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Retasu Midorikawa
Japanese Name 緑川 れたす (Midorikawa Retasu)
Mew Name Mew Lettuce
Age 13-14 (Anime and manga)
15 (Mew Mew Power)
Animal Finless Porpoise (Neophocaena phocaenoides)
Transformation Mew Mew Lettuce, Metamorphose!
Weapon Lettustanets
Mew Aqua Rod
Attack Ribbon Lettuce Rush
Ribbon Aqua Drops
LettuSniping Shot (Only in 2020 Re-Turn)
Zodiac Taurus
Birthday April 29th
Height 5'3" (162 cm)
Weight 46 kgs (103 pounds/lbs)
Hair Color Dark green (untransformed)
Light green (transformed)
Eye Color Dark blue (Untransformed in the anime)
Bright green (When transformed in the anime; untransformed and transformed in the manga)
Blood Type B
Likes Stewed foods, having friends, sewing
Dislikes Shiitake mushrooms, being bullied, fighting
Relatives Father (Eizaburou Midorikawa)
Mother (Yomogi Midorikawa)
Brother (Uri Midorikawa)
Team Tokyo Mew Mews
V.A. (English) Bella Hudson
V.A. (Japanese) Kumi Sakuma (1st Anime)
Ryoko Juni (2nd Anime)
Character Themes Umi wo Miteita
Hitori de Itemo
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Mew Lettuce Metamorphosis-0

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Mew Lettuce's Transformation PLAYSTATION

Retasu Midorikawa

Retasu Midorikawa (alternatively, Lettuce Midorikawa) is one of the main protagonists in Tokyo Mew Mew. Her Mew form is Mew Lettuce and she is infused with the DNA of the Finless Porpoise. She's 13-14 years old (her age was raised to 15 in Mew Mew Power), and is the third Mew to be introduced. She attends Okumura Junior High and works at Café Mew Mew along with the other Tokyo Mew Mews.

Personality

Retasu is a sweet girl who is rather shy and timid. She is initially shown to have low self esteem, thinking that she'd never have friends, but slowly becomes more sure of herself after becoming a Mew. Retasu is very polite and often refers to people formally, including her family and friends. She dislikes fighting unless absolutely necessary and would rather resolve conflicts peacefully.

Appearance

Retasu has a light skin tone, dark blue eyes, and long, dark green hair that she keeps in two long braids down her back. She wears large round glasses with thin frames. She has several different outfits and a modest style of dressing.
Her café uniform consists of a green dress with light green trim and a heart-shaped white apron, with ribbons like the other Mews, only hers are light green and white. She also wears black shoes with light green socks and laces.

Mew Lettuce

When Retasu transforms into a Mew, her hair and eyes turn a bright shade of green, though she does not wear her glasses. Her hair is kept back with a long, pale green hair accessory in a low ponytail instead of her signature braids, and she gains two long white antennae on her head. Retasu wears a dark green swimming suit-esque leotard with fin-like additions on the front and back ends. She also wears arm puffs, a garter on her left leg, and a choker, where her Mew Pendant hangs from. Only her arm puffs, garter, and choker have a white trim to them. Her flat boots are the same dark green colour as the rest of her outfit and reach up to her knees, and she has no accessories on her hands. Lettuce's Mew Mark is located above her chest.
Mew Lettuce's weapon is a pair of castanets called the Lettustanets, or the Lettuce Castanets. They have a light and dark green pattern with gold trim, with a pink ribbon at each hinge. Both castanets have a golden bow with a pink heart in the middle. The right castanet is marked with Mew Lettuce's Mew Mark, and the left one is marked with Ichigo's. Mew Lettuce's attack is "Ribbon Lettuce Rush".

Mermaid Form

If Retasu comes into contact with Mew Aqua while underwater, she gains a porpoise tail in place of her legs and can breathe underwater, despite the fact that she cannot swim otherwise. This first occurs in episode 19 during an attempt to rescue Iruka, and again in episode 41 when trying to save Ryou.

2020 Re-Turn

This section may have spoilers for the recent manga chapters.

Role

Retasu still fights as a Mew in this manga, since Chimera Anima are still popping up in a now frozen-over Shibuya. It's briefly implied that the Chimera Anima are now being created through human intervention (such as through animal smuggling) rather than because of the aliens. Even after the events of the main series, Retasu and the rest of the Tokyo Mew Mews are fighting to eradicate these Chimera Anima and restore balance to the area.
In the first chapter, a snow leopard Chimera Anima becomes stressed and fuses with a train. This may indicate that Chimera Anima can be merged with non-organic life. Mew Lettuce fights with both the aliens and the Mews to stop this creature, and it is shown that she has a new accessory to help perform her new attack: a fish-shaped lens with a reticle in the middle.

