Kotton

* Human
* Yokai

**Kotton** (コットン, *Kotton*?) is a ittan-momen Ayashimon and the leader of the Todoroki Alliance. He was formerly an executive member of the Enma Syndicate, while his gang served as a subsidiary to the yakuza group, but resigned after Kio's death. After coming to learn that Urara is Kio's daughter, Kotton swore his loyalty towards her and had his gang affiliate with the Urara Family in their goal to take down the Enma Syndicate.

## Appearance

### Human

As a human, Kotton has the appearance of a young man of average height with a slim build, and short dark hair. Like the rest of the Todoroki Alliance, he wears a leather jacket, which is opened to reveal his chest, dark pants, and boots. He also wears a dark headband around his forehead.

Years ago, when the Todoroki Alliance was known as the Todoroki Gang, Kotton wore his hair into a pompadour and retained the same outfit he currently wears but had his jacket zipped and wore an undershirt. After ten years had passed since the Enma Syndicate was formed, Kotton had his hair neatly combined and wore a collared shirt. During the times he served as an executive for the Enma Syndicate, Kotton's hair became the way it currently is and wore the syndicate's standard dress code, which was dark suit with a light shirt, but did not wear a tie and kept his collar unbuttoned.

#### Gallery

Kotton's appearance from when he first met Kio.Kotton after the ten year founding of the Enma Syndicate.Kotton when he was an executive of the Enma Syndicate.
### Yokai

As a yokai, Kotton's body is entirely made out of a long strip of dark cloth, which is shaped to be that of his human body. His head is concealed by a dark clothed motorcycle helmet and has a noticeable motorcycle engine exhaust protruding from his left chest, which acts as his heart.

## Personality

Kotton is serious, violent and extremely short-tempered, as Oboro pointed out that he has a bad habit with allowing his anger to get the best of him, which would lead to his second-in-command to try and reason with him. To make Urara, as well as her comrades, move out of his gang's way, Kotton threatened to run her over with his bike. When communicating, Kotton often speaks in a language that makes it hard for non-bikers to understand him.

Kotton greatly respects Kio and continues to carry on his loyalty towards him after his passing by willingly helping anyone connected to his bloodline if they seek him out. Despite defecting from the Enma Syndicate, Kotton doesn't take it lightly when he hears others disrespect the gang since it was founded by Kio.

## History

Around the time the marine tower was built in Yokohama, Kotton took charge of a group of delinquents who would come to be known as the Todoroki Gang. At some point, Kotton fought against Kio and was defeated. Having acknowledged his strength, Kio offers Kotton a place for him in the organization he plans on building that will help unify the people of Japan.

After Kio founded the Enma Syndicate, where many underworld organizations allied with the yakuza group, Kotton accepted Kio's invitation and was seated as one of his top executives, while having his gang become a subsidiary to the organization as its auto industry union, which renamed themselves the Todoroki Alliance. Following the Enma Syndicate's ten-year anniversary, Kio gifted Kotton with a motorcycle. Although he initially thought that the model was outdated, Kotton became convinced by Kio that it would be a good fit for him and would go on to cherish it. As he continued to serve under Kio, Kotton came to greatly respect him to where he viewed him as a father figure.

Upon learning that Kio was slowly dying as a result of not using the Enma Syndicate's earnings to make regular infusions to his body, Kotton visited him in the hospital and offered to use the Todoroki Alliance's earnings to save him. However, Kotton hears Kio's refusal, being told that his body needed a large sum of money and that he was not ready to die without completing his goal.

In February 1990, Kotton receives news about Kio's death. Furious that Kio died for the sake of the Enma Syndicate, Kotton blamed the yakuza group for the chairman's fate and refuses to attend his funeral, instead hosting a bike ride with his fellow Todoroki Alliance members in honor of the man he respected. He then chose to have him and his gang defect from the Enma Syndicate and left Kabukicho.

