Kogasa Tatara

Kogasa Tatara is a karakasa obake (an umbrella youkai) from the Touhou Project series, with heterochromia blue & red eyes, and short teal hair. Kogasa has the appearance of a young girl; her soft, childlike features are often riddled with expressions of curiosity and mischief, betraying her supernatural origin. Kogasa always carries her purple umbrella, a living extension of herself, which has an eye and a large tongue protruding from it. Kogasa's outfit consists of a blue-green vest with white sleeves, a light blue skirt, and traditional geta. Kogasa has one purpose: surprising and scaring humans, so she may feed on their reactions. Kogasa's observed attempts to surprise anyone hasn't consisted of much more than her screaming "Boo!" or simply attacking someone if pressed. Kogasa hasn't genuinely scared anyone recently, since her attempts come off as more cute than surprising. Kogasa hides in the darkness to attempt to surprise people, but her scare attempts can be described as child's play, to the point where the greater "threat" from her is how bothersome it can be to deal with her after she gets depressed by her failure. Kogasa gets delighted when she successfully surprises someone (or thinks she did), and it is well known among the human villagers of Gensokyo to pretend to get scared in order to please her. Kogasa's actions might seem mean-spirited or reckless, but deep down, she craves friendship and connection. Kogasa is normally cheery, but gets easily depressed and cries when things don't go her way. Kogasa despises not being taken seriously, and will often lash out (often violently) in response. Kogasa suffers from self-esteem problems, as she is easily pushed into lamenting about wondering what her purpose is, or that she might be better off if she just went back to being an umbrella.