The E-Pitch appears for the first time
The E-Pitch in manga
Microphones are tools that have several abilities. Invented by Emile Berliner, there are many kinds of microphones with different and special powers owned by different races of the characters in Mermaid Melody.
Microphones[]
Microphones are an instrument for converting sound waves into electrical energy variations, which may then be amplified. It can make someone's voice to sound louder or even better if the person has a bad voice. They are invented by humans with great technological knowledge or by special robots in factories.
Mermaid Princesses' Microphones[]
The current E-Pitch
The microphones that belong to the Mermaid Princesses are called E-Pitches and are made by the power and the energy of the pearls of the mermaids. All the microphones have the ability to cause pain to demons, sometimes more, sometimes less. These microphones have other powers too, but the mermaids have to learn to control their voice to gain more powers. These microphones also give the Mermaid Princesses’ image songs. These are songs that can be sung only by a specific mermaid. The newer the image songs are the more power they have.
E-Pitches themselves are initially designed to display the pearl on the amplifier surrounded by 4 yellow ornaments. Aqua Regina can upgrade these microphones so that they are more effective to the enemies that the princesses are facing and is able to grant them new and more powerful songs. Due to the upgrade, the base of the amplifier and shaft changes color from light blue to white and the yellow tear-shaped ornaments change to blue seashell-shaped ones. In the manga, the shaft is engraved with a seashell.
There is a different-looking Mermaid Princess microphone introduced in Mermaid Melody Aqua. It has a top that looks like a pearl for amplification and the shaft is adorned with bands of small pearls and a pair of feathered wings. Rukia's mic top is completely pink.
Black Beauty Sisters' Microphones[]
The BBS' microphones in use
The Black Beauty Sisters' microphones are the ends of their tails. Their microphones have the ability to cause a Mermaid Princess pain. The microphones can be upgraded if Mermaid Princesses' pearls are combined with them. Their song can be so powerful that it can change the mermaids from their idol form back to their mermaid form. In the second season, Michel upgraded their microphones and gave them a new song that was more powerful than their previous microphones, without needing a Pearl Tear to empower the microphones.
Lady Bat's Microphone[]
Lady Bat's Microphone
Lady Bat's microphone takes the form of a headset. It gives her the ability to hypnotize someone and make people unable to protect themselves. Her song is powerful enough to hypnotize a whole audience of a fake magic show to catch the Mermaid Princesses. If her microphone is used in combination with the other Winged Ones, it can cause a Mermaid Princess great pain. Her microphone appears when the background music of his song begins.
Alala's Microphone[]
Alala's Microphone
Alala's microphone is long and white with a large pink sphere on the top nestled with a red beaded band on a yellow curve and a small blue one on the bottom. The pink sphere has a yellow star inside it and it has five lines connected to the middle. It also has a beaded band below it. The microphone has been replaced once by a smaller microphone which was created by Fuku out of one of Seira's heart fragments to help Alala catch the Mermaid Princesses. The microphone was to be used to lure out the Mermaid Princesses. At the moment Alala succeeded in this, the microphone disappeared. Alala's alternate microphone hasn't been seen since then.
Alala's Alternate Microphone
Her alternate microphone is shorter and thicker than the first version. It additionally has a smaller beaded band on the bottom shaft and also replaces the yellow rough bands with the smoother ones during the upgrading. The star inside the top of the upgraded microphone has no internal lines. If the microphone is used in front of women, they become confused. On the other hand, if the microphone is used in front of men, they become infatuated with her. This microphone effects people of all genders differently.
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