Noyuki Aburame (Hisagi)

Noyuki Aburame's general appearance, pre-TYBW.

*"A woman scorned and tossed into the flames by her peers, forged into the perfect mix of beauty and terror. She’s ruthless and abrasive, with her loyalties lying solely to the captain of the 13th and 4th division. Should you ever find yourself on the other side of her blade... death will surely follow."*

* Overview
* Battles & Events

Noyuki Aburame (油魚希雪, Aburame Noyuki) is the fourth seat of the 13th Division of the Gotei 13, serving under Captain Rukia Kuchiki. She formerly served as the lieutenant captain under Captain Jūshirō Ukitake after the death of Kaien Shiba, and stepped down to her original seated position during the 17 month timeskip. She is married to Shūhei Hisagi and they have six\* children.

## Appearance

Noyuki is a fair skinned and curvaceous woman with green eyes, full lips, and extremely long and wavy magenta hair. She styles her hair with two short strands framing either side of her face and the top section of hair, along with the rest, pulled back into a ponytail. The ponytail is reminiscent of a bubble braid and tied into three segments along its length. Noyuki’s most distinctive trait is her very voluptuous chest, especially since she lets her kosode hang loose to reveal her cleavage. She has a long and thick scar on her inner left thigh as well.

Despite being a little over 200 years old, she has the appearance of being 27 years old.

Prior to the storyline, Noyuki wore the standard shinigami uniform, but the sleeves of her shihakusho went right above her forearms; her hair was significantly shorter as well and had her bangs down.

At the beginning of the series, Noyuki wore a sleeveless kosode with no shitagi (white robe) under her hakama and a teal obi tied to her left side; she wore her lieutenant’s badge on the right side of her obi as opposed to around the arm.

Seventeen months after Aizen’s defeat, she wears a backless and sleeveless kosode.

Noyuki has three black serpent tattoos that take up a majority of her back, with two of them starting from the top of her shoulder blades and ending mid way; the largest serpent extends to right above her lower back. These tattoos manifested after achieving her bankai, and ripped through her former kosode, hence her uniform change.

While pregnant, Noyuki wears the standard shihakusho with the sleeves stopping at her mid forearms; she still wears the teal obi, although it is tied above her stomach.

During her pregnancy with her fourth child, Noyuki chops her hair off to above her shoulders.

Noyuki goes through a drastic uniform change during the Hell Arc; her top is an almost vest like sleeveless and backless kosode with a corset tie going up the front. She wears a thicker choker that has a design similar to Shūhei’s explosive armbands, and also wears one on her right arm as well. She has a cutoff sleeve that starts above her right elbow and stops a little above her hand, and her hair is fastened together in a tie similar to her choker. She no longer pulls her bangs back, and lets them frame her face, and her hair is kept in a ponytail. Noyuki still wears the teal obi Shūhei gave her in the same manner as before.

## Personality

Noyuki is considered a *[bitch]* mostly unpleasant person to be around. She has a short fuse and little patience for stupidity, crude and abrasive in how she speaks, and very… outspoken.

She’s very assertive and a tad aggressive with her personality. She struggles sympathizing with and comforting other people, and awkwardly tries to help if it is someone she knows. After the birth of her and Shuuhei’s daughter, Mirai, she becomes softer and more empathetic.

Noyuki uses the masculine “ore wa”, an informal form of speech mostly used by men; she switches between calling people by their first name and surnames, rarely giving formalities unless addressing people with more authority than her. She goes back to speaking in the feminine ‘atashi wa’ form only with Shūhei, Ukitake,Retsu Unhohana, and occasionally Yomichi Okikiba; this extends to her children. She can be playful with the handful of people she cares about, although it’s limited to people she knew prior to the 11th Division. With friends, it’s friendly and feisty quick-witted speech that includes complaining and more tsundere mannerisms.

