Physiology
Mijumaru is a bipedal sea otter-like Pokémon, primarily light blue, dark blue, and white in coloration. Mijumaru has a rounded, spherical white head, with small, triangular dark-blue ears to the sides. Mijumaru’s eyes are large, dark, and ovoid in shape; its dark-orange nose is shaped like an oval tilted to the side. Mijumaru also possesses speckles to the sides of its face, most likely meant to be a stylistic implication of short whiskers in the common manner of cartoon canines, and light blue bubble-esque features composing a “collar” around its neck. Mijumaru’s torso is light blue, and decorated with a pale yellow seashell feature in the center. Made out of keratin, this appendage can be removed and used in various ways; mainly, as a weapon. Its small, digit-less and somewhat rounded arms are white in coloration, with its feet—having, unlike its forearms, discernible digits—colored dark blue. Mijumaru also possesses a slightly plank-shaped dark blue tail.
Gender differences
None.
Special abilities
It can fight skillfully by detaching the seashell-shaped appendage on its belly. This shell can be used in the same way as a sword, as well as a shield.
Behavior
If Mijumaru is attacked, it will fight back using its shell attachment without any hesitation.
Habitat
Diet
- Main article: Pokémon food
- Mijumaru and its fellow Black and White starters were first revealed as silhouettes on the May 9, 2010 episode of Pokémon Sunday. They were later revealed in full in the June 2010 issue of CoroCoro.
- Shortly after the starters were revealed, Mijumaru was monikered as "Wotter" by fans.
- Mijumaru is the first Template:Type2 starter Pokémon to be based on a mammal as well as the first mammalian starter not to be of the Template:Type2.
- Ken Sugimori said that Mijumaru and its evolutions were the hardest for the team to design during production, as conceptualizing its evolutions were difficult. They eventually settled on a samurai theme and making its final form a sea lion after a trip to an aquarium.
- Mijumaru has the lowest base stat total of all Template:Type2 starter Pokémon.
- Mijumaru along with the other two starter Pokémon of Isshu have the same Base stats total.
- Mijumaru has the highest Speed Attack stat of the other two Isshu starters.
Origin
It appears to be based on a sea otter.
Name origin
May be derived from 水 mizu, water or 未熟 mijuku, naive and 丸 maru, round. -maru is also a common suffix in male Japanese names. The syllable mi may also be derived from 三つ mitsu, meaning three or third, implying a lineage within the evolutionary line with Mijumaru being third in line.