Character

Yuzuriha

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Yuzuriha, also known as Yuzuriha of the Keishu , is a kunoichi and one of the few criminals recruited to acquire the Elixir of Life for the shogun from the dangerous island known as Kotaku in exchange for a pardon. Upon taking the mission, Yamada Asaemon Senta was chosen as her assigned monitor. Shortly after, Yuzuriha becomes a part of a united front formed from the remaining surviving criminals and executioners to defeat Lord Tensen, work together in capturing the elixir, and have everyone escape the island. Yuzuriha is a young woman with dark locks of hair tied together in a bun with a hair pin. After her battle with Ran, it was revealed that Yuzuriha has multiple scars all over her body that she received from her past and hid them using a layer of mucus to act as her skin. Initially, she wore the standard attire for a kunoichi, which was a dark, kimono-style blouse with no sleeves, a white obi wrapped around her waist, and dark pants that had openings around her thighs with two ropes attached from behind. Her blouse was noticeably kept slightly opened, showing off most of her cleavage. She had arm straps holding kunai on both her arms and wore a bandage on her right wrist and a bracer on her left. She also carried around bamboo bottles of potions on her waist to perform her ninjutsu, along with a wakizashi. After entering Hōrai and trying on different outfits, Yuzuriha changed into a green cheongsam with yellow flower patterns and an opening in the chest area. She later changes into a new cheongsam after her previous one was ruined by Ran. Yuzuriha is friendly and cheerful around others with a typical teenage girl personality. She is shown to be carefree and prefers to do things at her own pace. During one night, while everyone in her group was contributing to a certain workload, Yuzuriha sarcastically remarked that she was managing workflow while laying on a hammock. Because of her reputation as a criminal, Yuzuriha has no problems when it comes to killing or who she has to sacrifice to achieve a goal. Underneath her friendly attitude, Yuzuriha's true nature is that of a complete narcissist, only focusing on her own well-being and shows little concern for others. This attitude stemmed from her past vow to her little sister to live only for the both of them. During Gabimaru's fight against Rokurōta, she watched from the sidelines and refused to aid or go search for him after he left for Hōrai. Another example was when she dodged one of Mu Dan's projectiles knowing that it would hit Senta behind her, despite the fact the latter protected her from the Kyoshi. As explained by Senta, Yuzuriha remains true to herself while having the freedom to lie to others and can see when people are lying to themselves. Yuzuriha held her life in very high regards to the point were she expressed her frustration when Mu Dan tried to kill her with a devastating attack. She can also be easily persuaded and is willing to help others if there is any benefit. Though selfish, Yuzuriha can show compassion to others. As Senta was dying, she consoled him and had him die in peace by making him forget about his duties as an Asaemon and gave him the last bit of freedom he had to think about what he wanted to imagine as his last memory. Upon her life threatening battle with Ran, Yuzuriha's selfish attitude changed. Instead of abandoning him, Yuzuriha chose to grab and retreat with a badly injured Gabimaru despite her past warning to him that she was only looking after herself. She was also willing fight alongside him despite her grievous injuries. With her remaining Tao left, Yuzuriha ultimately was willing to risk her life to fulfill her task in killing Ran. As a kunoichi, Yuzuriha uses her charms to get what she wants. She managed to set up Makiya to be bait for the insects on the island so she can do research and successfully seduced Genji into protecting her. She also attempted to seduce Gabimaru into teaming up with her. When her seduction methods failed against Gabimaru, she tried to act vulnerable and innocent, only for that method to fail as well. Other than this, Yuzuriha also follows shinobi principles, such as knowing the difference between a person's suffering. She is shown to be a terrible liar after trying to make up her backstory.