Linna Yamazaki

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Linna Yamazaki is a fictional character from the Japanese anime series Bubblegum Crisis, its spin off Bubblegum Crash and its TV remake Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040. She is a member of the Knight Sabers vigilante group, and is identified by her green combat armor, which comes complete with "ribbon cutters", long, electrically charged ropes that can be used to slash through boomers and other high tech opponents.

[edit] Original Series

In the original series Linna, 22, is an aerobics instructor with triangular hair mysteriously held upright by a head band. Linna is treated as a caricature of a yuppie: she is often presented as greedy, shallow, superficial and constantly blowing through boyfriends (none of whom are ever seen), but occasionally showing a more sensitive side. She was often treated as comic relief, along with Nene Romanova, and in the opinions of many fans, Linna was by far the least comlex of the four central characters and the least interesting. Some even went so far as to say that the writers just threw her into the series without really knowing what to do with her.

[edit] 2040 Series

Linna was given considerably better treatment in the 2040 remake than in the original version. The series opens with Linna, 20, arriving in Tokyo a virtual country bumpkin, having come to the city partially to get away from her family in the country and hoping to find and join the Knight Sabers, whom she read about over the internet. In high school Linna was a track and field star and all around multi-purpose athlete.

Linna is portrayed as slightly naive but idealistic, with aims to help people much like a superhero would, and with a desire to do more with her life than simply be an office lady, which is what her job ends up being when she takes employment at a GENOM subsidiary company, where she is constantly harassed by her male supervisors, and by her boomer overseer.

Priss runs afoul of Linna early on, but Linna recognizes her as a Knight Saber and seeks her out, making her goals clear, and follows Priss to the other Knight Sabers, Sylia Stingray and Nene Romanova. Sylia then tests Linna in a simulator, and decides to use her as Knight Saber; after a couple of rough starts, Linna proves herself very capable. Linna develops a big sister/little sister relationship with Nene and a slight rivalry with Priss, her polar opposite. At one point Linna's family tries to bring her back home with hopes of getting her to marry a nice businessman, and while Linna likes the guy, she decides to stay with the Knight Sabers in Tokyo. She proves very steadfast and dependable in the battle against Galatea.

Bubblegum Crisis
Bubblegum Crisis - Bubblegum Crash - Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
AD Police
AD Police Files - AD Police: To Serve and Protect
Similar setting
Parasite Dolls
Characters
Knight Sabers: Sylia Stingray - Priss Asagiri - Linna Yamazaki - Nene Romanova AD Police: Leon McNichol - Daley Wong - Chief Todo - Jeena Malso GENOM: Brian J Mason - Quincy Rosencroitz Other characters: Mackie Stingray - Fargo - Nigel Kirkland - Galatea - Boomers