Animalia is a 22-year-old woman and the unique leader of the "SF-Zoo" clan in Shangri-La Frontier, known for her extreme love for animals despite suffering from strong animal allergies in real life. Her obsession leads her to act strangely in-game, often crossing the line between affection and what others see as animal abuse. She is highly skilled at immobilizing monster-type animals with curses so she can pet them without harming them. Her actions sometimes get her in trouble, even getting her banned from certain places in the game, but her leadership skills and passion for animals make her stand out.
- Age: 22
- Height: 162 cm
- Weight: 49 kg
- Birthday: November 1
- Zodiac: Scorpio
- Uses a female avatar with messy hair and noticeable canine teeth.
Animalia is very gentle and quiet in daily life.
She deeply loves animals and wishes she could touch them in real life, but her severe allergies make it impossible.
Her longing to touch animals pours out wildly in Shangri-La Frontier, where she can finally interact with them as much as she wants.
This sometimes makes her act over-excited, even scaring people around her.
Even though she believes she’s being loving, her way of playing with animals tends to look like abuse from an outsider’s view.
She often fails to understand or consider the feelings of the animals she interacts with.
Her inability to experience animals in the real world has left her lacking proper animal-handling knowledge.
After a traumatic encounter with Vysache, Animalia began to both admire and fear the wild strength in animals.
Animalia’s real name is Maria Itsukushima.
Because of her severe animal allergies, she cannot spend time with real animals.
Even a few minutes of playing with a dog gives her serious asthma.
She came to Shangri-La Frontier because she could touch animals without any allergic reaction in the game and experience how they feel in reality.
This made her become extremely fixated on animal-type monsters—even Vysache at first was not safe from her obsession.
Animalia is a master at status-effect curses, especially those that weaken and immobilize her foes.
She focuses on not killing monster-type animals but instead making them unable to move so she can pet them all she wants.
Her signature weapon is the "Key Staff of the Underworld," which has a special spell called "Hands of Tartarus"—it completely stops any living thing from moving for one minute.
Her main fighting style is to immobilize her targets before she does anything else to them.
She is not good at directly attacking, but she is excellent at supporting her team with buffs, debuffs, and leading tank teams.
After a painful defeat by Vysache, she started to train as a monk-type class, joining the front lines with her own fists while still mixing in curses.
She is the leader of the SF-Zoo clan.
She works closely with her clan members when exploring the world and fighting monsters.
She is obsessed with Emul, one of the rabbit NPCs, and her affection for Emul often becomes overwhelming for others.
She met Sunraku and is polite to him, always asking for permission before taking any pictures or touching animals.
Obsession and Rules
Because she cannot touch animals in real life, Animalia’s passion in-game can sometimes become too intense.
She even rushed toward Emul at first sight, trying to lick and snuggle her when Emul changed from human form back to animal.
She once forced herself onto Emul with such vigor, thanks to help from her entire clan, that Emul was left in shock.
Despite her strange behavior, Animalia has good online manners.
She always asks for others’ permission before taking screenshots or recording, even if she becomes too excited in the process.
Trouble in Rabbit Country
Animalia’s obsession with animal monsters reached a breaking point in the land of the Rabbits, where she refused to clear a key quest and instead spent her time bothering all the rabbit NPCs with hugs and sniffs.
She did not try to fight the giant enemy snake because she did not want to lose her “play time.”
Her actions resulted in her being forcibly kicked out when time ran out, and she was permanently banned by the Rabbits for her inappropriate behavior.
Because of this, even Sunraku believes there is no way she can get back the Rabbits’ trust unless she pulls off an incredible solo achievement—which is almost impossible.
Lessons from Failing
After being destroyed by Vysache—who she thought was just another animal to cuddle—Animalia realized that real animals can be dangerous.
Now she is more careful and respectful, seeing animals as powerful beings, not just cute things.
She even began to see ordinary pets on the street as fierce and wild after this experience, showing her trauma runs deep.
Change in Playstyle
Wanting to become stronger and more authentic, Animalia switched from attacking only with magic to becoming a monk-type fighter.
She now battles animals head-on instead of only using tricks, hoping this will help her truly "connect" with them.
- Animalia’s real name comes from “Animalia,” the scientific word for "animal," plus a pun of her real name Maria and the English "animal."
- She hates her own body because of her allergies.
- Her dream is to live with 101 dogs.
- She especially loves animal documentaries.
- One of her special talents is guessing the parents of a mutt dog just by looking.
- Her favorite types of people care for animals; she hates people who don’t.
- Her favorite games are Shangri-La Frontier and VR Animal Raising Experience!
- She dislikes Nephilim Hollow because it has no animals.
- “Mutual understanding starts from touching.”
- “Can I take a picture with you before I hug you?”
- “I want to live with one hundred and one dogs!”
Animalia is sometimes called "Zoo Director" or “the scariest one in SF-Zoo.”
Some people call her “the Cursed Hands.”
She is infamous among animal NPCs for her over-the-top affection.
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