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| Laala Manaka | |
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| Kanji | 真中らぁら |
| Rōmaji | Manaka Raara |
| Physical and Vital Information | |
| Species | Human |
| Gender | Female |
| Birthday | November 20 |
| Zodiac Sign | Scorpio |
| Age | 10-13 |
| Eye Color | Sea Green |
| Hair Color | Lavender |
| Professional Statistics | |
| Type | Lovely 
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| Occupation | Idol Student |
| Affiliation | SoLaMi♡SMILE SoLaMi♡Dressing |
| Personal Status | |
| Relatives | Mr. Manaka (Father) Himeka Manaka (Mother) Non Manaka (Younger Sister) |
| Debut | |
| Anime | Episode 01 - I Became an Idol! |
| Voice Actors | |
| Japanese | Himika Akaneya |
Laala Manaka (真中らぁら Manaka Raara) is the main protagonist of PriPara. She is a 7th grader at Paprika Private Academy. She is a lovely-type idol, and her preferred brand is Twinkle Ribbon. Her catchphrase is "Capisce!" (かしこまっ! Kashikoma!).
Appearance[]
Laala has round, sea green-colored eyes, and lavender hair that is tied up into two buns with two small tufts of hair sticking out on each side, and a cowlick in the center of her hair. She wears a big pink bow with a yellow heart in the center in her regular hairstyle. In the evening, when sleeping, she lets her hair loose. Laala is the shortest among all of the main idols as Mikan and Aroma, who are also in elementary school, standing a few inches taller.
In her original PriPara form, Laala grows taller to match the height of an middle school student, making her look more mature. Her two hair buns are released into two long pigtails that reach her thighs, and curls at the ends. According to Meganee, Laala looks best in lovely-style clothing, and often performs in Twinkle Ribbon outfits.
During Idol Time PriPara, Laala's "main" idol form matches her appearance outside of PriPara after Yui accidentally folds the Priticke. Falala eventually fixes her Priticke, which enables her to return to her usual PriPara appearance.
Personality[]
Laala is bright, cheerful, and happy, and is often seen bouncing off the walls. As her house is a restaurant, she has a habit of saying her informal catchphrase Capisce! (かしこま! Kashikoma!) when taking requests. Laala has a very loud speaking voice which she is very conscious about. When she is singing, she tends to be very quiet due to this. It seems that she can only gain the courage to sing loudly when performing in PriPara.
She is also highly determined with a strong will and can be stubborn when it comes to her goals or the happiness of others.
Relationships[]
Non Manaka[]
Her younger sister.
Nao Ehime[]
Her childhood friend.
Mirei Minami[]
The one who convinced Laala to become an idol, and is also one of her teammates in SoLaMi♡SMILE.
Sophy Hojo[]
One of her teammates in SoLaMi♡SMILE.
Kuma[]
Her manager in SoLaMi♡SMILE.
Jewlie[]
The two formed a close bond when Jewlie (as Jewlulu) turned into a baby.
Yui Yumekawa[]
They are roommates and classmates at Avocado Academy.
Etymology[]
Manaka (真中) means "center." This play into other character surnames as Mirei and Sophy's last names mean "south" and "north", respectively.
Laala (らぁら) - The La in her name is based on the sixth note of the Solfège scale, which follows the name theme of the season one main characters of PriPara.
Trivia[]
- Judging by some of the early promotion pictures, Laala's idol form was never intended to age. The photo shows Laala looking much younger rather then her current teen form.
- Laala is the only character from PriPara to make an appearance in Pretty Rhythm All Star Selection.
- Laala is the youngest out of the six main girls in PriPara's first season - Sophy is in 9th grade; Mirei, Sion, Reona, & Dorothy are all in 8th grade.
- Laala is the only character out of the main three to be in elementary school.
- According to Kuma and Falulu, she has an ability called Prism Voice. Aside from it affecting her singing, it has yet to be shown what exactly it means to possess it.
- Along with Mirei, Aroma, Mikan, Love, Chili, Yui, Nino, Michiru, Shuka, and Non, she is one of the only known characters to have a different look in PriPara.
- Laala is the only character to always keep her signature hairpiece, the hairpiece from the Twinkle Ribbon Cyalume Coord, when wearing most coords. The same bow is also used during Cyalume Change, which also makes her the only character to have the same hairpiece during a Cyalume Change.
- She gets her signature hairpiece from Nao, the first present that Nao gave her. She and Nao give each other the same presents, so she switches the old hairpiece to the new hairpiece.
- Her name (Laala) is based on the sixth note of the Solfège scale.
- She shares her pre-Making Drama pose with Falulu.
- She refers to herself with the pronoun "Atashi" (あたし) which is a very informal way for a female to address herself.
- She, along with Mirei and Sophy, appears as deformed cameos in episode 7 of Nurse Witch Komugi-chan R.
- In episode 27, Kuma states that while Laala has the Prism Voice, it's either on or off when performing.
- Laala has a habit of mixing up word pronunciation and meanings that often result in other characters correcting her.
- Laala is the first idol to solo debut without having a color theme for the audiences' glow.
- She shares her birthday with Nao.
- Laala is the only idol to obtain the Final Fairy.
- Laala is the first idol to obtain a Super Cyalume Coord.
- Laala is the first idol to receive and use the Cyalume Baton from Jewlie to perform the Kami Idol Challenge.
- Her favorite foods are Pizza and Dagashi.
- In rough drafts for the series, Laala originally didn't have her hair worn in buns and it appeared fairly.
- Laala reverts from a 7th grader to a 6th grader when she transfers to Avocado Academy.
- She shares her voice actor with Maria Kanamori from Kiratto Pri☆Chan.
- She has a parallel version in Kiratto Pri☆Chan also named Laala but without a last name.
- She is also the first protagonist to have a parallel version that's not a human, but rather a virtual being that's a mascot.
- She is the fifth main protagonist to have a parallel version of herself in a spin-off series, with the first being Mia Hanazono in Idol Time PriPara and the second, third, and fourth being Aira Nanahoshi, Naru Shiawase, and Yui Gekikawa respectively from Kiratto Pri☆Chan.
