Uzuki Kasahara

### Relatives

Lauria Kasahara (mother)Chiyo Kasahara (sibling)Taishou Kasahara (brother)Mikoshi Kasahara (brother)

## Physical description

### Eye color

Brown

Uzuki is the main protagonist of the *[SEQUENCE START]* arc and a supporting character of the *TRINITY WAR* arc, before returning back into the spotlight as a protagonist during the *FORSAKEN TIMELINE* arc.

Born human in the southern Gana tribe, Uzuki has a relentless reputation to those who know of her past - the reputation of a cold-blooded killer. Hailed in infamy as the child who stopped Springlock the scythe-murderer in his tracks, Uzuki mainly lives a life of solitude, aside from the few friends who have stuck by her side despite her manic tendencies - including her childhood friend, Saichi Durami.

With her lifespan revealed to be coming to an end in Time Gate: Reaper, Uzuki joins Mitsuhiro in arms against the unmerciful Reaper Society. And after discovering that Springlock is still alive, despite her former attempts in trying to kill him, Uzuki makes it her final wish to rid the world of Springlock for good.

## Early childhood (pre-*Reaper*)

Born in the 4586th yearly cycle, in the Gana ruins, Uzuki was raised in Adythiel by her mother, Lauria Kasahara, while her father remained in the desert ruins.

While living in Adythiel as a child, Uzuki befriended another child - a young boy named Saichi Durami.

As a child, Uzuki became enraptured with the rumors that consumed Adythiel - including one about a man named "Springlock", who was allegedly responsible for multiple murders in the kingdom. Though Uzuki felt drawn to this person, hopeful in finding him, she was carefully watched to ensure she didn't break curfew or stay out past dark. She and Springlock would eventually meet, while accompanied by Saichi. After a brief struggle, Uzuki ambushed Springlock and stabbed him several times with a kitchen knife she had kept hidden in her cloak.

Though it was an act of heroism that Uzuki performed to protect Saichi, it still wasn't enough to protect her from the fragile sensitivity of the Adythielan monarchy and its people, and Uzuki's family was forced to relocate to the village of Dre Tigal, where they would live for several years, away from the prying eyes of the Adythielan community.

Separated from Saichi, Uzuki attended the public school in Dre Tigal, where she met Victoria and Shora Klasen, and began to rebuild her life. At this point, Uzuki began to repress her memories of what had happened the night of Springlock's murder, even forgetting some of Saichi himself. It wouldn't be until Saichi visited the town during a vacation with his family years later that he would run into Uzuki, and be reunited with his childhood friend.

Shortly after, as a young teenager, Uzuki moved back to Adythiel with her family, sure that the town would have moved on from her actions as a child. She enrolled at the Adythiel Academy with Saichi, and became friends with Makoto Takahashi, Yashiro Takahashi, and Mikumi Jishiru. Despite her newfound friendships, Uzuki still faced hardships from her classmates, many who had pre-conceived notions of the Gana tribe, others who fed off the paranoia of their parents, who were aware of what Uzuki had done to Springlock years prior. Though there was one student she didn't seek the approval of - Mitsuhiro Minamimoto.

## Abilities

Though she is a human, Uzuki still has various abilities that give her the upper hand in combat alongside her taught hand-to-hand techniques. Many of her abilities are self-taught, though she eventually makes great strides under the leadership of Coach Bruno Ruin, and alongside Mitsuhiro, who she's forced to team up with time and time again against the forces of the Society. Uzuki's main strengths lie in her analysis of opponents via her aura-reading, which is at first state level, and her agility, speed, and flexibility in motion.

### Aura-Reading

An ability typically inherited by Gana individuals, aura-reading allows one to see the colors and shapes (i.e. the 'aura') of people's souls. For those born with aura-reading eyes, three states of aura-reading are achievable, from first to third, with Uzuki being capable of achieving second state. This allows her to see colors, shapes, and ether points, which gives her the ability to cut off her opponent's ether flow and disable their magic.

