Celine

Celine is Lala 's gift for Rito's 16th birthday. Originally, Celine was a multi-story, carnivorous, sentient sunflower kept in the Yuuki's residence backyard. Although seemingly monstrous, Rito cares for Celine deeply, referring to her as his family. The plant behaves akin to a human; perspiring when the climate is humid, wearing an oversized scarf during a chilly day and eating a bowl of ramen when hungry (though Celine still needs the basic nutrients of water and sunlight). When Celine contracted a deadly disease, Rito was fully dedicated to save her from the Kare Kare disease and to find the Luckberry. With his friends, they journey to an S-level-danger class planet of Misletoe to retrieve an antidote, only to return and find the plant all dried up. In reality, it was germinating and from its single seed, burst out Celine; taking the appearance of an infant girl, with a flower on her head. This event even shocked Momo, who is very knowledgeable with the galaxy's flora, stating Celine's biological makeup is still a complete mystery to her.

The infant Celine develops a low tolerance for cola (she gets drunk) and can spray pollen from the flower on her head that temporarily causes anyone who inhales it to fall in love with Rito – a side-effect that originates from Celine's own affection for him from taking care of her every day. The person who is sprayed with the pollen also immediantly sprouts a flower with lips on top of their head. When the effects wear off the flower also falls off their head and the person has no memory of what happened. A running gag as a child is Celine will playfully tackle any girl and attempt to suck milk from their breasts, or jump onto someone out of nowhere, most of the time causing the incident for the chapter's story. Comically mistaken for being Rito's daughter, Celine makes guest star appearances in the OVA adaptation (as a plant near the end of OVA 4 and as an infant in OVA 6 part 3) and becomes a regular character with her infant form in the new anime series.

Trivia

 * She and Mikan  are customers at the Stray Cat in the manga series Mayoi Neko Overrun!.