TOA
Nia's little twin brother, Toa is practically her polar opposite in every way. An optimistic fashionista who's super social, he does all that he can to support his sister in her idol career, from making clothes for the two of them to even being her pinch-hitter when she can't go on. Sweet as he may be, it's best not to get on his bad side, or you might find yourself facing the sharp edges of some very, very big scissors.
In this game, he wields the green tear lapis.
Hatcha Metcha Party by kors k is his song.
IN THE STORY
Deceptively important to the story with quite a powerful lapis; although his initial role was making a replica of Jadeite's cloak so (unbeknownst to him) Retsu, Rinka and Hiumi could sneak into his office. After a not-so-brief bout of getting brainwashed by Lapis Origin for its goals of remaking Lapistoria during the climax, his lapis and Nia's end up being the only ones left in all the world, everyone's last hope of getting back to the Pop'n World. The only caveat, though, is that they wouldn't be able to go back themselves. Although he and Tsugidoka offer to stay behind with Nia, she takes his lapis and sends them all home without her...
He shows up in at least 2 side stories, one as a quick cameo as he crafts a Santa outfit for Fuga to wear (the context is a litle complicated), and another (a card story) as he disguises himself as Nia since her anxiety wouldn't permit her to go on stage. ...Shenanigans ensue from the latter scenario.
how has he not frozen to death with the clothes he wears?
please toa honey make yourself a sweater...
he got redesigned for my art too
NET TAISEN
ATTACK/OPTIONS: "Let's become one!" (１つになろう)
DAMAGE: "That hurts...!" (痛いってば～)
GOOD PLAY: "This suits you!" (似合うよ！)
BAD PLAY: *shiiing!* (ジャキーン！)
WIN: "I gave it my all!" (ぜんぶあげる)
LOSE: "No good..." (ダメだよぉ…)
TRIVIA
- Toa's birthday is on June 10th.
- In his 2P palette, Toa wields the purple tear lapis. This corresponds with Nia's 1P palette and her lapis!
- Nia appears in his FEVER, FEVER Win and Lose animations.
- Playing as or against Toa will yield heart effects in the background.
- A part of his song name is derived from "hachamecha/ハチャメチャ", a word that can mean quite a few things including (but not limited to) reckless, messy, absurd, nonsense, and chaotic. Which describes that song pretty well, as well as the songs he gets in future Pop'n games...
- Toa's Twitter kaomoji was『))ゝ▽Ծ,,) when Lapistoria was active. In true pinch-hitter fashion, he introduced himself as Nia (acting exactly the same as he normally would, though), and announced the news from February 11th, 2015, to February 16th, 2015.
- Toa's designer, Chihi, states in his character comments that he's named the way he is because the team wanted him and Nia to appear side by side on the character select screen. Because, y'know... twins. It worked, by the way.
- His name also sounds a bit like 永久 (towa), a somewhat uncommon way to say permanence or eternity. The riddle to unlock Bossa Gabba, his Kaimei Riddles song, made use of this (the riddle was 永久 - V - V, or TOWA - W. Which... is Toa. You had to play one of his songs to unlock his new song faster. This doesn't matter now that it's a default in Unilab.)
- Blink and you'll miss it, in the MV for Anelis he can be seen with an outfit that matches with Nia's Sunny Park attire! Sunny Park Toa Real.
WEBMASTER'S COMMENTS
This dude is so gender that Rinka and Retsu didn't realize he was a dude. I want what he has. I envy him so goddamn much. I love him. I want to give him a hug. My feelings towards Toa are too complicated for you mortals. Absolute lifechanger. Goddamn.
Full of helium because he floats in almost all of his animations. And such floatiness is acknowledged on the Kaimei OST, too.
