Michiru Kagemori

* ̶F̶u̶r̶r̶y̶ Beastman form
* Human form

Michiru Kagemori was previously a human. But after an unknown incident, she turned into a Beastman, which instantly made her an outcast among the population.

## Appearance

Michiru is basically a tanuki Beastman, although she had several traits of a blue jay (possibly based on the color scheme of her hair and tail) and a raccoon (markings around her eyes). Her chin-length hair is cut short and her ponytail is light blue with black tips. She also has teal eyes and black pointed cat ears on top of her head. Her paws and muzzle patch are dark brown, while the rest of her fur is light brown, much like a real tanuki.

She wears a loose gray tank top with a black tank top underneath, navy blue dolphin shorts with light green trim, a red blazer with white trim and an open collar, and white sneakers with red soles. Her tail sticks out from under her shorts. Before she enters Anima City, Michiru dons a red hooded cloak over her normal outfit. During sports and physical activity, she usually takes off her jacket. She also has a beige cross-hatched wallet.

In her human form, she has a pale complexion, black hair and eyebrows, and brown eyes. She has an asymmetrical bob haircut with a bun sticking out from the left side in her human form. Like other students in her high school, Michiru's standard school uniform consists of a white short-sleeve collared shirt, a baby blue bow tie, a teal high-waisted short skirt, light gray knee-length socks, and black loafers. Her high school basketball uniform consists of a white jersey with orange accents and a black Reiva with the number 8 on the front and back. She goes to school every day with a light velvet backpack and a basketball in a yellow bag. During her elopement, she wore an oversized gray hoodie and sweatpants.

In her youth, she had the same complexion, a similar haircut with bangs down the center and right side of her face, and large amber eyes. In her mom's photo, she was wearing a yellow T-shirt, a pale blue jumpsuit with a front pocket, a pink bow, and animal ears on top of her head.

When she plays baseball for the Bears baseball team, she wears an unbuttoned white and yellow baseball jersey, a yellow baseball cap with bear ears, a black jersey, and black athletic shoes.

## Personality

Michiru is compassionate, brave, and energetic. She cares about both beastmen and humans and does not condone violence against anyone, even terrorists and those with evil intentions. She goes to great lengths to protect her peers, even at her own expense.

Michiru's strong will also shows in her actions. She is stubborn and not easily influenced by peer pressure. Once she sets a goal for herself, she is determined to achieve it. When Michiru lost her wallet, despite being told by all her colleagues that her chances of recovery were zero, she kept looking for clues. But sometimes her strong will can be a flaw that manifests itself in recklessness, causing her to ignore her own safety. This trait of hers sometimes leads her to put her own opinion ahead of others without first understanding their point of view.

At first, she despised her Beastman form, but after living in Anima City and learning more about Beastmen themselves, she decided to stay that way for a while.

## Story

Michiru grew up in a rural town and received a normal upbringing from a supportive and caring mother. She attended Reiwa High School along with Nazuna Hiwatashi. She loves to play basketball and was number 8 on her high school basketball team.

When she wasn't removing her hoops, she hung out with her best friend Nazuna, sometimes sitting on a park bench and using Bluetooth headphones to listen to music together. One of their favorite tunes was "Night Running".

About a year before the events, Michiru and Nazuna were injured in a car accident. They were operated on in the same hospital and made a full recovery after a small blood transfusion. However, one day at school, when Michiru was congratulating Nazuna on passing her audition, Nazuna turned into a beastman. Men in suits took her away in a black van and were never seen again.

In one of the incidents where Michiru herself touched a tanuki, Michiru soon turned into a tanuki beastman herself during basketball practice (probably due to the influence of the Getter Rays and the theory of evolution that Lordgenome used earlier, back in the original dimension). She was unable to transform back into her human form and was forced to hide at home for the rest of the year. Eventually, she found the Anima City website and began planning her escape. She wrote a letter to her parents informing them that she planned to live in Anima City and left her house wearing a red cloak.

While she herself was on the bus directly to Anima City, thugs, perhaps even soldiers from the Gilgamesh Division, attacked the bus she was sitting on. Although they were saved by the Protagonist and Chirico, who had just escorted the Weremen to the city. She was rescued, and soon she herself enters the battlefield.

## Abilities

Although she is not actually a super soldier, she is also able to fight against other machines or monsters.

* Physiology of Beastmen Turned Human: As a result of artificially obtaining his Beast Factor (blood transfusion with Beast Factor added), Michiru is not an ordinary beastman, showing the ability to take on the appearance of various species, as well as many unusual abilities not associated with any known species. She is shown to activate these abilities inadvertently at first, but is later shown to be able to control her abilities at will.
	+ Shapeshifting/Copying Ability: Like normal Beastmen, Michiru can change his human form into the base Beastman (blue tanuki) form. But due to the nature of her mutation, she can transform parts of her body into those of other animals to suit her needs, where some of them were copied after the beastmen she encountered:
		- Bunny Ears: Michiru's ears can elongate to resemble rabbit ears, allowing her to hear conversations from afar or eavesdrop through walls or doors.
		- Bird's Beak: Michiru can transform her snout into a bird's beak, allowing her to amplify her voice. This gives the ability to stun enemies. It is somewhat similar to Nebula's Psycho-voice of Betterman or Soundman Mick 13. She also gains tail feathers as well as a cock-like crest on her head.
		- Gorilla Kick: While preparing to throw an object or strike, Michiru's arms grow to enormous size due to increased muscle mass, easily allowing her to overpower opponents or create gusts of wind with thrown objects. Her throws, at least with a baseball, seem to be capable of denting and breaking concrete.
		- Cheetah Speed: The lower half of Michiru's body transforms into a cheetah, replacing legs and tail with an agile predator, allowing for an incredible burst of speed. The tail is likely designed to act much like a real cheetah's tail in the wild, to counteract the twisting of the body as it turns at high speeds while maintaining balance.
		- Wings: Michiru's arms can transform into wings that can grow in size when needed, while her tail and legs take on bird-like features, including sharp claws.
		- Chameleon Camouflage: Modeled after Mimura's camouflage, Michiru can transform his fur into a chameleon skin and use it to blend in with the crowd. However, this ability does not affect her clothing.
		- Wolf Smell: Mimicking Shirou's sense of smell, Michiru can transform his head into a wolf's head and acquire the same keen sense of smell as the latter's.
		- Hawk Eyes: Michiru's eyes change to increase viewing distance and enhance focus, transforming her eyes into hawk eyes.
		- Cat Tail: In the manga, Michiru turned her tail into a cat tail in order to blend in with the cat association.
		- Long Arms: Michiru can extend and bend his arms to reach distant objects.
		- Expandable Tail: Michiru's tail can grow to enormous size, easily weighing her down or using it as a shield, wrapping around herself and others to protect them from harm.
		- Pseudophotokinesis: Whenever Michiru changes the shape of any of her body parts or changes from her human form to her base beast form, the process is often accompanied by flashes of light, especially when she is under stress. As she spread her tail to stop Shiro and the attacking terrorists, Michiru unknowingly generated a flash of bright light that blinded everyone present. The light itself is created by the excess energy generated by her beast factor.