Vanilla Mieux (バニラ＝ミュー Banira Myuu), also known as Vanilla Ice (愛須バニラ Aisu Banira) in the Human World, is a witch and Chocolat Meilleure's best friend since childhood.
She is the daughter of Queen Candy and a Queen Candidate against Chocolat Meilleure.
Her familiar is Blanca, a white mouse.
Appearance[]
Vanilla is a cute and petite girl with short, curly blonde hair, large purple eyes, and small fangs and pointy ears like all Le Royame. Her outfits usually change, except for her witch outfit (in the anime) and her ogre princess outfit.
She wears her school uniform normally with white legwarmers that end under her knee, but when she is an Ogre, she wears that with a yellow star-shaped barrette in her hair.
Vanilla's witch outfit consists mostly of purple and blue, with a green ribbon on the dress. She has black boots and purple gloves. The inside of her cape is blue. Her golden pendant is in the shape of a diamond, and her wand is blue with a diamond on top.
She wears a white night-gown with lace on the sleeves and a ribbon on her chest.
As the Noir Princess, she wears a fancy sleeveless dark purple dress, gloves, tiara, and slippers. Her wand and pendant are still the same.
Personality[]
Vanilla is kind, sensitive, and a little timid. She is organized and intelligent. Despite this, she is shy, clumsy, and a cry-baby. Even though her sweetness makes her popular and cute in the human world, she did not have many friends in the magical world (where being popular meant being strong and audacious). Compared to Chocolat, she is more conscientious and calm, often reflecting before jumping to conclusions and asking Chocolat to do the same (though Chocolat never listens).
As the daughter of the current queen, Vanilla has her own natural beauty, royal grace, and poise. Despite having totally opposite characteristics, Vanilla and Chocola are very close friends. Unlike Chocolat, Vanilla is less competitive over tests and rivalry, because she cannot accept the idea of two best friends facing off against each other. When their competition had barely even started, Vanilla had immediately gained a huge advantage, but she encouraged and waited for Chocolat to catch up. And when Vanilla did better than Chocolat, she never put the competition before their friendships, always giving Chocolat advice even though they were rivals.
History[]
Vanilla started taking notice to Chocolat's popularity and started to get jealous, especially after finding out that hairpin Chocolat received was a gift from Queen Candy, while Vanilla got nothing, which made her feel like she favors Chocolat rather than her own daughter. She yelled at Chocolat for using skills that aren't hers. (Rune 14)
Ogre Princess Vanilla[]
First apparition of Vanilla as the Ogre Princess
In both the anime and the manga, Vanilla falls victim to Pierre's plans of acquiring an Ogre Princess. With the belief that her mother, Queen Candy, and everyone else had high hopes for Chocolat alone to become Queen of the Magical World, her heart falters and she began to doubt Chocolat, her mother and the people of the Magical World, causing Pierre to easily implant a Noir heart on her. She thinks she will be able to rule over darkness.
She begins to collect both Noir and Magical Hearts and continued to beat Chocolat in acquiring ecure. However, as her original heart is still within her, it causes her great pain, as her two hearts battle for her true emotions. Her Ogre transformation outfit consists of a fancy, dark purple outfit.
Chocolat (with the help of Ombre in the anime), manages to remove her Noir heart (as Chocola is a Filtre) that enabled her to return back to normal. She then states that she will never doubt Chocolat's trust and friendship ever again.
Abilities[]
- Fusil Écume
- Agrandissement
- Bain Moussant
- Fusil Écume
- Nettle Gradile Julle
Ogre Princess Abilities[]
- Jalousie Aiguille
- Hailstone of Tears (Larme Grêle)
- Obscurité Crystallization
Relationships[]
Chocolat Meilleure
Chocolat is Vanilla's best friend. Despite the fact that their characters are completely opposite, they get along extremely well and had promised each other that they would not let the competition to be the next Queen get in the way of their friendship. Vanilla looks up to Chocola and admires her confidence and ability to socialize with others. However, she's also jealous of this and wishes that she could be more open with people.
Blanca
Blanca is Vanilla's mouse familiar. Throughout the series, Vanilla is the only person who can really tolerate Blanca, as most of the characters in the show find her extremely annoying (such as Chocolat, her grandfather and Duke). Blanca gives Vanilla excellent advice on how to capture boys' hearts and is the one who usually prepares Vanilla's hair for the day. She is quite prissy and egotistical at times, and thinks that Chocolat and Duke are a bad influence on Vanilla. She never wastes an opportunity to praise Vanilla in front of others and is extremely loyal to her.