Despite her hot headed, rude, and brash personality, Noyuki is level-headed during serious situations and in battle. She believes in getting the job done quickly and efficiently as means to protect the few she truly cares for in Soul Society, only drawing it out if the mission (Ukitake) deems it necessary. However, she does enjoy a good fight, one of the things instilled in her from the 11th division, and if she believes someone will be worth her time, she will fight all out. Noyuki loathes opponents who talk too much during battle, a giant pet peeve of hers that she associates with weakness; to her, if they have the opportunity to speak, they have the opportunity to cut her down. She will outwardly groan and let them know that she doesn’t care about their motive for fighting.

Noyuki is unusually protective and loyal to the few she cares about. While she strongly prefers solo work, she can delegate fairly well and shows concern over the wellbeing of her subordinates solely for Ukitake’s sake.

Prior to the events at the 11th Division, Noyuki used to be sweet and outgoing; she was always eager to help and a tad bit of an airhead at times (something only Shuuhei has witnessed). She could process emotions much easier and had more empathetic skills that aided her during her time at the 4th Division. But as a result of the 2 years of physical violence and verbal abuse from Kenpachi Kidanjo, Noyuki struggles with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. The severe anxiety and disruptive symptoms didn’t manifest until after his death by Kenpachi Zaraki. While she has learned to keep a majority of her triggers under control, the sight and sound of shattered ceramic will always set off a violent anxiety attack.

Her brash and outspoken (rude) behavior was a coping mechanism to keep her safe during the abuse, as well as a way for her to not fall apart from her trauma. Despite healing for the length of time that passed, the personality that developed as a shield stayed. This also led to her struggle to empathize and experience emotions normally. She knows how to respond, but her demeanor doesn’t change much in the face of serious emotions. Crying makes her uncomfortable, and can occasionally shut down from seeing it.

Noyuki considers Ukitake and Unohana as parent figures, but does not address them as such. While she comes off as a devoted soldier to the Gotei 13, her deep loyalty and actions run solely through what they want; she took her role as the lieutenant of the 13th seriously only for Ukitake, protects for them, and would not hesitate to overthrow Soul Society if it were the will of either Ukitake or Unohana. After their deaths, this same loyalty extends to Rukia.

Unlike Ichigo and his friends, Noyuki considers mercy to be childish and unrealistic. She is considered cruel in the eyes of other shinigami, to which she retorts their beliefs are rooted in her being a woman and they wouldn’t hesitate to applaud a male counterpart.

Her emotions are much more stable and healthy with Shūhei, but is still a sore spot they struggle with, especially in how their views on honor differ.

She suffered from severe postpartum depression after the birth of her daughter; the deaths of Ukitake and Unohana, Shūhei nearly killing her while being under the control of the Quincy Pepe, the near destruction of her bankai, and a traumatic precipitous surprise birth of her daughter led her into a downward spiral. All of the emotions she had successfully suppressed were brought back to the surface, and the postpartum hormones only exacerbated the problem. Noyuki was terrified of resenting or possibly harming Mirai, and sobbed constantly at the thought of losing her and being a terrible mother. It’s during this time at the 4th division that she makes friends with people she had previously been cold to, and begins to open up and be friendlier to others. Her empathic skills and processing her emotions with others drastically improves as a result.

As a mother, her brash personality is still present but toned down a bit compared to how she was previously.  Noyuki is soft spoken and very patient with her children, and uses the “atashi wa” when speaking to them. As they get older, she does become a little more outspoken towards them, mostly getting into arguments with her third daughter, Kotone.

## History

Approximately 215 years before the current arc, Noyuki Aburame was born into the 75th district of the Rukongai.

Her parents abandoned her after she became ill and didn’t want to deal with a sick child while living in poverty, and her two older siblings followed a few years later.

Noyuki raised herself, and taught herself how to locate and know what someone is doing via heightened reiatsu spatial awareness and perception, an early sign of her spiritual powers and intelligence; she often got into fights as a means of protecting herself from the danger in the 75th District.

