Candy Mintblue

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Candy Mintblue キャンディ・ミントブルー Kyandi Mintoburū Candy Mintblue
Artwork from Magical Vacation by Shinichi Kameoka
Attribute	Wind
Gender	Female
Species	Human
Date of birth	September 22
Age	13
Height	150cm
Weight	38kg
Blood type	AB
Relative(s)	Unnamed parents
Occupation(s)	Will-o'-Wisp Academy professorAfter Magical Vacation
Affiliation(s)	Party

"A talkative girl with a shrill voice. Somewhat out of place in her class."

Candy Mintblue is a party member in Magical Vacation. She is a hard-working student at Will-o'-Wisp Academy with a gift for wind magic. Candy is close with her female classmates and has a crush on Ganache Nighthawk.

Profile

Candy is a talkative, active girl who is strong in her studies. She is very ambitious and close with her classmates; however, she doubts her own capabilities as a result of her parents' high expectations, and often seeks approval from her peers. This results in her becoming very attached to people in pursuit of validation, and failing to recognize her own self-destructive actions. Her hobby is collecting handkerchiefs.

Her hair is spiky and brown, parted in the middle with a ponytail on the back of her head. Her eyes are aquamarine in color, which matches most of her outfit. For a torso, Candy wears a blue strapless bodice with frills below her collarbone. Two buckles on her hips are connected to a flowing turquoise dress, layered underneath a smaller pink veil. The welts of her socks are patterned in the same way as her skirt, and she wears a pair of grey slip-ons. She also wears blue cloth gloves that are fastened with brass rings.

Gameplay

Candy joins the party after Equillekrew is defeated at the Land of Darkness in the Abyssal Realm. She uses the wind spirit, which is strong against poison, but weak to fire and dark. Her magic has average strength, covers several ranges, and can increase allies' agility with the spell mach nine. Candy makes use of high agility and MP% to cast spells efficiently, but lacks in power and defense.

For story reasons, Candy joins with weak stats, starting at level 35 and wind magic level 1. Before reaching level 40, she gets the following level-up bonuses in addition to her regular stat growth: if her magic points are below 293, they always increase by 3, and if her spirit is below 40, it always increases by 2.

Tutorial statsInitial statsMaximum stats

	Name Attribute Candy Mintblue Wind 1 2 17 24
MP% Pow Def Spr Agi 10% 6 6 8 13 Special power Removes Bomber Pots without needing to use green frogs Skills/Magic Skill Cost Description

	Name Attribute Candy Mintblue Wind 35 1 95 3
MP% Pow Def Spr Agi 10% 17 19 1 35 Special power Removes Bomber Pots without needing to use green frogs Skills/Magic Skill Cost Description

	Name Attribute Candy Mintblue Wind 999 99 2986 3978
MP% Pow Def Spr Agi 10% 178 180 362 678 Special power Removes Bomber Pots without needing to use green frogs Skills/Magic Skill Cost Description

Biography

Early life

When Candy was young, a horde of trolls settled near her hometown and would sometimes come to terrorize the townsfolk. The problem was resolved when she was 7, as a group of magicians were dispatched from the capital, and spent three days eradicating the trolls. Ever since, it has been Candy's dream to become a powerful sorceress herself. At the age of 10, she transferred to Will-o'-Wisp Academy to pursue her goals, and even joined the school's cheer team. At Will-o'-Wisp, she stumbled upon Ganache Nighthawk, who bore a striking resemblance to a magician that fought the trolls. It was love at first sight for Candy, but Ganache did not reciprocate those feelings. She also became the love interest of Kirsche Pintail, but was always oblivious to his advances. Candy's academic record would quickly stand above most others at Will-o'-Wisp, though she was not as skilled as Ganache in practicum or Blueberry in theory.

