Shigure Kousaka

**Shigure Kousaka** is the weapons master of **Ryōzanpaku**, as well as the youngest master of Ryōzanpaku and only female master.

## Appearance

Shigure is a fair-skinned young woman of with black hair and unique zigzag-shaped eyebrows. As a child, Shigure had short messy hair and her appearance had a tomboyish appearance that even the immensely perceptive Akisame mistook her for a boy.

As an adult, Shigure is an average height and beautiful young woman with a slender frame yet remarkably curvaceous figure, which was most likely noticeable in her breast size and butt. She has long waist-length raven hair usually tied back in a high ponytail, peach skin, and light purple eyes. She wears a purple choker around her neck that contains numerous small pins.

She normally dresses in a small pink kimono that allows her bottom to easily slip out, and long purple stockings; underneath she wears Sarashi over her chest and a Fundoshi thong that is swallowed up deeply in-between the depths of her butt.

When fighting seriously she dons chain mail and wears a black strap under her chest to keep the chain mail in place. Her most eye-catching feature is her eyebrows which resemble lightning bolts. She is almost always seen carrying her father's last and finest ever sword, a tsuba-less Nodachi strapped to her back in which a makeshift grip of bandages wrapped around the hilt.

## Personality

Shigure believes that weaponry should be seen as more than just a tool, that it should be seen as an extension of the body: simply relying on the strength of the weapon alone will not make you a Master of It. Likely due to her emphasis on the Katsujinken, most opponents she faces end up losing without significant injury or by simply having their clothes torn (which she often does to Miu and Freya's Valkyries). She seems to be aimed at women probably due to the fact that more times than not, women will stop fighting and try to cover themselves up.

At first, she has the appearance of a loner, often avoiding communication with the other members of Ryōzanpaku (except sometimes Apachai). At the same time, due to her unique childhood experience with Akisame, she has developed a strong respect and loyalty to him, she is sometimes like a surrogate father, as she will follow his request without question. She will often violently retaliate against Kensei's perverted antics just like Miu.

Although she was expressionless, she was still surprised to see that Yukito was able to fight Apachai for a while even though she had just learned martial arts. She could easily see that he was a person who specialized in using weapons to fight and for some reason she was attracted to him despite meeting him for the first time.

* Shigure: "You fight with weapons ..."
* Yukito: "Yes, I am trying to learn unarmed combat but I am more used to fighting with weapons"
* Shigure: "Will you join ... the dojo?"
* Yukito: "Yes, my greatest wish is to learn martial arts"
* Shigure: "What do you... Want to learn?"
* Yukito: "I found a martial art that interested me and I want to improve it, I also want to see that I can learn from Ryozanpaku, I am open to learning anything"
* Shigure: "I'll teach you"
* Yukito: "Thank you very much, I will be under her care Shigure sensei"

She even showed her excitement to be Yukito's teacher and even gave him a small smile when she heard his answer.

She often goes to Yukito's house to spend time with him since he's the only one who doesn't live in the dojo, sometimes they watch movies, eat, chat and shower together (mostly because she insists on following Yukito).

Over time, her feelings for Yukito grew, especially after hearing his words at a party in Ryōzanpaku.

* "Hahahaha she's cute but I prefer Shigure! How come she doesn't have hundreds of suitors? Only an idiot doesn't recognize a good woman when she's right under his nose! " - "have a relationship with her? If necessary I would marry her! ... But it is not possible ... " - "It's more difficult ... I have to keep a promise ... I need to form a harem and Shigure deserves someone who appreciates her sincerely ..."

After that day, her emotions were quite mixed because the teachings of Akisame (whom she considers her father) left her at a loss for what to do. But then everything changed when she dreamed a dream in which she found herself losing Yukito. For the first time in her life Shigure felt fear, she was afraid she would lose the person she loved.

It was that dream that helped Shigure realize her true feelings and even, she was willing to accept the fact that Yukito would have a harem on the condition that he didn't forget her. The fear from the thought of losing Yukito also gradually makes her feelings more haunting and turns her into a Yandere, she is even willing to kill people if it is for Yukito's sake.