Rera

Rera (レラ) is a character in the Samurai Shodown series. She is based on the alternate palette swap of Nakoruru, noted for her evil grin during her victory images since the original Samurai Shodown. The developers admit basing her mannerisms on Nakoruru's "Rasetsu/Bust" form, a different shade of the girl who appears to have her own persona in Samurai Shodown 64: Warriors Rage, and whose P2 palette (violet, orange-trimmed) served as the base for Rera's costume (violet with peach-colored trim). Rera's name means "wind" in the Ainu language. Rera first appeared in a unique form in Nakoruru: Ano Hito kara no Okurimono as a mysterious specter. In the game, she often expresses her desire to kill others in a more direct way, sometimes insulting her more "gullible" other half to do her duty. In Samurai Shodown V, Rera takes over Nakoruru's body and embarks on her own journey. After the fight, she merges with Nakoruru, realizing that fighting doesn't solve everything and that peaceful solutions are possible. Rera is the aggressive and haughty ego of Nakoruru. She will not hesitate to kill those in her way and believes that the end results are more important than the methods. Rera's fighting style is similar to Nakoruru's "Rasetsu/Bust" form. She fights with a kodachi and her wolf companion, Shikuru.