#ANIME CHARACTERS WITH BURN SCARS PROFESSIONAL#
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She emerges from the war with a tremendous will, strong enough to shoulder the heavy guilt she willingly bears, and uses this motivation to stand alongside and support Mustang in the hopes that future generations will remain free of the horrors of something like Ishval. After joining the military, her experiences in Ishval destroyed her youthful idealism and transformed her into the nearly stoic Lieutenant Hawkeye. Growing up at her father's house, she probably experienced a sheltered sort of childhood. It can be inferred that Riza also changed across the years in her teens, she appeared to have been rather timid and idealistic about the world at large. Riza taking comfort in Black Hayate (her dog) after she is blackmailed by Pride. Her interactions with Hayate can be seen as a metaphor for all of her significant personal relationships-a stern hand and demanding nature tempered with genuine and deep affection. Riza seems the personification of 'tough love,' demanding excellence from those she respects or considers important. She's not prone to public displays of affection, preferring to show her feelings through more subtle ways. Very disciplined, she takes her work seriously and is almost never seen “dropping formalities,” even with those who are most intimate to her. On more informal occasions, such as when she spends the day with Rebecca, Riza also shows hints of a dry, acerbic sense of humor. Riza's softer side tends to make itself known through her interactions with younger characters, such as the Elric brothers and Winry Rockbell, and it isn't unusual to see her behaving sweetly towards Black Hayate (Riza's pet Shiba Inu dog), while in private.

#ANIME CHARACTERS WITH BURN SCARS PROFESSIONAL#

Those close to her know that there is more to her than her no-nonsense attitude beneath her professional aura is a kind soul who understands the difficulty of carrying a heavy burden. Though from the outside she might seem strict, rigid, and even a little mean, Riza is not as cold and distant as she may appear. She is viewed by her peers as the model of a perfect soldier strictly disciplined and extremely rational, she rarely relaxes when on the job and is usually tasked with keeping her colleagues on track. Riza is a quiet and collected woman with a serious but courteous demeanor. She has a moderately muscular and curvaceous build where the author has stated that Riza has broad shoulders from her military training and flared hips that are appropriate for her age. In the manga and 2009 anime, Riza has a large and ornate tattoo that covers most her back with some parts of it obscured by burn scars that she hides. She had worn her hair short in her youth and during her tenure in Ishval, she began letting it grow out in 1910 after she becomes acquainted with Winry Rockbell.

Even though Riza has noted (in Perfect Guidebook 2) that skirts restrict movement and therefore are not welcome in a military office, while in civilian clothes, she is mostly seen with in long skirts and boots with her hair down. She frequently wears a black, short-sleeved turtleneck under her military uniform and often dons it in casual dress as well. She is known to wear faux eyeglasses while in disguise. Her eyes are brown and each of her ears is pierced with a silver stud.

Riza is a pale-skinned woman in her mid-to-late twenties with mid-back length blonde hair that is fastened up in the back by a dark-colored clip barrette in a style where it resembles a bird tail with bangs falling in a hawk's wing pattern from right to left, occasionally partially obscuring her left eye (when she is on the job).

Anime characters with burn scars