Origin
Umi no Akehoshi
Marika Katou is a first year student of Hakuhou Girls Academy on Umi no Akehoshi - and fourth captain to inherit the Bentenmaru's Letter of Marque. Marika is cheerful, optimistic and charismatic. She can be naïve and a little clumsy at times, and can come across as a bit of an airhead, however behind this lies a cunning, intelligent and slightly devious persona. Marika has excellent leadership skills, capable of making quick decisions and sticking to them, and has been noted to have exceptional piloting skills.
Bodacious Space Pirates
The story centers around a spirited high school girl named Marika. She keeps herself busy with the space yacht club and her part-time job at a high-class retro café. One day, two strangers suddenly appear and claim to be subordinates of her dead father. They demand that she assume command of the space pirate ship Bentenmaru. A privateer ship's compact was made during a war of independence a century ago, and according to that compact, the ship must be inherited by the captain's next direct descendant. Marika finds herself embarking on a new life as a space pirate.
