Yukikaze Mizuki

Yukikaze is an energetic and upbeat girl, with tsundere tendencies. She is surprisingly caring, but this often is overlooked as she also is very boastful at times and hates to lose.

In her childhood, she was often called a lonely child by her mother but also well-behaved. She was very active, running around outside, catching bugs and fish in the nearby forest but also wanted the attention to make her mother proud by displaying her early Ninja Art or by helping around the house. Her early displays of power resulted in her not having many friends until Rinko and Tatsuro, as most became intimated.

She is a pettanko, with a complex about the small size and chest, and loses her temper if she feels insulted in that regard. Yukikaze often lacks composure, and prefers to rush into a fight, while she can overpower almost anybody if her abilities are limited by terrain or mission parameters, she often is unable to hide her frustration verbally. She wears her emotions on her sleeves, crying and cheering the loudest around her friends. However, dealing with strangers, she does not talk a lot, as she gets shy easily. In reality, Yukikaze does not have many friends, as new people interpret her few words and reactions as the once of an aloof genius, which would not want to be friends with them. Making her mind up quickly about others Yukikaze deems lazy, shady or rude, combined with her very stubborn nature, makes it not easier to find new friends, even if she wants them.

Yukikaze however deeply cares and trusts the close friends she has made and will always try to comfort and support them. When trust is established, Yukikaze will throw herself at the enemy to protect her friends and is deeply loyal. People are often taken aback, that between her boastful lines she often compliments and consoles her friends if troubled. At times of strong tension and relief, her real feelings of affection often burst out, even if she denies this afterward. Yukikaze often hides that she still feels deeply lonely, missing her family, imitating true maturity without being self-reflective enough, at all times.

Yukikaze feels pride for being a Taimanin and wants to be respected for it, she believes in the Taimanin justice but also displayed a willingness to defend her friends against orders she does not agree with. Her view of what a true Taimanin is supposed to be and her own desire of who she wishes to be, are informed by her idealized version of her mother, with Yukikaze's clothes being designed like her mother's old Taimanin costume. Often, any childish behavior is immediately stopped if confronted by her mother or any mentor and becomes apologetic. In contrast to her boasts to friends, she is insecure and worries that her skill, strength of will and body are far below her mother, mentors and her best friend Rinko. Because of this inherent insecurity, this creates a naive blind spot. In Yukikaze's mind, her mentors cannot struggle and fail like she could, this often pushes her to try even harder to live up to that idealized expectation. In practice, this results, at best or worst, in her trusting a friend's judgement above her own. However, she will almost never voice such personal worries which can, further isolate her.

Yukikaze has an enthusiastic secret gamer hobby and loves to play first-person shooter. She has become a famous pro FPS streamer, and had an expensive gaming setup, when masked and online it is easy for her to talk. Those, which learned about this secret, often can talk to her for hours about games but revealing that secret will shorten one's life. She likes to be active outside as well, mostly swimming or rushing to her favorite sweet shop "Inageya". Yukikaze also loves fishing and especially crayfishing, feeding the animals close to her home at times.

Erotic or romantic topics seem to turn her red of embarrassing, as she has issues expressing her real wants and is just clumsy about addressing her wishes. She often fakes a degree of confidence; she does not have in this field.