Manolo Luis Sánchez

Being the first and only child of Carlos and Carmen Sanchez, 22 year old Manolo has majorily lived his life under the deafening weight of his father's expectations. His mother, Carmen, passed away when Manolo was an infant, fighting to keep him safe during the mexican revolution and falling to bandidos. Manolo's hair is now tied back into a small ponytail in the back which curls at the end, but he has kept the same "Sànchez curl" ever since he was a little boy. Manolo is 5'6 and broad shouldered-- he might not like bullfighting, but the practice forced upon him since a young age has given him a stature capable enough to defend himself and his loved ones. Manolo wears a black Traje de luces decorated with hearts in various places, winged hearts and corazón del santos, skulls with crossbones and gold jacket with a pink necktie and taleguilla (close-fitting tights which extend from the waist to underneath the knee, secured with tasseled cords or decorated gaiters). Manolo wears black shoes. He also appears to have pink/red swords. The sleeves of his jacket have curls protruding from the elbows. Manolo is a kind, sensitive, brave & nonviolent young man who has a passion for music and a love for playing music with his guitar. Manolo dreams of being a guitarist and a musician rather then be a bullfighter like almost all of the Sánchez family bullfighters, while he does have the gift and talent for bullfighting, Manolo truly thinks and believes killing the bull in bullfighting is wrong. He is a sweet and compassionate young man who truly loves and cares for his family, his best friends and his hometown of San Ángel very dearly. Of course, he also has his moments of insecurity, for he is not in agreement with the tradition of his family, and such only makes him feel as if he cannot rebel because he fears disappointing his father Carlos Sánchez, and partly his own town. He lives with his father Carlos and great-grandmother Anita. He is also very musical at heart, passionate, bold, voracious, pacifistic, selfless, pure, romantic, familial, loving, courageous and humble. He loves to play the guitar and has dreamt of becoming a musician ever since he was a boy and uses music to express how he is feeling or relieve stress, but his father has always pushed him to become a bullfighter like everyone else in the Sanchez family and ignore his talents for music, leaving Manolo feeling like he doesn't belong anywhere. Compared to Joaquín Mondragon while battling for María's heart, Manolo is the more humbled and deals with awkwardness and low self-esteem, shown during his song "Creep" where he sings that he is a "creep", a "weirdo" and that "he doesn't belong". However, his greatest fear was ultimately being himself, which the spirits force him to overcome. Instead of delivering the final blow to the anger-fueled bull, he apologizes to the beast using music, accepting himself as not just a Sanchez man but as his own person. He was the first Sanchez in the family line to believe that killing the bull was wrong.