Years later, Noyuki (physically 13 years old) would eventually meet Shūhei (physically 10)  and his group of friends.

Noyuki heard Shūhei’s stomach rumbling and went over to see him fighting back tears while he wandered because of his hunger, so Noyuki gave him the last piece of food from the lunch she barely scraped money together for.

It was then, when he ate, that she felt his spiritual pressure and grew interested in him. She would intentionally get more food to share with him, and helped him navigate his spiritual powers. Noyuki did tease him for being a crybaby and Shūhei retorted with her being too ditzy for her age. He believed she was the most beautiful girl in the entire world and insisted that he follow her around, because "It's a man's job to protect a lady!"

Noyuki found his admiration for the captain who saved him, Kensei Muguruma, weird.

Noyuki would go without food at times to keep them fed, and went as far as offering herself to a shinigami if it meant she had enough money. The man gave her money and his food, without any sexual acts, and suggested she go to the academy because of the high reiatsu he sensed from her. She contemplated for a few days, she didn’t want to abandon Shūhei or his two friends, but applied if it meant keeping them safe.

### Shin’O Academy

Despite her upbringing from the ‘barbaric districts’, Noyuki passed the entrance exam with flying colors. She had trouble adjusting to life in a safer district and felt out of place in the first few months of school; her consistent eating schedule resulted in a 20 pound weight gain, most of which went to her chest.

After the sudden death of one of their friends, Noyuki moved him and their other friend to a slightly safer district much sooner than she had planned.

During her time at the academy, Noyuki did odd jobs to get money to send to Shūhei and his friend. The most frequent, and where she would find a love for plants, was a plant shop run by an older couple; they would pay her extra despite a measly day of work once they learned where she was sending her funds to.

Noyuki excelled in her hakuda, zanjutsu, and academic courses, but was constantly being attended to by 4th division medics from running into objects when using Hohō. Despite her shortcomings, she was fascinated by healing kido and advanced quickly in her medicine knowledge and healing abilities. She was average in binding and destruction kido, but would forget the incantations mid spell.

She technically graduated as a balanced combatant despite going into the 4th division.

She would meet her best friend, Okikiba Yomichi, during her years at the academy.

### Fourth Division

After Noyuki graduated during the six year span required, she was placed into the Fourth Division, where she would stay for 10 years. Noyuki was initially hesitant and jumpy when she first met Captain Unohana; she barely had positive experiences with older women when she was a kid, but eventually adored her, seeing Unohana as the mother she had yearned for.

Noyuki was sent as a field medic in her third year at the 4th division, where she used her hyper sensitive spatial location to find and assess the injuries of shinigami. This is also when she would develop her leadership skills and split second decision making.

Unohana was impressed and proud at how quickly Noyuki progressed in her medical knowledge and healing abilities.

It was during this time that Noyuki moved Shūhei a second time to a much safer and better district, his other friend having passed.

### Transfer to the 11th

In the last year of her time at the 4th division, Unohana had noticed Noyuki had more potential than just healing when she trained her other skills. Noyuki enjoyed sparring with shinigami in other divisions as a way to blow off steam, primarily the 11th; her swordsmanship and hakuda far surpassed her kido. Noyuki had unintentionally achieved her shikai during a sparring session, which solidified Unohana asking her. She said Noyuki would benefit Soul Society much more as a fighter than a healer. She had her transfer to the 11th division, under Kenpachi Kidanjō, whom she admired as a leader despite being called lazy.

### Eleventh Division

*During this arc, Shūhei was still attending the Shinigami Academy but was granted a seat early and took part in missions in the 9th, and he would go to the 11th during his lunch breaks.*

TW: Assault

One night after a mission, Kidanjō asked Noyuki to drop by his office; she did, only he tried to make a move on her. When she rejected his advances, he brutally shoved her into a wall, fracturing her rib. Noyuki weakly threatened to go to Yamamoto, but Kidanjō promised that no one would believe a mere seated shinigami in an accusation of assault, and would claim it was an accident from sparring. He said he promoted her to the sixth seat as a way to garner her affection and expected a romantic relationship to follow, much to Noyuki's horror. Seeing as she was powerless in this situation, and in retaliation for her rejection, Kidanjō started repeatedly humiliating and physically assaulting Noyuki as a power trip for two years.

