Spyro Doomfire (Manga)

Spyro Doomfire is the villain protagonist of the Manga adaptation Spyro Doomfire's Punkettes. It closely follows the anime's background.

Personality
At this time, it is not clear how much the anime Spyro and Punkettes lore applies to this Spyro's background. Thus, Spyro's background is largely a mystery. What is clear is that by 2013, she had once killed humans, but now avoided them and lived an isolated life. Given Spyro's extreme intelligence, physical superiority, and discussion with Shira, it is strongly implied she sees humans as far inferior life forms. Where she was once involved in human affairs, by 2013 she didn't see the point in wasting her time with them.

While intelligent and lordly in stature, Spyro lacks charm. She has a feral and threatening nature to her that is only accentuated after Shira's disappeance. While many would use weapons in combat, she is known to use her own claws like a lion or bear. Shira herself noticed her lack of charm and suggested she could relearn manners from her. During her time with Shira, Spyro took this to heart and had a far more human bearing than usual.

Before she fell into insanity and depression, Spyro would suffer no insult and delighted in meticulously planning vengeance on those who did so. Using both her supreme power and mind, she would maneuver her prey before surgically striking at her targets. This was demonstrated when 40 merchants offended her. She issued a threat which insured the innocent woman and children fled and understood the psychology of the merchants, that they would stay in town to protect their gold. She would then kill those 40 men and only those 40. Showing the rest of the town mercy but perhaps doing so to make it abundantly clear that her massacre was not random; that was the cost of a transgression against Spyro.

Despite this, Spyro has a deep sense of loyalty. She was deeply hurt when she realized Shira didn't intend to make amends, even calling her out on how bad an adoptive sister Shira turned out to be. She dedicated three years of her life to bringing Shira back to their dimension in spite of how strained their relationship had become in the years leading up to the fight. Spyro is also shown to be very protective of her Punkettes and the Minu Krab, despite the morally ambiguous situations she puts them in on occasion: she stood up to hoards of reanimated corpses to protect them, telling the zombies nobody (but her) harassed her friends. She also felt sorry for Katara for the pain Pepper had put her through, and became disgusted with Jeno and Junko for knowingly making a sundae that would get them sick.

To put it simply, Spyro is a broken and bitter friendship creature who tries to kill all of humanity in revenge, but doesn't feel pleasure or joy on this, nor does she care about the fact she could potentially starve her own army to death in the process. She is so detached that Mariella believes that Spyro only waged war on humanity because she wanted to die, for she is figuratively dead without Shira.

History
The story begins in 2013, with Spyro being an extremely powerful friendship creature expert in many forms of science and sorcery, much like her original counterpart, yet brooding, solitary and misanthropic, but not yet fully evil. Shira Matsuri, comes to her and asks to stay with her while resisting her intimidation attempts and offering to teach her to reconcile with the world in exchange. Impressed by her resolve and bravery, Spyro gives her access to all her considerable resources. She even inspires Doomfire to travel and see the world.

Shira's "death" in the manga is entirely different from the anime. She protects Spyro from a portal that mysteriously activated from underneath the lab, pulling Spyro to safety while a loose pipe knocks her over the ledge. After confessing her pride and love for Spyro, Shira is sucked into the portal, and is never seen again until Volume 3. Maddened with grief, Spyro laments that she could have been on time to save her, had she used magic instead of traveling like a human, and swears bloody revenge.

As an enraged Spyro prepares to raise an army of monsters by next year, Ainlie attempts to talk her out of it, as innocents like Shira would suffer. Spyro retorts that there are no innocents for they would have stood for her. The tragedy led Spyro to declare war on humanity in a fit of anger. Ainlie, however, became disgusted with her actions, Spyro left her. Spyro was left alone in the mansion, lacking the fuel and parts of the machine and bring her adoptive sister back. With no other option, Spyro took the mansion and faked a suicide under her own name, in order to prevent any further complications with her goal to bring Shira back. In order to make an income, Spyro, now known by the Oten City locals as Shira Matsuri, became a wealthy guitar sensation, owning one of the best mansions of Oten.

Every night, Spyro tried to re-activate the portal to get her adoptive sister back. Spyro also admitted that she had to lie to everyone (including his own team) over the past few years, as she couldn't risk anyone learning the truth about the portal. Covering Shira's mortgage allowed Spyro to keep the property, and by extension the portal, under her control and intact. Losing the portal would have meant forever losing any chance of getting Shira back.