Magical Vacation

Giving Ganache a late birthday gift

On the day of the Valencia Beach Seaside School, Candy and her friends joined the protagonist, Kirsche, Sesame, and Pistachio in the academy's meditation room. Everyone made goals for themselves to fulfill over the summer, with Candy declaring that she wanted to reinvent herself, and also confess her love to a boy. Once the protagonist gathered their classmates and boarded the magic bus, Miss Madeleine noticed that Ganache was absent, to which Olive volunteered to look for him. Candy attempted to follow, but Madeleine ordered her to stay while Olive left, bringing him back moments later. That evening at Valencia Beach, Candy remained by the cottages, admitting to the protagonist that the ocean made her sad. Later on, Candy invited Ganache to speak with her in private, wherein she gave him a late birthday present. Their conversation ended on a sour note, with Ganache leaving before Candy was able to confess her love. Suddenly, swarms of enigmas began storming the beach and abducting the students, warping them all to another plane of existence called the Light Realm. Candy too would be caught amidst the attack, and Ganache watched as two enigmas spirited her away.

While in the Light Realm, Candy teamed up with Blueberry, Peche, Lemon, and Latte near Green Tea Village. However, she chose to leave them and travel west, running into Olive, Cider, and Cabernet along the way at Rekcarc Quarry. Ganache accompanied them after following the protagonist's party through Wetsomus Ruins. As the party journeyed to Ufot Village, they spotted Candy and her group further up the mountain path. However, a zaf lopik enigma leapt in and warped them to the Dark Realm, as per the orders of the enigmas' leader Equillekrew. While the warp was occurring, Ganache rushed in and allowed himself to be caught in it, pulling him into the Dark Realm alongside Candy and the others.

Ganache's group was able to kill the zaf lopik, though Candy was uncertain of the potential dangers of the Dark Realm. Luckily, Ganache was familiar with the location they wound up in, Spollacs Swamp Edge, and ordered his classmates to head east to Masala Chai Village. Once there, Cider exclaimed he would wait in the village until Miss Madeleine came to their rescue. Candy was eager to take a break, though Ganache stated that his journey would be easier if they stayed behind. Still content on venturing with Ganache, Candy followed him to the village's docks alongside Cabernet and Olive while Cider stayed put. After crossing the swamp, they rested at Tapioca Tea Village overnight and proceeded south. As they prepared to enter the Enigma Forest, Cabernet made a comment about the Nighthawks' treatment towards Chardonnay, to which Candy mistook Ganache as Chardonnay's romantic partner, when in fact Cabernet was talking about Ganache's sister Vanilla. While Ganache thought of a plan, Cabernet considered the true cause of his brother's demise, determining he was killed by an enigma rather than having died in an accident. He exclaimed he wanted to kill all the enigmas in revenge, which Candy and Olive thought to be impossible. Ganache interrupted their conversation, suggesting they find enigmas and use them to warp back home to the Material Realm.

In Eastern Forest, Candy invited Olive to speak with her away from the boys. She proceeded to grill Olive about Ganache's motives, accusing her of being able to read peoples' hearts after hearing so from Cabernet. Olive admitted her powers were not that strong, but learned that Ganache intended to rescue Vanilla, who was being held captive in the heavily-guarded Chiboust Castle. Candy wondered how Ganache could even get into the castle, but Olive stated that by fusing with an enigma, it would be an easy feat. Appalled by the truth, Candy expressed her hatred towards Olive for keeping things secret. Olive attempted to explain how her powers were involuntary, not wanting to know what dwelled in peoples' hearts, until both of them were suddenly attacked by a mysterious creature. The protagonist's party, Madeleine, Ganache, and Cabernet hurried over to find the girls collapsed on the ground. When Candy awoke, her classmates noticed that her eyes were filled with rage, and Madeleine noted that her heart had been sealed shut. Their concern was interrupted by Chocolat's cry for help in the distance, compelling Ganache and his group to chase after him. Once Madeleine caught up to Ganache and Cabernet, she pointed out that Candy and Olive were missing, so the boys hurried off to find them while the party saved Chocolat.

