Azuki Shinatsu

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**Azuki Shinatsu** is a character from the *Maken-Ki!* anime and manga.

As a second year student and the academy's combat specialist, she has immense physical strength and excels at martial arts. She's also classified as an A rank ability user, making her one of their top students. Unbeknownst to her friends, she has a secret obsession with stuffed animals and works at the Macaroon maid cafe, after school hours.

In the AWA fics, Azuki is a student at the AWA Academy.

In the XP4 fics, Azuki debuted in XP4 Heroes Coalition - Mission Chronicles.

## **Appearance**

Azuki has short red hair and purple eyes, and normally has a small bandage over her nose. She wears a pair of purple fingerless gloves. She currently has an E cup bust.

## **Personality**

Despite being powerful and tomboyish, she has a soft side which she has hides from the public. She has a high attraction to bears, a trait shared with Kodama Himegami.

She also seems to have an inherent inability to fight without losing all her clothes down to her underwear, more so than the other characters. While most of the other character receive some damage to their clothes, Azuki's appear to fall apart completely by the end of her fights.

## **XP4 Fanfic**

Azuki is a member of the Heroes Coalitions and is part of the Maken-Ki. She also attends the Vanguard Academy as a student.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Mission Chronicles**

In Chapter 18, Chacha alongside the rest of Maken-Ki are seen chasing a criminal named Peeper Pete around the academy and when they cornered him, Pete unexepectedly taken them all down and were about to abduct them using the Dark Followers. Fortunately for them, the Dream Team arrives and save them and after that, Chacha and the others thanked the team. Medaka Kurokami then suggested that they had a discussion in their headmaster's office.

In Chapter 19, Azuki is present in Tenbi Academy's headmaster office where the Dream Team explains things to them. She along with everyone agreed to form an alliance with the Heroes Coalitions and later heard Peeper Pete warning everyone that his fellow followers will do everything to awakened their goddess, Lady Adele before getting knocked-out by Tenten.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - Neo-City Diaries**

In Chapter 65, Azuki alongside the rest of Maken-Ki are seen inside the joint room of the Disciplinary Committee and the Safety Patrol having a conversation with Kiyotaka Ishimaru, Cornelius Fillmore and Ingrid Third. Azuki commented in her thoughts on how loud Kiyotaka is.

In Chapter 66, Azuki is present during Vegeta's serenade in the school grounds of the Vanguard Academy.

### **XP4 Heroes Coalition - AKB0048**

In Chapter 25, Azuki is present in confronting the DES Soldiers in Neo-City.

In Chapter 29, Azuki is amongst the thousands of AKB-fans gathered around the concert hall in a city somewhere Kasumigastar and later witnessed the return of Atsuko Katagiri and the rest of the missing idols, and had a great time watching the performances afterwards.

In Chapter 32, Azuki took part of paying respects for Mace Wyndu's death by attending his funeral via burial at sea in Atamistar before witnessing the arrival of a fleet of Dimensional Defense Union ships whom paid their respects for Mace by gifting him with a Heroes' Tribute.

## **Abilities**

Azuki, as a member of Magical Enforcement, is expected to settle most authorised maken use, and so is experienced at fighting. She is currently an A-rank ability user, relying primarily on her maken.

**Hawk** - Azuki's maken Hawk looks like a mechanical boot when activated. Her maken boosts her already superior agility and speed, as well as her physical power. Azuki mainly fights using her legs through kicks.

## **Trivia**

* In the chapter 37 bonus story, Kimi asks the girls what kind of guys they like. Azuki and Chacha both say they prefer strong ones. Except compared to the two of them, most guys would be considered "weak". Meaning, the guys at Tenbi are shit out of luck as far as getting with either of them.