This is the details page for the manga "+Anima". Here you can see what the manga is about and what the main characters are. You can also read the manga.

Plot synopsis:

In this alternate-reality fantasy world, there exist normal human beings...as well as others that possess animal-like characteristics. These mysterious beings (called +Anima) are shunned by "normal" society. The story focuses on four of these special beings: Cooro (a crow), Husky (a fish), Senri (a bear) and Nana (a bat). These four friends travel to not only find others like themselves, but to also gain acceptance in world cruel to anyone or anything that is different. Along the way, they encounter villains and friends alike.

Main characters:

Cooro
A crow +Anima, Cooro can spring black feathered wings from his back and use them to fly like a bird. He is naïve, a bit absent-minded and slow to make decisions. However, he is optimistic and always cheerful. It is revealed that he fell from the sky when he was a baby at the beginning of book one. He loves eating, much to the chagrin of Husky and Nana, but is kind-hearted, and more than willing to help anyone in need, although sometimes his good work results in him asking for pay, if the group needs it. He doesn't have sensitive feelings (that much) like when he is told to go away he will without a second thought, wanting to be helpful. He seems to want to find other +Anima, though whether it is simply out of want for more friends or for some other reason, it is unknown. He later is given a small hatchet from the smith, Harden. His past is a mystery, but it seems that he had his +Anima since he was born.


Husky
A fish- +Anima, whose legs completely transform into a fish-tail when jumping into water. Similar to a merman, he also grows gills, allowing him to breathe underwater and stay submerged indefinitely. Somewhat like Nana, Husky has a small fear of water because Lady Dylana, a rival queen and the mother of Keane (who used to tease and bully Husky), attempted to drown him, from which he gained his +Anima. Although Husky is male, he appears effeminate, and is even thought to be a girl by some of the characters. He is considered to be the most intelligent and rational of the group. When he was younger, he apparently was captured in a fisherman's net and then sold to the circus, though he claims he worked there willingly. It appears, however, that the ringmaster is blackmailing him into working at the circus by withholding a pair of earrings that Husky treasures, because they were given to him by his parents. Apparently he's very close to his mother, more so than his father, since he said that the journey they had made was so he could tell his mother he was alive but he said nothing about his father. This may be related to his feminine appearance, for it might have caused a rift between him and his father. His +Anima marking are on his neck which look like waves and/or gills.


Senri
A bear +Anima. He is presumably older than the other 3 characters, probably in his late teens. He is capable of transforming his right arm into a bear-like arm, giving him sharp claws and great strength. He is the strongest melee combatant from the group; thanks to his +Anima, he does not need any melee weapons, although he does have a falchion-like sword which he uses when he does not want to reveal his +Anima identity. Not a man of many words, he very rarely says anything, usually doesn't speak in complete sentences, and often demonstrates odd behaviour - such as licking the blood off a comrade's wound. He has a book — possibly a diary , or a gardening book (which would explain why he is such a good cook with spices and knows more about most plants than the other characters) — in which he collects souvenirs, especially flowers, as reminders of places and people he has seen. His +Anima marking is a pattern which twirls from his elbow to hand ending with claws.


Nana
A bat +Anima. The first girl to join the the group, Nana is capable of sprouting wings much like Cooro; however, they are bat wings. With them, she is capable of flight. Nana's ears can grow very large, gifting her with superior hearing that is capable of detecting sound in the ultrasound frequency. In addition, she has uniquely-developed vocal cords, making her capable of emitting ultrasound waves from her mouth, which she may use either to navigate when her eyesight is useless, as bats do, or as a powerful area-effect weapon. Her personality is kind, albeit immature, and quite feminine. Nana does not like violence and does not use any weapons. Nana appears to have a crush on Senri. Her +Anima markings are on her upper back in the form of wings.

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