Homura

Homura is a shinobi from Sengan Kagura. She had been the student leader of the shinobi trainees from Hebijo Academy, which is a school for evil shinobi. But after learning the dark secrets of her academy, she left Hejibo along with her friends. Currently she leads the Homura Crimson Squad. Despite her young age, she is quite the formidable fighter due to many years of training throughout her life. Her strength is a result of the intense training regiment that she puts herself through each and every day to become the strongest shinobi.

Personality: Homura is an intense individual, who is extremely confident in her own abilities and is prideful of her strength as a shinobi. She is very outspoken as well, and will freely speak her mind even when in the midst of battle. She sees the intense training regime of her school to be the right way to train. She detests being manipulated by others, but she has shown no issue with deceiving and manipulating individuals herself as she recognizes it as a necessary weapon for a shinobi to possess. Homura's views on life have been influence by the tragedy she had to suffer in her path which sent her down the path of an evil shinobi, a role that she fully embraced. As a result, she tends to be very mistrusting of others out of fear that she could be betrayed. She also claims that she does not believe in relying on others, and that worrying about ones companions is just a distraction. In spite of all of that, Homura is not really a bad person, and she does actually cares for those close to her though she'd never actually bring herself to admit that. Throughout her battles with the shinobi of Hanzou, in particular Asuka, she has shown the capacity for mercy and a lack of incentive to truly kill her opponents in spite of her orders. Near the end of the supposed 'final' battles between Hebijo and Hanzou, the two sides had to join forces, and through this she ended up actually forging a friendship with Asuka. However, she still views the Hanzou shinobi as her ultimate rival.

Appearance: Homura has tanned skin and her dark brown hair is tied in a long ponytail with a white ribbon, the ends of the ribbon standing straight up. She often dons the usual Hebijo uniform, which is an all black sailor fuku with red trim. Like Asuka, she wears wrist guards on her forearms with bandages underneath. She wears white loose socks with brown dress shoes. Her body is slim yet toned due to her training. Her arms and legs are lined with muscle, but not excessive in order to maintain the speed and agility vital for her profession. Her abs are also well defined, a symbol of her exceptional core body strength. A bit out of place with her otherwise slender and fit body would be her noticeably large chest. In order to minimize the effect of her substantial bust while in battle, Homura typically binds them with traditional Japanese breast bindings. However, the size of her breasts make it a fairly fruitless endeavor and they still end up moving around more than she'd like while fighting.

Backstory: In Middle School she wasn't planning on becoming an evil ninja, she was actually from a good ninja clan. Ever since her first year of Elementary school she had been training to become a ninja. Her teacher in Middle School was a kind male University graduate. Every day she was training and under a lot of pressure from her parents, the stress built up. Her teacher was a sort of 'oasis' for her. He would listen to her talk about pointless things, etc. He was a 'special existence' to Homura. In her second year she talked to the teacher about her plans after Middle School. She reveals her family’s ninja secret for him to keep as a secret. Upon receiving this information her teacher then attacked her, revealing to be an evil ninja. This caused Homura to snap, she doesn't remember a thing that happened after that other than a blood stained teacher's face. She says if she hadn't met that evil ninja she might've just been a normal Middle School student. She was thrown out of her home because of this act, her parents didn't even listen to her pleas. Betrayed by people and disowned by her parents she wandered the streets, where she is confronted by a woman who offers her the option to join Hebijo, stating that "The past doesn't matter, Hebijo welcomes anyone. Evil ninja are more tolerant than good ninja."

Fighting Style: Homura is a fierce fighter who utilizes six katana at will. She slashes about and overpowers her enemies with fierce strikes and her duel wielding capabilities allow her a great range of reach for her attacks to hit.

The Nodachi placed upon her back, called Engetsuka, is a powerful tool that allows her to enter her Crimson Mode. This sword also allows her to wield all seven of her swords (including the Nodachi) and acts as both a guide and an enabler for more ferocious attacks. In that event, she becomes far more powerful than before as the Crimson energy flowing through her body and sword fuse together to create a monstrous foe.

Other Info:

Homura's style of wielding swords is in a similar fashion such as Date Masamune from the Sengoku Basara series and Ciel from the Tsukihime series. Homura's demeanor and manner of fighting also draw parallels to a Marvel character Wolverine.

Her aggressive and unforgiving nature, as well as manner of speech is very similar to Wolverine's personality.

They were also connected to the villains they were once worked for in the past before seeking the path of redemption in the present, namely Hebijo Clandestine Girls' Academy and William Stryker’s Weapon X Program.

Homura also displays headstrong qualities when faced with demanding situations and tends to act on impulse, rather than guidance (Very true on Wolverine's part; presenting matters of him experiencing memory loss or when pushed into a corner)

Her six black swords, which are often referred to as "claws" can also draw allusions to Wolverine's claws; Homura griping the sword handles between her fingers, while Wolverine has three blades stick out on each hand.

Her Crimson mode strongly resembles Shana from the manga and anime Shakugan no Shana while invoking her powers. The two have long, red hair and gain the ability to use fire techniques.

The difference between the two is that Shana uses one sword and needs this form in order to fight; while Homura takes hold of her long crimson ninjatōs, Engetsuka, which allows her to use all seven swords at will.

Her Engetsuga is very similar to a Zanpakutō, Engetsu, in the possession of a Bleach character Isshin Kurosaki.

Both share the first part of the same name 'Engetsu' (剡月), which means "Scathing Moon".

Engetsu's Shikai command is known as Burn, which draws close parallel to Homura's long ninjatōs having a flame affinity.

In Bon Appétit!, she is the only member of her team to have her story involve the wishing scroll, however she does not use it.