Masane Amaha

Masane Amaha is the main protagonist of the Witchblade anime.

Masane became the Witchblade's bearer six years before the beginning of the series during an event that destroyed most of Tokyo, leaving her with amnesia and holding a baby girl. Masane is also an unemployed single mother, and is at odds with the NSWF's Child Welfare Division over issues concerning the custody of her adoptive daughter, Rihoko.

In the AWA fics, Masane is listed as a purchased prisoner from the Slave Fortress.

Appearance
Masane is a tall young woman with a short, messy brown hair with two cowlicks on top and has brown eyes. She has a slim and curvaceous figure with a large breast size.

Masane is usually seen in a yellow shirt with a black, sports bra underneath that reveals her belly and belly button, and blue jeans with the Witchblade on her right wrist.

Her first transformation is when she has black and red armor, and her eyes become black and yellow, and her hair becomes red. Her second and final, true transformation gives her red and purple armor, and her eyes become purple and pink and her hair becomes white.

Personality
Masane is very determined when she sets her mind to things, although, at times, she can be laid back and a little negligent over what she does. Masane will go through hell and high water to protect Riko.

Abilities
When the Witchblade is activated, it enhances and augments her fighting ablitity, giving her a retractable blade on her right arm, and gives her four, whip-like attachments, which can extend to great lengths, from her hair. When Masane is transformed to the Witchblade's full potential, other than that of a simple bracelet, Masane loses most, if not all, her control over her body and is filled with a strong, natural desire to fight and destroy. Thus, the Witchblade makes her an ultimately pure, killing weapon.

Trivia

 * Masane's only 23 at the start of the series. Rihoko is six years old. That means that Masane would have been seventeen years old when she had Rihoko. Justified later in the series because she's not Rihoko's biological mother.
 * Masane makes an appearance in the original comic along with other users of the Witchblade.
 * Her breasts are so large, she's referred to as "Melony" (in the English dub) or "Masamune" ("undefeatable breasts") by her friends.
 * Masane was actually never meant to have the Witchblade and her sync values with it are very poor. The Witchblade is instead using her as a sort of intermediary host while waiting to jump to its real target, Riko.