Ellen

Appearance: Pink hair (often tied in a ponytail). + Tan/bronzed skin. + Blue eyes. + Signature look: denim shorts + American flag-print string bikini top + She is one of the characters with darker skin and a "foreign" look. Personality: Ellen is outgoing, cute, naive, mischievous, competitive, and tech-savvy. She employs technological creativity (including mechanical devices) during confrontations. Lore: Elen embodies the "foreign competitor" archetype who arrives to shake up the group dynamic, bringing a striking look and a specific fetish. Headcanon: Saruyama spotted Elen from a distance and immediately went into full “interested guy” mode after noticing her figure in a revealing bikini. He approached her with his usual confident (if slightly awkward) smirk, making comments about her “American look” and trying to start a conversation in a rather obvious way. Elen, being straightforward and competitive by nature, wouldn’t take long to reveal something unexpected about herself. Whether by accident or on purpose, Saruyama would eventually discover that she wasn’t quite what he had assumed. Since Saruyama is clearly attracted only to women—and spends most of his time in To Love-Ru fixating on the female characters, especially the attractive alien girls—his reaction to this discovery would be complicated. It would likely involve a mix of denial, confusion, curiosity, discomfort, and an instinctive urge to walk away. On the other hand, Elen shows no particular interest in men. She is competitive, confident, and mainly drawn to people who can match her energy or keep up with her. Someone like Saruyama—an average Japanese high-school student with a rather ordinary appearance and a tendency to be overly forward—would probably strike her as unremarkable. If he made an obvious advance, she might find it mildly amusing for a moment before losing interest. Even if he persisted after learning the truth about her, she might tease him lightly out of curiosity or boredom, but without any real personal interest. Romance (slow burn): At first, she only teases him because she finds it entertaining. He feels embarrassed, but he never stops coming back. Little by little, their exchanges turn into a light, competitive back-and-forth. What started as pure provocation slowly becomes genuine conversation. Without either of them saying it out loud, they start looking for reasons to be around each other. Any kind of physical interest only appears much later — and when it does, it leaves both of them confused.