7th Character (wow it's been a while)
Fuuma and the Frog is as eternal as my contact information. And just when I thought I’d manage to stay at six characters.
Character's name: Yuzuriha Nekoi Character's age: 14 Character's gender: Female Series the character is from: X Point in canon they're being taken from: Volume 15
Brief background: Yuzuriha is one of the dragons of heaven, one of the seven seals. The youngest of the seals, Yuzuriha is from the Mitsumine Shrine, who are masters of the Inugami, which are dog-spirits. Yuzuriha’s family name, Nekoi, literally means “relies on cats” and is used as a way to conceal the shrine’s true spiritual keepers. Yuzuriha arrives at Hinoto’s after Kamui is ready to be a bitch yet again; she’s stuck upstairs and sends Inuki, her shapeshifting inugami, to let them know she’s there (and successfully breaks up the pending battle between Kamui and anyone he deems a threat, i.e. anything that breathes.)
Throughout most of her life, Yuzuriha was teased for always talking about Inuki being near her. Because only certain people can see Inuki, him being a spirit, most children she went to school with thought that he was only an imaginary friend. Because of this, Yuzuriha was often very unhappy, but soon learned that, no matter what, Inuki would always be there for her. Yuzuriha made a vow that she would never date or fall in love with anyone who couldn’t see Inuki.
When she comes to Tokyo for the first time, she meets the first person outside her family who can see Inuki. Coincidentally, that person is Kusanagi Shiyuu, who is a dragon of earth, and therefore her “enemy”, though Yuzuriha doesn’t know of Kusanagi’s role in the end of the world. They meet occasionally and it doesn’t take long for Yuzuriha to fall in love with him (and later on confess to him, but this is after the point I’m picking her up at so I’ll leave it at that.)
Yuzuriha joins Kamui and the dragons of heaven, striving to protect humanity and the world she loves. Facing off against one of the dragons of earth, Satsuki, Yuzuriha fails to answer a critical question—“why is it wrong to kill humans”—and due to her hesitance and Inuki’s effort to protect her, Satsuki’s computer (“Beast”) ends up killing Inuki. Yuzuriha is naturally distraught and disappears (Kusanagi saved her and took her to his SDF headquarters to heal). Without Inuki, she feels empty and lonely, but Inuki worked hard to save her life and she’s promised herself that she will live and enjoy the life that Inuki sacrificed himself to save.