Anna Crown is a supporting character in the series Mashle, known as the beloved younger sister of Lance Crown and a key motivation behind his goal of becoming a Divine Visionary.
Name: Anna Crown
Gender: Female
Age: 12 years old (according to the fanbook)
Height: 140 cm
Family: Older brother – Lance Crown (4 years older)
Voice Actor (CV): Riona Imaizumi
Dream: To become a singer
Weakness / Dislikes: Pudding
She is described as rather small in stature for her age.
Despite that, her presence has a huge emotional impact on her brother and the story.
Anna has a gentle, affectionate personality and deeply adores her brother Lance Crown.
Even though Lance’s cold demeanor and family background caused others to distance themselves from him, she never rejected him.
She understands that Lance is awkward and not good at expressing his feelings, but she embraces that side of him.
In her own words, she loves his clumsy yet kind nature.
Thanks to her, Lance—who is often viewed as aloof—has a warm, genuine sibling bond that grounds him emotionally.
Their relationship is depicted as mutually caring, supportive, and central to Lance’s character.
Anna mainly appears in Lance’s flashbacks and emotional scenes during the series.
Through these scenes, the audience learns that she is the most important person in Lance’s life.
At some point before the main story begins, Anna suddenly falls ill with a mysterious incurable disease.
This illness causes her to suffer from high fevers and to lose her magical power.
Her condition is the primary reason Lance chooses the harsh path of aiming to become a Divine Visionary.
He wants to gain status, power, and influence to protect her and secure the best possible treatment.
Lance treasures a locket containing Anna’s photo and always keeps it with him.
This item functions as both his emotional anchor and a visual symbol of his motivation.
The following content contains spoilers for the story after volume 13 of the manga.
In volume 13, it is revealed through Cell War that the third son of Innocent Zero’s quintuplet “devils” is obsessed with pudding.
This same individual developed a magical drug that steals both a person’s magic and their life.
Hearing about this type of magic, Lance’s expression becomes tense and dark.
It implies that he suspects a connection between this magic and Anna’s condition.
Later, when the group confronts the third son—Epidem—they discover the truth in battle.
Dot Barrett carelessly eats the pudding that Epidem offers and soon after collapses, coughing up blood.
During this fight, Epidem explains that he created a magic-deficiency virus that extracts magic from humans.
This virus causes the kind of magic loss that Anna suffered from.
In the middle of the battle, the chain of Lance’s locket is broken, revealing the existence of Anna to Epidem.
Epidem then makes a chilling remark, asking whether Lance’s family might be among his experimental “lab animals.”
This line confirms that Anna’s “incurable disease” was actually caused by Epidem’s virus experiments.
Anna had been used as an unwitting experimental subject, making her one of the many tragic victims of Innocent Zero’s schemes.
After Epidem is defeated, Anna’s condition begins to improve naturally.
With the source of the magic-deficiency virus eliminated, her magical power gradually returns.
By volume 18, she is shown to have recovered enough to travel with Lance.
Lance brings her to visit Mash Burnedead’s home, where she meets more of Lance’s comrades.
Later, Anna is seen enrolled in the middle division of Easton Magic Academy.
There are scenes of her spending time and moving together with Mash and his friends, suggesting she is integrating into their circle.
Her dislike of pudding is noted in the fanbook as one of her “weaknesses.”
It is strongly implied that this aversion stems from the trauma associated with Epidem and his pudding-based experiments.
“I really love that clumsy yet kind side of you, big brother!”
This line captures Anna’s view of Lance perfectly and explains why their bond is so strong.
Anna represents the human cost of Innocent Zero’s experiments and ambitions.
At the same time, she embodies hope and recovery, surviving the ordeal and regaining her magic after Epidem’s defeat.
Her presence gives emotional depth to Lance’s otherwise cool and composed character.
Through Anna, the story highlights themes of family, sacrifice, and the quiet strength of supportive love.
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