden, though she retained her brown hair as opposed to "Dian Keto's" green.

Personality

Manya is a girl who is a great actress, as shown when she acted as a spoiled and entitled brat in front of her childhood friend Yuamu, to the point that she becomes one with her characters. However, when she isn't acting she is a kind and sweet girl. During her Duel with Yuamu she coined in lines from previous roles she was in to hint to her that she is acting.

Biography

History

Manya was friends with Yuamu Ohdo in preschool, and often spent time with her outside the class keeping up with the trends. At a young age, Manya moved from Mutsuba Town to become an actress, Yuamu promising she would watch everything Manya appeared in. After joining a talent agency, she was only able to get small modeling roles, and was bullied by her seniors. While walking alone in the rain, she found Bochi alone in a box. After telling him to not give up, she realized that those were the words that she herself needed to hear and adopted the dog. After 88 auditions, she landed the main character role on a TV show called The Cure Maiden, which became a massive success and allowed Manya to land many other roles, including as a presenter of Learning the Fun Way – Ultimate Go Rush. Bochi eventually revealed himself to be an alien, and acted as Manya's protector.

First Arc

Manya, Bochi and her manager London Kirishima returned to Mutsuba Town to Rush Duel against a local elementary school team in Learning the Fun Way - Ultimate Go Rush. Manya decided to stretch her acting, acting as though she detested being back in town and didn't remember Yuamu, who was in the team Manya would be facing alongside her brother Yuhi and their friend Yudias Velgear. Manya ordered London to order sushi for her before the live broadcast of the matches begun, and she decided off-script she would Duel in the first match, to the dismay of MC Makeru Kurimoto. Yuamu likewise Dueled first for the UTS team, taking an early lead despite Manya's Field Spell Card tactics. Throughout the Duel Manya acted as though the Duel was causing her to remember her time with Yuamu and that she was fighting against those memories, using "Dian Keto the Cure Maiden" to impress the power she'd gained from her time in the big city upon Yuamu. However Yuamu Summoned "Blue Tooth Burst Dragon" and used its effect to destroy Manya's lower-Level monsters and power up "Blue Tooth", defeating Manya. With her loss, Manya quoted her own character from Runaway Actress Girl, which Yuamu recognized and confirmed she'd known Manya had been acting the entire time. Manya admitted it had been nostalgic, recalling the times she and Yuamu had acted together in their youth.

When they broke for commercial, Manya asked London where her sushi was and London explained it was on the way, explaining Bochi wanted to Duel next due to his former owner, MIK agent Manabu Sogetsu, being in the audience. Manya once again went off-script onstage to introduce Manabu and Bochi as the next Duelists, while also tricking the audience into thinking Bochi's transformation was due to CGI. During the Duel, Manya explained Special Summons from the Graveyard and Bochi's strategy to the audience. Manabu eventually defeated Bochi, pleasing the alien with his strength, and Bochi admitted his deception to Manabu, Manya explaining he had wanted to test Manabu's strength. Although Manya's team had technically lost, Yuhi still wanted to Duel and stated Manabu's victory didn't count as he hadn't been a member of their team, so Manya moved ahead with the third round, intending to have London Duel. However, Chupataro Kaburagi broke through the wall and demanded to Rush Duel instead, explaining he had attacked and incapacitated London. Though initially unworried by Chupataro, Manya asked Bochi to protect her for the sake of the audience, though Bochi reverted to his dog form due to using his power Dueling Manabu, so Yudias accepted Chupataro's challenge, revealing he was an alien too. Manya was attracted by Yudias' appearance despite Yuamu pointing out she already had an alien companion. Manya was intrigued by Yudias' Galaxy Type monsters, but to her utter shock a substance emerged from Chupataro's Duel Disk and brought his "Magical Sheep Girl Meeeg-chan" to life. Meeeg-chan took over the Duel for Chupataro, believing Bochi and Yudias to be characters from her lore and physically attacking Yudias, but Yudias was able to defeat her, causing her to disappear, and Chupataro was taken away by MIK.

