Achlys Durandal

**"Insignificant being be gone!"**

## Achlys Durandal

* Anime
* Manga (Childhood)

## Character Info

### **Also Known As**

Aunty (By Hitoka Yachi and Tadashi Yamaguchi)
 Older Sister Aeka (By Madoka Yachi)
 Aeka Yachi (亜依霞 *Yachi Aeka*) (By Karasuno High)
 Lady Durandal (By House Durandal's estate workers)
 Grandmother (By Tadashi and Chiyo's children)

## Status

### **School**

Karasuno High (High School years)

* Pre-timeskip
* Post-timeskip

## Background Information

### **Family**

Unnamed parents
 Unnamed younger sister
 Madoka Yachi (younger sister)
 Hitoka Yachi (niece)
 Tadashi Yamaguchi (nephew)
 Takashi Utsui (husband)
 Wakatoshi Ushijima (step-son)
 Ajisai Durandal-Utsui (eldest daughter)
 Akashika Durandal-Utsui (eldest son)
 Akifusa Durandal-Utsui (youngest son)
 Ahiru Durandal-Utsui (middle daughter)
 Aika Durandal-Utsui (middle daughter)
 Tapioca Durandal-Utsui (youngest daughter)
 Chiyo Nakamura (niece-in-law)
 Akaha Yamaguchi (eldest grandniece)
 Akayo Yamaguchi (youngest grandniece)
 Akebono Durandal-Utsui-Nakamura (granddaughter)
 Akeko Durandal-Utsui-Nakamura (great-granddaughter)
 Akie Durandal-Utsui-Nakamura-Thompson (great-great-granddaughter)
 [[]] (distant descendant)
 [[]] (direct descendant)

### **Likes**

Sparring
 Technology
 Traveling overseas
 Fly-Fishing
 Spending time with family
 Boba Tea
 Rock Climbing
 Harsh physical activities

### **Dislikes**

Being stagnant
 Lazy people
 Graphic Design
 Madoka belittling her niece

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**Achlys Durandal** (ドゥランダル アクリス *Durandaru Akurisu*), born **Aeka Yachi** (亜依霞 *Yachi Aeka*) is the aunt of Hitoka Yachi and Tadashi Yamaguchi, making her the grand-aunt of Tadashi and Chiyo's children. Before she moved away from Tokyo, Japan, she was the head teacher at her self-owned martial arts dojo.

## Appearance

Contrary to her Greek name, Achlys resembles a young woman from the United Kingdom, of a fair complexion, a tall stature, and serious features. Her hair is cut short, for ease of movement due to her inclination for the martial arts.

In her childhood, Achlys was a young girl of slightly below average height with deep blue eyes that faded to a lighter blue at the bottom, along with white rectangular pupils, straight black hair with a parted fringe, and twin-tails. Additionally two blue butterfly clips kept her twin-tails in place, being a gift from her late mother.

The difference between her appearance in her childhood and her adulthood, is due to a now illegal surgery, which forcibly alters and genetically alters the facial structure of a person, which removed all of Achlys' Asian features and replaced them with facial features common to the British Isles.

## Personality

Achlys is described as being extremely an serious, stern, and mature person. She often encouraged her self-consiousness niece and was seen helping Tadashi with his schoolwork.

She has a passion for rock-climbing and fly-fishing and passed that onto her niece and nephew, as well as her grandnieces and nephews. She also greatly loves her step-son and enjoys interacting with him to the point where he even openly expressed his love towards her by personally paying for all of the funeral costs of his youngest step-sister, taking the burden off his step-mother.

