Personal File Overview

MOMO is the symbol of innocence in the Xenosaga series. In fact, when Ziggy admits that he doesn't want a "young women" (namely Shion) working on his body, MOMO was rather hurt because he didn't mind her working on her body. However, Ziggy calms her by saying that he doesn't mind because of the purity of her heart. Because of this innocence, MOMO doesn't know many things, and the others often hold facts away from her.

With innocence comes being naive. MOMO often makes foolish decisions to support the others. In addition, she thinks of everyone else and very little of herself. All she really wants is her family to be back together (Juli and Joachim). She often calls upon memories of Joachim before her birth for support, such as Joachim telling MOMO that if she is a good girl, she'll become a real girl (Pinocchio reference). She's afraid of letting others around her down.

Her emotions are easily swayed in one direction or the other. Juli can easily stimulate MOMO with warmth by making little statements of their future together. On the other hand, Jr. quite easily brought MOMO down into the dumps when emphasizing that Joachim Mizrahi, MOMO's legal father, was a lunatic. Despite her own feelings, she does her best to stay strong emotionally for other people, but she does need her own pick-me-up now and then.

The problem that MOMO is constantly faced with is that she is constantly treated as Sakura's copy. Even though she was created similarly to Sakura, they are two completely different people. Juli said it best herself, "The Sakura Rubedo described was a tomboy-ish carefree spirit, but you [MOMO]... you're an intelligent you woman..." Because of the fact that she is the genuine "copy" she is constantly mistreated and that often brings her down. However, Shion and the gang often try their best to treat MOMO as a real girl to battle this identity diffusion.

The basis of MOMO's personality continually goes back to her want to become a real girl and go to heaven to meet her father. All her actions, which continually help the good of humanity, are done to take steps closer to achieve that goal.

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