Q&A -- Alexus Tanaka

Q: What about you is heroic?
A: "Well, I wouldn't call it heroic but I help out around the house whenever I can!"

Q: What about you is social? What do you like about people?
A: "Well, I'm really sociable. I talk to people, attend fundraisers and stuff. Now, what do I like about people? Um.. honesty!"

Q: Of what benefit could you be to the current group?
A: "Current group? What are we talking about? Are we talking about cliques and junk? I dunno if I'd be of any help if they don't need it. Confusing question!"

Q: Why would you choose to join the current group?
A: "Again, I don't knowwww!"

Q: What do you think of hunting Witches?
A: "I treat it as an afterschool activity even though I really shouldn't."

Q: What is your real, or birth name? What name do you use?
A: "My family uses Alexus without an honorific. Everyone else at school calls me Tanaka-san."

Q: Do you have a nickname? What is it, and where did you get it?
A: "My older brother calls me Lexi, but he's the only one that uses it."

Q: What do you look like?
A: "This'll sound weird but long white hair, light blue eyes. A pretty slim figure. No, I'm not going to tell you my three sizes."

Q: How do you dress most of the time?
A: "Pretty casual. I wear shirts, skirts, sweat shirts. Depends on the weather too."

Q: How do you "dress up"?
A: "That depends on occasion. If it's a funeral, I wear mourning black. If it's a wedding, I wear white."

Q: How do you "dress down?"
A: "I WEAR BOXERS!  Just kidding. I just wear a big sweat-shirt and walk around the house like a bum!"

Q: What do you wear when you go to sleep?
A: "See above!"

Q: Do you wear any jewelry?
A: "Nope, I'm not the type to do that kind of thing."

Q: In your opinion, what is your best feature?
A: "My best feature? Mmmm, I really don't know. If I had to say something, I would say I'm pretty responsible."

Q: What's your real birth date?
A: "I was born on the 21st of April."

Q: Where do you live?
A: "A small rural suburb in Japan called Yamanashi. It's pretty nice, compact. Everyone is so neighborly and giving. I love it!"

Q: Do you own a car?
A: "No, I don't. I'm only fifteen."

Q: What is your most prized mundane possession? Why do you value it so much?
A: "My most valued possession... a picture I have of my family, well, my family when I was little. It holds some very nice memories of my past, so I keep it close."

Q: What one word best describes you?
A: "Stubborn! Definitely stubborn."

Q: What was your family like?
A: "My parents were always there for me, they were always so giving and kind. Don't let that fool you, though, they could be VERY strict when it came to discipline. Now my older brother and my older sister? They always fought. It was so bad that sometimes that my sister would drag me into it! Other than that though, my family life was and is really good!"

Q: Who is your father, and what is he like?
A: "My father is Albert Tanaka. His name is weird because he's actually descended from Japanese immigrants that moved to America during the 1950s but later they moved back here. My dad is a writer that works on his own novels. He may not be the bread-winner, but he's doing his best!"

Q: Who is your mother, and what is she like?
A: "My mother is Aoi Tanaka. She works in real estate, so she makes a pretty sum. She's really kind and giving to a fault."

Q: What is your parents marriage like?
A: "They get along pretty well. Rarely do I ever see fights, but then again I'm not around as much as I used to. If they have fights I really don't see them."

Q: What are your siblings names? What are they like?
A: "My sisters name is Akane Tanaka and my brothers name is Kyo Tanaka. My sister Akane is ...hotheaded to say the least, which fits her namesake. She's WAY more stubborn than I am. In contract to that my brother is pretty calm and collected. Maybe that's why they clash a lot over pointless stuff?"

Q: What's the worst thing one of your siblings ever did to you? What's the worst thing you've done to one of your siblings?
A: "My memory is a bit fuzzy but I remember one time my sister destroyed my favorite stuffed animal. I think it was a bear? But anyway, Akane never confessed so I found it one day going back to my room. I cried, got mad, and eventually leaped up onto her and started yanking on her hair until she apologized. I could be a ... little devil back then."