## Synopsis

### Todoroki Alliance Arc

As the Todoroki Alliance ride their bikes in Shinjuku 04 to commence with the Black Night Party, the gang is interrupted by the sudden appearance of Urara, Maruo Kaido, and Ten. Kotton comes out in the open after seeing Wakku starting to act violent towards Ten and orders him to cease what he was doing. Refusing to hear what Urara wanted to say to him, Kotton threatens to run her over with his bike by directing his front tire towards her face and sees Maruo coming in to shield her. Kotton then compliments them both for standing their ground but warns them that he will commit to his action the next time they refuse to listen to him. Maruo tells Kotton that the reason they seek an audience with him is because they wish to request his and the Todoroki Alliance's help for their plan to take down the Enma Syndicate. Kotton then gives Maruo a furious look in response, having interpret his statement as being disrespectful towards the Enma Syndicate and threatens him with violence. Kotton then looks towards Urara as she gets on her knees to reveal her identity as Kio's daughter and presents the tanto her father left for her as proof. After becoming shocked to hear this, Kotton walks up to Urara to bows before her, having believed who Urara says she is, and apologizes to her for not being there to prevent her father's death. He then moves on to tell Urara that the Todoroki Alliance will agree to support her cause.

However, Kotton throws Maruo aside and states his refusal to have him and Ten continue to serve Urara since he views them as being worthless to her. Having said this, Urara tells Kotton that she will no longer be needing his services as she refuses to abandon her allies and prepares to leave. Kotton states his refusal in letting her leave his side, believing it would be disrespectful to the memory Kio left behind, and becomes furious with Maruo's willingness to defy him, resulting in Oboro stepping up to reason with him as to why taking Urara by force would be meaningless. To fairly settle the matter between the two gangs, Oboro purposes a ritual duel to Urara where if Kotton and Wakku were to win against Maruo and Ten then the Todoroki Alliance would have full custody of her without any defiance, along with them having the right to cause pain to Maruo and Ten. Urara and Maruo then agree to the challenge.

After the barrier is setup around Shinjuku 04, Kotton utters the sacred words to the ritual duel, along with Wakku, and enters his yokai form. Using his blinding speed, Kotton lands a hit on Maruo with a charging attack and continues his assault on him from all directions, which puts Maruo down on the ground. He then looks to see Maruo strangely talking to himself (unaware that he is actually communicating with Urara through her telepathy), which presents him with an opening to once again run over him. As he continues running, Kotton turns around to see Maruo grabbing onto his loose cloth from behind and receives a hit from him. However, Kotton tells Maruo that he was too slow in his attack, as his body withstood the blow, and tells him that he would have to defeat him with conviction instead of brute strength in a ritual duel. After restraining his hands, Kotton leads Maruo up in the sky and drops him to claim his victory. However, Maruo manages to save himself by grabbing onto the building in front of him as he descends, which impresses Kotton. He then rockets down towards Maruo but goes overboard as he finds himself ending up somewhere inside the building after destroying the platform Maruo managed to land on.

After spotting Maruo again, Kotton hears him throwing insults and chases him out of anger. He then charges at Maruo to attack but is dodged at a split second, resulting in him heading straight towards Shinjuku Niagara Falls. Realizing what was up ahead, Kotton stops himself on time from crashing into the fountain by creating a cloth parachute from his arms. However, Maruo comes in from behind to destroy the fountain and cause an eruption of water. As the water droplets start to head towards his direction, Kotton quickly dodges them and moves back before he is soaked. However, Maruo grabs onto Kotton's leg and throws him through the fountain.

Having become immobilized by the water weighing down his cloth body, Kotton sees that he is in danger since he knows that one strike from Maruo will mean the end for him. Despite his worry, Kotton sees Maruo stopping short in his punch towards his face, as the human explains to him that the Urara Family has no business in defeating the Todoroki Alliance but are not willing to lose either. Amused by his words, Kotton admits defeats. He then sees Urara heading towards Maruo after he passes out from exhaustion and informs her that he will be okay based on his judgement. Noticing how worry she is for him, Kotton tells Urara that he can tell that Maruo is important to her and that she was doing well in leading her gang. Kotton also states to the unconscious Maruo that he has come to acknowledge him; stating that he has come to see him having "big wings".