In the manga, after she turns back into a witch, she keeps being very loyal and protective over Vanilla. She can be seen helping Vanilla walk around the hilly Ogre Kingdom, and she even accepts to sacrifice herself with Poivre to save some time for the candidates.
Queen Candy
Queen Candy is Vanilla's mother. Due to the kingdom's demanding work, Queen Candy had paid Vanilla little attention as she was growing up, which led Vanilla to feel inadequate in her mother's eyes. Her mother's neglect was one of the reason why her heart faltered, and thus led to her being the Ogre Princess.
In the end, mother and daughter reconciled, and Queen Candy apologized for her neglect and indifference, stating that she had never wanted to hurt her. (this happened in the manga only.)
Pierre
During Vanilla's time as an Ogre Princess, she and Pierre had gotten quite close, and she had a one-sided crush on Pierre. However, Pierre never had romantic feelings for her but just felt sorry for her. During that time, she felt jealous whenever Chocola got too close to Pierre. However, once she returned to normal she resumed her previous distance, but they remained civil to each other when things were at peace again.
Woo[]
Manga[]
When the twins are introduced in the manga, it is implied that Vanilla was not that close to them, unlike Chocola, though she did celebrate Christmas with them once when they were younger[1]. The twins' signature scarves were actually a gift from Vanilla[1].
She first shows signs of liking Woo in Rune 32: after she transforms the rose badges into violet ones, she explains that violet badges make the wearer humble, to which Woo says that this is a very "Vanilla" spell. She blushes and reflects on this. Later in the same chapter, when Chocola is resting in bed, she glances at Woo while blushing.
In Rune 35, overwhelmed by her classmates being under the influence of Alchimie's bracelets, she says she's thinking about giving up on her role. Woo intervenes and says that only Vanilla could perform as Snow White, because of her kindness and innocence. Emphasis is then put on Vanilla being visibly flustered by the comment.
In Rune 36, she is horrified to see that Woo's heart is now black. When Pierre stuns him, she runs to him, crying, while yelling his name over and over. In Rune 37, she is visibly worried when asking if Woo will stay unconscious while Pierre is as well.
Still in Rune 37, Vanilla confesses to Chocolat that she wants to save Woo just like Chocolat wants to save Pierre, implying that she has romantic feelings for him. In Rune 38, Chocolat thinks about Pierre, causing little shards of pink light to appear around, illuminating the way. She then encourages Vanilla to think about Woo, and the same thing happens.
In Rune 40, after Chocolat has purified Poivre, Ruby, Pierre and Woo, the latter starts brooding, either upon seeing Chocolat reunite with Pierre, or by thinking about his previous battle. Vanilla then approaches him, crying, saying that she is very happy he was saved. He snaps out of it and shows some concern for her. In Rune 41, he can be seen standing by her side a few times, most likely to keep her safe.
In the last Rune, after Vanilla has fallen to her knees, crying over Chocolat's disappearance, Woo approaches her and cradles her into his arms. During the time skip, it can be seen that Vanilla grew closer to the twins over the years, with a small emphasis put on Woo. When coronation day has arrived, Woo and Vanilla can be seen acting as a couple, with Woo being overly concerned over Vanilla, blushing upon seeing her in her coronation dress, and them hugging right before. When Vanilla spots Chocolat in the crowd, Woo rushes to her side in an attempt to calm her down, and when Vanilla tells Chocolat that she should be the actual queen, emphasis is put on Woo's panicked reaction, and Chocolat even points his reaction out separately from the rest, implying that Woo's reaction should be the most concerning to Vanilla.
By the end of the manga, they are implied to be married, or at the very least a couple.
Anime[]
In the anime, Woo likes Chocola until the end of the series. Besides, the anime does not show any sign that Woo liked Vanilla, but he does feel worried about her when her heart hurts as an Ogre.
Ending in Anime and Manga[]
In both the anime and the manga, she was able to get the position as Queen of the Magical World.
