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Riku & Manana are a playable Ouroboros in Xenoblade Chronicles 3. It is accessed by initiating an interlink when the player is directly controlling either or  ; unlike other Ouroboros forms, it cannot be initiated by the, even if the option to have AI party members form an interlink automatically is enabled. As the pair lack Fusion Arts (or rather, their normal arts are also Fusion Arts) their interlink level is raised by using any art.

Appearance
Like the other party members, Riku and Manana's interlink takes a different form depending on which of the two takes the lead; however, unlike the others, this only has visual effects and has no impact on their mechanics. The two are therefore treated as one for gameplay purposes.

The Ouroboros form associated with Riku is similar in shape to that of a Nopon, albeit significantly larger — about half the height of the other party member's Ouroboros forms. It is mainly purple with white and red motifs. Unlike most Kevesi Ouroboros, its core is not within its chest, but atop its head in the same manner as Riku's hair. Riku's Ouroboros holds its weapon in its hand rather than its wing; the wings are membranous and feature motifs of concentric circles, with angular tips.

Manana's Ouroboros form has broadly the same shape as Riku's; its colour scheme is primarily white with black highlights, and it features two glowing green cores within the protusions that mimic Manana's hair. It is armed with a circular shield which spawns ethereal self-guided arrows from its rim. Manana's Ouroboros' wings are mechanical and angular, coloured white, blue and translucent green, and seemingly formed of many individual parts.

Attacks
The two Ouroboros forms' attacks have different names and animations, but are functionally identical, with the same damage, range and frame data. Only three ordinary Arts are available, each bound to a specific button.

Skills

 * Crissy-Crossy - Increases damage dealt to machines by 100%.
 * Lost Spray - Increases evasion against attacks with an area of effect by 50 percentage points.
 * Chosenpon - All damage dealt is of the type that matches the target's lowest defense stat.
 * Speedysight - Upon receiving a critical hit, take no damage and teleport behind the enemy.