Is Mahya Blythe black or Indian (Hindu)?

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Mahya Blythe of Mai-Otome fame is a beautiful exotic girl, we all know this. I just can't put my finger on what she's supposed to be. Maybe the forehead gem, baggy pants and turban is a giveaway for Indian influence. Then I look at her facial features; which resemble a black woman. She looks more Yoruichi of Bleach fame than Anthy Himemiya of Revolutionary Girl Utena fame.

Maybe the Swirling Dance Fluorite could be both? Discuss, share opinions, etc. :3

Indian... WHY NOT MALAY?!

Pretty sure Indian.

Nagi wrote:Indian... WHY NOT MALAY?!

In your dreams, Nagi. ;p

Indian for me as well xDD

When it comes to Akane, Mayha and Kazuya they have an extremely mixed backstory for what their nationalities are based from.

The Cardair/Chaldea Empire, which is technically the Chaldean Empire (Neo-Babylonian Empire) (beside Egypt) and have some history with Mayha's nation via Earl and Earth.

King Argos ~ the ancient Greek city of Argos.

Cardair is basically a huge mess of Greek, Israeli (Fiar Grosse), ancient Iraqi history, etc.

Now, back to Mayha; she is from the Mauryan Kingdom.

From Wiki:

The Maurya Empire was founded by Chandragupta Maurya, with help from Chanakya, a Brahmin teacher at Takshashila. According to several legends, Chanakya traveled to Magadha, a kingdom that was large and militarily powerful and feared by its neighbors, but was insulted by its king Dhana Nanda, of the Nanda Dynasty. Chanakya swore revenge and vowed to destroy the Nanda Empire. Meanwhile, the conquering armies of Alexander the Great refused to cross the Beas River and advance further eastward, deterred by the prospect of battling Magadha. Alexander returned to Babylon and re-deployed most of his troops west of the Indus river. Soon after Alexander died in Babylon in 323 BCE, his empire fragmented, and local kings declared their independence, leaving several smaller disunited satraps.

Mauryan Kingdom/Maurya Empire = India.

Being half-Indian, I can definitely say she's Indian.

Eh, from the first glance, I knew she was an Indian.

mandygirl78 wrote:Being half-Indian, I can definitely say she's Indian.

What's your other half? Do you look like Mahya? We kinda hope so.

Luu Sky Sapphire wrote:

mandygirl78 wrote:Being half-Indian, I can definitely say she's Indian.

What's your other half? Do you look like Mahya? We kinda hope so.

Black, and no, I don't look like her. My hair is dark-brown, typical of my ethnicity.

mandygirl78 wrote:Black, and no, I don't look like her. My hair is dark-brown, typical of my ethnicity.

I don't think anybody can look like Mahya without hair dye, a wig, etc.

shezaei-neko wrote:I'd say Indian too.
It they want to make black girls or guys in anime, they simply make it look so.

Without ending up like this racist fat asshole:



Oh Toriyama...

shezaei-neko wrote:Well, that sure was a special case...

It's embarrassing, even today. DBZ is a lot like the Star Wars prequels. Nothing ever made sense, nothing was at stake for me to care for the characters and the only reason I liked both in the first place was because of the "cool action". Luckily I wasn't that much of a moron as a child since I learned about story, emotional tones, character development and character relationships through the alternative:

shezaei-neko wrote:I watched DBZ because of the girls.
Gotta love Videl and No.18. :3

Haha, we've gone way off topic! So to end it, I'll just say this:

No. 18 kicked Vegeta's ass~ :'3

There is someone else with dark skin too. Remember Laura Bianchi?

Wait, let me make a new thread for her. :3

shezaei-neko wrote:Oh, right!
I remember her.

No may fans do, sadly. XD She's one of those extras fans point out and say "Does she even have a name?" X3

shezaei-neko wrote:As far as I remember she had a cool robe too. :3

If only you had better hair, Laura~ I like everything else on her. Her body (as seen in Mai-Otome Zwei's third episode) is incredible, she's tall and probably weight lifts. My kind of woman.