Tengen Toppa Solvernia
ItemTengen Toppa Solvernia is Nia Teppelin's giant, the first to rise after the Granzeboma tears apart Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Slender and blue-white where the others are broad, it fights with a flower-tipped staff that blooms into a drill.
Overview
Nia Teppelin's Tengen Toppa Gunmen forms during the last battle of the second movie, The Lights in the Sky are Stars, and is later spent alongside the rest of the giants to raise Super Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann.
Function
Unlike the rest of the fleet, this giant grows from no earlier machine, since Nia had never before taken the controls of anything. Its look instead borrows from Gurren Lagann and the Lazengann but slims the proportions and shifts to a blue-and-white palette. Its yellow eyes hold red cross-shaped pupils that echo Nia's own, and a plume of pale blue Spiral Power streams from the back of its head in the shape of her hair. It is the first to appear once the Granzeboma breaks Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Its weapon is a spiraling staff crowned with a flower that opens into a drill, and it moves with enough speed to slip past nearly every attack thrown at it.
The machine first guards the piece that will become Tengen Toppa Lagann, keeping the enemy from drilling through it before striking on its own. It drives its staff into the Granzeboma's chest, only to meet drills erupting from the beast's mouth that shear off an arm and leave it stranded. Viral's Tengen Toppa Enki Durga comes to its rescue, and it later folds its fire into the team's combined stand before all the giants merge into their final form.
Notable Users
Nia Teppelin is the only pilot. Fittingly, the name Solvernia is drawn from the Japanese phrase for being by someone's side, a nod to her bond with Simon.
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is Tengen Toppa Solvernia so big?
Tengen Toppa Solvernia is one of the galaxy-sized Tengen Toppa Gunmen that rise once the Granzeboma tears apart Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann. Unlike the rest of the fleet, it grows from no earlier machine, since Nia Teppelin had never piloted anything before this battle.
Who pilots Tengen Toppa Solvernia?
Nia Teppelin is the only pilot of Tengen Toppa Solvernia, and the name is drawn from a Japanese phrase for being by someone's side, a nod to her bond with Simon.
What weapon does Tengen Toppa Solvernia use?
Tengen Toppa Solvernia wields a spiraling staff crowned with a flower that opens into a drill, and it moves fast enough to slip past nearly every attack thrown at it.
What happens to Tengen Toppa Solvernia in the final battle?
Tengen Toppa Solvernia first guards the piece that becomes Tengen Toppa Lagann, then drives its staff into the Granzeboma's chest, only to have an arm sheared off by drills erupting from the creature's mouth. Viral's Tengen Toppa Enki Durga comes to its rescue.
What does Tengen Toppa Solvernia look like?
Tengen Toppa Solvernia is slender and colored blue-white, with yellow eyes bearing red cross-shaped pupils that echo Nia's own, and a plume of pale blue Spiral Power streaming from its head in the shape of her hair.
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