Maria-Clara de la Cruz

Philippines is a fanmade character for the anime and web comic, Hetalia Axis Powers. She represents the Philipines, officially known as the Republic of the Philippines, a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. Her human name is Kana Malabanan.

Appearance
Kana Malabanan has chocolate-brown eyes and long, black hair. Her hair is usually tied in a ponytail that goes down to her knees. She is often seen in a gray or forest green navy uniform with knee-length, laced military boots and black gloves. Kana also has bandages tied around both of her hands, due to the amount of natural disasters she experienced. The bandages are usually covered by her gloves. She is about as tall as Honda Kiku (Japan).

Personality and Interests
Kana is quiet and can be very stubborn sometimes. She is also has short temper due to the fact she was occupied by other countries more than once. It is thought that she appears to be very frightening when mad. But even though she acts moody most of the time, she has a soft side as well. Kana is very fond of food, esepecially Fillipino dishes and looks adorable when she's eating. Food also seems to be one of the things that can cheer her up when she is depressed/in a bad mood or calm her down when she's angry. She also seems to have a weak spot for cute animals. In fact, she has a baby Philippine eagle for a pet that she named Koko. She plans on setting it free, but can't seem to part with it. Later she gets a white kitten named Lily.

Kana is terrified of insects, spiders especially, to the point where she would cry over it or pass out. She also has a deep fear of Duwendes. At first, she did not belive in them, until one day she accidentally destroyed a Duwende's home. Because of that she ended up having terrible luck that lasted for a long while. This is thought to be another of cause of her short temper.