Wakaba Nogi

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==Summary==
Wakaba Nogi is the protagonist and titular character of Nogi Wakaba is a Hero, a prequel to Yuki Yuna is a Hero. She's a serious and strong-willed second-year middle school student, that believes in rewarding favors. She seeks revenge on the Vertex, which destroyed her home and have terrorized humanity since 2015 AD, and is willing to take risks to get it. She is the charismatic leader of the first-ever Hero team created by the Taisha with the mission to defend Shikoku Island, and is wildly popular with the general public, but is also dismayed that her serious exterior sometimes scares people off. She eventually decides to stop being motivated by revenge and instead seeks to protect the present, causing her to become a much better leader.
After the events of 2019 AD/Divine Era Year 1, she's forced to retire as a Hero, and instead becomes the Taisha's propaganda asset in the attempt to reform and restructure society to accommodate for the new state of the world.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: At least , likely higher. with Yoshitsune. At least with Daitengu, likely much higher
Name: Wakaba Nogi
Origin: Nogi Wakaba is a Hero
Gender: Female
Age: 14, 15 at the end of NoWaYu, 87 at time of death
Classification: Hero, Middle school student, Religious spokesperson
Powers and Abilities:
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Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Blessed by Shinju, Expert Swordsmanship, Martial Arts, Acrobatics (Hypermobility, All-Terrain Mobility, Self-Momentum, Surface Running), Telescopic Vision (Like all Heroes, she can see things clearly from kilometers awayNogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 3), Enhanced Awareness, Strenghtened Mind,Washio Sumi is a HeroNogi Wakaba Is A Hero, Volume 1 Purification (Type 2, not combat-applicable), Instinctive Reaction (Dodged a pincer attack she couldn't see, from reflex aloneNogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 9), Social Influencing (Captured the hearts of the entire population of Shikoku through sheer charisma, elegant empassionate speeches and appropriate choice of words), Resistance to cold, ice (The outfits of Heroes are blessed by Shinju, and provide resistance to freezing temperatures. Heroes were unaffected by Anzu Iyojima's YukijoroNogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 13), and Time Stop (Heroes are unaffected by Shinju's Yuki Yuna is a Hero, Episode 1Yuki Yuna is a Hero: The Washio Sumi Chapter, Episode 1Nogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 2)
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Same as before, plus Pseudo-Flight and Gliding and Super Speed with Yoshitsune. Flight, Fire Manipulation and Temperature Manipulation (produced flames with so much heat they evaporated a massive water bubble in a flashNogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 19), Size Manipulation and Energy Manipulation on her sword with Daitengu (She can also extend the reach of her slashes to hundreds of meters). Activating a Trump Card causes the user to become Partially Spiritually Possessed and Partially Corrupted
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Attack Potency: At least City level, likely higher (Can defeat Stardusts with ease and match their evolved forms). Mountain level with Yoshitsune (Can defeat Imperfect Vertex. Should scale to Anzu Iyojima's Yukijoro). At least Mountain level+ with Daitengu, likely much higher (Scales to Yuna Takashima's Shuten Douji. She defeated Incomplete Perfect versions of the Capricorn Vertex, Aquarius Vertex, Aries Vertex and Sagittarius Vertex)
Speed: At least Superhuman movement speed, possibly Subsonic (On the edge of being untraceable by human eyes), Hypersonic+ reactions (Comparable to Yuna Yuki, who can easily react to Vertex missiles, which should be greater in speed than any of humanity's missiles). At least Subsonic+ movement speed with Yoshitsune (Blitzes the other Heroes and moves faster than Heroes can see)
Lifting Strength: At least Class 1, possibly Class 5 (Stronger than any top-level athlete. She can push, grab and throw Stardusts with ease, which are the size of cars)
Striking Strength: At least City level, likely higher. Mountain level with Yoshitsune. At least Mountain level+ with Daitengu, likely much higher
Durability: At least City level, likely higher (Year-0 can be wounded by Stardusts, but not fatallyNogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 6). At least Mountain level with Yoshitsune, at most Mountain level+ (Can survive attacks from Imperfect Vertex, which aren't as strong as Perfect Vertex. Should scale to Anzu Iyojima, who barely survived an attack from an Incomplete Perfect Scorpio Vertex and lost consciousness from it). At least Mountain level+ with Daitengu, likely much higher (Scales to Yuna Takashima. Can just barely match a Perfect Scorpio Vertex)
Stamina: Superhuman. She fought against waves of Stardusts for 6 hours, counting in the thousands,Nogi Wakaba is a Hero, Chapter 6 without the need for food or water; Wakaba was the least tired after the fight despite taking on the most Stardusts. As early as first obtaining her powers, she single-handedly repeled the Stardusts invading her area with relative ease, thanks to her natural-born fighting abilities. She's consistently shown to be equal to Yuna Takashima, sometimes even superior, as she can also fight while severely wounded and mentally drained.
Range: Extended Melee Range, Hundreds of Meters with Ikutachi as Daitengu
Standard Equipment: Ikutachi (her blessed katana)
Intelligence: Gifted. Wakaba is a natural-born leader with innate charisma that, combined with elegance and a solid education, allows her to grab the eyes and attention of many. She became the natural leader of the first-ever Hero team, and served as the main communication medium of the Taisha towards the general public, who became enamored with her. She's also a competent strategist, coming up and putting into effect plans to face off and defeat the waves of Vertex, and can adapt on the fly, analyzing the situation of the battlefield and giving out orders accordingly. Finally, she has received intense and professional tutoring in martial arts and swordsmanship; once, when all five Heroes were fending off thousands of Stardusts, Wakaba single-handedly killed one third of them.
Weaknesses: Overly focused on revenge (initially). Using Trump Cards and summoning spirits inside one's body (Yoshitsune and Daitengu in Wakaba's case) for too long causes physical and supernatural side effects. In the short term, their muscles, bones and internal organs become damaged; in the mid term, their mind and spirit become tainted with impurities and miasma; in the long term, they may develop symptoms such as increased anxiety, paranoia, aggression, loss of self-control, fixation on negative and destructive thoughts, and an unstable mind.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
Yoshitsune: Wakaba's first Trump Card. It amplifies Wakaba's physical characteristics, particularly her agility and speed, to the point of blitzing every other character or Vertex in the verse. As a result of the momentum, her striking power is further increased. She can jump for so long and control her body gravity so well to the point she can glide. Can only be active until the energy granted by Shinju for the Trump Card's activation runs out.
Daitengu: Wakaba's second Trump Card. Her power is amplified even further, her sword can increase in size, and she grows large black wings. She can project her sword swings into some sort of energy blades that can reach hundreds of meters. She can also produce flames and heat of such intensity she evaporated a massive water bubble from the Aquarius Vertex in a flash. Can only be active until the energy granted by Shinju for the Trump Card's activation runs out.
==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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