## Background

Achlys is Hitoka, Miyu, and Tadashi's aunt and an alumnus of Karasuno High. A stern and serious woman, she is a skilled academic, being cited as the reason why Miyu has such a perfectionist attitude towards her schoolwork to the point of enforcing nearly back-breaking standards on herself. Ashamed of her past and delinquent-like actions during High School, she moved from Japan to the United States, informing only her close immediate family of her upcoming facial surgery. The surgery changed her appearance entirely and her Japanese features were wiped away, making her appearance look more like that of a young woman from the United Kingdom. She began College there and graduated, after which she returned to Japan, a new woman. Her parents were so horrified by the results of the procedure that they shunned her completely, while her three younger sisters hesitated before Tadashi's mother eventually cut ties with Achlys in November 10, 1996, the day of Tadashi's birth, with her two other sisters following suit soon after in --- and --- respectively. Achlys taught them how to rock-climb since they were very young and often brought them out in the wild to rock-climb.

## Plot

Before making her appearance after her eldest niece's birth, she appeared in one of Takashi Utsui's memories where he talked about dating a young looking woman, he met while visiting one of his American friends in a California hospital. The two dated for a while and eventually got married before they started a family together, neither one of them renounced their original surnames. Eventually she moved overseas back to Japan and the two call each other often.

Achlys appeared soon after her eldest niece's birth. Miyu had somehow managed to get ahold of some light-weight rock-climbing equipment that Achlys had accidently left in the hospital room of Miyu's mother and Achlys tried to gently pry it from Miyu's hands but the infant Miyu refused to let the equipment go. In the end, Achlys required the help of her two younger sisters in order to make her niece let go.

After visiting her sister and niece in the hospital, she is next shown at the doors to the main airport building in the center of Tokyo. Takashi asks when she is returning to California, to which Achlys replies that she is leaving Japan now. He teases Achlys by saying that their children are wanting her to buy them Japanese candies despite knowing that she is returning to California almost immediately. Achlys counters this by asking him where he got the idea that she was going to do this, and stating that their children "requested" (more like demanded) that she take them to California's Disney World.

#### Final Arc

Achlys is shown to have been residing in Irvine, California, after she made the decision to settle down with her husband for good. Several pictures of her are shown in the couple's house, on the mantle of their fireplace, and a more recent picture of Wakatoshi standing in the middle, with his stepmother and her family standing around him, all of them smiling happily. She is the assistant coach for the Irvine Polar Bears, leading the team alongside her husband. Like her husband, she also authored several books about volleyball physical training through the years.

In 2014, Achlys and Takashi were surprised to hear of Wakatoshi coming overseas to visit them in California, only finding out that he is coming when he calls them over the phone. Elated by the news, Achlys calls her stepson to tell him that she will drive him home from the airport, to which he is adamant that it is not necessary for Achlys to do so, to which she insists on doing so. He finally gives up and allows his stepmother to drive him home, during which she asks him what he wants to eat that night for dinner. During dinner that night, Achlys mentions an upcoming festival and states that his stepsiblings want to play volleyball with him, while he is still visiting California which gains a laugh from Takashi.

## Relationships

### Takashi Utsui

Achlys has a good and easy-going relationship with her husband. While they were still dating during his visits to the hospital to see her, there was no signs of fighting among them and they openly expressed their love for each other every single day. After marrying each other, their relationship began to get even stronger and they appear to be able to finish each other's sentences completely. They have a shared sense of love towards their children and enjoy taking them to do harsh physical activities with them including: rock-climbing, white-water rafting, kayaking, hiking, mountain bike-riding, mountain-side volleyball, beach volleyball, among other associated activities. However, their most favorite activity together is zip-lining as they can view gorgeous landscapes together as a family.

## Trivia

* For her current appearance, I used Chae Hae-In from "Solo Leveling" and Aoi Kanzaki from "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba" for her childhood appearance.

## Quotes

* "*My stepson is simply the greatest. A sweet and gentle person. Perfect manners. Nary a bad trait in sight that I can see at least. The trait one could theoretically consider bad is his obliviousness I suppose.*" (To Takashi Utsui)
* "*I'm so elated! My stepson is coming to visit me, you, and his stepsiblings in California! Woohoo!! By the way Takashi, any preferences for dinner? I can run out to K-Mart to get sashimi if you want.*" (To herself and Takashi Utsui)