Shugo Chara
Wider Reading Project
What Is Shugo Chara.?
Who are the characters?
Amu
Amu's Shugo Chara
Ran
Ran was the first of Amu's Chara to appear and this also makes her the main one of the three too. Ran represents the part of Amu that wishes to cheer people up and be a good friend. Ran's skill is sports )hence why she is dressed as a cheer leader), this is another thing Amu wants to be good at. Out of all of The Three Charas Ran is the most out spoken and energetic one. Ran's transformation with Amu is Amulet heart and the character is a cheerleader.
Miki
Miki was the second of Amu's Charas to appear, out of the three she is the most masculine and at the start of the series is mistaken for a boy, by the other Charas. Miki represents Amus desire to be more cool, calm and collected. Miki also represents Amu's wishes to be able to fall in love, as Miki is the one who shows attraction to the Charas of those who Amu loves. The special talent of Miki is art, which Amu wishes to be good at. When Miki transforms with Amu, Amu becomes Amulet spade, a character that represents something similar to a painter
Su
Su was the third Chara and through out the series sees the least amount of transformations. Su represents feminism, kindness and the ability to be a good parent, these are more of Amu's desires. Su's talent is cooking, something Amu is very bad at but wishes to be good at. Su's transformation with Amu is called Amulet Clover, the character for this represents a cook.
The Guardians
The Guardians are the student council of Seiyo Academy to protect the students and the school, and secretly keep the children's heart's eggs safe and preserve them while fighting against Easter. The guardians hold secret meetings at school in a place called the royal garden, were they discuss plans from school work to Easter
Each of the member of the Guardians has at least one Shugo Chara to grant them special powers in tight situations.
This organization was founded by Seiyo Academy's principal, who is named Tsukasa Amakawa - also known as the Founding King.
Easter
The Easter Company is a powerful composite enterprise of banking, food, entertainment, etc., who are actually attempting to find the legendary egg. The Director Kazumio Hoshina tries to get the Embryo to Gozen, and for that purpose uses Ikuto and Utau Tsukiyomi , but Utau leaves Easter after the battle with the Guardians in Chapter 42, with Ikuto leaving later on. The Guardians are their enemies until they overcome their issues together.
Redesigned Book Cover
To do this I used Photoshop. For the book cover I decide to put all three of Amu's transformations on ,because that is what half the series is about after all, I also used the Japanese title instead of the English because I personally think it looks a lot nicer.
Character Collages
Amu and her Charas
This represents Amu's desires to change throughout the series.
Guardians and the royal Garden
The royal garden is one of the most used settings in the whole series and the guardians play a major part in the story.
Ikuto (my favorite Character)
Well Ikuto is my favourite character so I may as well make a collage for him. All collages made on Photoshop.
Why should i read this book?
Aside from the artwork Shugo Chara follows it's plot and does not drag on as much as some manga (cough cough Naruto) making it easy to read over twelve volumes, but still managing to get bonus stories and events in. Another great reason to read this book is that out of the vast range of characters at least one of them is a character you can relate to. As well as being able to relate with characters, we also learn a lot about each characters back story, emotions and things that happened in the past, making all the characters very deep and understandable ones. Finally Shugo Chara offers a wide range of moods throughout the series, it has a nice balance of series, funny and romantic moments making it enjoyable for all most every reader.
Well I hope this has helped to make up your mind on weather or not you are going to read Shugo Chara