Genista

Genista (ジェニスタ) is a FRANXX from Thirteenth Plantation piloted by Kokoro and Futoshi.

Appearance
Genista is a mainly black and green mecha robot with light pinkish purple eyes. Its head resembles a hat, and a pair of gold strands resembling hair come out of it. Genista's front body resembles a long dress, and it has cubic shoulder pads with hands that appear to wear black and green mittens. Genista's feet resemble boots, and its weapon is a cannon that is slightly larger than itself. The cannon is mainly black, green, and orange, and it has a magma-energy bayonet used to shatter Klaxosaur cores.

History
Genista is first seen in the second episode, where Kokoro and Futoshi synchronize and activate it during the startup ritual. After successfully connecting, Futoshi asks Kokoro if he did it right. Kokoro reassures him that he did great. Zorome tells them to stop acting lovey-dovey, and then the two pilot the mecha for the first time.

Genista is once again connected and activated in Episode 03, when it, Delphinium, and Argentea go in a Klaxosaur battle mission. They all arrive in Level 8 to battle a small Klaxosaur. However, the magma-energy of Genista and the other two robots attract many other Klaxosaurs. After fighting all of them at once proves to be dangerous for them, Genista, Delphinium, and Argentea try to escape but Kokoro (as Genista) realizes that there are a lot more Klaxosaurs in the whole area. The three of them keep battling the Klaxosaurs until Strelizia arrives to rescue them.

In Episode 04, Genista, alongside the other FRANXX robots, face off against a worm-type Klaxosaur. With the help of Strelizia, the worm-type Klaxosaur's core is shattered and thus is defeated.

Trivia

 * Along with Chlorophytum, Genista is the only other FRANXX who does not vaguely resemble the plant that gives its namesake, the actual Genista flower species is a vibrant yellow flowering shrub, while Genista's color scheme is a variety of dark grey with hints of neon green. However, the Genista flower species is known for seed pods that burst open furiously when triggered by insects, which may have been the inspiration for Genista's cannon.