Yuu Koutari

Yuu Koutari is one of the main characters from the Black★Rock Shooter series.
== Charactah Account ==
Yuu is shown to be a cheerful and supportive friend, especially to Mato Kuroi, whom she has been close friends with ever since kindergarten. She teases her from time to time, especially poking fun about her friendship with "her tiny bird" at the beginning of the anime. Yuu is fond of skipping classes in favor of drinking coffee at Saya Irino's consultation room. She secretly also knows of the Hollow World and its inhabitants very well, and sympathized with how much the other selves suffered on behalf of their human counterparts, though also understanding how necessary it was all the same. However, this personality was actually that of Strength's, who had switched places with Yuu prior to the events of the anime.
The real Yuu was a stoic and silent person who was constantly hurt by bullying at school and a neglectful family at home, though she never let on how much pain she was really in, not even to her only friend, Saya. The real Yuu had also known of the Hollow World, its inhabitants, and her own other self, Strength. Though her silent endurance made her seem strong, Yuu admitted she herself was not strong, but she believed she could bear the pain she went through in her life at school and at home knowing that her other self was fighting and taking that pain for her.
In the Hollow World, once it was revealed the real Yuu took the place of Strength and vice-versa, Yuu unleashed how truly angry and upset she was at everything she had suffered through in the real world, retorting at Strength trying to reach out to Mato within Black★Rock Shooter for words she viewed as hypocritical. However, Yuu also deeply feared going back to the real world and not having Strength to take the pain on her behalf because she didn't believe that she would find support in anyone else.
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Black★Rock Shooter (OVA)
* Black★Rock Shooter (TV)
=== Manga ===
* Black Rock Shooter-Chan
== Trivia ==
* Yuu's hairclip in the past was gray, whereas it is orange in the present time, just as Strength's eye color was formerly gray before turning orange.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yuu Koutari at Black Rock Shooter Wiki
Category:Characters
Category:Females
Category:Black★Rock Shooter