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Stocking
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Full Name Stocking Anarchy
Kanji アナーキー・ストッキング
Rōmaji Anākī Sutokkingu
Race Angel
Gender Female
Occupation Ghost Hunter

Commercial Actress(Formerly)

Hair Color Navy on outside, Pink on inside
Eye Color Cyan
Weapon Stripes I & II
Relatives Panty (Older sister)

Judgement (mother)
Granny (grandmother)

First Appearance "Excretion Without Honor and Humanity"
Voiced By JP: Mariya Ise
EN: Monica Rial[1]


You wouldn't even be able to comprehend my refined tastes.

—Stocking

Stocking Anarchy[2] (アナーキー・ストッキング Anākī Sutokkingu, transliterated as "Anarchy Stocking") is the titular co-protagonist of Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt. She is the younger of the Anarchy sisters.[3] Her name is derived from the object she is able to weaponize.

Appearance[]

Stocking is of moderate height. She has very pale skin and her hair is a dark blue Hime cut that has a pink underside, tied with a blue bow in the back. She has light blue eyes with prominent lower eyelashes, and she always carries an apathetic, deadpan expression on her face.

Stocking's age isn't specified, but she's said to be over 500 years old.

Outfit[]

Human form[]

Stocking dresses in a dark-colored, gothic Lolita style. In her human form, she wears a black short dress with puffy sleeves and a white laced underside. Underneath the dress, she wears a white collared blouse with a blue western bow-tie, along with a large blue bow which is tied backwards around her waist. She wears blue-black stripped stockings and a pair of black loafers.

Angel form[]

In her angel form, Stocking wears a radiant, light-colored outfit. She wears a white strapped dress tied around with a silver corset. On her hips and chest are light blue hearts adorned with a bow. Her dress has a frilly, puffy sheer underskirt and her stockings are, unlike in her usual form, cut at the bottom (more so like leg warmers). She wears silver open-toed heels with cross-shaped straps on them. Like Panty, she has white cherub wings on her back.

Personality and Interests[]

Stocking is a levelheaded, lazy, but intelligent girl, though she can be rude if provoked, especially towards her older sister, Panty, or when she is not able to get the treat she wants. Stocking also possesses a cynical, cold and sardonic demeanor.

Stocking does not share Panty's obsession with sex. She shows interest in somewhat masochistic sexual ideas (although her sexuality is not an important part of her personality; any potential fetishes change her character very little). This is ironic since she constantly insults the demon sisters and Corset, by calling them 'BDSM loving freaks'. Stocking claims she has very special standards in men, and would rather have a genuine relationship than a one night stand. She strings men along not wanting them to believe she is 'easy', but would never cheat on someone she truly loves. However, she has been shown to have a very strange and twisted vision of what being attractive is, but she also seems to judge people by what's on the inside instead of out.

Like her sister, Panty, who represents Lust, Stocking represents Gluttony with how her passions are only brought out in extreme situations or when Panty is picking on her. Stocking is seemed to be obsessed with food and sweets just as much as Panty is obsessed with sex, her favourite hobby is trying different sweets and delicacies from both Heaven and Earth, but seems disinterested in engaging with the rest of the world around her. Although Panty lets her obsession for sex control her to the point of not doing her job as a ghost hunter, Stocking is seen to be more self-aware of her obsessions and doesn't let her laziness/slothfulness get in the way of doing her job, which allows her to defeat enough ghosts to be allowed back into Heaven.

Stocking hates spicy food, just as much as Panty hates sweet food. She does not get along with Brief, either. Stocking is sometimes overshadowed by Panty when in larger audiences, such as "Sex and the Daten City" and "1 Angry Ghost". She is almost always seen carrying around a plush cat, Honekoneko (named "Bone Kitten"), whose expressions often match Stocking's mood. She loves Honekoneko dearly and won't let anyone touch him. She is sometimes referred to as a big boobed angel warrior hottie. Like Panty, she is considered to be attractive by many men and women.

Abilities[]

To prepare for battle, Stocking removes her stockings, to which she can transform into a pair of katanas. They are known as Stripes I & II, and can be attached at the base of the hilt. It's safe to assume she can form other blades as well, considering the range of weaponry at Panty's disposal. Stripes I & II are able to hurt any spiritual being, such as angels, demons and ghosts.

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Stocking during transformation.

Stocking displays a supernatural proficiency with her katanas. This includes the ability to spin the blades fast enough to effortlessly deflect bullets, the ability to send out razor-sharp slicing waves by swinging her weapons, and the ability to spin like a top with her swords extended to damage everyone around her. It has been stated by Garterbelt that, contrarily to her sister, she emphasizes skill over power.

Mysteriously, her plushie Honekoneko has once been seen breathing fire.

