Arale Norimaki Dr. Slump Papercaft Model

29 Oct, 2021

Arale Norimaki (則巻アラレ Norimaki Arare) is an android created by Senbei Norimaki, who is known for her naivety, energetic personality, superhuman strength, and lack of common sense. Being the world's first perfect android, her only physical weakness is that she is nearsighted and needs to wear glasses. Senbei's mission is to convince the other Penguin Village residents that Arale is a human girl, which they seem to believe, despite noticing her many displays of superhuman athletic abilities.

She is the main protagonist for Akira Toriyama's previous series, Dr. Slump, as well as a minor supporting character in the Dragon Ball manga and anime and Dragon Ball Super.

Creation and concept

Akira Toriyama was told to include a robot as a co-lead by his editor Kazuhiko Torishima when he mentioned that he wanted to make a manga about a doctor. Initially, Toriyama planned to make the robot big but decided that it would be too big to fit on the panel and decided to make it small. Torishima didn't like the idea, so Toriyama created the robot girl Arale because Torishima liked girls.

Appearance

Arale has the appearance of a little girl with purple hair and wearing glasses. Over the years running the series, Toriyama has tended to draw Arale shorter and make her look much younger than she did at the start of the series.

During the reboot, she was slightly redesigned, given brown hair and brown eyes.

Personality

Arale has the personality of a ridiculously naive child, despite being smart enough to do advanced math equations. She has a rather kind personality, by saving her father or neighbors by using her powers. She enjoys many popular Japanese Superhero shows like Astro Boy as well as the movie Giant Monster. Her favorite hobby is poking dirt with a stick and her weakness is that she can't resist the urge to poke it.

She is optimistic, friendly, cheerful, caring, somewhat mischievous, animal sympathizer, funny, clueless, beautiful, playful, able to make new friends quickly, and has a very short attention span. She also has a motherly side, cares deeply about her friends and family and is always ready to help.

A common joke is that Arale, who had been drafted as a child, complains about not having "big enough boobs," a wish Senbei refuses to fulfill. Her disappointment at this may allude to Arale's legacy of some of the maker's perversions. However, it's worth noting that Arale has a Pure Heart as she can ride Goku's Flying Nimbus which shows any deviation she may have is top notch.

She also tends to lift her shirts without noticing; did so on one occasion only to signal when she asked Senbei if she could launch a rocket from her chest. (Wikipedia)