Salty Pepper (ソルティペッパー)? is a manga-exclusive villain that appeared in the KiraKira☆Pretty Cure A La Mode Manga. She is a former subordinate of Noir's.
Bio[]
Appearance[]
Salty Pepper is a young woman with long braided hair and mask-looking makeup and mascara. She has cat ears and tail accessories, and a crown on her head. She has a revealing fan-collared sleeveless tutu-looking dress and long boots, donned with a long cape.
Personality[]
Salty Pepper is a sadist who takes pleasure in robbing other people's precious things. She has a warped view on love, believing that it is justified for her to possess a person with unreasonable demands. However, her perspectives change after Chocolat teaches her otherwise.
Relationships[]
- Kenjou Akira / Cure Chocolat: Salty Pepper takes a strong interest and obsession on Akira and kidnaps her. When holding Akira hostage, Salty forces Akira to transform into Chocolat in front of her, and even physically abuses Chocolat. However, in the end, with Chocolat standing up against her and teaching her the true meaning of love, she finally releases Chocolat.
- Kotozume Yukari / Cure Macaron: Salty Pepper and Yukari are at odds with each other, due to Yukari disagreeing with her twisted perspective on love and her terrible treatment towards Akira. Salty tries to attack Macaron for several times, but in the end she fulfills her deal with Macaron and releases Chocolat.
Etymology[]
Salty Pepper is a combination of the taste of saltiness, and the spice which is pepper. This reflects on her cruel, selfish and abusive personality.
History[]
Salty Pepper attacks Ichigozaka by robbing the town's chocolates' flavors, so the Cures begin fighting against her. However, during the fight she becomes obsessed with Chocolat, so she takes Chocolat hostage in exchange of the townpeople's chocolates. Despite Chocolat's friends' protests, Chocolat goes along with Salty's hostage.
But after kidnapping Akira to her castle, Salty not only backtracts on her own deal with the Cures, she also gives lots of unreasonable demands for Akira, including forcing Akira to transform into Chocolat in front of her. No matter how Chocolat tries to please her demands, Salty is never satisfied, and even physically abuses her.
When the other Cures arrive with Pekorin and Chourou to stop her from continue harming the now chained Chocolat, Salty taunts them and traps them with salt pillars even though they try satisfying her with gifts that have relations with chocolates. When Chocolat stands up against her, Salty desceneds into a crazed rage and encases Chocolat in chocolate, even going as far as about to jump into a boiling pot of fondue with her. However, Macaron steps in to battle against Salty, and saves Chocolat from the dominating Salty. Incensed, Salty decides to attack Macaron, only for Chocolat to stop her and turns her claws into flowers as a way to teach her that love is not about possessions at all.
In the end, Salty Pepper fulfills the deal of returning the chocolates to the townspeople, and also defects from Noir afterwards.
Abilities[]
She is able to create her own monsters from the stolen flavors of choclates. She is also able to encase a victim in chocolate.
When faced with multiple enemies, she can immobilize them by trapping them into pillars of salt.
She is additionally known for her cat-like attacks, shown by her feline-like agility and clawing.
Trivia[]
- She is presumably based on the attitudes and appearances of dominatrixes, who are women infamous for their dominations in unhealthy relationships.[1]
- She has a paw-shaped iron brand for possessing her kidnapped victims, especially if she has obsession on them.
- She owns two pet jaguars.
- Salty Pepper can be viewed as a foil to Yukari; both have cat-themed motifs, but while Yukari is kind and respectful to Akira's choices and feelings, Salty is uncaring and cruel to what Akira wants for her life.
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