Returning Shira
Spyro struggles with the idea of telling Junko and Clumsy the truth about what she is doing, but is suddenly arrested and brought in by the government agents for interrogation. Later on, it is revealed that Spyro has used fake identities and may be an entirely unknown person, and it is shown that Shira had died in a car crash. At the end of the episode, Spyro convinces Clumsy not to turn off the Universe portal. Afterwards, a girl walks out of the portal, and is revealed to be the first friend and adoptive sister; The Real Shira Matsuri.

Quotes
"Too bad that didn't kill me..."

- Spyro after Shira stabbed her with her katana.

"Shira... You were a happy dream in a life that's been nothing but a hellish nightmare. Those days that I spent with you, they were the only good days I have ever known. I cherish them. All this time, I've lived in hope of telling you how sorry I am. I fought armies just to have this chance. But now... There's nothing I can say that's good enough. I wanted to forget everything, so nothing could ever come between us. Shira, I'm so sorry, for all the sadness I've caused you. I'm so sorry..."

- Spyro's note found by Shira and Clumsy.

"You are definitely different to most humans I have met in recent times."

- Spyro to Shira in the manga.

"I remember the day after you "died". My entire kind was devoid of hope. The future had once again been taken from us by the humans. In a fit of anger, I declared war. I said that I would destroy any human that came here. I would use their souls to become godly... and free us from this terrible prison. Then, I would destroy humanity... And let friendship creatures rule the earth, in peace. Soon, their hopes returned. someone, however, became disgusted with my actions. I left her, never to be seen again. Truthfully... I do not want power. I do not want to hurt anyone. I just wanted everyone to have hope... but I cannot take this any longer. I just want to see my home. I just want to see you again. Please... Shira... This war has gone on long enough. You have the power... Take my soul, go back to that portal, kill Bitt, and leave this cursed place..."

- Spyro in the manga.

"One year. I gave you one year to make your peace. And what do you do? Celebrate the day you killed my sister! One year I gave you while I assembled my armies, and now... I bring your death! You had your chance."

- Spyro.

"Go now and kill! Kill, for my sister! Kill, for the only friend I've ever knew! Kill for the endless lifetime of hate before me!"

- Spyro, to her armies.

"To think you'd take your false accusations so far... I don't know whether to laugh or spit... Come on! Enough with your idiotic blather! Doomfire is a loser's name! Do I look like a loser to you!? Well!? Doooo I!? What!? I think I've earned the right to be a little on edge!"

- Spyro, Vol III.

"How many times do I have to tell you...? My... name... is... SHIRA MATSURI GODDAMNIT!!!"

- Spyro

"Hm. Heh... Listen to you, trying to take charge. As if you're my private instructor... I, Shira Matsuri—actually, no... Spyro Doomfire is fine..."

- Spyro reveals her real name.

"(Clumsy: Wh-who is that?) The girl who was my first friend ever. (The girl takes her hood and goggles, revealing her face.) Shira Matsuri."

- Spyro.

"Pepper Satanica. What do you want from me? (Pepper: Oh, quit playing dumb, Spy! The Punkettes already found that one out!) (Spyro tries to talk but Pepper interrupts) Don't ask me how, let's just say I've done a little spying. You knew I'd be back! You think Ivyuka shutting down that portal could stop what I have planned? (floats over Spyro) I've been making deals, chatting with old friends, preparing for the big day! You can't keep the Boboku Forest or your precious Punkettes safe forever. (snaps her fingers and a copy of the Universe Crystals appear in her hand) You'll slip up, and when you do...! (crushes and absorbs the fake crystals, where it creates a massive portal, burning the wheat field around Spyro)) Enough! Get out of here, demon! You have no power in our world! (Pepper: Maybe not right now, but things change, Doomfire! Things....change.)"

- Pepper to Spyro.

Trivia

 * It is suggested that either Spyro or someone she knew has struggled with suicide. After Yandere-chan comments about the "easy way out" when finding the corpses of two suicide victims, Spyro heavily says "Trust me, it is not easy." Based on her home planet being destroyed, losing Shira in the portal, and saying that she struggled with staying alive, it is quite possible that Spyro considered suicide after losing Shira.
 * Her Shira music sensation persona was most likely inspired by many Artists like Taylor Swift, Avril Lavigne, Kesha, Katy Perry, and Ariana Grande.