After the broadcast, Manya worked with Makeru and MIK to construct a narrative explaining the event to the general public before visiting the UTS Main Office with London and Bochi to check on Yudias. Manabu arrived to inquire whether Yudias knew the location of Zuwijo, a former comrade of Yudias' who had sent Chupataro to the studio, though Yudias didn't answer. As he left, Manabu thanked them for the rice crackers that London had bought courtesy of Manya and explained to Yudias that Zuwijo would be sentenced to cryostasis if caught. Yudias asked Yuamu and Yuhi to train him in Rush Dueling again, so Manya suggested her "special training from hell" and with Yuamu and London's help, put Yudias and Yuhi through their paces. Afterwards Bochi accidentally switched on a recording of Yuamu tricking Yuhi into believing she had an effect she could activate, something that caused Manya to note that Duels were also psychological battles. This convinced Yudias to understand Zuwijo's plan to defeat him, so Manya, London and Bochi accompanied Yudias and the Ohdo twins to Chupataro's apartment. Manya was revolted by the stench and suggested Zuwijo had sent Chupataro because he wanted attention, a statement that prompted Yudias to realize Zuwijo had been making a statement. London's opening the window to air the room out further made the group realize Zuwijo would be at Mutsuba Tower. Manya had London carry her to Mutsuba Tower, where they found Zuwijo and Mitsuko Hiramori.

As Yudias and Zuwijo discussed their differing opinions on the war in the Velgear Star Cluster, Manya and London asked if they could keep it away from Earth. Yudias and Zuwijo Rush Dueled as they were unable to settle their differences, Manya spotting the same substance Chupataro had used, Yuhi's Earthdamar, on Zuwijo's Duel Disk, which Zuwijo also used to materialize "Voidvelgr Hecatoncheir". To Manya's disgust, Yuhi attempted to produce another Earthdamar for Yudias to use, though Yudias reassured Yuhi he had received his feelings. Yuamu later suggested to Manya they could use the broadcast to pacify the townspeople, so Manya, London and Bochi headed to the bottom of the tower, claiming the sights to simply be special effects. To Manya's shock, Zuwijo materialized "Voidvelgr Requiem" and clad himself in the monster, spreading the effects of the Earthdamar across the town. More monsters began to partially materialize, so Manya warned the audience to stay away from their Decks and Duel Disks. To Manya's shock, a bucket-wheel excavator approached Mutsuba Tower and carved into the side, extracting the Earthdamar and dematerializing the monsters. Yudias eventually defeated Zuwijo, and Manya, London and Bochi returned to the top of the tower to find Yuhi had fallen unconscious due to his soul being drawn into "Requiem". After Yuhi awoke he asked if Zuwijo was really a villain, and though Manya believed Zuwijo obviously was, Yudias claimed Zuwijo was hiding something.

Second Arc

Manya and Mutsuba Cable TV assisted MIK in covering-up the Rush Duel between Yudias and Zuwijo, though their broadcast was briefly interrupted by a protestor claiming the destruction hadn't been planned for TV before MIK agents took him away, much to Manya's relief. Soon afterwards, Kirishima disappeared, leaving Manya and Bochi to do his work; Yuamu called to ask to speak to Kirishima, noting his absence was as she had thought and arousing Manya's suspicions. After Bochi learned something strange was happening in the Alien Residential Area, they decided to investigate, infiltrating Badloon Castle and disguising themselves as Rovian Bandits after Bochi knocked two of the Bandits unconscious with his Wicked Fist of the Beloved Dog technique. After intruders were discovered in the castle, Manya and Bochi joined the Bandits, including Yuna Goha, on the roof, witnessing Rovian Kirishima introduce herself to the twins and challenge them to a 2 vs. 1 Rush Duel. Manya was surprised to learn Rovian shared London's surname, but kept her cover and had to endure Yuna hitting her with the bag containing Fisher Sukai's skyfish to get her to cheer for Rovian. After Rovian defeated the twins and Yuna drained their Duel Power, Manya warned the twins to close their eyes before throwing a flashbang, allowing her and Bochi to rescue them and Valvelgear.

