Lucy Heartfilia

Lucy Heartfilia
Fairy Tail character
Lucy Heartfilia as drawn by Hiro Mashima
First appearance	Fairy Tail chapter 1: The Fairy's Tail (2006)
Created by	Hiro Mashima
Voiced by	Japanese Aya Hirano English Cherami Leigh
In-universe information
Significant other	Natsu Dragneel
Family	Jude Heartfilia (father) Layla Heartfilia (mother)
Relatives	Anna Heartfilia (ancestor)
Guild	Fairy Tail
Magic	Celestial Spirit Magic

Lucy Heartfilia (Japanese: ルーシィ・ハートフィリア, Hepburn: Rūshii Hātofiria) is a fictional character from Hiro Mashima's manga series Fairy Tail. Lucy first makes her debut in Fairy Tail chapter #1, "The Fairy's Tail",^{[JP 1]} originally published in Japan's Weekly Shōnen Magazine on August 2, 2006, as a teenage wizard and aspiring novelist who joins the titular guild because of its popularity, despite its members' tendency to cause unintentional property damage. As a Celestial Wizard,^{[JP 2]} Lucy uses magical objects known as Gatekeys^{[JP 3]} to summon celestial spirits, beings from another world that possess various abilities, such as powerful zodiac spirits that she summons with rare golden keys. Lucy appears in most Fairy Tail media, including both feature films, all original video animations (OVAs), light novels and video games. She is voiced by Aya Hirano in Japanese, while Cherami Leigh voices her in the English dub.

Mashima stated that Lucy was designed with a serious personality and represents his artistic side. Lucy's character has received a mixed critical response. Journalists have praised some of her fight scenes and have regarded her as sympathetic, but they have found her development lacking and have generally criticized her relationship with the celestial spirits. Lucy has placed high in popularity polls, and many different pieces of merchandise related to her have been released, such as action figures.
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