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[list][*][u][b]Name:[/b][/u] Naoko Hifumi
[*][u][b]Age:[/b][/u] 19
[*][u][b]Gender:[/b][/u] Female
[*][u][b]Appearance:[/b][/u] See below; stands at about 5'6".  Originally her hair would change colour when she transformed, but it ended up turning prematurely white leading it to have the same colour no matter what form she's in.  Despite how much this makes her stand out, she doesn't even bother trying to hide it anymore.
[*][u][b]Personality:[/b][/u] Whilst once cheerful and optimistic, Naoko has become jaded and cynical, finding it difficult to see the bright side to any given situation.  Despite this, and despite wishing she'd never became a magical girl in the first place, she still fights to protect others in the hope that she can at least prevent what happened to her happening to them.  She tries to dissuade other girls from becoming magical girls, but will not judge them harshly for going through with it; after all, the power to protect what's important to you is hard to resist, even if said power fails you when it matters the most.  Whilst usually acting stoic, deep down Naoko is filled with self-loathing, blaming herself and her supposedly "cursed" Archetype for the death of her partner even as she desperately tries to find out what [i]actually[/i] happened that fateful night.  She is very guarded with her thoughts and emotions, and whilst she will fight alongside others with little hesitation she isn't likely to open up to them much.  Still, she will do whatever she can to help them and to ensure they come to as little harm as possible, as whilst her idealism is mostly dead she's still fundamentally a good person who just wants to protect others however she can.
[*][u][b]Skills:[/b][/u] During highschool, Naoko was a member of the school's kendo team and still knows her way around a sword even when untransformed.  She's also perfectly fluent in English, as it was her best subject, and is a fantastic cook.
[*][u][b]Brief Backstory:[/b][/u] Naoko used to be an idealistic magical girl, previously being one half of a duo who shared the same Concept and fought as champions of justice and defenders of goodness.  She used to have a partner, an equal who she trusted and relied on, whom she shared a deeper bond with than could be called just "friendship".  Once, in what seemed a lifetime ago, she was happy.  This all ended one day three years ago, when her partner's life was suddenly taken from her, snatched away by an unknown enemy.  On that day Naoko's world fell apart, and when she was unable to find whatever killed her and exact her revenge she began blaming herself; after all, her Archetype was clearly cursed, the bloodthirsty nature of it bringing about ruin and despair for anyone who wielded it.  With this in mind, she became more and more hesitant to draw on its power directly, and with everything reminding her of what she lost even after two years she decided she had to leave Tokyo almost immediately after graduating.  But after spending a year travelling across Japan, trying to come to terms with herself and clear her thoughts, she was brought to a realization: the only way she [i]could[/i] come to terms with everything is by going right back to where it began.  Still somewhat hesitant, she made her way back to Tokyo, hoping to [i]finally[/i] come to some kind of closure about the events of three years ago. [list][*][u][b]Magical Girl Appearance:[/b][/u] [url=https://safebooru.org/index.php?page=post&s=view&id=1749337]"...Hmph."[/url]
[*][u][b]Concept:[/b][/u] [i]Katana[/i]
[*][u][b]Archetype:[/b][/u] [i]Muramasa.[/i]  Due to Muramasa's swords being considered to be cursed, bloodthirsty bringers of ruin, Naoko has convinced herself that her Archetype is to blame for the death of her former partner and thus is extremely hesitant to directly draw upon its power.
[*][u][b]Abilities:[/b][/u] The abilities confered by Naoko's Concept are rather simple but effective.  She is able to summon a seemingly endless amount of katanas, as well as altering the form and shape of them to certain degrees.  Her swordsmanship also gains a notable boost in proficiency, shooting straight past "world class" and into the realms of legend.  Despite this, however, she also tends to just launch her summoned swords as projectiles at her opponents.

Naoko's extreme hesitance to call on the power of her Archetype means little is known about what it can actually do, other than it apparently involving "fire, blood and steel".[/list][/list]
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