Sheeta, whose full name is Lusheeta Toel Ul Laputa ("Toel" meaning "true" and "Ul" meaning "ruler" in Laputian), is the female protagonist of Studio Ghibli's Castle in the Sky. She is a 13-year-old orphaned farm girl, those glowing stone keeps Laputa alive.
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Physical appearance[]
Sheeta wore a plain, indigo dress until she changed to a brown shirt and blue pants with a yellow cap, later after captured again, she wore a plain long white dress, being rescued by Pazu and Dola she changed into Dola's large pink pants and yellow blouse. She has long brown hair with short bangs in the front and wears her hair in two braids on either side of her head as well as a red hairband. Each braid is tied neatly at the bottom with a red ribbon, a common color for hair accessories in Studio Ghibli films. After getting them shot off by Muska, her hair is short, very similar to Kiki's hairstyle and Sophie's (second) hairstyle. Before putting her hair into braids, she left it long with the red hairband.
Role in the film[]
She is the rightful princess of Laputa and posses the aetherium crystal which saves her in times of danger. She befriends an orphan named Pazu. Possessing the aetherium crystal and being who she is, subjects her target to many antagonists such as Dola's gang, Muska, etc. When she holds Pazu while falling, the aetherium crystal glowing which saves along with her friend Pazu floating down deep in underground.
When they made it to the underground mine tunnel, he lit up the way so they could hide through the tunnel. After they got out, they were captured by the government again, and she was imprisoned in her own room. She remembers when she was a little girl, and her grandmother taught her the spell. The spell causes the crystal to glow.
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