TV-Series
Description
Ai Asato, widely known as Maria, works as a patrol officer in the Katsushika Police Headquarters' Transport Department. The name "Maria" derives from an alternate katakana reading (マリア) of her kanji name (麻里愛), frequently used in manga and anime.
She possesses long, straight dark brown hair (rendered black in manga) with blunt-cut bangs to her eyebrows and ends reaching her hips. Her eyes are amber in colored manga art but darker brown in the anime. She consistently wears a lilac female police uniform similar to Reiko Akimoto's, featuring a long-sleeved coat with lapels, white undershirt, dark blue tie, above-knee skirt, matching lilac shoes, and an official hat. Her summer uniform replaces long sleeves with T-shirt sleeves. Her body measurements are 93.5-58-88 centimeters (bust-waist-hip).
Assigned male at birth, Maria's transition differs between continuities. The manga depicts a permanent magical transition in Volume 111, following an initial wish-granted change in Volume 75 (later temporarily reversed). The anime presents a non-magical transition involving hormone therapy and breast augmentation, with sex-reassignment surgery pending. Before transitioning, she achieved top-ranked Muay Thai kickboxing champion status under rigorous coaching. She retains these formidable combat skills, often displaying them in self-defense or anger.
Maria exhibits a highly feminine, nurturing personality with graceful mannerisms and speech, using the pronoun "watashi" (私). She harbors profound romantic feelings for Kankichi Ryotsu due to his resemblance to her former coach. Her affection manifests as frequent physical contact, possessiveness, and jealousy towards women near Ryotsu. She addresses him reverently as "Ryo-sama" and maintains a living space filled with Ryotsu memorabilia. She shares a close friendship with Reiko Akimoto, bonding over cooking, sewing, handicrafts, sports, fashion, and modeling; together they are portrayed as the series' primary female beauties.
Her family includes mother Kyoko Asato, father Ban Asato (Hondara-ken), and fraternal twin sister Rin Asato. Rin shares near-identical physical traits and mannerisms with Maria, causing frequent confusion. Maria's birthday is April 14 in the anime and May 5 in the manga.
Her introductory anime episode shows Ryotsu initially perceiving her as a cisgender woman and potential wife until accidentally discovering her pre-operative anatomy. Subsequent interactions feature Ryotsu alternating between acknowledging her gender identity and referencing her assigned sex, though the narrative consistently uses feminine or neutral pronouns even pre-transition. Maria serves as a thematic counterpart to Reiko, contrasting Reiko's blonde hair, blue eyes, and foreign heritage with her own darker, traditionally Japanese features, while both share similar tall, busty physiques and long hair.
She possesses long, straight dark brown hair (rendered black in manga) with blunt-cut bangs to her eyebrows and ends reaching her hips. Her eyes are amber in colored manga art but darker brown in the anime. She consistently wears a lilac female police uniform similar to Reiko Akimoto's, featuring a long-sleeved coat with lapels, white undershirt, dark blue tie, above-knee skirt, matching lilac shoes, and an official hat. Her summer uniform replaces long sleeves with T-shirt sleeves. Her body measurements are 93.5-58-88 centimeters (bust-waist-hip).
Assigned male at birth, Maria's transition differs between continuities. The manga depicts a permanent magical transition in Volume 111, following an initial wish-granted change in Volume 75 (later temporarily reversed). The anime presents a non-magical transition involving hormone therapy and breast augmentation, with sex-reassignment surgery pending. Before transitioning, she achieved top-ranked Muay Thai kickboxing champion status under rigorous coaching. She retains these formidable combat skills, often displaying them in self-defense or anger.
Maria exhibits a highly feminine, nurturing personality with graceful mannerisms and speech, using the pronoun "watashi" (私). She harbors profound romantic feelings for Kankichi Ryotsu due to his resemblance to her former coach. Her affection manifests as frequent physical contact, possessiveness, and jealousy towards women near Ryotsu. She addresses him reverently as "Ryo-sama" and maintains a living space filled with Ryotsu memorabilia. She shares a close friendship with Reiko Akimoto, bonding over cooking, sewing, handicrafts, sports, fashion, and modeling; together they are portrayed as the series' primary female beauties.
Her family includes mother Kyoko Asato, father Ban Asato (Hondara-ken), and fraternal twin sister Rin Asato. Rin shares near-identical physical traits and mannerisms with Maria, causing frequent confusion. Maria's birthday is April 14 in the anime and May 5 in the manga.
Her introductory anime episode shows Ryotsu initially perceiving her as a cisgender woman and potential wife until accidentally discovering her pre-operative anatomy. Subsequent interactions feature Ryotsu alternating between acknowledging her gender identity and referencing her assigned sex, though the narrative consistently uses feminine or neutral pronouns even pre-transition. Maria serves as a thematic counterpart to Reiko, contrasting Reiko's blonde hair, blue eyes, and foreign heritage with her own darker, traditionally Japanese features, while both share similar tall, busty physiques and long hair.