Yuko Kaneko [WIP]

Name:  Yuko Kaneko
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Appearance Age: SHE'S WITTLE
True Age: 341
Gender: Female
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Personality: Yuko is a child.  While she may be much older than she looks, and technically classified as an adult, she’s not someone people see and say, “She sure is mature for her age.”  No, Yuko loves to run around and use up all the energy her little body has.  She crawls into tight spaces in order to get places faster, or just to annoy or scare adults around her, and she’ll giggle uncontrollably all the while.  She loves candy, and might even throw a little temper tantrum when she doesn’t get what she wants.  On the same note, promise to give her candy and she’ll do all kinds of tasks in order to get it (unless it is impossible or something she’d never do, in which case she’d take the candy and run).

On the same note she isn’t always hyper and when she isn’t she is much less annoying.  She might hum to herself, or when a catchy jingle comes on the TV sing along to it, and then be thrilled if you join in and sing with her.  She ISN’T a tiny devil.  She isn’t simply an annoying child.  You can have a conversation with her, albeit the kind you usually have with a child.  If she likes you, she’ll likely be affectionate.  The smallest of things still manage to amaze her, like the wonder hasn’t left the world.  She’s scared of the dark, and liable to cling to another person for protection when it gets dark.  If you’re someone whom she actually likes and trusts, she might actually listen to you when you say be good.  She might not as well, it varies based on her mood.  To be close to Yuko patience is required, not optional.

At the same time, however, there is a depth to her that not many realize.  The only people who could truly understand this would have to be those who have worked closely with her, and even then there is still a lot of mystery.  Despite being a Shinigami, she has a strange complex when it comes to death.  Despite working in an environment where she has to kill hollow and sometimes other beings, whenever death does come up, if she starts thinking about a certain something, something clicks in her head and part of her just sorta shuts down.  She gets really quiet, finds herself at a loss for words, and might run off to be on her own.  She CAN handle it, she’s learned from her time in the Gotei, but if she’s not in the middle of a life or death situation for her or the people around her, she doesn’t have the motivation handle it.  This usually only applies to her allies dying, people she knows.  It’s something that is triggered, because only when a certain thought enters her mind does the mention of, or being in the presence of, death cause problems.  She actually does not know how the Soul Cycle works, and where people go when they die.  If she was taught it in the past, she doesn’t remember, she blocked it out.  Now if people start to talk about it, she generally runs off on her own.



Character Background: Yuko was born in 1674, but there is no way she'd remember that.


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Shikai Appearance:  Upon entering Shikai, Yuko's Zanpakutō morphs into a large paint brush.  It has the durability of any other Zanpakutō, and the bristles of the brush maintaining that durability.  As they are flexible, it is incredibly hard to cut them, since they bend and move like a paint brush would.
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Yuko’s Zanpakutō is based on the concept of sound to accompany action.  To be more exact, it is based on the artistic representation of sound.  When one reads Manga or a comic book, many “sounds” are brightly illustrated as words, in order to help show the impact of the action.  Lighter actions either ignored or having small words for sound effects, while incredibly impactful actions might take up an entire panel.  This is the basis of Yuko’s Zanpakutō.  Yuko’s Zanpakutō becomes a giant paint brush, and it is using this that she activates her Zanpakutō’s power.

Shikai effects (Rough Draft Version)

Gata (がた):  Falling - A tendril of energy comes out of the word and attempts to wrap around a target’s leg and force them to fall over.

Sasan (ささん):  Slicing - A sharp blade-like wave of energy comes out of the word and attempts to slice at a target.

Pan (ぱん): Punching - A large dark fist of energy comes out of the word and attempts to deal concussive damage to a target.

Dadada (だだだ): Running - Imbues Yuko with a burst of speed.
Suu-u (すぅうーっ): Slow Motion - If successful, slows down a nearby opponent.

Ariari (ありあり): Mind's Eye - Grant's Yuko improved vision and sensing, allowing her to see through medium leveled vision and sensing impairment.

Gabin (がびん): Shock - Creates (some) really frightening yet realistic image (such as a monster) for a few seconds with an intent to startle.

Gogogo (ごごご): -Rumble Rumble Rumble- - Yuko creates a sense of “something isn’t right” by magically causing some object to be subtly out of place, or just putting something in a place it doesn’t belong.

Tsuru Tsuru (つるつる): Slippery - The word sends out a wave of energy that makes the ground at a location slippery, and incredibly difficult to safely stand on.

Gashunk (Gashunk Ga-Shunk): Gashunk - Creates a shark with the sole intent to launch it into a door.



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