Asuka Metals

Asuka Metals is a teenage punk who developed the mutant metalbending ability after a bizarre accident. One of the most notable up-and-coming heroes of Earth, she is trained by a veteran metalbender named Sakeena Kamel.
Asuka was designed to continue the legacy of new metalbenders into Fantendoverse τ, giving a new face and fighting style to a well-worn skillset while establishing the "superhero" society of Earth.
==Appearance==
Asuka is a Japanese-American teenager, about sixteen years old. She favors well-worn clothing in shades of gray and black. She is rarely seen without a simple, mostly-unadorned scooter made entirely out of aluminum (including, oddly enough, the wheels).
==Personality==
Asuka is a rebellious risk-seeker who's at her most comfortable when she's in danger. This is something best exemplified by her two hobbies - freestyle scootering, and fighting villains as a superhero. Of course, she isn't only motivated by her hunt for thrills (Asuka cares deeply for the safety of others, and doesn't really trust the government to keep them safe, preferring to take matters into her own hands), but it is a key motivator in most of her actions, to such an extent that it essentially becomes her fatal flaw. When nothing is going on, she tends to get restless and fidgety, reshaping small objects in her hands using metalbending without noticing. She's blunt and pragmatic when things are at their most serious, but will usually approach combat with a confident and mocking tone.
While most her age would feel alienated and inhuman if they randomly manifested superpowers, Asuka believes individuality is something to be proud of, and rarely hides her talents. This belief, along with her staunch hatred of oppression in all its forms, is also the root of her highly vocal support of LGBTQ+ rights.
==Abilities==
Asuka is a "metalbender" - that is, she is capable of telekinetically manipulating and reshaping any metals close to her body as easily as if it were liquid.
Compared to other metalbenders, who deal more in creating orbs that can be shot outwards, Asuka's specialty is in forming metals into long, thin streams that can be used was whips or scything blades. Her most notable use of this style is with her scooter, which she reshapes one end of while swinging it around her body like a set of nunchuks to unleash wide-reaching melee attacks. Though she heavily favors fighting with her scooter, she also keeps other sources of metal on her person to fight with in case she's separated from it.
==Trivia==
* Asuka's usage of a scooter to fight is partially inspired by the first chapter of the webcomic Paranatural.
Category:Females
Category:Humans
Category:Mutants
Category:Metalbenders
Category:American Characters