Appearance

In 2020 Re-Turn, Retasu is now wearing a long sleeve jacket and a skirt with a flowery pattern on it. She still wears her hair in to twin braids, and for the most part, she looks relatively the same as she used to.
Retasu still works at Café Mew Mew with her teammates, Keiichiro, Ryou, and Tasuku. Her uniform is not much different from before, though she now wears thin ribbon bows in her hair

Mew Form

In the new manga, Mew Lettuce's outfit is slightly altered, but it is the one that is least changed when compared to the other girls. It has spiked trim similar to that of Mew Ichigo's transformation upgrade in the PS1 game, only each spike has a small hole in it, and this extends to every part of her outfit with this trim. Mew Lettuce still wears the same boots and general outfit, though her collar is slightly different. She no longer has a pendant on her choker. Instead, she has an oversized dark green colored bow with a heart-shaped brooch in the middle, complete with a gold base and green gem center. Unlike in her first form, the trim is only on the bottom of the choker, not the top. In addition, she has spiky trimmed bracelets on each wrist.
Instead of the traditional garters with fuzzy trim as seen in the original series, Mew Lettuce now has a checkered plaid ribbon with spiked green trim on her left leg. The new manga also depicts a zipper on the middle of the torso of her outfit. Mew Lettuce has two-tone hair as well, still retaining her signature green color but with a section of blue hair underneath. This extends to her pigtails, which have a blue streak going down them. Unlike in her old form, they are not encased in anything and are instead held up only by a light colored bow. Her pigtails curl slightly at the end, rather than jutting out straight. The two long ribbons that used to sprout from her head are gone, instead she has a thin bow with long 'tails' attached to her lower back.
Mew Lettuce appears to still use her Lettustanets. She is also still able to use her "mermaid" form, as she dives underwater to try and rescue Masaya and Mew Ichigo from drowning. Her new attack is "LettuSniping Shot".

Fanfics

Another: Tokyo Mew Mew

In Whiteweaver's fanfiction, Lettuce is in her second year of high school and has replaced her round glasses with square ones, and has her hair tied in a single braid over one shoulder with a hair grip clipping her bangs on one side. She still seems to have a lingering attachment to Ryou Shirogane and appears to be having trouble making friends at school.

Mew Mew Power: Apprentice

In Mew Mew Power: Apprentice, Lettuce is still the same bespectacled sweety we know and love. She is one of the senior Mews, and mentor to Antonia Lindberg, one of the new Mew apprentices. In this fanfiction, she is known by her Mew Mew Power name, Bridgette Verdant. She is sixteen years old and is quite intelligent, if still a little shy.

Mythical Mew Mew

During Mythical Mew Mew, Retasu is around 36 years old. She has gained more confidence in herself and her abilities, but remains shy and overly apologetic.

Tokyo Mew Mew: Replaced

Lettuce is seemingly on vacation with the other Mews during the beginning of the story. The team later discovers that the Tokyo Mew Mews have been captured and are being held hostage by the aliens. They are later freed by Natasha and Kashi and Lettuce aides in the final fight against Shinichi.

Name Changes

Tokyo Mew Mew

  • Mew Mew - Amiche Vincenti (Italian): Lory Midorikawa/Mew Lory
  • Dong Jing Mao Mao (Mandarin): Wō-Jù BìChuān/Mew Mew Wō-Jù
  • Dung Ging Miu Miu (Cantonese): Hueng-Choi BikChyun/Mew Hueng-Choi
  • โตเกียวเหมียวเหมียว/Tokyo Mew Mew (Thai): Lettuce Midorikawa/Mew Lettuce
  • Berry Berry Mew Mew (Korean): Leti Bae/Mew Lettuce
  • Tokyo Mew Mew (Indonesian:) Retasu Midorikawa/Mew Retasu
  • Tokyo Mew Mew (European Portuguese): Alface Midorikawa/Mew Alface

Mew Mew Power

  • Mew Mew Power (English): Bridget Verdant/Mew Bridget
  • Miau Miau Power (Latino Spanish): Bridget Verdant/Miau Bridget
  • As Super Gatinhas (Brazilian Portuguese): Brigiti Verdant
  • Mew Mew Power (European Portuguese): Bridget Verdant/Mew Bridget
  • Vadmacska Kommandó (Hungarian): Bridget Verdant
  • Силата Миу Миу (Bulgarian): Bridget Verdant/Mew Bridget
  • Mew Mew Power (Danish): Retasu Midorikawa/Mew Retasu
  • Mew Mew Power (Dutch): Bridget Verdant/Mew Bridget
  • Mew Mew Power (Greek): Bridget Verdant/Mew Bridget
  • Vajzat Mjau - Mbrojtëset e Planetit (Albanian): Brixhet Verdant/Mjau Brixhet
  • Mew Mew Power (Turkish): Bridget Verdant/Mew Bridget

Both

  • Mew Mew Power (French): Bridget Verdant
  • Družina Mjau-Mjau (Serbian): Bridžit Verdant/Mjau Bridžit
  • Tokyo Mew Mew (Hebrew): Retsu Midorikawa/Mew Retsu
  • Mjau Mjau Družina (Croatian): Bridžit Verdant/Mew Bridžit

Other

  • Luftëtaret Mace (Albanian): Lori Midorikawa/Mjau Lori


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