Relationships[]

Patrick Fagry[]

9b-6

Stocking dates Patrick for the first time.

In "Ghost: The Phantom of Daten City", Stocking, while helping Panty find new men to sleep with, saw the ghost hitting on a few girls, and immediately went to talk to him. He was rude to her, stank, and was generally a very unpleasant person. However, Stocking fell completely in love with him, and even told Panty that she felt like she had been born for the sole purpose of meeting him. That afternoon, Stocking prepared several sandwiches to him. He told Stocking that they tasted like crap though, but Stocking didn't seem to care, accepting and even liking most of his flaws.

9b-16

Patrick proposes to Stocking.

They dated many times after that; going to a theme park and skating. Several media started criticizing Stocking for dating a ghost, and Panty, after reading a headline about her sister and her ghost boyfriend, finally decided to talk to Stocking. However, Stocking didn't listen to her, but her insecurities of being an angel finally arose. That night, she confessed to him she was an angel, and that one of her duties was to dispose of ghosts. She also told him she was willing to forsake her duties as an angel, in order to be with him. Stocking then decided to leave the church and abandon her job as a ghost hunter to be with Patrick.

9b-18

Patrick is purified.

After seeing her sister leave, Panty tried killing Patrick off, but Stocking stopped her. She told her she couldn't understand her feelings because she had never fallen in love before. Panty told Stocking that the ghost didn't love her back, but the ghost told her she was mistaken, and proceeded to propose to Stocking with a ring. However, before Stocking could accept, the ghost started glowing, and eventually disappeared. Garterbelt explained the ghost had been purified for falling in love with Stocking.

The song "CHOCOLAT", sung by Mariya Ise, is meant to represent their relationship.

Sweets[]

Throughout the series, Stocking either eats or mentions wanting to eat a variety of sweets, including:

Gallery[]

Stocking eating sweets


Trivia[]

  • Stocking's appearance and theme may be based off of Marie, from Marie & Gali; in which Marie is also a girl who enjoys food, has a plushie animal and wears gothic lolita styled clothing.
  • According to the creators, Stocking is meant to be “the perfect mix of Gothic Lolita and Sweet Lolita”. Although, most people just focus on her being gothic. A lot of people confuse Lolita fashion for being synonymous with gothic fashion, even though the two are different.
  • In "Catfight Club", Stocking admitted to sleeping with one of Panty's partners, one she refers to as the Gym Rat, confirming that she is not a virgin herself.
  • Stocking has worn a corset in both her human and angel forms, which just happens to be the name of the demon sisters' boss.
  • Stocking's weapons, Stripes I & II, still had a blue and white color scheme at the end of "Bitch Girls: 2 Bitch". This may indicate that she's possibly still an angel, due to the weapons of the Demon Sisters, Scanty and Kneesocks, having a yellow/black color scheme.
  • In the last episode of the show, she cuts Panty into 666 pieces and states she is a demon, it is very likely a gag, but that is often debated about due to it being continued in the comic “Geek Boy Homecoming”. However, if she is in fact a demon, she is the only demon with normal colored skin. A notable reason Stocking would deserve to be considered a demon may be payback for slicing Panty into 666 pieces at the end of "Bitch Girls: 2 Bitch."
  • Her cat plushie, Honekoneko, is used as a flamethrower, as seen in "If the Angels Wore Swimsuits".
  • Stocking is considered to be the most popular character in the whole series.
  • A common mistake people make about the blue part of Stocking’s hair is that it is purple. This furthers the idea that many people thinks she looks like Twilight Sparkle from My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.
  • In the Season 2 teaser art there is a giant entity that resembles Stocking that is believed to be a possible demon form. But the way it’s colorized and stylized appears to look more like how ghosts look on the show. It can possibly be a ghost form for Stocking, a ghost that emerged from Stocking or a ghost created to serve as an imitation of Stocking.
    • If one were to go with the idea that the Stocking in the infamous ending of the series was actually an imposter, it could be possible that a ghost was taking her form. Since there have been ghosts who have been able to take on humanoid non-ghostly forms in the series, this is one possibility. Alternatively Stocking could have either been a ghost all this time or became a ghost in some way and used a fake angel form.
  • Both Stocking and the demon sisters are more likely to take out two of their weapons while Panty will usually take out one weapon. Scanty and Kneesocks both have “double” in their weapons’ names and Stocking’s weapons have the Roman numerals for 1 and 2 in their names. Panty lacks this numerical theme in her weapon’s name. Stocking also lacks the “gold” or any other reference to color for the names of her weapons but they are named after a visual pattern. It is unknown if other angels or demons have some kind of similar name theming in the names of their weapons. This could be an ambiguous allusion to if she is truly an angel or a demon.
  • Stocking appears in the manga of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann in a panel.

References[]

Stripes I & II

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