Lucy Maud Montgomery (ルーシー・モード・モンゴメリ, Rūshī Mōdo Mongomeri?) is a former member of the American organization known as the Guild. Her ability is known as Anne of Abyssal Red.
Appearance
Lucy is a pale-skinned girl with a short and slim build. Her eyes are green, and her long crimson hair is styled into two thick braids with choppy bangs and a white flower hairpiece on the left side of her head. She also has braces. She has a scar on her right arm that she obtained during her time at the orphanage from a hot iron poker.[2]
When working as a waitress, she is seen wearing an apron and a white triangle headpiece.[3]
Lucy wears a straw hat and sunglasses for disguise at the Airtram terminal to take Atsushi and Kyōka Izumi to the Sky Casino without being detected.[4][5]
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Personality
Due to her poor treatment at the orphanage along with treated as only a pawn by the Guild, she has a very twisted personality. However, outside of this, she comes off as haughty and rude to hide her true character. After her defeat at the hands of Atsushi, it is implied that she has developed feelings for him, as he was one of the few to show his true kindness and concern for her well-being.[citation needed]
Ability
- Main article: Anne of Abyssal Red
The ability, Anne of Abyssal Red (
- Exit Door: The room contains a door that leads back into the real world. This door is open and anyone can enter it. Once someone exits through this door, all their memories of their time in the room will vanish.
- Prison Door: This door leads to the prison that Lucy keeps all captives in. The door is locked and must be opened with a special key. When Anne catches someone, several giant long hands will reach out of the door and reach across the room to pull the caught person into the room.
- The Prison: The prison room holds Lucy's captives. The held prisoners are unconscious as long as they are inside. It's supposedly impossible to escape through force once you're inside. The hands that reach out are inside the prison room, often holding the prisoners. Detainees can only be freed by opening the door or through Lucy ending the ability.
- The Key: The key that is needed to open the door is extraordinarily hard to use. It morphs the instant someone attempts to use it, and Lucy herself stated that she doesn't know how to use it. The key has yet to be successfully used.
- Anne: Anne is a giant monster with immense strength and speed. Anne hasn't been shown physically harming anyone, only capturing them so far. It is revealed that Lucy can have at least two copies of Anne active at once. The exact properties of Anne have not been revealed.
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Manga Debut: | Chapter 15 |
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| Anime Debut: | Episode 12 | |
| Ability: | Dimensional Room Creation | |
Background
Lucy grew up in an orphanage where she was treated harshly as she would have to wash dishes all day long with aching hands and wear the same clothes made from patched up leftovers for a year.
She mentions that she was called a "freak" because of her ability, and later on, was taken into the Guild because of her ability.[6][2]
Battles
- Main article: List of Battles
Appearances
- Chapter 15 - Constantly Pushed to the Past, Part 1
- Chapter 16 - Constantly Pushed to the Past, Part 2
- Chapter 28 - The Emergancy Plan
- Chapter 33 - A White Whale, into the Oceans of Heaven
- Chapter 38 - Slap the Stick
- Chapter 43 - Cherrirs!
- Chapter 44 - Fitzgerald Rising
- Chapter 48 - Mutual Destruction, Part 2
- Chapter 49 - Mutual Destruction, Part 3
- Chapter 50 - Mutual Destruction, Part 4
- Chapter 70 - The Escape, Part 2
- Chapter 71 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 1
- Chapter 72 - Bungo Hound Dogs, Part 2
- Chapter 74 - Skyfall, Part 1
- Chapter 76 - Skyfall, Part 3
- Chapter 77 - Skyfall, Part 4
- Chapter 78 - To Threaten God, Part 1
- Chapter 79 - To Threaten God, Part 2
- Chapter 81 - The Strongest Man, Part 2
- Chapter 83.5 - Toward the Complete Answer, Part 2 (picture)
- Episode 12 - Borne Back Ceaselessly into the Past
- Episode 20 - Though the Mind May Be Wrong
- Episode 22 - Part 1: Poe and Rampo; Part 2: Moby Dick, Swimming in the Sky
- Episode 30 - Slap the Stick & Addict
- Episode 31 - Part 1: Herurisu! / Part 2: Portrait of a Father
- Episode 32 - Fitzgerald Rising
- Episode 34 - Cannibalism (Part 1)
- Episode 35 - Cannibalism (Part 2)
Quotes
Eymology
- The name Lucy is of Latin origin, meaning "light".
- The middle name Maud is of Old German origin, meaning "powerful battler".
- The surname Montgomery is of French origin, meaning "Gomeric's hill".
Namesake
- Main article: Real-life References#Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery (November 30, 1874 – April 24, 1942)
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Trivia
- Lucy shares her birthday with another Guild member, Mark Twain, on November 30.
- Lucy shares some similarities with Anne from the real-life Lucy Maud Montgomery's novel, Anne of Green Gables:
- Both are orphans who enjoy speaking and dreaming.
- Both have red hair that is tied behind them in pigtails.
- Lucy is the only member of the Guild with a Canadian real-life author counterpart[8] unlike the other Guild members who are all based on American authors.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Volume 5.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 28.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 43.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 71.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 72.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Chapter 16.
- ↑ Bungo Stray Dogs Manga: Volume 12, Author Guide.
- ↑ Lucy Maud Montgomery. Wikipedia.