Shūhei had noticed a shift in Noyuki’s personality, and how she was constantly on edge; she dismissed his concern as being overly protective, and to trust that she was fine.

Shūhei had come to surprise Noyuki with lunch, and as she turned her attention to him and not Kidanjō, he roughly yanked her by the arm, which dislocated her shoulder; when Shūhei confronted her about the incident, Noyuki tried to brush it off that he was merely too strong and she should not have turned away while Kidanjō.

On a separate day, during his routine to see her, Shūhei found Noyuki coughing up blood and wheezing on the ground. He attempted to carry her to Unohana's office, but she kept pushing him off of her, insisting she was fine; he snapped at her for trying to minimize the situation, and she snapped at him to leave her alone. Being shocked at her outburst, Shūhei picked her up and took her to the 4th division against her wishes, using the guise “It would be disgraceful for a prospective shinigami to not assist an injured seated Officer of the Gotei 13” as his excuse. Noyuki begged Shūhei not to tell Unohana, only she passed out from exhaustion before he could argue.

Shūhei struggled in reporting what he had seen, and eventually went to Head Captain Yamamoto to expose Kidanjō’s assault. The 11th Division captain accused Shūhei of lying, requesting that he be stripped of his future seat at the 9th; Kidanjō claimed she was a seated shinigami and one of his best, so Shūhei’s claims were outlandish lies.

Yamamoto was mildly skeptical of the situation, concerned about a shinigami academy student accusing a captain of such a thing. He almost considered Kidanjō, until Unohana came to Shūhei’s rescue.

Seeing as she had more seniority than Kidanjō, Unohana said Kidanjō would have no problems for an investigation if Shūhei was lying, and that he had no authority to strip him of his future seat.

As a way for keeping Noyuki out of harm's way, Unohana requested that Noyuki be the representative of the 11th for matters involving the 4th division; despite Kidanjō denying the need for it, Yamamoto approved of Unohana’s request.

During her ‘duties at the 4th’, Noyuki was actually undergoing psychological distress treatment under Unohana and her lieutenant.

The physical abuse continued, only Noyuki became much more strong willed and began challenging Kidanjō's assault; she grew colder towards her peers for turning a blind eye to the blatant violence, and took out her anger via intense sparring to make them suffer. The last thing she wanted to be seen as was a damsel in distress, and began suppressing her emotions as a way to keep herself from succumbing to her trauma.

Kidanjō tried sexually assaulting Noyuki for the first and only time as she did paperwork, but she head butted him when he pinned her arms down, crushing his nose and breaking his teeth. Enraged, he broke a ceramic tea cup and sliced into her thigh in retaliation, telling her she was going to regret defying him. That day was also the day Kidanjō was killed by Kenpachi Zaraki, the current 11th division captain.

Shūhei had found Noyuki sobbing in the barracks, blood all over the floor and her shihakusho, and attempted to heal her wound with the little healing knowledge he had, seeing as she was too distraught to heal herself. This resulted in the thick scarring on her thigh. He took her to the 4th division, where she sobbed into Unohana’s lap about what happened. Shūhei felt a twinge of sadness that Noyuki opened up immediately to Unohana, and not to him, but hid the feeling away.

### New Captain

Noyuki was stunned at the news Kidanjō was killed and that there was a new captain, seeing as his death was extremely abrupt; despite her relief at Kidanjō’s death, her uneasiness grew at having a captain stronger and more violent than the last. Noyuki began mentally spiraling, fearful that he would direct his violence at her.

