Acrobatic Silky

**Acrobatic Silky** (アクロバティックさらさら, *Akurobatikku Sarasara*?) was a yokai that had been stalking Aira Shiratori since she was a little girl.

In *Dandadan*, she served as the primary antagonist during the Acrobatic Silky Arc.

## Appearance

### Yokai

Acrobatic Silky took on the form of a tall woman with long silky black hair. She had a narrow face with hollowed eyes, wrinkles on the upper half of her face, and a permanent lipstick smile that exposes her teeth. She walked around barefooted while wearing a red wide brimmed hat and a red dress (which resembles the one she brought for her daughter) with the collar forming her long neck. Initially, Acrobatic Silky's face looked the way it did when she was alive until the day she had met Aira.

### Human

When she was alive, Acrobatic Silky was a woman with long black hair that usually covered the right side of her face and had a mole on the corner of her left eye.

## Personality

Due to her tragic past of having her child taken from her, Acrobatic Silky was a yokai who had a desperate need to find a child to love and call her "mother". Her main attraction was Aira Shiratori after becoming delusional in thinking that she was her mother during the time she was alive and was obsessed with having her all to herself. Acrobatic Silky's intentions also leaned towards her maternal instincts to protect the one she loves, as she was willing to sacrifice her own aura in order to revive Aira and ripped out her jaw to assure Momo that she would not try to eat her. She also took great pride in her acrobatic skills.

## Background

When she was alive, Acrobatic Silky was a woman who was in debt and had to work two jobs, including serving as a prostitute, while taking care of her only daughter who she loved dearly. After deciding to use some of the money she earned to buy her daughter a dress, the men she owed money to came to her home to collect what she had, beat her up bloody, and kidnap her child. The mother raced across the streets to find and save her daughter but ended up losing all hope after committing suicide by dancing off a building.

After becoming a yokai named Acrobatic Silky, the woman had lost her memories of the time she was alive and felt that she had lost something very important. While on the streets, a little girl named Aira Shiratori comes up to her after mistaking her for her deceased mother and walks away with her father after realizing she was wrong. Acrobatic Silky then comes to believe that she was Aira's mother in her previous life and spent ten years stalking her until she was able to see her again and call her "mother".

## Synopsis

### Acrobatic Silky Arc

Upon realizing that Aira could see her again, Acrobatic Silky quickly took the opportunity to snatch her and force her to call her "mother". While holding on to her, Momo and Okarun interfere to save Aira from Acrobatic Silky's grasp. However, Acrobatic Silky swallows Okarun and kicks Momo away to talk to Aira. After Aira calls her a monster, Acrobatic Silky becomes heartbroken, swallows Aira, and blames Momo for Aira's misbehavior. She then attacks her but tells Momo that she willing to forgive her if she were to call her "mother", only for the girl to reject her request. After swallowing Momo, Acrobatic Silky is demanded by the Turbo-Granny to release the children from her stomach and becomes surprised to find her hair caught in her mouth on fire after Momo lit the rosary lighter Aira had, forcing Acrobatic Silky to vomit out the three children. Acrobatic Silky chases Okarun carrying an unconscious Aira but ends up having her movements restricted after having her hair tangled up inside the building, which was according to Momo's plan. Okarun then defeats Acrobatic Silky after charging at her with enough force to send her crashing.

After hearing that Aira was dead as a result of swallowing her, Acrobatic Silky requests to Momo to use her powers to help transfer her aura into Aira in order to revive her and proves that she will not try to harm her by ripping out her jaw. Momo chooses to believe Acrobatic Silky and transfers the yokai's aura into Aira. After the revival becomes a success, Acrobatic Silky's body starts to crumble away and regains the memories she had of her daughter, which makes her have feelings of regret for not taking better care of her. Before she completely crumbled away into nothing, Aira embraces her to soothe her soul and have her pass away peacefully, wishing that she and her child live in a happier place.

## Abilities and Powers

### Physical Abilities

**Extraordinary Agility**: As her name implies, Acrobatic Silky was a yokai who was known for her incredible acrobatics, which was a skill she had already possessed when she was alive. Her great speed, agility, and reflexes made her capable enough to avoid an attack from Okarun while using the speed of the Turbo-Granny, which has him move at a speed of 100 km/hr, and could even keep up with him in a chase through the many obstacles in a building.

**Enhanced Strength**: Acrobatic Silky possessed incredible leg strength, as she can easily send a human flying with a single kick and could release herself from Momo's psychic restraint.

**Enhanced Durability**: Acrobatic Silky was shown to be durable enough to get back on her feet after taking damage from Okarun's full charge attack.

### Spiritual Powers

In conjunction with her acrobatics, Acrobatic Silky could control her silky hair to help her navigate through difficult terrain or have it wrap around her targets in order to bind them and slam them around. Since its hair, Acrobatic Silky could not use her power properly if it were to catch on fire, as she could not untangle the things she was clinging on to after her hair became curled from the fire Momo started.