Berry Shirayuki

''"Mew Mew Berry, Metamorphose!" - Berry's transformation call.'' Berry Shirayuki (白雪 ベリー, Shirayuki Berī) is the main character in Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode, the sequel to the first manga. She was injected with the DNA of both the Amami rabbit and the Andean mountain cat. When Ichigo went with her boyfriend Masaya to London after losing her powers, she became the new leader for some time, when Ichigo returns she still helped but chose to become the second in charge.

Berry is 12 years old and attends an all-girls school called Daikan'yama Junior High. Once Ichigo returned, she forfeited the leadership position to become something of a co-leader.

Tokyo Mew Mew à la Mode
Berry Shirayuki is now twelve years old. She goes to a private, all-girls school which she worked hard to get into (though she admitted that the real reason she wanted to attend that particular school was because they had "cute" school uniforms). She must take a daily, hour-long journey on the train to get there. After her first day of school, Berry almost falls down a set of stairs but is saved by Ryou Shirogane, who managed to catch her. He then invited her to Café Mew Mew and she accepted his invitation and went there to admire the treats that were being displayed.

Later, Ryou caught Berry by surprise and she fell into a pastry display. She ran away and went through a DNA infusion machine, which merged her DNA with that of two endangered animals: The Amami rabbit and the Andean mountain cat. She passed out after that and when she awoke, she was given R2003, a robot she nicknamed Ucha, by Ryou. Ichigo Momomiya, the former leader of the Mew Mews, is absent for most of this series because she is visiting England to study endangered animals with Masaya Aoyama. During her absence, Berry takes over as the temporary leader of the Mew Mews in chapter four.

As Berry meets the Mew Mews, she is also introduced to the new villains, who call themselves the Saint Rose Crusaders. Ucha gives Berry guidance and transforms into the unnamed staff Berry uses to fight. As the "second strongest" Mew Mew, Berry becomes the primary target of the Saint Rose Crusaders. They hypnotize the city of Tokyo into hating the Mew Mews, during this time Berry has realized she is in love with her childhood friend Tasuku, who still hugs her every day. Her feelings for him confused her until she was able to come to terms with her them. Together, Tasuku and Berry used their warm feelings of love to release the city's citizens from the Saint Rose Crusaders hypnotism. At the end of the series, Berry and Tasuku are still a couple, the "lovebirds” of the café, and work side-by-side as the cafe's new door-to-door delivery service and celebrate being in love.

Civilian
Berry is a slim, preteen girl with long, straight, blonde hair and dark brown eyes that look almost red.

Cafe Mew Mew
When working at Café Mew Mew, Berry wears a ....

Mew Form (2002)
When changing into Mew Berry, Berry's eyes become red and she gets light, cream colored rabbit ears and a cat tail. Her tail has a thin bow that has a bell tied onto it, similar to Ichigo. Berry's dress has a poofy skirt, with bows on either side of the waist part that connects the skirt to her bodice, which is plain cream. Her hair remains blonde and her leg band has a red bow on it and she wears ankle-length baggy boots. She has the same gloves as Ichigo, but they are a cream color like the rest of her outfit.

It is unknown where Berry's Mew Mark is, although there is speculation that Berry has none as she was hit at close range with the ray from the Mew Infuser Machine.

As a Mew Mew
Berry gains abilities like jumping higher and hearing things from far away, although in reality, the Amami rabbit's jumping ability is weak. Her taste for vegetables, specifically carrots, also increased due to the D.N.A of the Amami rabbit.

Weapons and Attacks
Mew Berry's weapon is a rod that her robot friend Ucha becomes. It has no canon name but the Japanese Wikipedia page for Tokyo Mew Mew calls it "the Loveberry Rod.". Some fans call it the "Raspberry Scepter/Wand" and "the Loveberry Staff".

Her attacks are Ribbon Loveberry Check and a joint attack with Ichigo called Ribbon Doubleberry Check.

Mew Berry appears to still use her "Loveberry Rod". Her new attack is "Loveberry Cure".

Name Changes

 * Tokyo Mew Mew Part II (Chinese / Taiwan) - Hong-Mei (Cranberry) BaiXue / Mew Mew Hong-Mei
 * New Berry Berry Mew Mew (Korean) - Bunny Shirayuki / Mew Bunny
 * Mew Mew à la Mode (Italian) - Berry Shirayuki / Love Berry

Etymology

 * Berry's surname Shirayuki means "white" (白) (shira) and "snow" (雪) (yuki).

Trivia

 * Berry can eat 10 pieces of cakes at one sitting.
 * Berry is the youngest of the Mew Mews, with her birthday putting her at a few months younger than Bu-Ling.
 * Berry does not appear in the Tokyo Mew Mew anime adaptation.
 * Berry's grandfather taught her to speak French.
 * Berry was first seen in the end of the Tokyo Mew Mew Manga as a minor character.
 * Berry is the only Mew Mew whose first name is written in katakana.
 * Berry likes collecting pretty things and cool clothes.
 * The Amami rabbit (Pentalagus furnessi) is a dark-furred rabbit endemic to Amami Ōshima and Toku-no-Shima. It is often considered a "living fossil" due to its resemblance to prehistoric rabbits that once lived on the Asian mainland. It is listed as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List, with an estimated population of around 5,000.
 * The Andean mountain cat (Leopardus jacobita) is a small wild cat native to the high Andes. It is traditionally considered a sacred animal by the indigenous Aymara and Quechua people. It is listed as "endangered" on the IUCN Red List, with an estimated population of under 2,500.
 * Like Ichigo, in A la Mode, Berry's garter is on her right leg, whilst the other Mew Mews have theirs on the left. This may signify their status as the leader and co-leader of Tokyo Mew Mew. However, in the newest sequel "Tokyo Mew Mew 2020 Re-Turn" her garter/lace is moved to her left leg, most likely signifying that she's now just a regular Mew Mew team member.

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