### Parasitism

When pushed to the edge, Uzuki can shift into a form of fighting that's far more aggressive and unpredictable, powered by her soul parasitism. In this state, Uzuki's body becomes a mere physical vessel for the parasitism, while her mind recedes into a limbo state. This allows the parasitism to take control to varying degrees - no matter it's level, the best way to discern the parasitim's presence is through Uzuki's scar, which will bleed at the onset of parasitic transition.

Uzuki's parasitism often takes the form of her childhood self, specifically from the night she killed Springlock; it's believed this is a defense mechanism on the parasitism's part to better communicate with its host body.

## Time Gate: Reaper

With an uncanny distaste for Mitsuhiro, Uzuki would end up being forced to interact with him in her senior year after finding out he had the ability to mark the ending lifespans of people around him - and had marked her as well. With Uzuki's lifespan marked on his body as well, Mitsuhiro made a vow to protect Uzuki at all costs, and to even go to such lengths as to find a way to stop the timer counting down her lifespan altogether; or at the very least, postpone it so she could lead a longer, more fulfilling life.

With Mitsuhiro watching over her every move, Uzuki's life ended up being threatened again, this time by an assassin sent specifically to kill her. Though Mitsuhiro puts up a good fight, it's Uzuki that steps up to the plate and aggressively fights back, losing her own sanity in the process, finally beating Sadik into the ground to the point of completely unconsciousness.

After being interrogated by Mitsuhiro, Sadik reveals that she's a member of the Reaper Society, an organization of undead humans known as Reapers, who are born after a human dies with hatred in their hearts. Though the Society was after Mitsuhiro, Sadik was sent after Uzuki specifically, who had been deemed an obstacle by the Society for being able to aura-read - the only ability capable of telling humans and Reapers apart at a mere first glance.

### LOOP 9998 DEATH

In the afternoon of the next day following the Behemoth attack on Adythiel's capital, Uzuki awakens to Springlock waiting for her in Mitsuhiro's front yard, donning the same scythe and cloak she had first met him with as a child. Springlock, stating that he still wishes for Uzuki to fulfill her promise to him, offers this meeting as another chance to rid the world of him for good.

Though Uzuki impresses Springlock with her ability to mold her soul into a physical weapon - an ability seldom seen by Springlock in other timelines - she's still unable to come out victorious, and is initially fatally wounded by Springlock's scythe impaling her through her stomach. Following the first strike, and with Mitsuhiro now by her side, both he and Uzuki suffer gruesome deaths when Springlock severs each of their bodies in two with his scythe.

Though this is chronologically Uzuki's "first" death, the cause varies depending on which timeline the death is present. In Sequence 9998, Uzuki dies from blood loss and organ failure as a result of bodily bisection. However, Springlock has also noted the following causes of death in other timelines:

* Suicide by hanging
* Impaled
* Gunshot wound to the head
* Burned alive
* Drowning
* Suicide by poisoning
* Execution by guillotine

Regardless of cause, the time of Uzuki and Mitsuhiro's death is always the same - 1:52 PM on the 157th day of the 4604th cycle. In Chapter 7 of Springlock's Observations of Time, he believes the cause of this similarity across timelines to transcend both science and the chaos of time itself - rather, a locked in event created by chaos itself.

## Time Gate: [AFTERBIRTH]

After the events of *Time Gate: Reaper*, Uzuki found herself isolated in a purgatory-like limbo, an in-between liminal space reserved for souls that are neither departed nor assigned to a new body. According to her own calculations, she spent approximately three years in limbo, accompanied only by her parasitism, which often took the form of her friends and loved ones to deceive her and alter her memories. Eventually, the parasitism got the upper hand, which resulted in Uzuki waking up in a bathtub of her own blood surrounded by medics.

When she woke up again, Uzuki was greeted by Mitsuhiro. The amazement of still being alive was short-lived, however, as she and Mitsuhiro were interrupted by a woman claiming to be a doctor. Though the doctor managed to answer some of her questions, most of them would be answered by Mitsuhiro, who eventually revealed that they *had* died, and were both now reborn as Reapers - but unlike Mitsuhiro, Uzuki was occupying a different body, one that resembled the scythe-wielding girl - Cyra - whom she had once suspected to be Springlock.