Kao Ushi

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## Kao Ushi

* Kao
* Collar
* Alive
* Drawing
* Sprite

### Aliases

Friend Cow (By Dr. Mystery)
Little Dude (by Shai)
Shortie (by Shai)

### Age

24 (Mentally)
18 (Physically)

## Relations

### Friends

Alfred Brown (Best friend)
Shai Brown (Friend)

## Physical Description

### Figure Build

Small

> "*Someone can't be helped until they want to get help. But there's a need for a call for them to realize they can be helped! And that's why I like to try!*"
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**Kao Ushi** is an anthropomorphic ram and the deuteragonist in **Doll Eye**. He is the assigned **guardian angel** of **Alfred** sent by God. The two later get stuck in the **Sunshinefields Hospital** for currently unrevealed reasons. He works as a janitor at Treelight Middle School, the same school Alfred teaches at.

Kao is voiced by **MugsyMayhymn**.

## Appearance

Kao is an undead ram with large grey horns, beige wool, curly brown hair and slight stubble. He has wings and lacks irises due to being an angel.

He wears an over-sized light green turtleneck sweater with darker green stripes, brown shorts, knee-length white socks, and brown shoes.

While wearing his black collar, which has a yellow bell attached to it, his wings grow large, and a yellow halo appears above his head.

## Personality

Kao is very altruistic, he wants to help everyone around him as much as he can, and he enjoys doing this. He values the happiness and well-being of others more than he does his own, perhaps to an unhealthy degree. He has a strong belief that everyone has good in them, and everyone deserves a second chance, he wants to make the world a better place through this. He is very forgiving and likes to focus on the positive sides of things and people.

He is strongly against violence, even if it is necessary. He also does not feel comfortable swearing, using rude words, and harsh tones. He does not see himself using crude words, but he does not mind if another person does it, so as long as it is not used to berate others.

However, his optimism and happy-go-lucky attitude can often lead to more problems than he intends. He feels like it is always his responsibility to make others feel better, and feels inadequate if he fails at this. He is a bit of a pushover and lacks assertiveness, even in situations where it is needed. He believes that no matter how selfish or harmful someone is, they always deserve a second chance. This is exemplified by his relationship with **Dr. Mystery**, despite the latter's manipulative and cruel nature, Kao believes that they can change and be a better person.

Kao is highly empathetic, so much so that being around negative or pessimistic people can be very draining and stressful for him. He also has a bad habit of bottling up his own negative emotions and will restrain himself from crying in front of others. Whether he is merely inconvenienced or in deep distress, he does not express his discomfort, believing that his own needs only burden others. He also shuts down mentally and will have trouble talking in conversations when he is under stress. He often over-indulges in escapism, often through playing video games, reading comics or sleeping in late.

## History

### Earlier Life

Kao Ushi was born June 26, 1996. He spent most of his life on cow farm, far from **Treelight**, under the watch of his older brother, **Ito**. His skills were not appreciated by his family, as Kao would rather collect flowers in their field and play pretend. He died at the age of 18 while dreaming. Due to his purity in life, he went to Heaven and became an angel. When first arriving, he was mostly processing his arrival and enjoying the leisure of Heaven. He took up training for guardian angels later, where his skills will be fully appreciated, taking up to 4 years to complete. He completed his training with great performance, and because of this, he was assigned to be the guardian angel to **Alfred Brown** at the age of 23. He was happily accepted into the Brown family and started working as a school janitor at Treelight Middle School. Kao helps Alfred with his feelings of grief about his dead son, **Shia**.

### Chapter 1

Nearly a year after Shia's death, Alfred visits Kao in **his room**, Kao then asks Alfred has he taken his medication. Alfred forgets to do so; Kao urgently reminds him to take it. After this, Alfred asks Kao if he could accompany him to pick up **Shai** near **Oliver's**. Knowing about the **comic store** near Oliver's, he decides to tag along to buy a comic while there.

Before entering the comic store, Alfred and Kao encounter **Peter**, who calls Alfred a 'shit fuckin father' for hurting his friend Shai. Kao tries to stop the confrontation but fails to do so, but Alfred manages to drive Peter away by himself. Kao suggests that Peter may have personal issues with his home life but does not believe that Peter may want help at the moment. After arriving at the comic store, right after **Nya** instructs both of them to purchase a comic with **Neko**, Peter busts into the store. Peter calls Alfred a bad person, Kao tries to tell Alfred not to believe in this, but Alfred's insecurities do not allow him to do so. Peter knocks over the bookshelves in order to get on Alfred's nerves and leaves shortly after. Alfred excuses himself to leave and go to Oliver's to get some coffee.

