Yō Kasukabe

Yō Kasukabe (You Kasukabe) (pronounced "you", "ka-sue-ka-bay") is one of the main female protagonists in the anime, manga, and light novel series Problem Children Are Coming From Another World, Aren't They?, also known as Mondaiji-tachi, or by shortened English title. As one of the "Problem Children" summoned by Black Rabbit into the world of Little Garden, she soon meets Master Jin Russel, who both need her, Izayoi Sakamaki, and Asuka Kudō to help reclaim their honor and glory from Demon Lords. They are the No Name community, which the main characters are happily a part of.
She was voiced by Megumi Nakajima in the Japanese version, and by Brittney Karbowski in the English version.
==Appearance==
Yō is a petite young 14 year old teenage girl, with short brown hair with a hair clip and brown eyes. She wears a long sleeveless white cardigan with light blue outlines along the edges, and a white blouse that is also sleeveless (a tank top). The cardigan goes half way below her knees, which are covered by long black stockings. Her white blouse overlaps her orange shorts. Yō also wears long brown boots. 
Around her neck lies a necklace, which goes under her blouse so the contents of the necklace is hidden. When revealed, she tells her companions that it is a wooden carving. The round wooden carving contains a Gift, or magical ability, given to Yō by her father. The Gift is called Genome Tree, which allows her to mimic the abilities of animals she befriends such as the strength of an elephant. The carving can also transform to various objects. There are also blue bracelets on her wrists. 
==Personality==
Yō is very introverted to the point that she seemed emotionless on her debut, at least towards humans anyways. She tended to prefer the company of animals which she got along unnaturally well with. Before her arrival in Little Garden, she had yet to gain any human friend. As a result, she cherishes her friendships with the other two Problem Children Izayoi and Asuka, as well as her many allies in Little Garden she would never naturally be able to get. She is still quiet and soft spoken, but talks just as often as what would narrowly suffice as "normal". 
Despite her general introversion, she is anything but cowardly, and shows determination to do whatever is necessary for herself and her comrades. For example, she rode the back of the legendary Griffin. Towards animals (including the Griffin), she is very friendly and gets along with well because she has the ability to talk to them. She is also a risk taker, as shown when she stalled a werebeast and fought it by herself with a sword, despite not being as skilled as Izayoi. In the end, she was gravely wounded, but she didn't regret anything. Yō is quite laconic in all situations, but friendly nonetheless, now that she knows what it's like to have friends. 
==Abilities==
===Supernatural===
As a Problem Child, Yō posesses unnatural abilities making her peculiar to everyone else on Earth. At Little Garden, she learns more about her Gift, which can be used in many ways. Her gift, Genome Tree, grants many advantages. 
*Animal Telepathy: Yō is able to understand and talk to animals.
*Animal Mimicry: Animal mimicry refers to her ability to mimic the special abilities certain animals possess. However, this is ONLY limited to animals she's befriended. She's befriended many animals thanks to not only her animal telepathy, but her empathy and natural penchant for enjoying the company of animals.
**Enhanced Speed: Taking the trait of a cheetah, she is able to run very fast. Her speed is actually even greater than that of a cheetah, because humans have more stamina than cheetahs.
**Enhanced Strength: The strength of an elephant is what she represents.
**Echolocation: She can imitate the echolocation used by bats. This is helpful for locating objects hidden from view, especially useful in her fight against Perseus's invisible knights, as one was truly invisible and undetectable by scent and required echolocation to find.
**Air Walking: The Gryphon Yō befriended flew by spreading its wings and walking on air, taking flight. Yō showcased this ability to protect herself from a fall.
**Flight: Now taking the knowledge and ability of Gry the Gryphon, she is able to fly.
**Air Blast: In the OVA it is shown she can perform an air blast. It is unknown to what extent she can perform this ability. She likely got it from the Gryphon.
**Enhanced Smell: Yō has increased olfactory senses, which is how she can sense people's presence even if they are hiding or are invisible. This is also how she found the invitation Black Rabbit hid from the trio.
**Enhanced Vision: Her vision has much better clarity than normal eyesight. She can also see in the dark.
===Natural Abilities===
Martial Arts: Yō has on many occassions, shown how strong she is at handling fight situations. She pinned down Galdo Gasper in his incomplete tiger form, and defended herself against thugs and knights. 
