Yuu Kanda

Yuu Kanda, also known as Bakanda, is one of the main characters from the D.Gray-man series.
== Charactah Account ==
A cold and aloof swordsman from Japan, Yuu is an extremely efficient Exorcist who prefers to work alone, though he is nominally under General Tiedoll's command. He has a tattoo of a strange rune on his left pectoral that sucks his life force to heal him if he is injured.
Yuu is a cold, stoic, and arrogant person who shows little regard to the lives of those around him, even his fellow Exorcists. He is, more often than not, willing to leave those who slow him down behind, even if it means their death and especially if they are not Exorcists, viewing any field officers (especially Finders) who are not Exorcists expendable pawns who should not be expected to be saved. He is even often seen turning his blade on his own comrades over small things, such as Lavi calling him by his given name, Yuu, or Allen simply trying to talk to him. Despite his words, Yuu is frequently seen saving those around him, and even putting his own life at risk (like he does with Gozu), though he does it grudgingly and openly complains.
Because of their conflicting views about the worth of the lives of others, Yuu and Allen are almost constantly at one another's throats, Yuu ready to blame Allen for anything that goes wrong and Allen often breaking his polite exterior to let his "dark side" out as he incites an argument with Yuu, which frequently leads to physical confrontation. Yuu has openly told Allen he hates people "like him"; people who make promises they can't keep and seem to fight without purpose. He calls Allen "beansprout" (Moyashi, English Dub: "Short Stack"). 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* D.Gray-man
* D.Gray-man Hallow
=== Light Novels ===
* D.Gray-man: Reverse
=== Manga ===
* D.Gray-man
=== Video Games ===
* D.Gray-man: Requirements of a Instrumentalist
* D.Gray-man: The Apostles of God
* Jumputi Heroes
== Trivia ==
* Yuu's hobbies are gardening, training, meditation, camping in the forest, winning at freestyle sparring, and making soba.
* Yuu likes soba, cutting things in half, and fair fights.
* Yuu dislikes crowds, the blue sky, naive people, and CROWs.
* Yuu's favourite foods are soba noodles, tempura, pumpkins, green pepper, and lotus root.
* Yuu's last moments with Alma are essential to him.
* Yuu's favourite saying is "Always keep your word".
* Yuu's manifesto would be:
* Remove all whiny employees and Exorcists at the Order.
* Stop production of all of the Science Division products that cause problems.
* Strengthen the Order's soba menu in the cafeteria.
* According to Lavi, one of Yuu's hobbies is sparring with Bookman.
* Yuu has 2.0 eyesight.
* According to Lavi, one of Yuu's strengths is his powers of concentration.
* Yuu's weakness, according to Allen, is his short temper.
* Yuu's favourite colour is red.
* According to Lavi, Yuu relieves stress by drawing Mugen.
* Something that Yuu does without fail each morning is muscle training.
* Yuu feels most at ease in the training dojo, where he meditates.
* Lavi reveals that he isn't sure about the type of women Yuu likes because he tends to treat men and women the same.
* Yuu usually gets up at 4am and goes to bed at 10pm.
* According to Allen, Yuu prefers alcohol to sweets, pointing out that he doesn't seem to like sweet things at all.
* Yuu usually drinks Japanese green tea.
* Yuu always eats tempura soba before missions.
* Allen believes that the happiest moment for Yuu was being able to reconcile with Alma.
* When he can't sleep, Yuu tends to train—Lavi has seen him doing sit ups during the night and Allen has seen him practice his swing on the grass outside.
* According to Allen, Yuu has no material wishes aside from soba-related things. Similarly, Lavi believes he may not interested in money.
* When it comes to uniform design, Yuu doesn't need any extras.
* Yuu always needs to take a hair tie on missions, because if his hair isn't tied up, he can't seem to concentrate.
* Yuu doesn't mind what kind of hair tie he uses, even if it's a ribbon. He also often uses Lenalee's hair ties.
* According to Marie, Yuu smells like soap.
* Yuu is ambidextrous.
* Hoshino notes that Yuu is the dumbest out of the four, behind Allen, Lavi, and Lenalee.
* Hoshino's comments on Yuu's profile that it's "not easy drawing beautiful people".
* Yuu placed 2nd in the first official popularity poll. 1st in the second and then 2nd again in the third. And in the fourth he became 1st again, beating Allen.
* It is implied that Yuu cannot swim.
* In one of the Discussion Rooms, it is noted that Yuu washes his hair with soap.
* According to D.Gray-Man Reverse, vol. 3, Yuu's first kiss was with Gigi when Kanda was thirteen (physically; chronologically three) and Gigi was drunk.
* Mugen was reforged by Zuu Mei Chang after it was broken into pieces during Yuu's fight with Skinn Bolic.
* When he was born, Yuu had no surname. He was given "Kanda" because he was born in the “Mitoshiro World”: a rice paddy from which rice is offered to the gods... “Kanda” holds the same meaning. Since a last name is required to enter the Order, he was given the name "Yuy Kanda", and because of what happened in his past, he doesn't want to be called "Yuu" by anyone but Alma.
* Yuu used to secretly drink tequila at the order. He once was seen by Lenalee so she wanted to try but she got knocked out.
* According to Reever and Lenalee, Yuu is a dog person.
* According to Katsura Hoshino, Yuu's image-color is navy blue.
* Yuu is the type of person that "says things with his eyes".
* When Yuu needs paper to write on, he'll just rip pages from Lenalee's or Alma's notebooks. Also, he tends to write on his hand, or whatever is closest, be it paper, a wall, or a table. He would use a Tombow oil-based pressurised ballpen, Airpress, which is ideal for Yuu because it's sturdy, and he writes quickly.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Yu Kanda at D.Gray-man Wiki
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