Kano Shadow

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## About

Kano Shadow is a powerful Jinn, who is a main character in the Satu Warrior series and appears in all the spin offs. He is one of only two Jinn that have no human DNA (the other being his older sister Hisano). He is half Llagnes and half shape-shifter, one of the original inhabitants of Satu.

As a child, Kano became familiar with tragedy early as his mother left Satu, returning to Heaven with the other Llagnes, and his father was murdered. Kano and his sister Hisano were raised by an elderly family friend, Haru Grey, who went on to become a master of the Seraphs Guild. They had troubled childhoods, with both rebelling and turning to the Principalities when they were rejected by civilization for being Jinn. Kano had joined the Guardians Guild, the Guild started by his mother Chiyo, as his father wanted. However, at the time, the guilds were not friendly towards Jinn. Shortly after, Kano ran away and joined the Principalities to follow his best friend, Ren Gunman, who was the direct descendant of Yukio Gunman, leader of the Principalities.

While in the Principalities, Kano was responsible for torturing captives and enforcing rules. His brute strength made him perfect for the job an he didn't mind the gore--for a while. It became too much for him eventually, and he ran away after breaking down. Due to his genetics, Kano cannot process alcohol, which he learned after he goes on a bender and ends up wrecking his motorcycle and running a van off the road, killing the inhabitants. The family in the vehicle just happened to be the current leader of the Guardians Guild. After he realized what he had done, Kano retreated deep into Satu with his sister, hiding out from the Principalities and swearing away from them and all the guilds.

A few years later, Kano is brought back into the fray by Matsu Cedars and a group of warriors from the Guardians Guild who go to him to get information about the Principalities. Matsu and Kano have a history from Kano's time in the Guild, and their relationship takes a new turn when Matsu gets Kano out of prison to make him his personal body guard.

For years, Kano serves at Matsu's side, moving in with him and never straying more than a few feet away. They become exceptionally close, with many actually assuming they are a couple (although both men are heterosexual). This continues until Kano moves in with Michie Sark, and Matsu marries Kamin Chacamo, the daughter of a former Guardians Guild Master (the one Kano accidently killed).

Due to marriage laws in Satu, Kano and Michie are never able to legally marry, but they consider themselves married and live together. Much to their dismay, Michie gets pregnant and eventually dies because of the pregnancy. Kano is left to raise their Jinn son alone.

## Appearance

Kano is a tall, muscular man that stands halfway between six and seven feet tall. He has no human blood at all, yet appears humanoid from his mix of Llagnes and white tiger shape-shifter blood. He is one of the original Jinn, and is exceptionally powerful because of his genetics. His animal traits include a striped black and white tail, and black stripes on his shoulders and chest from his tiger genetics.

By his own statement, he would gladly walk around nude if clothes weren't required. When he does wear clothes, he typically wears trench coats, bondage-style pants or shorts, or vests. Almost all of his clothes are black, and have chains or similar gothic designs on them. He also wears a Principality pendant around his neck that he was unable to remove after joining the group as a teenager.

## Sexuality

Kano is heterosexual. In the series, the only person he is seen in a relationship with is his girlfriend/wife Michie Sark. His sexual history is convoluted, as revealed in the Satu Warrior series. Kano was molested and assaulted by his older sister Hisano, who was an extremely sexual individual and would experiment with him when they were growing up together. Over the years, this led to Kano having an unhealthy relationship with sex and led to him becoming impotent due to emotional trauma. His difficulties go away once he falls in love with Michie and learns what healthy relationships are like.

Not only is he heterosexual, but he is also monogamous throughout his life. Once he partners with Michie, he has no interest in others until his death, even after her death. He claims this behavior is due to his Jinn genetics, but his sister with the same genetics lives as a female escort. They both clearly have the ability to have sexual relationships with others, but are only ever seen having romantic relationships with one person their entire lives.

## Gallery

Kano in a costumeKano as he appears in Satu Warriors vol 1Kano interacting with Keiji and Ryu