Noyuki became hostile towards Kenpachi Zaraki, and terrified the other shinigami in the 11th from her sudden burst of aggression; she became unreasonably cruel to her subordinates, and mocked Ikkaku Madarame and Yumichika Ayasegawa when they arrived as well. She threatened any of the shinigami she brutally sparred into keeping quiet when they arrived at the fourth for healing, threatening more damage would follow if they did. Her excuse was that the 11th was the least concerned of any of the 13 Divisions, and any injuries would be written off as accidental training.

Shūhei was concerned for her and the major change in her life after 2 years of trauma; Noyuki brushed it off, but her troubles became worse during a casual visit to Unohana's.

Unohana was serving tea, but when she reached across the table, she accidentally knocked over the ceramic teapot. The sound and sight of shattered ceramic set off Noyuki, triggering another panic attack and luring hollows to the 4th division from the severe spike in her reiatsu. Shūhei felt her reiatsu and immediately arrived at the Fourth Division to calm her down, rushing in to find Unohana’s co-lieutenant Kyōraku Hanae using her healing Kido until Noyuki fell asleep.

This prompted a slowly growing resentment towards Unohana; Noyuki progressively lessened her trips to the 4th after accusing Unohana of being the reason why she was assaulted. The 4th Division captain accepted the accusations and asked for her forgiveness, and Noyuki put up a rift between them from her pain. Unohana blamed herself as well, and worked to ensure Noyuki could switch divisions as a way for forgiveness.

While Noyuki tried keeping up her old personality for Shūhei, he eventually saw her cruelty at the 11th. He had gone to visit her during another break, and heard yelling, running over to find her brutally sparring one of the shinigami. He saw the bloodthirsty look in her eyes, and stopped her before she administered the final blow, and the rage in her eyes caused Shūhei to feel legitimate fear for a split second. Noyuki looked at him in shock, and chased after him to try and explain herself.

The fear in Shūhei’s eyes made Noyuki tremendously guilty, and was unsure of how to apologize to him.

Shūhei was conflicted from what he learned as a future seated shinigami. He was hopelessly in love with Noyuki, pondering on how she protected him as children and finding her sobbing in pain from Kidanjō’s attack, trying to rationalize her actions. When Noyuki attempted to apologize and explain herself, he pretended it didn’t happen.

After speaking with Ukitake Jūshirō, Unohana quietly filed the paperwork to transfer Noyuki to the 13th division, a mere 3 weeks after Kidanjō’s death. There was a slight uproar between the captains, seeing as Unohana went over Yamamoto’s head and transferred Noyuki without consulting Kenpachi Zaraki; the 11th division’s captain was apathetic, but Ukitake accepted her with open arms.

### Transfer to the 13th Division

Noyuki was constantly on edge when she started at the 13th, and was hostile to Ukitake and other shinigami in her division. She knew they didn’t deserve any of her vitriol, but she had a lingering fear of what could have happened anyways; he was kind to her regardless, and never pried into her life nor raised his voice at her.

Noyuki felt skeptical on how such a man with his authority and power was genuinely kind and considerate, and believed he was putting up a front. It wasn’t until she overheard Ukitake defending her from other shinigami that she realized he was genuine, and rushed to his side when she heard him coughing up blood.

Noyuki insisted he didn’t have to defend her, but he smiled and said he knew what he was getting into when he accepted her into the 13th. To further gain her trust, Ukitake shared the story of his childhood, how he had been severely ill and was supposed to have died. After Miyako Shiba explained how he didn't share this story with just anyone, Noyuki vowed to protect her captain with undying loyalty, even if it cost her life.

It was much harder for her to open up to Kaien Shiba, and he would pester her about being rude to the other shinigami until she snapped at him. Kaien hit her over the head and scolded her for how she treated everyone, and Noyuki yelled that he had no idea what she went through and how terrified she constantly was. She explained what happened to her, and dodged another hit from Kaien. He told her that trauma wasn’t an excuse to be hostile to everyone, and that if she wanted to get better, she had to make an effort to let people in who could help her. Noyuki was taken aback, seeing as the 11th had been nothing but cruel to her, and Kaien retorted that they were a family at the 13th. Her hostility dropped dramatically to those in her division and she grew to tolerate them.