In the manga, it was because Chocolat (along with Pierre,) went missing after they purified Glacé's Noir heart. The two of them managed to arrive in time for Vanilla's coronation, with Vanilla stating that it should be Chocolat and not her, that should be queen. Chocolat then stated that she was the true Queen of the Magical World because she fortified the Magical World alone; without the help of either her or her mother. Also, she ends up with Woo.
In the anime, she became Queen because she had collected more hearts in the human world. In the coronation ceremony, she relinquished her crown the moment she received it and passed the postion as the next Queen to Chocolat, feeling that it would be best for both the Ogre and Magical World (as Pierre is the Ogre Prince and they could strengthen their ties with the Ogres if Chocolat, who at this time had exchanged hearts with Pierre and making the two of them actually married by the Magical World's standard, became Queen instead). She then stated that her dream was to run a bakery in the Magical World.
Trivia[]
- In French, Vanilla's name translates to "Better Vanilla".
- Vanilla's hobbies: Baking sweets.
- In the first episode of the anime, Vanilla states that she wants to become a baker in the Magical World instead of Queen.
- Vanilla specializes in helping the elderly.
- Her last name literally means "Better" in french.
- Vanilla ranked 2nd in the "Most popular character" poll in Volume 8.
- She often wears miniskirts.
- She likes laces.[2]
- She is good at embroidery.
Appearances[]
Manga[]
- Rune 01 (First appearance)
- Rune 02
- Rune 03
- Rune 04
- Rune 05
- Rune 07
- Rune 08
- Rune 09
- Rune 12
- Rune 13
- Rune 14
- Rune 15
- Rune 16
- Rune 17
- Rune 18
- Rune 19
- Rune 20
- Rune 21
- Rune 22
- Rune 23
- Rune 24
- Rune 25
- Rune 29
- Rune 30
- Rune 31
- Rune 32
- Rune 33
- Rune 34
- Rune 35
- Rune 36
- Rune 37
- Rune 38
- Rune 40
- Rune 41
- Rune 42
- Rune 43
Anime[]
- Episode 01 (First appearance)
- Episode 02
- Episode 03
- Episode 04
- Episode 05
- Episode 06
- Episode 07
- Episode 08
- Episode 09
- Episode 10
- Episode 11
- Episode 12
- Episode 13
- Episode 14
- Episode 15
- Episode 16
- Episode 17
- Episode 18
- Episode 19
- Episode 20
- Episode 21
- Episode 22
- Episode 23
- Episode 24
- Episode 25
- Episode 26
- Episode 27
- Episode 28
- Episode 29
- Episode 30
- Episode 31
- Episode 32
- Episode 33
- Episode 34
- Episode 35
- Episode 36
- Episode 37
- Episode 38
- Episode 39
- Episode 40
- Episode 41
- Episode 42
- Episode 44
- Episode 45
- Episode 46
- Episode 48
- Episode 49
- Episode 50
- Episode 51
References[]
See Also[]
| Characters | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Chocolat Meilleure • Vanilla Mieux • Duke • Blanca • Rockin' Robin • Pierre Tempête du Neige | ||
| Magical World | Candy Mieux • Cinnamon Meilleure • Corne Meilleure • Glacier • Glacé • Juiliet • Platol • Ravissement • Soul • Sylvia Trane • Woo | ||
| Others | Alchimie • Amber • Baaya • Beignet • Joe • Mousse • Waffle | ||
| Extra | Ananas • Citron • Coconut • Lynx • Mocha • Mocha's Father • Mocha's Mother • Mont Blanc • Sarah LaPointe | ||
| Human World | Akio Kosaka • Ian • Taro Moriyama • Tatsuya Shinohara | ||
| Moegi Gakuen | Class 5-A | Akane Sekiguchi • Akira Mikado • Ayano Nichijou • Chris Takigawa • Hajime Nishitani • Haruka Osaki • Jun Mimura • Karen Manabe • Mayu Ishida • Mitsuki Shiratori • Momoko Sawamura • Morita Kenji • Nanako Walsh • Natsume Arisaka • Rika Matsuda • Sakiko Minamoto • Taiji Sugiyama | |
| Members | Ayame • Margaret • Momoka • Rose • Yurika Kenjo | ||
| Others | Mochizuchi Sachiko | ||
| Extra | Akira's Father • Hiroshi • Miharu Sakamoto • Shinobu • Sophia Takigawa | ||