Once they were on the outskirts of Badloon Castle, Manya gave the twins some of her Duel Power to allow them to move and she and Bochi revealed themselves, explaining why they were there. Manya claimed the twins would owe her a favor and tried to get them to leave, but Yuhi refused to leave without Yudias, who had been transformed into a shirt-like form and was still at Badloon Castle. With the twins set on rescuing Yudias, Manya reminded them they needed to both do so before the last train arrived and find another way in, as the Rovian Bandits would be be after them, so Bochi suggested cutting through Under-Underground Town, where he had lived before meeting Manya. After Manya and Yuhi noticed a restaurant selling tsukemen, the group stopped to recuperate and Manya critically analyzed the restaurant with her experience from filming Hanako the Naruto. After the group revealed they'd abused the free first bowl policy of the restaurant by feeding tsukemen to the Velgearians aboard Valvelgear, the chef revealed himself as Menjaburo Omori, a Rovian Bandit, and challenged them to a Rush Duel. Manya accepted the challenge, catching Menjaburo's attention with her knowledge of tsukemen. During the Duel, Manya took note of Menjaburo also using an Equip Spell Card, a new type of Spell Card she had observed Rovian using. She made a comeback with "Dian Keto the Gourmet Maiden", claiming she could see through the ingredients Menjaburo had included in his tsukemen, but Menjaburo cornered her on her next turn. Knowing she would lose, Manya distracted Menjaburo by deducing the secret ingredient in his dipping sauce, allowing the Ohdo twins to sneak away as Menjaburo defeated her. She admitted it was an honor to lose to Menjaburo before stopping her acting and admitting her deception. The twins successfully rescued Yudias, but they missed the last train home; fortunately Manya had taken the precaution of calling MIK, who sent Manabu and Nyandestar to rescue them with a handcar.

Manya, Bochi, Yuamu, Yuhi, Manabu and Nyandestar tried several methods to restore Yudias, but initially only succeeded in hiding his condition from Tazaki and Yagi, though Manya was unimpressed by Yuhi and Manabu's use of a robot body to contain Yudias. After they tried reinflating Yudias, Bochi struck the air compressor Manabu had brought, bursting the balloon and blasting Yudias into the sky, and Manya pursued Yudias with the others, tracking him by the cards that fell from him. To Manya's irritation they were sidetracked when Bochi smelled a food stall, and though they soon picked up Yudias' trail, Manya denied that Bochi had led them back to it. Eventually they lost track of Yudias near the Mutsuba Recycling Plant, interrupting Asaka Mutsuba's lecture on the plant to find Yudias being fed into the recycling machine and coming out as a pair of gloves. Distraught over the loss of Yudias, the group returned to UTS with the gloves and Yudias' cards. Tazaki then arrived with a delivery for Yudias, but before Tazaki could take the gloves, Yudias was restored from the contents of the Kappa Heavenly Cleaning box, much to Manya's joy.

Decks

Manya uses a Bubble Actress Deck themed around Aqua Type retrains of older female monsters in the form of child actors. Each Deck's theme corresponds to a specific movie or role that Manya has played in the past.

The Cure Maiden

A WATER Attribute Deck themed around rain/bubbles.

Hanako the Naruto

A FIRE Attribute Deck themed around gourmet cuisine.

The Cure Maiden: Fall Special

A LIGHT Attribute Deck themed around cleaning.

Season 2

During Season 2, Manya mixes all three of her Decks.

Duels

Opponent(s)	Episode(s)	Outcome
Yuamu Ohdo	8	Lose
Yudias Velgear	11	No Result
Menjaburo Omori	23	Lose
The☆Mokeida Mbembe	33	Win
Multiple MIK agents	57	Win (off-screen; with Asaka Mutsuba, Bochi, London Kirishima, Chupataro Kaburagi and Mitsuko Hiramori)
Energy Copyko	57	Lose (off-screen)
Chupataro Kaburagi	66	Not shown (off-screen)
Bochi	92	Win

Other appearances

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  Manya (Dawn of the Battle Royale)