Nazuna Hiwatashi

* ̶F̶u̶r̶r̶y̶ Beastman form (Fox)
* ̶F̶u̶r̶r̶y̶ Beastman form (Wolf)
* Human form
* Ginrou form

Nazuna Hiwatashi was previously Michiru's best friend, but due to the circumstances of the Beast Factor, as well as the transformation from Human to Beastman, she was isolated from society for a period of time.

## Appearance

Nazuna was originally a human girl with fair skin, red eyes, and long orange hair with red bangs on her forehead. She was wearing a school uniform consisting of a dark blue knee length skirt, a white collared shirt with a light blue bow tie, white socks and black loafers.

After an accident, Nazuna transforms into a Kitsune Beastman. Her hair turns pink, she grows long pink fox ears the same color as her hair, and her red bangs turn dark pink. The fur above her nose turns pink and below it turns white.

Acting as Deess Luv, Nazuna uses her shapeshifting abilities to appear as the Silver Wolfman-Beast. In this form, her hair is white with pink accents, her fur is light turquoise, and her snout is longer compared to her kitsune form. Her iconic outfit consists of a white and turquoise cape with a four-pointed star pattern, white elbow-length gloves, and tall white boots. Her tail is pink and hidden by a cloak.

Nazuna's human form changed after her transformation. Her hair is now white and her bangs are pink. She wears a light dove-gray hoodie, a pair of tight black sweatpants, and pink leg warmers when not performing as Déesse Louve.

## Personality

Before her transformation, Nazuna was devoted to Michiru and passionate about her dream of becoming an idol. Not much dialogue was shown on screen during the flashbacks, but it can be concluded that she is a kind and positive character. However, compared to Michiru, she seems to be shyer, a little more girly and passive than Michiru, and thus may be jealous of Michiru's boundless friendliness.

When Nazuna meets Michiru again for the first time since her transformation, she acts distant and impersonal in order to create her "divine" image. At first, Nazuna pretends not to know her in order to hide her human origins from the regular members of the Silver Wolves Order. But after finding an excuse to leave Michiru alone, Nazuna reveals her true nature. She is happy to be reunited with her old friend, even taking Michiru and running away from the order without telling anyone where she was going. When Michiru expresses confusion about how she is just a tanuki and not something as exotic as a raccoon while Nazuna is Silver Wolf, Nazuna tries to calm her friend down by revealing that she is not actually Silver Wolf and not even a she-wolf, but just a fox.

However, after Michiru mentions finding a cure for their condition and continues to insist that Nazuna leave the Silver Wolves Order, Nazuna becomes more withdrawn and hostile. It seemed that after becoming a singing celebrity or a religious figure, she became arrogant and power-hungry. However, when Michiru stated that she had no friend named Deess Luv, threw away the cult medallion and ran away, Nazuna remained standing where Michiru left her even after she left. The camera clearly does not show Nazuna's face, thereby hiding the extent of the impact of Michiru's rejection on her.

Although Nazuna was still willing to maintain a friendly relationship with Michiru, their friendship was no longer her top priority and Nazuna cared little about Michiru's feelings. She very convincingly accused Michiru of pitying others to stroke her own ego, and of being unfairly upset when others refused to accept Michiru's values imposed on them. Moreover, Nazuna seemed to have no moral problem with impersonating a god. She completely rationalized the cult's mentality and believed that giving Anima City false hope was the right thing to do. She wanted to give hope and comfort to cultists and citizens who felt uneasy about the world around them.

Since this plan always involved Nazuna revealing her true human heritage to the city and taking a cure for her beast-human condition, it shows that Nazuna's motivation for becoming an idol by pretending to be Silver Wolf was always the goal of helping others, and her own satisfaction was more of an advantage than meaning.

At first she seems still unwilling to compromise her position as the cult's founder, but she eventually frees herself from Boris's control, finally gaining her own will to make her own decisions. She even cheerfully tells Michiru that now she no longer has secrets from her, and they become close again.

## Story

Nazuna and Michiru often hung out in the park and shared headphones to listen to music together. One of their favorite tunes is “Night Running.” They always listened to this tune together.

About a year before the events, Nazuna and Michiru were injured in a bicycle accident. They both underwent surgery in the hospital and made a full recovery. However, one day at school, when Michuru congratulates Nazuna on her audition success, she transforms into Beastman. suddenly a black truck appears and a man in black grabs her, puts her in the truck, and he drives off.

Nazuna is afraid and panics from the realization that she is now a beastman and her captors could beat her or even kill her. She was taken to a research facility where she was freed by Boris Cliff. She realized that she was able to change shape and took advantage of this to get into the Order of the Silver Wolf. Boris proclaimed Nazuna an idol and began to act as her mentor.

After gathering the entire Alliance, and several more attacks from the Dark Crusaders, Nazuna and Michiru finally met. Michiru takes Nazuna home, where she explains what happened after the kidnapping a year ago. Michiru shares her story while Nazuna looks through her photo album. Michiru asks her friend to leave the cult so they can be together and find a cure. However, Shiro returns home and forbids Nazuna to stay. Michiru organizes a meeting with the mayor for Nazuna, after which Nazuna says that Michiru has no merit in this and she could have managed it without her.

Horatio also follows her for some time with the goal of “Easy money”, since he often mentions that the blood of Beast People in this world is quite expensive.

At some point, she becomes an ally of the alliance, but in the role of Supporter. Thanks to her abilities, she maintains the morale of the soldiers.