Keen Intellect: Yō is a fast learner, and employ Izayoi's methods as her own sometimes. 
==Story==
===Introduction===
In the very beginning, three teenagers simultaneously received letters through various means. Yō is enjoying the company of birds whilst sitting on a stone veranda. Subtlely but suddenly, a calico cat comes holding a letter in its mouth. Yō opens it as the birds fly away, and upon reading the letter, gets magically transported to another world. That's where she meets Izayoi Sakamaki and Asuka Kudō. Yō remains quiet and stoic through Izayoi and Asuka's bitter interaction, and silently notices somebody hiding in the bushes. Izayoi noticed it too, and announced that he knew they someone was hiding in the bushes. Black Rabbit was disappointed that both of them were able to sense her. Yō tells Izayoi that she smelled her rather than sense her, to which he casually replied "Oh, you're pretty interesting." 
Black Rabbit explains why they're here: they are "Problem Children", born with supernatural abilities called Gifts. They are now in the world of Little Garden, where she promises fun and games. Black Rabbit conjures a tabletop card game as a demonstration for games in the fun world of Little Garden. Izayoi makes the first move, flips all the cards over by slamming the table and grabbing his card, so Asuka and Yō take winning cards. They won. Black Rabbit was dismayed at the dirty trick they pulled on her, and took them to see a person named Master Jin. On their way there, they let Izayoi run off, because she and Asuka both didn't like him. 
When they met Jin Russel, an eleven year old boy, Black Rabbit notices Izayoi's gone missing and transforms into her pink haired form, and hops off to get him. Meanwhile, Yō, Asuka, and Jin go to a different region to hang out. There they meet Gasper Galdo, who invites the two girls to join his community, rather than the No Name community they joined. The No Names literally have no name, as all of their strength had been sapped away by the Demon Lords despite once being a prosperous community, the equivelant of a nation in Little Garden. 
===No Names===
Asuka uses her Authority Gift to compel Galdo to explain how his community got so powerful. They find him to be a cheater, kidnapper, and murderer, and Asuka calls him scum. Jin gasps, and Yō silently agrees. Following their denial of Galdo's request to join his community, Asuka and Yō start to become friends, and Yō makes her first friend in Little Garden. Black Rabbit arrives with Izayoi, disappointed that they challenged Gasper to a Gift Game. Black Rabbit discovered just how strong Izayoi is, and says they'll have no problem beating him thanks to Izayoi, but Izayoi refuses, saying he has no need to get in other people's business. The two girls agreed. 
Having no choice but to oblige, she took them to see Shiroyasha, a Floormaster and former Demon Lord, also one of the strongest in Little Garden. An enthusiastic small girl with white hair and yellow eyes runs, tackles Black Rabbit, and cuddles Black Rabbit's chest area, and Black Rabbit throws her off, to which Izayoi responded callously with a kick. Then, the tone switches back to serious and Shiroyasha gets them appraised. She gives them Gift Cards, which read the holder and display the name of their gift. Peculiarly, Izayoi's said "Code: Unknown", but Yō's was normal. Originally wanting to challenge her, they backed down when she changed the area to a snowy night. They let Shiroyasha test them instead.
Yō met a Gryphon named Gry, which she volunteered to ride on. The Gryphon was surprised to hear her talk to him, and despite warning her, Yō chose to ride on it's back. She said that if she fell off her back during the ride, it could eat her. The Gryphon accepted, and took her on a supersonic ride around a mountain. Her determination to become friends with Gry held her firm to the Gryphon through the intense ride that an ordinary human would never survive. The Gryphon was happy to see her make it to the end, but then she fell off his back. However, she demonstrated her new power: to take the abilities of creature's she befriended, in this case, the ability to surf on the air. She stepped on air matter steps back down to her friends, and revealed her Genome Tree carving that is the source of her gift, given to her by her father. 
The next day, Izayoi, Asuka, Yō, and Jin went to fight Galdo Gasper. At the jungle that magically formed upon entering, Yō sensed Galdo's location, and went to fight him. However, Galdo was in the form of a tiger, and was untamable since it was a werebeast rather than an animal. She grabbed the designated sword in the area, fought him, and escaped gravely wounded. Black Bunny escorted her to safety. Meanwhile, Asuka managed to defeat Galdo.
