Taunade

“
I want to have a really exciting fight.
”
—Taunade, Chapter 142

**Taunade** (たうなで, *Taunade*) is a soul residing in Yomi. The name Taunade was given to her by Kamuado who recruited her as a member of her Yomi True Phoenices.

## Appearance

Taunade resembles Kanaka Kagami as a child, possesing curly black hair and light skin.

As a member of the Yomi True Phoenices, she wears an outfit standard to their members which includes a black veil. She seems to wear this veil at all times even when naked.

Behind Taunade's veil
## Personality

Taunade does not respond to Kamuado when asked for her name, seemingly having no memory and only telling her she desires an exciting fight. While usually emotionless, when faced with an opponent who can properly challenge her, she shows great joy in battle.

She appears to have a fondness for skinship and shows no problems being naked in front of others.

## History

Upon arriving in Yomi, Taunde battled Chigaeshi no Ookami, successfully cutting his hand off and scarring his body. Before Chigaeshi could stomp on her, she was rescued by Kamuado and the two escaped. Kamuado asked the girl for her name but she did not respond. She warned her that those with weak sense of self within Yomi are the first vanish and to return to the One Who is All. Still unresponsive, Kamuado decided to name her Taunade and then asked her if she has any strong desires. Taunade told her she wished to have an exciting fight.

## Plot

### Divine Resurrection Arc

As the Yomi guards give a speech to the newly deceased arrivals, Kamuado and her group interrupt them. Kamuado gives her own speech before incapacitating the guard and having her people kidnap the spirits. Kamuado spots Kazuya Kagami rescuing the victims and engages in battle with him. As more Yomi soldiers arrive, Ayosari grows frustrated that Kamuado is too busy fighting to care. Taunade tells her that if she captures Mimane with curse wrap bindings, Kazuya will follow them instead. Ayosari does just that and sounds a retreat, forcing Kazuya to give them chase. Kazuya destroys Mimane's bindings allowing her to release Kyouka, Shinobu and Sosogu and fend off their attackers. Before Kazuya can retrieve them, Kamaudo snatches Mimane away. Kamuado arranges a bet for them to defeat Taunade in exchange for Mimane's release if they win, otherwise becoming her servants if they lose.

Taunade battles alone bare-handedly, with Kazuya being unable to detect and abnormalities in her spiritual power. Kazuya and Shirane Shirahabane both charge at her but she negates their attack with her spirit fog, confusing her two opponents. The two continue their attacks until Kazuya is able to ascertain the nature of Taunade's ability. Kazuya attemps to blow the spirit fog away for Shirane to land a strike but Taunade effortlessly negates Shirane's attacks. Kamuado tells Taunade to stop holding back since it is disrespectful. Taunade sighs and incapacitates Shirane with a single strike. She apologizes and blames Kamuado for interrupting them. As other soldiers bind Shirane, Kazuya readies himself to face Taunade before fighting. Taunade continues her battle with Kazuya incapacitating him with a single srike that pierces his defenses. As she turns to leave, Kazuya gets back up, using Ascension to continue their battle. Kazuya manages to land a powerful hit on Taunade, reinvigorating her and prompting her to battle more aggressively. Kazuya manages to land another powerful hit on Taunade knocking her down. Taunade immediately recovers and incapacitates Kazuya and his allies, winning the battle.

Kazuya and his allies are brought the base of the Yomi True Phoenices, the Jawfire Fortress. While Kazuya is unconcious, Taunade enages in some skinship with him while the two are naked. Kazuya wakes up extremely surprised, confused and flustered. She asks Kazuya for his name, getting a familiar feeling upon hearing it. Kazuya asks for Taunade's name, failing to recognize the naked girl as the same one he fought. Kazuya asks what happened to his partner but Taunade tells him to pleasure her first. Taunde brings Kazuya to where his tsukumogami are being held. Having falsely rememberd winning the battle, Taunade explains that she won. Kamuado and Ayosari come to greet and bring them a change of clothes and give them a tour of their base. After negotiating, Kamaudo makes a deal with Kazuya and his group to let them free in exchange for a favor.

Believing it would be fun, Taunade secretly follows Kazuya and his group on their journey. When Kazuya's party of tsukumogami get possessed by Hollowspine Demons, Taunade rescues Kazuya just before he can get absorbed himself. Kazuya punches himself to make sure she is not an illusion and asks for Taunade's help. Taunade declines due to lack of interest, leaving Kazuya continue his battle alone.

## Abilities

**Master Combatant**: Taunade shows immense skill, power, adaptibility and anylitical skills. Unnarmed, Taunade has been shown capable of cutting off Chigaeshi no Ookami's arm and defeating Kazuya Kagami while he was using both Ascension and Core Excitation. During battle, Taunade is shown to be able to quickly understand and read her opponenents' moves and respond accordingly.

**Spirit Energy Mastery**: Taunade has demonstrated a mastery of her own spiritual energy, being able to manipulate in various ways.

* **Internal Spiritual Power Manipulation** (内部霊力操作(ないぶれいりよくそうさ),, *Naibu Reiryoku Sōsa*): Taunade is shown to be capable of manipulating her inner spiritual energy with ease.
	+ **Spirit Bound Fist** (霊帯拳(れいたいけん),, *Reitaiken*): Taunde concentrates her spiritual powers into her fists. This can be used to deflect oncoming attacks.
	+ **Spirit Bound Feet** (霊帯足(れいたいそく),, *Reitaisoku*): Taunde concentrates her spiritual powers into her feet.
* **Fog Dance** (霧舞い(きりま　),, *Kirimai*): Taunade cloaks herself in a fog of highly concentrated spiritual power, invisble to the naked eye. This allows her to passively negate oncoming attacks with little effort. It is possible to disperse the fog with other technqiues.
	+ **Firm Shield** (確盾(かたたて),, *Katatate*): By deploying an even more concentrated layer of spiritual fog in a specific area, Taunade can create an invisible barrier capable of deflecting powerful attacks that her standard Fog Dance could not.
		- **Triple Firm Shield Deploy** (確盾 三重展開(かたたて さんしゆうてんかい),, *Katatate Sanshyū tenkai*): Taunde creates three layers of her Firm Shield for greater defense.
* **Sky Wedge** (空楔(そらくさび),, *Sora kusabi*): Taunade creates spiritual footholds mid-air. These can be used to hold her position mid air and be kick off of allowing her to maneauver herself mid-air. Like with her Fog Dance, they can be destroyed with other spirit energy dispersing abilities.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Tsugumomo Manga: Chapter 143
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 Tsugumomo Manga: Chapter 142
3. ↑ Tsugumomo Manga: Chapter 140
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Tsugumomo Manga: Chapter 141
5. ↑ Tsugumomo Manga: Chapter 145