Manon Legrand - , is a video character from the Street Fighter series as 1 of the new characters in Street Fighter 6. She is a French judo fighter, who's also a ballet dancer &
fashion model.
Appearance
Manon Legrand is a French woman with short
light pink hair , . She wears a royal
blue singlet with red, white &
blue streaks, with cutouts around her torso & hips. Embedded on her collar is a gold medal with 2 abstract figures, with 1 throwing the other. On
top of her singlet, Manon wears a white gi with a
blue trim, with the sleeves rolled up & the waist tied with a black judo
belt. Her matching
blue footguards & wristbands have white stripes across them.
Story
A super model & world champion judo, Manon is an idealist, forever seeking self-improvement in the pursuit of
beauty. She struts the catwalk of street fighting to become the world's strongest model.
Fighting style
Manon combines judo with ballet, utilizing various maneuvers that involve her "dancing" with her opponent. Many of her attacks utilize her long legs to attack from far ranges, complementing her powerful close-range throws.
Manon's Level 1 Super Art, Arabesque, has Manon lunge forward across the screen. Her Level 2 Super Art Etoile is a series of flying
kicks that serve as a powerful combo-ender, reversal, & anti-air option. Finally, Pas de Deux is a Level 3 Super Art command grab that has Manon
dance with her opponent before slamming them to the ground.
Manon Legrand
Personality
Manon is depicted as being idealistic who seeks herself for her self-improvement in
beauty and enjoys street fighting which she wanted to become the world's strongest model by using her main fighting skills. Aside from being idealistic, Manon is also shown to be snobbish & haughty , she loves to fight strong opponents . Nevertheless, Manon is not without a standard, such having a strong despise of
people with hidden
evil agendas.
Concept
Manon was pitched with ballet & judo Feeling that making a normal judo would be boring , Manon's design would be modernized with
grace in her feet movements, making her distinctly French by adding ballet as part of their inspiration. Her French heritage came from the sport's popularity in that there , with
France having the 2nd highest number of Olympic medals behind Japan.
Moveset
Manon uses a unique Medal system that powers up her grab-
based special moves. Every command grab or Renversé
hit-grab she lands increases the Medal level by one, up to a maximum of
5 levels.