The next day, Izayoi encountered Leticia Draculea, who was spying on them and was a former ally to the No Names. They then embarked on a quest to steal her back from the corrupt official who owns her: Perseus of the Perseus community. They arranged a Gift Game where they were to defeat his community of Knights of Perseus and Algol the Gorgon. Yō's enhanced senses allowed her to fare well against the invisible knights, however, she struggled against a knight wearing the original Helmet of Hades, which was making the knights invisible. She focused and utilized Echolocation to find the invisible attacker, and told Izayoi when to punch him. Izayoi then went to challenge Perseus one on one. Perseus was dumbfounded by the fact a mere No Namer beat Algol the Gorgon, and ended up being a pushover for Izayoi. He easily beat him. Black Rabbit was flabbergasted by his ability to break a beam of petrification. 
===Salamandra===
Yō had found a letter Black Rabbit hid from them: an invitation to a festival being celebrated in Northen Little Garden. Furious at this hidden knowledge, they sent a letter to Black Rabbit saying if they weren't caught in 1 day, they'd leave the community forever. Even more furious, Black Rabbit entered her pink haired transformation and hopped off. Even though Shiroyasha teleported them, Black Rabbit caught up to them, and Yō was the first to be caught. Black Rabbit then caught Asuka hiding in the crowd with Izayoi, and chased Izayoi around Salamandra. Izayoi challenged her to a Gift Game: whoever touches the other first gets to ask of any request which the loser much obey. She accepts, and in the wake of their ruckus, Izayoi smashes a building to prevent Black Bunny from intercepting him while falling. 
Authorities took them into custody, where they were relieved of any criminal charges due to Shiroyasha paying for the damage. This is where she meets Sandora, the leader of Salamandra, who is only 11, the same age as Jin. She then asks to participate in the Duel of Creators, where people with creation type Gifts fight each other. Making it to the finals, she fights Ayesha and Jack, of the Will-O-Wisp community. Jack is an immortal Jack-O-Lantern, and in the crowd, Izayoi predicts that Yō won't be able to beat an immortal foe like Jack. In the Gift Game, the two sides must race each other to get out of a maze. Yō surrenders, realizing she can't defeat Jack, who is pretty much a flying pumpkin head shooting fireballs, making Izayoi's logical prediction come true. Soon after, black scrolls rain from the sky, and the Grimm Grimoire's attack begins. Notably, Shiroyasha told of a prophecy that they would attack on that day, and to Izayoi's prediction, it came true (again). 
Shiroyasha became trapped in a black barrier, and while providing an explanation on why she's trapped, Yō succumbed to the sound of a flute due to her acute sense of hearing. Before she could be attacked while vulnerable, Black Rabbit the Judge Master halted the game using her mock divinity. As Judge Master, she had the right to declare that a trial must be held to determine if there was any misconduct. It had been decided that there wasn't, and that the game would resume in one week. The game must resume shortly, because the Demon Lord and leader of the Grimm Grimoire, Black Percher, spread her pathogens all over the city. Yō became infected, and was unable to participate in the game that took place in the next week. 
Bedridden by the infamous black death, Izayoi talks to her. They have a friendly conversation, where Yō comments that it is rare to see Izayoi sulk, and laughs. While at first distrustful towards Izayoi, they've now become close friends. Through their conversation, Izayoi solved the riddle inscribed on the Geas Scrolls that fell from the sky. Yō wished for him the best of luck. 
Yō was unable to spectate the Gift Game, which spanned the entire town of Salamandra. She needn't worry, as Izayoi knew exactly what to do. He beat Weser, the Pied Piper of Hamelin, Asuka beat Ratten with her new mech, Dean, which she was given by a fairy she befriended, and Black Rabbit and Sandora, struggled to land one hit on Pest, AKA Black Percher. Black Rabbit deduced she must be a deity. When Izayoi, Asuka and Dean arrived, Pest unleashed her cursed wind that kills anyone who breathes it in. Asuka uses Dean to blow away the wind to save civilians, while Izayoi distracts Pest while Black Rabbit transports them all to the moon. Together, they unleash a synchronized attack that defeats the godlike Black Percher, and they win. Now that Yō's pathogen is gone, they are later seen tending farmland. 
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