Q: When's the last time you saw any member of your family?
A: "Today when I got up this morning? My Dad is usually around the house and my Mom goes to work in the mornings."

Q: Did you ever meet any other family members? Who were they? What did you think of them?
A: "I visit America once a year to visit members of my extended family. My great grandparents, which I'm surprised are still kicking and they're children that didn't follow migrate back to Japan."

Q: What is your first memory?
A: "I'd have to say my first day of school."

Q: What was your favorite toy?
A: "I think I said it before, but it was a stuffed bear I would always carry around everywhere with me."

Q: What was your favorite game?
A: "Dad used to throw me up into the air and catch me. Dunno if that has a name though.

Q: Any non-family member adults stick out in your mind?
A: "My teachers stick out in my mind because I see them everyday! Other than that, nope."

Q: Who was your best friend when you were growing up?
A: "I would love to say my big sister, but that would be a lie. My neighbor who went by the name of Sora. We always hung out and played together in our backyard. It was really fun."

Q: What is your fondest, childhood memory?
A: "Going to the amusement park with my family for the first time."

Q: What is your worst childhood memory?
A: "Watching Sora and her family move away to the city. That was really heartbreaking for me..."

Q: Do you have a job?
A: "Does being a magical girl count? If not, then no, I don't."

Q: What hobbies do you have?
A: "I like to write short stories in my free time, but I REALLY just keep them to myself."

Q: Who is your closest mundane friend?
A: "That would have to be Yuuki Tachibana. She sits next to be in class. We talk during lunch and even hang out with each other after school."

Q: Who is your worst mundane enemy?
A: "To tell the truth I just keep to myself, so I really don't have any enemies."

Q: What's been your favorite movie of all time?
A: "Really don't have a specific favorite, but I enjoy action where the heroes always win! I don't really like downer endings too much."

Q: Read any good books? What were they?
A: "I read my Dad's books, hard and light novels. I don't really read manga, which is surprising to some people."

Q: What do you watch on the television?
A: "Documentaries and anime, when I can catch them."

Q: When it comes to mundane politics, do you care?
A: "Not so much NOW but I probably will in the future."

Q: What type of places do you hang out in with your friends?
A: "There isn't really anywhere big to go in Yamato, so we usually just walk around in the country side and find stuff to do."

Q: What annoys you more than anything else?
A: "Criminals and dishonesty."

Q: What would be the perfect gift for you?
A: "Anything that comes from the heart! Maybe something hand made?"

Q: What's the most beautiful thing you have ever seen?
A: "I remember seeing a meteor shower when I was little, so that!"

Q: What time of day is your favorite?
A: "Evening, since I don't have school!"

Q: What kind of eather is your favorite?
A: "Snow. I absolutely love snow!"

Q: What is your favorite food? What is your least favorite food?
A: "I can really eat anything, so I don't have any particular likes or dislikes."

Q: What is your favorite drink?
A: "ICED TEA all the way!"

Q: What's your favorite animal? Why?
A: "Dogs because they're adorable and they're loyal."

Q: Do you have any pets?
A: "No, I don't have any pets. My sister and dad have allergies so we can't keep any animals in the house."

Q: What do you find most relaxing?
A: "I really like sitting down on the country side and gazing at the stars."

Q: What habit that others have annoys you the most?
A: "Chewing with your mouth opennnn. If you do that, just stop. CLOSE IT."

Q: What kind of things embarass you? Why?
A: "When people look at my stories. I don't really know but it feels like they're invading my privacy or something."

Q: What don't you like about yourself?
A: "I can be REALLY lazy when it comes to my own work. School work, sure, I can do that. But if I want to finish some of my own stuff or my own projects? You can forget it..."

Q: How would you like to look?
A: "I'd like to have a bigger bust! ... Don't all flat-chests wish that?"

