Deneko

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Deneko (Deh-NECK-oh) is the electric Vani assigned to Earth. He is the one who influenced Katrina, his tether. Deneko’s brand is his whole tail, excluding the tip of it. 
==Background==
==Roles==
===Cognition Factory===
As construction on Big Brother completes, Deneko leads his and Katrina's attack on Los Angeles as the giant mech's pilot. As he is occupied with that, he can only watch with horror as Katrina slips off and gets decapitated. He exits Big Brother, leaving the robot to rampage on its own, and tries to revive her, keeping himself from being ejected only by trapping Katrina's soul inside her body.
===Post-Cognition Factory===
Deneko and Katrina are retrieved by Null and sent to Zone-B. There, Deneko lives in a highly-monitored cell where he is free to continue working on reviving Katrina unless states otherwise. His efforts so far have been partially successful; he was able to get Katrina to move and has programmed an AI that acts like her, but she malfunctioned and had to be restrained. 
== Abilities ==
Deneko's elemental quirk is plugs and outlets, which he mainly uses to build machinery. While the full extent of his engineering prowess is unknown, they exceed that of human technology, able to create machines that can take control of living creatures, and trap a soul inside a body. His biggest creation, Big Brother, created an attack that became just as infamous as Morzogo's. He is also able to stop monsterization, as he had done so with Katrina, though the methods he used are unknown. 
While physically weaker and smaller than the other Vani, Deneko's strength is not to underestimated. He is at least stronger than a bull, able to carry steal beams with little effort.
==Personality==
Deneko is a prideful Vani with a strong ego. He's highly confident in himself and doesn't let the opinions of others affect him, instead channeling his energy into proving his capabilities. However, Katrina's death and his unsuccessful revival efforts have hurt his confidence considerably.
Having an affinity for fringe science, Deneko is known to conduct research in unconventional ways. He's willing to test out just about anything to see if his hypothesis is true. He cares not about the ethics of his experiments, only the results.
==Relationships==
* Katrina Giyatiene: Deneko's tether. He's grown to genuinely care about Katrina, considering her his best friend. Her death hurt his him greatly, and although he can still exist on Earth despite her being dead, he works tirelessly to revive her.
*Eeshiolli: A longtime bully of Deneko. He frequently has to put up with abuse she hurls at him, much to his displeasure.
* Zahalkro: The two bond over a mutual love for robots.
==Development ==
Deneko's design is largely inspired by cats. His name is a combination of "denki" ("Electricity" in Japanese) and "neko" ("Cat" in Japanese). The “De” in his name can be seen as a stylization of “da” or “the”. Thus, his name literally means “The Electric Cat”.
Deneko was originally supposed to be inspired by monitor lizards, but this was not added to his design. His design has since remained relatively unchanged until late 2021, where he was given a more athletic, humanoid body to make him look more like an adult. He was also given a light grey underbelly, some short bangs, and a black muzzle.
==Trivia ==
*He is often called Denny and Denden by Katrina. Fans will often use the nickname Denny.
*Deneko is the smallest Vani assigned to Earth, being only 3 feet tall.
*Although his design wasn't inspired by them, many fans call Deneko a rat due to his small size and somewhat resembling a rodent.
**His dedicated channel on the Discord was called "#deneko-rat-lab".
*Deneko has been voiced by Monstrosity for a few videos.
*His brand represents his guilt over past mistakes.
==Gallery==
File:Deneko Reference.png|Outdated reference sheet. Being redesigned.
File:Deneko Build.jpg|Deneko's new anatomy.
File:Deneko Glyph.png|A Monster Hunter-inspired Deneko glyph.
File:Deneko in the denbot.jpg|Deneko piloting Big Brother.
File:Fringe Science.jpg
File:Pre Brandshock Deneko.png|Pre-Brandshock Deneko.
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