Later, the Todoroki Alliance drive off on their motorcycles with the Urara Family after agreeing to join forces with them. While riding, Kotton tells Maruo and Urara as to the events concerning the Enma Syndicate two years ago.

## Abilities and Powers

As the leader of the Todoroki Alliance, one of the Four Great Powers, as well as a former executive of the Enma Syndicate, Kotton is undoubtedly a powerful Ayashimon. Next to Doppo Akari, he is the second Ayashimon to overwhelm Maruo in a fight.

### Physical Abilities

**Ittan-Momen Physiology**:

* **Cloth Manipulation**: As an ittan-momen, Kotton can use his cloth body to unravel himself and take shape at will, such as taking on a human form or creating a parachute out of his arms. With his unraveled arms, he can reach his targets from a mid-distance away and can manipulate a strip of his cloth to restrain others. Since his cloth body does not possess a core wrapped around, Kotton has zero durability to withstand attacks but can cushion them if anticipated on time. His main vulnerability are liquids, such as water or blood, since cloth will end up being heavy once absorbed, and cannot afford to being struck in the head or his heart-engine.

* **Immense Speed**: Due to his cloth body being hollow and lightweight, Kotton possesses tremendous amount of speed that is said to be greater than a bullet train's. When in battle, Kotton uses the incredible amount of force generated from his super speed to continuously collide straight towards his opponent, resulting in them being knocked off their feet badly injured, along with structures being destroyed as well if collided. During his ritual duel against Maruo, Kotton made it nearly impossible for him to avoid his barrage of charging attacks from multiple directions and caused him to feel overwhelmed. The only problem Kotton has to his immense speed is that he is unable to stop quickly to prevent himself from crashing into obstacles. However, during his battle with Maruo, he has proven to be creative enough to use his cloth arms to create a parachute as a way to slow down his momentum, as he stopped himself from crashing into a park fountain as planned by Urara.

* **Flight**: Since cloth is weightless, Kotton is able to keep himself afloat in the air. Combined with his speed, he is capable of launching himself to his intended target from above.

#### Techniques

* **Emergency Maneuver Full Speed Tiger Soul Dash** (全 (ぜん) 速 (そく) 全 (ぜん) 霊 (れい) 打 (ぶっ) 虎 (こ) 魅 (み) 打 (ダッ) 走 (シュ) , *Zensoku Zenrei Bukkomi Dasshu*?): A technique where Kotton uses his speed to quickly dodge anything coming his way while moving backwards simultaneously to distance himself. This was first used in Kotton's ritual duel against Maruo, where he tried to avoid getting wet by the eruption from Shinjuku Niagara Falls caused by Maruo.

## Relationships

### Gang

#### Todoroki Alliance

All the members of the Todoroki Alliance are extremely loyal and supportive of Kotton, having happily agreed to ally with Urara after their leader declared it.

#### Enma Syndicate

Kotton held great respect for Kio, the first chairman of the Enma Syndicate, to where he saw him as a father figure. Kotton first met Kio right around the time when the Todoroki Alliance was previously known as the Todoroki Gang and engaged in a fight against him. After losing to the oni, Kotton was invited by Kio to join him in his plans to build towards a future for Ayashimon, which he eventually agreed to do after being given time by him to think it over. At the time the Enma Syndicate was founded, Kotton became devoted to serving under Kio as one of his top executives and had hoped that the syndicate would continue to grow. However, after Kio's death, Kotton severed his ties with the Enma Syndicate, having pledged his loyalty only to Kio and blamed the organization for his fate.

## Trivia

* "Kotton" (コットン) means "cotton".
* Due to his vulnerability to liquids, Kotton dislikes taking baths.

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