Noyuki was promoted to 4th seat four years following her transfer.

## Plot

### Soul Society Arc

**TBA**

Beast Swords arc (anime only)

TBA

## Powers & Abilities

**Master Swordsman**: Noyuki shows complete mastery at wielding her zanpakuto, her ambidexterity and strength aiding in the success of her shikai's special ability; she is described to have the fluidity and grace of a dancer when manipulating her zanpakuto, whether in it’s sealed state or with the difficulty of her shikai. Noyuki prefers fighting in the sealed state, seeing as it’s easier to wield.

**Kido Practitioner**: At the beginning of her shinigami career, Noyuki was highly interested in kido. Her instructors at the shinigami academy noticed her interest in kido, suggesting she try harder spells, but would often forget long incantations midspell. Noyuki found she was more successful in kaidou (healing arts), and primarily focused on that. She is able to use all three forms of kido: binding, healing, and destruction. After the 4th division and becoming a better combatant, Noyuki doesn’t rely on kido as often. She considers herself average in terms of proficiency, but will use spells when she feels the outcome will be better. Despite that, she can do damage and recite up to a specific number of kido without incantations.

**Shunpo Expert**: Noyuki is very adept with her Shunpo (flash step). Speed is necessary when wielding her zanpakuto in order to successfully maneuver it the way she wants. Her speed is not on par with shunpo masters like Soi Fon, Byakuya, and Yoruichi, but she has the speed close to various captains in the Gotei 13.

**Hakuda Expert**: Noyuki is extremely skilled in hand-to-hand combat, her immense strength and hypersensitive spatial awareness making her a very difficult opponent. She learned how to fight when she lived in the Rukongai, and perfected the techniques from the academy to make up for the skills she lacked in kido. To keep up with her physical abilities while working at the 4th Division, Noyuki would consistently spar with shinigami in different divisions to ensure she was well rounded in different forms of hakuda. She is proficient in counter attacking, and can fight evenly with several captains in terms of just hand-to-hand combat.

**High Intelligence**: Noyuki is extremely intelligent, having taught herself the slightest fluctuations in reiatsu to know exactly what a person is doing and what is going on around them. During her years living in the rough Rukongai, Noyuki learned people’s behaviors and their actions, even being kilometers away from her. She then began using her spiritual pressure to pinpoint exactly where a person was and what they did, a skill she would later use as a shinigami. As time passed, she was able to detect the movements someone could make based on the minute changes in their reiatsu.

**Expert Tactician**: Because of her rank and her upbringing in a rough Rukongai district, Noyuki can make split second decisions that can ensure the best outcome, thinking of every scenario possible and keeping it for reference during a battle; this was a reason for her seated positions in various divisions, and why Ukitake considered her for lieutenant.

**High Spiritual Power**: Despite her rank, Noyuki’s reiatsu is at captain level. Part of her spiritual pressure is condensed into her muscles to aid in her frightening physical strength, which gives off the reiatsu of a lieutenant captain because of this. She doesn't boast about it but does use it when necessary, usually for intimidating an enemy. Her spiritual pressure color is turqouise. She loses control over it when she has her violent panic attacks.

**Enhanced Strength**: Noyuki has terrifyingly immense superhuman strength. She is able to throw hollows and destroy internal organs on shinigami with a mere punch or kick, even break hollow masks with a single hit. Many shinigami credit her strength to speed and inertia, but Noyuki, due to her condensing her massive spiritual pressure into muscles; because of her condensed reiatsu, she weighs much heavier than she looks. Her zanpakuto weighs approximately 200lbs/90kg and is wielded with a chain, requiring massive amounts of strength to manipulate it. It’s said that her superhuman strength is the reason why she can support what others call her uneven weight distribution from her chest.