Kao goes upstairs to Neko to select a comic book to read. Neko tries to suggest some for Kao but had not noticed the mess Peter had made until now. Kao offers to help Neko clean up the books and Neko thanks him and calls him sweet. After that, Neko suggests that Kao pick up a comic about robots. Kao then gets a copy of Argon Exodus Apathetion, checks out by Nya and leaves the store.

Kao enters Oliver's not knowing that Alfred was in the middle of a conversation with **Guy** and apologizes profusely. But the two do not continue their conversation. Alfred tells Kao that they should leave and pick up Shai. The two sit down by a bench, waiting for Shai, Kao rambles about the new comic book he had purchased but noticed Alfred was oddly silent. Asking him what was wrong, Alfred wonders about his decision about visiting Sunshinefields cemetery despite a warning and the loss of the daughter of Guy. Kao reassures him not to worry and tells him that the death of his son was not his own fault. Alfred does not believe him, leaving Kao uncomfortable and possibly guilty that he could not brighten up his mood.

Shai drops off from a bus as she meets the two, she tries talking to Kao with Alfred trying to include himself, but she rudely dismisses him whenever he tries to butt in into their conversation. Alfred suggests visiting **King O'Chain**, Shai agrees to do so but talks to Peter herself first, getting him to apologize to Alfred, accompanied by Kao with a 'Sorry Shirt'.

The next day, Kao and Alfred visit Shia's grave at the **Sunshinefields Cemetery**, upon going there, Kao notices the **Abandoned Sunshinefields Hospital**, wondering if he and Alfred could check it out, Alfred insists not to, not wanting to imagine the untidiness of the place. When they arrive at Shia's grave, Alfred tells Kao to leave him alone for a few minutes and Kao walks off.

### Post-Chapter 1

He later gets stuck in the Sunshinefields Hospital with Alfred. Here, they meet Dr. Mystery.

## Relationships

### **Alfred Brown**

> "*Ya alright, Alfred? You haven't said a word since we sat down! Is there somethin' on yer mind? Ya know I'm here to help ya.*"
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Kao is Alfred's guardian angel, and his job is to keep him safe and take care of him. Due to his overly nice nature, this is both the best and worst spot for Kao to be in. Alfred and Kao are known to be good friends. Kao tends to ignore his own well-being for the sake of Alfred's and is rather protective of him. He feels some sort of responsibility for Alfred's pain since he is Alfred's guardian angel. He is also rather clingy, almost to an annoying degree.

Because of his personality, it is not easy for him to get his job done properly, which will cause a lot of trouble for both him and those around him. This is seen in Chapter 1, where Kao struggles to stand up against Peter, who berates Alfred and calls him a bad father, therefore souring both of their moods.

### **Yuki Chairo**

Kao and Yuki are seemingly good friends. Kao teaches Yuki about gardening and helps remind her to take breaks from her job as a freelance novelist.

### **Shai Brown**

Kao gets along well with Shai, she shows a friendlier side of herself around him, even when in front of her father. She uses multiple nicknames for him, such as 'little dude' and 'fun size'.

### **Dr. Mystery**

Dr. Mystery and Kao have not been shown interacting much as of yet, however, Mystery takes advantage of Kao's forgiveness and manipulates him.

## Trivia

* Kao's voice actor has coprolalia and tourettes.
* The name Kao (顔), means "face" in Japanese. Ushi (牛), his surname, means "cow" in the same language.
	+ The name "Kao" has the same pronunciation of cow. This is the reason why Mystery believes he is actually a cow.
		- Others also tend to believe that Kao is an entirely different animal species, with **Peter** mistaking him as a goat at first.
* His sweater was knitted by Alfred.
* Kao cuts out holes big enough for his wings whenever he gets new clothing.
* He has passion for gardening that stems from the comfort he found in taking care of flowers and plants during his time on the farm. He still cannot take a life without taking care of plants.
* He likes to take care of flowers and play video games.
* He has a southern accent.
* Kao is currently single and not interested/ready for a relationship
* Kao might have been abused in his past life due to him not being comfortable about negativity of any kind.

## References

1. ↑  "WELL THEN...I'LL ONLY PUNISH YOU AND THE FUCKIN' GOAT." - Peter talking about Alfred and Kao