Bubu

**Bubu (不不)** is a major side character in the story. She is a spy in the Jiangshi Hierarchy.

## Bubu (不不)

### Location

The Japanese Jiangshi Hierarchy headquarters in Japan

### Relationships

Zai (close friend), Hakko (coworker), Bahu (subordinate), Zhongyong, Qianzhao (bosses), Bubi (sister)

## General

Bubu is a mess of a jiangshi. She is currently a spy in the Jiangshi Hierarchy. She used to work alongside Zai, but after her friend's death, she abandoned their plans and stayed in the Hierarchy. She was made because I was bored. Her name, Bù Bù, literally means "no no" in Chinese.

She is missing her left arm, but aside from that, she is perfectly flexible.

She is a Resident Manager in the Hierarchy. She works in the building, keeping track of lists of the members of the Hierarchy. She almost constantly has to update the lists.

## Personality

Bubu is always doing everything except for what she's supposed to be doing. 'Everything' in this case means staring off at nothing and letting her thoughts race. She usually just doesn't have the energy nor the motivation to actually do anything productive. When it comes to leadership, she always just sits and listens to whoever is telling her what to do.

She lets life's necessities build up on her and doesn't do anything about it. She simply pushes them back and ignores them- or at least, she thinks she's ignoring them. Deep down she knows doing that is building up pressure. It's all just that she doesn't have the motivation to deal with all of it, so she puts them aside for "later".

The first thing noticable about Bubu's personality is that she's always under huge amounts of stress. Oftentimes she can snap at little things that annoy her, or is easily upset, which are effects of that stress. Normally, however, she can be friendly and uses light sarcasm for humor. She doesn't mind poking fun at people she knows, but instantly becomes meek around strangers. It's not very good for the workplace, but she manages. She usually needs someone she knows to be around in order for her to properly work around groups of strangers.

Of course, with everything going on in her head, the stress and all that, she can't focus on anything. No matter how small the task, she ends up either staring off at something and letting her mind go wild, staring blankly at what she's meant to be doing, or falling asleep at her desk. Even things she doesn't like are a sufficient distraction for her.

## Appearance

Bubu wears an outfit with the uniform colors of the Hierarchy. It is loosely based off of a standard jiangshi outfit. She has a bluish-gray capped hat, with a silver-colored metal plate reading "经理" or "manager" on the right side. A strip of golden-yellow comes from the front and runs along the top to the back. On the peak of the hat, a bright yellow talisman is stuck. She has very short brown hair, styled almost like a mullet. Her eyes are a warmer brown than her hair, and she has heavy eyebags.

Her top is a base blue-gray, the seam and end of sleeves being red. She wears a cover on it, around her neck, which is red and lined with golden-yellow. Her top below tapers off into another extra cover. They are held by a gold-yellow band around her waist. Her right arm's sleeve is thick and oversized, while her left arm's is cut off and tied into bandages that conceal where the arm was taken off.

Her pants are a darker bluish-gray lined with golden-yellow at the ends. Her shoes are the same color as her pants.

## Character

### Story

There is no development of when Bubu was a human. At the beginning, she is already a Manager in the Jiangshi Hierarchy with Zai, who at the time, was called Kouritsu. They were both spies, as well as best friends. They knew how dangerous being a spy within this Hierarchy could be, but they waved the risk off in favor of doing the right thing. Eventually, however, Zai was found out. Bubu was not, though at first, she was unaware. A meeting was called to talk with the higher-ups, and Bubu attended. She didn't know what it was about. When she realized that Zai was the topic, and Qianzhao hinted that they would be killing her to set an example, Bubu went into a dissociative state. Guilt, panic, and just numbness were overwhelming her. While she was present for all the events afterwards, including the actual murder, where she lost her arm, she has heavily repressed the memories related to it. Her coping otherwise was nonexistent, aside from distracting herself whenever she could.

For the longest time, Bubu didn't know that her friend had actually come back as a half-spirit. She continued with life as a Manager as normal, keeping her emotions to herself almost completely. She pretended like nothing happened, half because she had to, half because she couldn't help it. The two had a reunion and Bubi, Bubu's sister and Zai's former caretaker, was also present. On the other hand, however, her memories started to uncover themselves, though she was able to repress them once more. It wasn't fully sucessful, as she now has night terrors and is terrified of sleeping because of them.

### Struggles

Bubu's biggest issues are her crippling dissociation and insomnia. Her incredibly frequent dissociative episodes never let her get anything done, and she loses hours at a time to them. Her insomnia, while usually not an issue for jiangshi, is so bad that it becomes a problem in her case. Jiangshi usually do not need much rest, so they are resilient in that sense, but they're no spirits, who lack the need for any sleep.