**Enhanced Durability**: Noyuki has been brutally injured and still went on to defeat her opponent numerous times. She’s been thrown back into buildings and come back to fight despite injuries, and successfully won her battle against Candace Catnipp even after being electrocuted. During her battle against Gerard, she was able to fight with the 3rd degree burns that resulted from her bankai, and gave birth without any painkillers while off to the side of a war zone.

**Enhanced Endurance**: Noyuki has been shown to have a high level of endurance. She could stall against Captain Soi Fon to protect Kiyone, and held her own against enemies such as Espada's fracciones and multiple Quincies.

### Zanpakuto

Kiyohime 清姫: The Zanpakuto's form is that of a straight bladed katana. The tsuba is circular with rounded indentations and four openings in the middle to resemble a flower; the hilt is turquoise. Noyuki primarily keeps Kiyohime tucked into the right side of her obi.

* Shikai: the command for Kiyohime to release into shikai is "Strike" (打つ, u tsu ). The katana elongates to twice its original size with three distinct indentations decorating the top and an indentation on the right side. Her hilt transforms into a long black chain, long enough for grabbing with both hands. To release the ability, she pulls her katana and practically throws it off of her left side (she is ambidextrous but prefers her left), and pulls it back to a chain  to grab the hilt of the large blade. The blade of Kiyohime’s shikai weighs around 200 pounds. Kiyohime is said to be one of the most difficult zanpakuto to wield in the history of Soul Society, due to its size and weight, and the strength/speed necessary to wield it; Omaeda boasted that their zanpakuto were the same, and failed greatly when he attempted at using hers.

### Shikai Abilities:

Every time Kiyohime’s blade comes into contact with an object, be it living or not, the damage and force is tripled. A simple cut can turn into a fatal wound, even brushing against it creates a tremendous blowback, causing it to break. The black chain extends from the amount of reiatsu she has, and the special ability can only be used when wielded with the chain and not the short hilt.

* Bankai: **Scorned Maiden's Burning Despair:** Noyuki releases her condensed spiritual energy from her muscles, allowing for the serpent tattoos on her back to physically manifest to the outside world into Kiyohime’s children: Orochi, Watatsumi, and Tsuchinoko. As part of the binding vow made with Kiyohime, Noyuki’s eyes turn yellow, her pupils slit, and her hair turns white. Taking on her zanpakuto spirit’s appearance ensures the serpents will listen to her.

## Trivia

* Noyuki collects house plants and she has a garden around her house
* Her favorite foods are spicy takoyaki, okonomiyaki, curry, dango, soymilk donuts, and other sweets.
* Shūhei gave her the teal obi she wears with her uniform
* Noyuki is decent at cooking
* Out of all her children, only one was planned
* Noyuki dislikes natto, beets, abalone, and sea urchin
* She has a terrible alcohol tolerance, and dislikes the feeling of being drunk
* Noyuki gained 25 pounds shortly after starting at the shinigami academy because she was able to eat consistently
* Her Japanese VA is Takako Honda, who plays Anko Mitarashi in Naruto

## Quotes

* “All that time spent talking could have been used to kill me. But look at you now, at the end of my sword because you wouldn’t shut the fuck up. Pathetic.”
* (*To Ichigo* ) “Everything I do is for the will of Captain Unohana and Captain Ukitake. I protect and I fight solely for them.”
* (*To Momo after she attacked Toshiro and Izuru*) “Good to see where your loyalties lie, Hinamori. Pathetic.”
* (*To meeting Chad after invading Soul Society*) “So you’re the little *Ryouka* fuck that’s threatening the peace of Captain Ukitake.”
* (*To Ukitake while watching Shuhei battle against Tousen*) “You say it’s a battle or pride… and that’s how we lost Kaien.”
* (*After Byakuya reprimanded her for hesitating on attacking Hisagi after being taken over by Pepe’s Love*) “Don’t you dare fucking talk to me about weakness when you’ve done the same goddamn thing with Rukia.”