Seychelles

Seychelles (セーシェル, Seesheru, human name unknown) is a character in the series Axis Powers Hetalia/Hetalia: Axis Powers. She represents the island of Seychelles. She first appeared as the main character in the dating sim game Gakuen Hetalia, and has since appeared briefly in the actual manga.

Appearance
Seychelles has long dark hair, tied into two pigtails with red ribbons. She wears a short blue dress with puffed sleeves, and is often shown holding a fish in art. Her skin tone varies from being brown to light tan depending on the image, though in some images she is also depicted with very light skin. In some artwork, her dress is depicted as having a flower print to it.

In Gakuen Hetalia, she wears a white sweater and red plaid skirt, as part of her school uniform.

She is usually depicted as having brown eyes, though when she appeared in a cameo in the fifth Noto-sama game, her eyes were colored blue.

Interests And Personality
Seychelles is described as a country girl with too big of a heart and some sloppiness. She can't cook on her own, and laments over her high cost of living. Her language is an odd mixture of French, English, and many others.

She has only made one major appearance in the comic to date (in We're Shipwrecked Too!), though she also makes a cameo in Comic Diary 9, where she rants about people not even knowing of her existence (after overhearing the other characters mention their countries' stereotypes and reputations).

In her Gakuen appearance, she seems to be a tsundere-type character and is conflicted about her feelings for both Francis and Arthur.

Francis Bonnefoy (France)
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In the Gakuen Hetalia universe, it is revealed (via flashback) that he helped raise her as a child, while in the present day he attempts to undress and grope her, much to her shock and disgust, apparently desperate to see what her body has become like.

Their relationship in the mainstream Hetalia universe has not been mentioned, outside of Francis appearing with her in Shipwrecked and an illustration in Christmas Rampage 2007, which depicts him groping Seychelles.

Arthur Kirkland (England)
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During their first meeting in the Gakuen Hetalia universe, England snaps a dog collar onto Seychelles and claims her to be his colony.

He uses her like a servant in the game, though they occasionally are able to get along. In one of Seychelles' rare appearances in the comic, she is shown angry at England.

Trivia

 * Her birthday corresponds with the date that Seychelles gained independence from Great Britain, on June 29th, 1976.
 * In the scrapped sequel to Christmas Rampage 2007, Seychelles winds up stripped of all her clothing by "Noto-sama", as a crossover with Advance! Kitakou Broadcasting Club (another webcomic by Hidekaz Himaruya) occurs.
 * Due to the island of Seychelles having no original inhabitants, it is believed by some fans that her lighter skin tone and the variations in it are meant to be reflective of its diverse population. However, Himaruya has been known to be inconsistent with various color schemes, so it would be more likely that he is unable to stick to one color.
 * Seychelles was the second of the female nations to be designed, with Hungary having been the first nation to be depicted as a female (though Himaruya had originally planned for a female Poland, and had also considered making female Switzerland and South Korea characters). A note in the special edition of volume 3 revealed that her appearance was based off of an old sketchpad character that he drew.
 * In a preliminary headshot sketch, Himaruya depicted Seychelles as having one normal eyebrow, while her other eyebrow was drawn very thick.
 * Before she appeared in an actual strip, Seychelles made a cameo in an illustration for the third part of Lithuania's Outsourcing. In the image, she is shown to be angry at Arthur, while Gupta is shown alongside her (as they were both his colonies). An unidentified female African nation is shown in the image as well, as one of Francis's colonies.