#aabarella

The spirit of all things Dragon Ball dictates that names are jokes, puns or follow a pattern of some sort. Uub is Buu backwards both in name and nature, but in-Universe Uub’s parents wouldn’t have known that, so where did the name come from? WELL, there’s a fruit called the Umbu (Imbu) fruit, part of the cashew (Anacardiaceae) family. If we take away the m and extend the first vowel then we get a fun pattern to use with other fruits from the same family! (Plus means we can say Uub grew up on Cashew Island hohoho!)

Aabarella (Ella) (ambarella): The fussiest sister ever. Politically and economically involved in the island’s business as soon as she could read (and that was early), she was the one overseeing Goku and Uub’s efforts when farming and restoring the mangroves during training. As the eldest the family leadership position would fall to Uub but he was happy to refuse it (hell, even encourage to) so Ella could get a seat at the table of families and work her way to getting her mitts on the island proper. She drives the Island back to prosperity with the neighbouring islands, and stands firm against Central City’s insistence the South Islands should conform more to federal rule (e.g. keeping local languages, local governance structure and traditions).

Jaakote (Jaak) (jocote): Twin, chill dude with a heart of gold, extremely sensitive. Like his Dad he loves to tell a story, though as a kid would often have to check in with Moubun to make sure he’d remember it right. Ends up taking on the traditional role as the Island’s Keeper of stories, and works as his elder sister’s charm offensive when battling Central for cultural preservation. Folds in a lot of stories about his elder brother and teacher’s adventures which go down well.

Moubun (Mou, MouMou), (mombin, same fruit as jocote): Twin, looks very grumpy but just a quiet softy. Still, she knows she has a reputation so will make use of it to put people in their place. Has the memory to be a Keeper but just not the extraversion or sense of drama to be telling and spinning new stories all the time. Instead does an undergraduate history major with scholarship at Southern City University, then a PhD in preservation of pre-unification cultural history at Central City University. She works to uncover the history of the South Islands archipelago that has been lost or become piecemeal over the course of Central’s rule, causing a quiet stir in those ivory towers so close to the King. The low humidity required for old documents does not mesh well with keeping a pet frog, so she doesn’t keep any :c.