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Yachiru is child-like in most respects, as she is small, cheerful, energetic, and carefree most of the time. She is often seen latched onto the back of her captain, Kenpachi Zaraki, just over his left shoulder, and is somewhat territorial about this position. She is surprisingly intimidating at times, especially when annoyed. Like Kenpachi, she has no sense of direction, even though he relies on her for directions. Yachiru resents being criticized in any way and will often attack the perpetrator. For example, she headbutts Orihime Inoue and bites 3rd Seat Ikkaku Madarame's bald head.
Further reflecting her child-like nature, Yachiru likes to give people nicknames; she has given a total of ten people formal nicknames, and often gives random people placeholder names (calling Orihime "big boobies" or Ikkaku "pachinko head," for instance). She consistently calls Makizō Aramaki, an unseated officer in the 11th Division, "Maki-maki" (meaning rolled-rolled), though she often forgets it only to remember it again later. She calls her captain "Ken-chan" (translated as "Kenny" wink and starts calling Ichigo "Ichi-san" (translated as "Ichi" wink because, according to her, his battle with Kenpachi is the first time that Kenpachi has been truly happy in a long time. She also calls Byakuya "Bya-chan" or "Byakushi." She shows no special respect for her superiors, calling Sajin Komamura "Koma-Koma" and trying to draw on his head with a permanent marker.
Despite her child-like appearance, Yachiru is apparently quite strong, since she is the current lieutenant of the combat division within Soul Society. She is strong enough to lift Kenpachi and leap between buildings while carrying him. Yachiru is also incredibly fast despite her size, running from the ground-level area of Seireitei to the mountain that holds the execution grounds in a fairly short period of time. She is also capable of emitting a large amount of spiritual power when angry, which forms into a large, pink, angry cat face.
Various omake chapters and character profiles also show that Yachiru has a love for candy, specifically confetti candy. Byakuya Kuchiki takes advantage of this weakness on several occasions, such as using it to get her out of his house when she tried to interview him for the Shinigami Women's Association. He once abruptly stuffed a nikuman into her mouth to silence her during a lieutenant's meeting (he is sitting in for Renji,[2] who is in the human world at the time), having seemingly bought it beforehand just for that purpose.
 vailendeathmage · Mon Aug 20, 2007 @ 02:47am · 0 Comments |
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