Olive woke up in the middle of Eastern Forest, alone with Candy outside a cave entrance. Reading Candy's heart, Olive learned that she was being used as bait to lure Ganache, and that his ultimate goal was to fuse with the enigma king. Meanwhile in Abos Village, Ganache learned where Candy had taken Olive, and followed the same path to the entrance of Toptoh Mines. Once Madeleine and the party reached the mines' depths, they caught Candy and Ganache standing in front of a portal to the Abyssal Realm, the plane of death and reincarnation. Candy announced that she would accompany Ganache on his quest to fuse with the enigma king Kerendu. Olive, on the other hand, feared that she was responsible for her classmate's bizarre change in behavior. Candy lashed out at Olive for supposedly impeding on her free will, to which Madeleine accepted her and Ganache's decision, allowing them to enter the portal. Cabernet tried joining them, but Madeleine held him back out of concern that he would die; not by Ganache's hand, but by Candy's. Back aboard the magic bus, Olive regrettably revealed that Candy's heart had been possessed by an enigma.

Atop The Great Rock, Ganache discussed their plans once more. Although he was willing to take drastic measures to save his sister, even if things took a violent turn, Candy resolved to be with him on the final stretch of his mission. She was confident that even if he fused with an enigma, his consciousness would not be overtaken, upon which Ganache wondered if she noticed what was happening to herself. Candy vented about her identity crisis, exclaiming to have finally become more honest about her feelings, only for Ganache and Olive to want the old "useless" Candy back. This caused Ganache to recall his sister's similar descent into madness before realizing she was fused with an enigma, remembering how quickly her emotions changed at a moment's notice. Candy promised not to cry anymore, vowing to be by Ganache's side through the depths of the land.

The two prepared to cross the Abyssal Corridor by acquiring a dark veil in May Village, learning their destination was Drazzig Grotto. Suddenly, Candy expressed the urge to destroy Ganache, having felt so ever since blacking out in the Enigma Forest. He remarked that the Candy from Will-o'-Wisp was no more, agreeing to fight her once he fused with Kerendu. Recounting another conversation he had with Vanilla, Ganache exclaimed his guilt made him feel no fear over being killed. He also revealed that Vanilla was the beast who slaughtered several soldiers one year ago, including Chardonnay, resulting in Biscotti sealing her away in Chiboust Castle. Candy admitted to having nightmares where a being drenched in black tore itself out of her body, worried that if it overtook her, she would kill her classmate before he got the chance to meet Kerendu. She told Ganache that he was someone she looked up to and wanted to outshine; however, Ganache outlined the consequences of letting envy consume her. Her family may be chased out of the country, many would die, and Kirsche would have to endure the pain of losing her. Despite this, Candy still depended on malice in order to find happiness, so Ganache told her what she must do to claim victory.

Standing outside the Abyssal Corridor, Ganache felt the party gaining on them. Candy demanded that Ganache face her, exclaiming she was the one who was allowing him to live. Rather than feeling disheartened, Ganache was pleased with Candy's ability to clearly convey her emotions, as grim as they were. Once the two made it to the Land of Darkness, Candy told Ganache to go on without her. The party caught up to Candy and expressed their concern, wondering what had overcome her and Ganache. She yelled at Olive over her telepathic powers once again, and in her enraged state, Equillekrew took over her body, revealing himself to have attacked and fused with her back in the Dark Realm. Olive and Kirsche could not bring themselves to fight Equillekrew, though the party managed to defeat him. To their dismay, Equillekrew exclaimed that his life and powers would continue to regenerate while Candy was his vessel. Before the students could lose hope, however, Olive looked beyond Equillekrew's form and saw Candy within. By reminding Candy of who she really was―a girl whose parents constantly pushed her to be at the top of her class―the fusion started to miraculously break apart. With Equillekrew removed from her heart, Candy apologized to Olive for thinking that victory could be obtained through spite and jealously.

