“ | The winner will be you, Mr.Shadow, and it will be I. |
” |
— Yukime, to Shadow, Light Novel Volume 03 |
Yukime (ユキメ, Yukime?), also known as the Spirit Fox (
Appearance[]
As a Fox Therianthrope, Yukime possesses the natural traits of her people, which are her long fox ears and nine tails. Yukime was recognized as a bewitching beauty, with a beautiful face with long snow-white hair, blue eyes, and a curvaceous figure. Yukime covered her horrendous scars behind her back by hiding it inside her kimono. After the end of the Trade Conflict, Shadow healed her properly and removed the scars.
She is dressed in her illustrious kimono colored snow-white as well, with fur on the shoulders, has gold accents on the cuffs, and blue lines accompanying them. The kimono is held together by her Obi, a sash around the belly, where she also keeps her two iron war fans for self-defense.
She has a Japanese style ornamentation: ribbon knots in her hair, bracelets in her hands, rings on her fingers, a pair of Geta sandals, a blue necklace accessory worn at her waist, and Japanese rings near the tips of her nine fox tails. These rings seem similar to Buddhist prayer beads, denoting some measure of spiritual or magical meaning.
Personality[]
“ | Verily, I wish for us to get close, Mr. Shadow. |
” |
— Yukime, to Shadow, Light Novel Volume 03 |
Yukime is an aloof Therianthrope who uses vulgar language, but she is a very strong and determined woman who has risen to her current position as the leader of the White Tower through her intelligence and unwavering resolve.
As the ruler of the White Tower, Yukime is known for her firm and decisive leadership, but she is not known for murdering those who oppose her. Instead, she handles challenges and threats with shrewdness and wit, employing her intelligence to maintain her position. She's also a shrewd businesswoman who runs a legitimate company outside the Lawless City.
In her past, Yukime faced hardships, including a period where she was involved in difficult circumstances as a former sex worker. However, she has since transformed her life and now cares deeply for the people in her employ, particularly the ladies under her protection in the pleasure district. She is known for being a supportive and protective leader, always grateful for those who have helped her and her subordinates. When she encounters Shadow for the first time, Yukime expresses gratitude for his help in saving her ladies from danger. This gesture shows her appreciation for those who support her and demonstrates her caring nature.
The motivation for Yukime's change from a kind and loving girl to her current state can be attributed to a traumatic event in her past involving the Cult of Diablos. This event caused her to adopt a more guarded and cautious demeanor, making her wary of others' intentions. However, she is not solely driven by revenge but instead seeks to protect others from similar experiences.
Although Yukime is a formidable and calculating individual, she is not ruthlessly manipulative. She may be willing to strategize and use her wit to achieve her goals, but she still retains a sense of compassion and empathy, especially towards those she respects.
Being a former prostitute, Yukime also has a seductive personality as she would often use her beautiful appearance and teasing personality to entice men to lower their guard, particularly towards Shadow who most likely attempts to persuade him to join her.
Despite this though, Yukime still has feelings for Gettan and after Shadow comes to save her, she returns to her old self.
Powers & Abilities[]
Being the ruler of the White Tower in the Lawless City, Yukime is considerably very powerful, arguably on-par with high-ranking Shadow Garden members. As a Spirit Fox, the number of tails that she has increases with her strength, and she possesses nine, further showcasing her skills. Still, she is far inferior to Shadow and Elisabeth, the latter of whom she could barely keep up with.[CITATION NEEDED]
Magic[]
Thanks to the training, as well as practicing magic, Yukime managed to awaken the half-forgotten magical techniques and abilities of her clan, before being completely lost to oblivion by the Cult of Diabolos, when her clan and family perished, which allowed Yukime to return once again as the monarch of the Lawless City.
Yukime's magic specializes in elements related to fire and wind, allowing her to perform powerful explosive attacks in just a few moments. Yukime's magic is reflected in the number of tails she has, as her magic grows, the more the number of tails she has increases, until she reaches the 9 tails of Zorro, where she is at her best moment of spiritual power and magical, as a member of his clan. which made her power earn her the title of a monarch of the Lawless City.[CITATION NEEDED]
Intelligence[]
As the president of Snow Fox Corporation, Yukime has considerable power. Yukime demonstrated to have a strong intelligence and cunning, to be able to direct all her servants and employees, like every leader and president that she is, since at the same time, she also runs a company, outside the Lawless City and inside it. this. Yukime has shown to be very calculating and observant when it comes to doing business, but she herself has shown that she is still a long way from being considered someone of the highest caliber among bosses and businessmen. Since when she raised her plans and methods with John Smith, she was overwhelmed with fear by the test (according to what she believed), that John was doing to see how strong her volplane was to see if her enemies could get information from her. , in the unlikely event that she managed to elude her enchanting beauty, and they only had to deal with her personality itself, and natural beauty.[CITATION NEEDED]
Weapons and Equipment[]
Yukime fights with a pair of metal-ribbed fans, as she is mastering a dance-like fighting style, resembling the traditional ritual dance: Kagura.
Trivia[]
- The name Yukime has the word ユキ in her name which means "snow" in Japanese.
- The name Yukime often refers to the name of a snow maiden, known as the Yuki-onna. Yuki-onna is a Yokai in Japanese mythology who handles the snow-covered by an obi.
- Both the design and the character of Yukime reflect kitsunes from Japanese mythology.
- In the web novel and early in the light novel, Yukime was presented as an ancient woman through archaic language and character comments. Juggernaut taunts her by saying, "You goin' senile in your old age, Grandma?" and "The old hag must be forgetting things due to age. Sucks to be you."[1][2] However, her later light novel backstory with Cid Kagenou's appearance contradicts this fact. Cid rescued her at 14, meaning she cannot be older than her early 20s.[3]
- Yukime is one of the few people who has openly rejected the Cult of Diablos power offerings.[CITATION NEEDED]
- Yukime speaks Japanese in a Kansai dialect. When using honorifics, she uses –han instead of –san.