Kon

* Anime
* Manga

**Kon** (紺 (こん) , ***Kon***?) is a kitsune who formerly worked under Yoko Inari.

## Appearance

Kon has the appearance of a young girl. She has long, blonde hair, which are tied into pigtails. She has blue eyes and wears fingerless gloves.

She wears a white hoodie with ears that conceal her large fox ears. On the sleeves is a black stripe, and the letters 'FO' are stitched on the hoodie. On the left side of her hood are two hairclips; one pink normal shape, one in the shape of an ice cream cone with blue ice cream and sprinkles. On the back of her hoodie is a print of some sort of animal.

She wears black leggings with pink stripes and white sneakers. In the anime she also wears a pair of grey shorts over her leggings.

Kitsune formKon's ear not concealed
## Personality

While seeming emotionless at first, Kon does her best to please her superior lady, Inari, who she perceives as a mother. She gets extremely mad at those who insult Inari.

She is not very intelligent or emotionally stable. Because she wants to be a "good girl" more than anything else, she will do anything to fulfill that role. If anything happens that she believes will prevent her from fulfilling that role, she becomes disoriented and goes into a blind rage.

In truth, Kon is a deeply abused girl, having spent years under Inari's manipulation and indoctronation has made her emotionally dependant on Inari's praise as a means to prove her worth and becomes visibly distressed with Inari shows no interest whatsoever in her. Thus her outwards display of aggressivity and problematic behaviour are thus rooted in the need to earn Inari's approval. This is also seen as she slowly develops feelings for Kabane and lashed violently when he praised Aya, believing she was stealing her place as Kabane's "number one", feeling at a loss and then left crying, which evidences Kon's severely warped view of relationships based on Inari's exploitation.

Nonetheless, Kon is a good person at heart and felt truly remorseful for having attacked Aya and injuring Kabane in the process. Because of her grooming, she has difficulties in realizing what her feelings truly are, not knowing what the "pain in her chest" meant, and even believing it was a sickness, unaware of the idea of jealousy.

As she warms up to Kabane and gets herself more involved with his group, she slowly turns away from Inari's influence and even begins to feel conflicted about the idea of carrying out her orders. It is later revealed that Kon had her memories changed by Inari in order to make her a subservient tool. Upon awakening to her true memories, Kon feels nothing but profound scorn towards Inari for destroying her loved ones and toying with her.

Kon tends to speak in third person.

## Powers & Abilities

Kon is a kitsune and posses the standard abilities of the species:

* **Superhuman strength:** Kon is strong enough to cut someone's head off.
* **Illusion creation:** Kon can create illusions to confuse her enemies.
	+ **Illusionary Environment:** Kon can create illusions that can change the appearance of the environment surrounding her.
* **Pyrokinesis:** As a kitsune, Kon has the power to create and control flames. She uses flames to attack her enemies.

* **Shapeshifting:** Kon can shift between her human form and her Kemono form. She can partially transform parts of her body into that of her kitsune form.  Her transformation ability seems to be somewhat flawed as she is unable to conceal her fox ears in human form. She can also use it to disguise herself to impersonate or disguise as another person.

## Relationships

### Kabane Kusaka

Kon was sent to hide Kabane's head in a case and sneak away but was apprehended by Shiki and Akira. She was defeated in the battle. She was sent again to capture the life calcalus from Kabane. This failed as she had presented Yoko with a necklace that was under an illusion placed by Inugami. Afterwards, she was ignored by Yoko and went to a nearby park. Kabane stumbles upon her and the both fights. He made a promise to her that he will come back after he drops off food, but was sent on a mission to the Bug Bite Electronics to deal with three mosquito kemonos. Kabane came back to the park after remembering his promise a few days later. She was happy that he came back to her and wanted to share the fish she caught with him.

Kon eventually developed feelings for Kabane, as this was obviously seen when Aya approaches Kabane and asks him to be her boyfriend. Kon increasingly became jealous of Aya and gets upset easily. This jealousy continues when Kabane trains with Princess Iyo Yashima. Kon also came to figure that she wants Kabane to be the most important to her, even exceeding that of trying to be the good girl for Inari.

### Yoko Inari

Kon views Inari as a mother and idolizes her. She wants her attention and approval, and will do anything to get it. Kon even goes as far to betray Kabane (despite not wanting to) all because Nobimaru told her it would make Inari happy. Kon is extremely obedient to the kitsune, but has started to slowly prioritize Kabane over Inari.

### Aya Tademaru

She often competes with Aya for Kabane's attention. Aya helped save her life using her thread to heal her body when the bomb Nobimaru planted had gone off.

### Nobimaru

He killed her after she had failed the task Inari had given her. He actually cared for her and didn't want her under Yoko's control. If she was dead, it would free her from it. This also plays a major role in the deal that Kabane had made, to add Nobimaru to his lists of friends.

## Appearances

**Manga Appearances**
*Chapters in order of appearance*

Introduction Arc

* Chapter 3 - The Kemono Office
* Chapter 4 - Vixen
* Chapter 5 - The Cat from Shinjuku Ni-Chome
* Chapter 7 - He Who Inhabits the Darkness
* Chapter 8 - Black Factory (cover)
* Chapter 10 - Existence

Intermission Arc

* Chapter 15 - Takeshita Street, Harujuku's Obsession
* Chapter 16 - Kabane's Long Day

**Anime Appearances**
*Episodes in order of appearance*

Introduction Arc

* Episode 3 - Foxes

## Etymology

* Kon's given name contains the kanji for "**navy blue**" (紺, *kon*).

## Trivia

* Kon's favorite food is ice cream, fish and fruit.
* Kon's least favorite food is pepper.
* She is not against being on full display.
* She likes udon since she hates wasabi.
* Her preferred type is Kabane.
* She doesn't like her ears being touched or else she will bite one's fingers off. Kabane is the exception.

## References

*Kemono Jihen* Manga: Volume 3.
*Kemono Jihen* Manga: Chapter 4.
*Kemono Jihen* Manga: Volume 5.
*Kemono Jihen* Manga: Volume 6.
*Kemono Jihen* Manga: Volume 10.