While resting on the magic bus, Madeleine assured Candy that Equillekrew could no longer harm her, strangely aware that he was possessing her all along. Candy noted how light her body felt, to which Madeleine said that in order to separate herself from Equillekrew, she had to release all of her magic power. Pistachio worried that she would have to drop out of Will-o'-Wisp if she no longer had magic, though Madeleine added that Candy was the first person to have ever broken an enigma fusion, so whether she could cast magic again was yet to be seen. Candy remained confident, explaining how she could observe all kinds of things in her mind, as though everything were bending to her magic. Madeleine also assured Candy that magic was not just about practical use, promising that she would not be expelled from the academy.

Arriving in the depths of Drazzig Grotto, Miss Madeleine accompanied her students into the final chamber, where Ganache was talking to the fallen enigma king Kerendu. In an attempt to talk him out of fusion, Candy professed that they would resolve matters with Vanilla, revealing to have obtained the power of clairvoyance. To Olive's surprise, Candy foretold how she would accompany him to Chiboust Castle where Vanilla was imprisoned, and that the future was clear to her. The students proceeded to fight Kerendu, whose fusion with Ganache had begun, but they managed to interrupt it just in time. Kerendu retreated to the Hall of Rebirth, during which time Ganache learned that he also had to release his magic, even though his fusion with an enigma was brief. Despite this, Ganache was confident that he could control the weaker enigmas and the enigma-possessed, as long as people believed so. The party followed Kerendu into the Hall of Rebirth and vanquished him in his stronger form, returning to Drazzig Grotto victorious. With Ganache saved and Kerendu defeated, Madeleine and her class warped back to the surface and boarded the magic bus, commencing their journey home.

After Magical Vacation

Grown-up Candy with the protagonist's book

Just as she had foreseen, Candy joined Ganache in his uprising against Kovomaka Kingdom, founding the Biscotti Sect with many other enigma-possessed magicians over the span of half a year. Once they seized control of the kingdom, Candy joined Ganache as he departed for Chiboust Castle to free his sister. Both he and Vanilla abandoned magic, and ushered the kingdom into an era of peace that would last for 200 years.

Candy chose to quit using magic too, turning to philosophy, history, and politics instead. She grew up to be a history lecturer at Will-o'-Wisp Academy, when one day, she received a book written by the protagonist in the mail. It journaled everything they had learned on their adventures and contained heaps of information, including the dodo curse and how to undo enigma fusion. The book was kept at the academy, where it became an essential source of knowledge for magicians all over Kovomaka Kingdom.

Descriptions

Descriptions and Entries
Magical Vacation	趣味　ハンカチ集め カン高い声でよくしゃべる女の子。クラスでは少しういてる。 Translation: Hobby: Collecting handkerchiefs A talkative shrill-voiced girl. She's a little out of place in her class.

Trivia

A prototype design of Serafina from Legend of Mana, whose design was reused for Candy

• Her favorite food is sweets of all kinds.
• According to Magical Vacation rumors, Candy's clothes were specially designed by Biscotti.
• Shinichi Kameoka's favorite moments in Magical Vacation are ones centered around Candy.
• Her design is based off of an unused design for Serafina, the female player character in Legend of Mana, which was scrapped during development. Kameoka confirmed this in a Tweet celebrating the game's 14th anniversary, stating that "Candy loved this outfit and wore it later on in Magical Vacation."
• It is possible that Sorbet from the sequel, Magical Starsign, is a subtle nod to Candy. Both characters work alongside a major antagonist, are the last characters to join the main party, and suffer from inferiority complexes. Sorbet also resembles the scrapped Serafina design.

Nomenclature

Her name comes from candy, confections made with sugar as a principal ingredient.

Names in Other Languages

Language	Name	Meaning
Japanese	キャンディ・ミントブルー Kyandi Mintoburū	Candy Mintblue