Cecil

Cecil (セシル, Seshiru) is a minor character in Black★Rock Shooter: Innocent Soul.

History
During an investigation for stagnant souls in an illusive town, Rock and Ron encounters Cecil, who is being beaten by her mother for a trivial mistake. Rock intervenes, and Cecil invites Rock to the restaurant where she works as a waitress.

When Rock asks Cecil how the latter can smile despite the hardship, Cecil replies she learns from her late father that as long as she can force herself to smile, her heart will follow suit and return to a good mood. She also hopes Rock can also smile one day.

However, Cecil's mother steps in and beats Cecil again for lazing around. Cecil smiles in front of her mother, only for the latter to feel enraged and fatally strike Cecil in the head.

After witnessing Cecil's apparent death, Rock and Ron experiences a warp in dimension, and they return to the exact scene where they first encounter Cecil and her mother as if in a time loop. Rock intervenes again, but this time Cecil's mother grasps Cecil in rage with her transmuted arm as a stagnant soul, claiming it is all her daughter's fault.

Rock cuts off the arm of Cecil's mother to free Cecil and readies her cannon. Seeing that her mother is about to be shot, Cecil reveals herself as the second stagnant soul as well as the host of the illusion, and she interrupts Rock by attacking her from behind. Cecil states that she only wants her mother to hug her again, and she would continue to smile in order to fulfill her wish one day. Instead of fighting back, Rock persuades Cecil to hug her mother first in order to have her feelings reciprocated.

Under Rock's encouragement, Cecil steps forward and embraces her mother, telling her that she is sorry for not considering her mother's burden from losing Cecil's father as well as raising Cecil alone. The mother and daughter finally reconcile and dissipate, leaving two cleansed souls behind.

Trivia

 * According to the author, Cecil is named after the main protagonist of Final Fantasy IV.