Q: Would you consider yourself straight, gay, bi, or something else?
A: "W-what kind of question is this? If I had to say... it's none of your business!"

Q: Who was the first person you had sex with?
A: "MOVING along, next section please! Next section!"

Q: Do you currently have a lover?
A: "Did you listen to me? NEXT SECTION!"

Q: How old were you when you first got drunk?
A: "I swear you're just trying to get me arrested!"

Q: What kind of alcohol do you prefer?
A: "I didn't answer yes to the first question, so why are you asking me this one!?"

Q: What one act in your past are you most ashamed of?
A: "Taking this Q&A... No, just kidding. Hm, what am I ashamed of? I think all of the petty fights with my sister I had when I was little. Also that 'phase' I was going through. I won't go into that, let's just say DARKNESS is edgy and... move on, shall we?"

Q: Have you ever been in an argument before? Over what, with who, and who won?
A: "I've gotten into a lot of arguments with my sister over pointless stuff. No one really won those scraps though."

Q: Have you ever been in a physical fight before? Over what, with who, and who won?
A: "I've been in fights with other magical girls before. There weren't many but I was lucky and won most of them."

Q: What do you feel most strongly about?
A: "I really want to protect my home town and where I grew up from anything and everything I can."

Q: What do you pretend to feel strongly about, just to impress people?
A: "Nothing, nothing! I'm completely honest with myself."

Q: What trait do you find most admirable, and how often do you find it?
A: "I admire people who protect what they love, and I find it pretty common around Yamato. Just one more reason to like this place."

Q: Do you have any feelings in general that you are disturbed by? What are they? Why do they disturb you?
A: "Unhealthy obsessions with people. I don't know, just the idea of stalking gets me... on edge."

Q: What is your religious view of things?
A: "I don't really have any. I believe more in people than I do any Gods or whatever."

Q: Do you think the future is hopeful? Why?
A: "I really do! I hope we can keep going forward with hope in our hearts. I may be a bit naive, but that's what I think."

Q: What's the worst thing that can be done to another person? Why?
A: "Killing them. The idea of stealing another person's future is... something I don't want to think about."

Q: What's the worst thing you could actually do to someone you hated?
A: "Can we go to a different subject please?"

Q: Are you a better leader or follower? Why do you think that? If you think the whole leader-follower archetype is a crock of shit, say so, and explain why?
A: "I love how you put that question into my own words! I DO think it's a crock-of shit. If you can get things done, get them done, no matter your status!"

Q: What is your responsibility to the world, if any? Why do you think that?
A: "To make it a better place by protecting who and what I can. I took it as my job to fight for everyone!"

Q: Do you think redemption is possible?
A: "I know some people believe in second-chances, but once you take a life there... really is no going back."

Q: Is it okay for you to cry? When was the last time you cried?
A: "It is okay to cry when you need to. The last time I cried? I can't really remember."

Q: When did you make a contract to become a magical girl?
A: "About a year ago."

Q: What do you think now of being a magical girl? Is it cool, or have you been screwed?
A: "I would say I'm doing fairly well. I know I can die, but... I just treat it as an 'afterschool' activity. Hey, it's my mindset, so I can do what I want with it, okay?"

Q: Do you have a mentor? Who are they?
A: "Well, I wouldn't really call him a mentor. Kyubey has told me a lot of stuff and he's been really helpful. Other than that, trial and error!"

Q: What is something you had to learn during your time as a magical girl that you hated? Why did you hate it?
A: "Fighting other magical girls is what I really hate. I really wonder WHY he have to fight each other even though I already know the answer."

Q: What as your wish that you made to become a magical girl?
A: "It was actually pretty spur of the moment. I contracted to save my father from being killed by a witch. I wished for a, um, sword to fight and to protect him..."

Q: Did you enjoy this Q&A?
A: "Honestly? I liked it, it was really fun."