Wakaba

Wakaba (ワカバ, Suzie in the English dub and derived translations) is a character in Medarot Damashii. One of Kokuryuu's associate, Wakaba appears to be a cheerful and friendly girl at a first glance, but this is one case where looks are deceiving. A born narcissist, she is a fiercely competitive in Robattle, a sore loser and eager to manipulate other people for her material benefit. These personality traits make her a natural Death Medarotter.

She initially uses the Medarot Put-Cat before switching to the Death Medarot Ambiguous 2.

In the anime

Medarot Damashii

-->Voice Actors: Mayumi Akado, Susan Roman (EN)

Wakaba observed Tateyama practicing with his Comadog and, sensing his inexperience, offered a practice Robattle him with her Put-Cat. Despite being the one to initiate the bout, Wakaba was highly incensed when Comadog struck her medarot and promised to make him pay. Wakaba eventually won the battle and ordered Put-Cat to keep pouncing on Comadog's body after his medal ejected as punishment for fighting back. Ginkai intervened and, after firing a warning shot, had Arc-Dash offline Put-Cat when it tried to strike back. Wakaba walked away, swearing revenge.

Kokuryuu, who was watching the battle, was impressed by Wakaba's ruthlessness. Introducing himself as she was carrying Put-Cat back home, he offered to give her something that would guarantee she'd never lose again and gave her a tour of his lab, gifting her Ambiguous 2 under the condition that she humiliates Ginkai.

With her new Death Medarot, Wakaba headed to Ginkai's house to take her revenge. She immediately attacked Arc-Dash and made a mess of his home, also destroying the food in Ginkai's fridge. The battle eventually moved to the courtyard, where Kokuryuu brought reinforcement in the form of Excise. The duo double-teamed Arc-Dash and a shot from Ambiguous 2 eventually offlined Arc-Dash. Satisfied, Wakaba walked away. ("Protect a Man's Pride!")

Wakaba later sent a message to Ikki pretending she had been kidnapped by Kokuryuu. Though her acting was unconvincing, Ikki and Metabee decided to go anyway to see what the Death Medarot Company was up to and was greeted by Wakaba at the top of the elevator. She immediately coped to the deception and threw a "bomb (actually a harmless alarm clock) at them. Wakaba lured the pair into a motion capture room where Death Medarot Company composited footage of Metabee being assaulted by Death Medarots to make it look like Metabee was brutalizing the Death Medarots unprovoked. ("The Planted Trap")

After Ikki's apparent fall from grace, Wakaba became popular and was used as a marketing idol for Death Medarots. At the opening of the Death Medarot store, Wakaba signed posters and exchanged pleasantries with customers. Iwanoi and Kagamiyama stood in line to get a signed poster to resell, but were taken away by a furious Kikuhime.

Later, Wakaba was summoned with Kokuryuu's other Death Medarotters to ambush Ikki at a baseball stadium and ganged up on him. She ignored Kokuryuu's order to stand down and stop attacking Ikki, prompting Kokuryuu to offline Ambiguous 2 with his new Death Medarot, Blackbeetle. ("Expose the Trick!")

Having witnessed Iwanoi and Kagamiyama's devotion to Kukihime, Wakaba decided she wanted her own manservant and tried to get Tateyama to become her "friend". When her first attempt failed, she took Hanabishi's Medarotch under a false pretense of returning it for repairs and gave it to a crestfallen Tateyama (who had just given away Comadog), promising him he'd get Unitris in exchange for doing her chores a few hours a day.

The pair was confronted by Ginkai and Wakaba convinced her errandboy he could prove his power by defeating Ikki and Metabee. They agreed to a Robattle, but Tateyama struggled to defeat Metabee despite Unitris power. Growing impatient, Wakaba planned to intervene with Ambiguous 2 but the two were found out by Comadog. They tried to deal with the medarot, but before Ambiguous 2 could finish off Comadog, Ginkai and Arc-Dash appeared to save him and scare off Wakaba from executing her plan.

Tateyama later gave back the Medarotch to Wakaba. When Hanabishi and Kintora asked to get the watch back, she tied the Medarotch to a stray cat and made them run after it. ("Wakaba's Temptation")

Displeased that Moromi was displayed on the front page of the school's newspaper, Wakaba decided she deserved to be on there and too went to Arika to pitch various articles. None of her ideas impressed Arika, but when Ikki came on the scene with old document and Nae explained the straight line race tradition she used to perform in as a child, both girls found the idea intriguing and agreed to participate. Despiter her usual attitude, Wakaba respected the rules of the race and garnered a sizable lead over her rival thanks to Ambiguous 2's abilities, but her run came to a sudden stop when her Death Medarot tripped and ejected his Medal.

Seeing Wakaba's sorrow, Arika helped her find the medal and resumed the race. Both girls were dead even until Wakaba pulled slightly ahead at the last second. However, when it came to decide the victor, Wakaba refused the title, pointing to how Arika had helped her. Arika, meanwhile, also refused, stating that whatever happened, Wakaba hit the finish line first. In response, Nae called the race a tie. ("Flat-out Run! The Straight Line Race")

Wakaba, along with the other Death Medarotter, ambushed Kikuhime and Peppercat when they were heading for a Robattle invitation by Hanabishi and Kintora. However, she fled when rescue arrived in the form of Metabee, Arc-Dash and Dorcus. ("Fiery Arc-Dash")

When Blackbeetle escaped, Wakaba lead the efforts to capture her. She, Hanabishi and Kintora eventually cornered Blackbeetle in a parking lot and Wakaba yelled at Kintora to do his job when he saw that Blackbeetle was clearly unwilling to go back with Kokuryuu and hesitated. She and the others were driven off when Ikki and Ginkai came to Blackbeetle's rescue and damaged their Death Medarots ("The Forbidden Death Medal").

After Kokuryuu changed his mind and accepted that Medarots could be more than mindless weapons, Wakaba seemingly reformed and agreed to a friendly Robattle with Kikuhime on the playgrounds. However, Wakaba surprised The Screws by transporting Put-Cat in addition to Ambiguous 2 and declaring she would use both her Medarot and Death Medarot, leading to a shouting match with her opponent. ("Shine, Spirit of Hope!" Note: this scene is cut from the English dub)

Other appearances

Wakaba is a card in the Medarot OCG, added in the Booster vol. 2 pack.

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Notes

• Like most of the new characters in Medarot Damashii, Wakaba is named after a sake brewery, continuing the theme naming from Medarot 2.