Ichijou Ayane

“This is not a story of heroes....and yet,a lone hero shall rise.”

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Character name:Ichijou Ayane
Source canon:Full Metal Daemon Muramasa
Community tag:ichijou_Ayane
Do I want a HMD:Sure

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Background:Born in Yamato, Ichijou led a normal life raised by her lone father Ichidou Ayane: A banker who always believed in doing the right thing. These strong morals obviously rubbed off on Ichijou when she was younger and are still with her in the present. Her relationship with her father was a close one. It was because of him that she holds Justice in the light she does. He was a man who always seemed ready for dealing with the wicked and stayed strong even though he was the only one out of all of his coworkers that thought this way. Sadly, her father died when she was relatively young leaving her lone Grandmother to take care of her.

Thankfully for Ichijou, her grandma was a very skilled martial artist who taught Ichijou everything she knew while also trying to teach her proper housekeeping skills. Ichijou had a bit more talent for the martial arts but still learned the latter stuff anyways. Unfortunately for Ichijou, her grandmother would also pass away a few years later. Leaving her alone in the world without any family. As the Rokuhara Shogunate grew more and more twisted, so did Ichijou's hate for them. Even as just a high-school student she began to search for ways to fight against them. Through any means necessary.

Personality: To say that Ichijou Ayane has a strong sense of justice would be a complete understatement. Her sense of justice defines who she is as a human being. She absolutely believes in justice. Good is good and bad is bad, no ways around it. The just will punish the wicked. She's been raised with this mindset her entire life. Even her name means the one who follows the path of righteousness, without ever straying from it. She despises people who take innocent lives and those who act with evil intentions. To these kinds of people she is completely ruthless and has no problems taking their lives. On the opposite end of the spectrum she greatly respects anyone who does fight for justice. Idolizing them like heroes. In the end this can make her seem a bit immature. Her ideals almost seem childish but even when confronted about it she will stick to her beliefs. For better or worse, she's completely dedicated and will never waver from her 'crusade'. This sense of justice has driven her to become the person she is today.

Outside of her intense sense of justice though she's pretty much what you expect a normal teenage girl to be. Or at least a normal for a teenage girl growing up in Yamato. She's nice to the people that she respects; but, even then she easily gets annoyed if they do anything stupid and will not hesitate to call them out. Ichijou is also pretty outspoken and usually speaks before she thinks. Towards anyone she doesn't respect she can seem crabby and rather angry. Although, if you gain her respect she'll be the first to apologize. She can be pretty stubborn though, even about things that don't involve JUSTICE. The most obvious one being her denial about her sense of direction. AKA: The complete lack of one. She's able to get lost on a straight path to her destination. It's pretty bad. She hates admitting when she's wrong and storming off when she's mad is a bad habit of hers. One that is made even worse because of her terrible sense of direction.

Ichijou is also rather hot-headed and reckless. She regular picks fights with Yakuza members and wanders through woods infested with bear sized wolves. The girl does not have a lot of worries about her own well-being. In combat she has a very aggressive mentality, she wears all of her emotions on her sleeves and it doesn't take a lot to set her off. When she gets angry collateral damage usually follows.

In the end she's a good person at heart. Even if she can take some things too far.

Capabilities and Resources: Despite her rather small stature, Ichijou is actually a very skilled combatant on foot. After she was sent off to live with her Grandmother she was trained in both hand to hand combat and the Yoshino Onryuu sword style by the older woman. Ichijou displayed a natural talent for both - by the time her grandmother passed away Ichijou had become a skilled enough swordsman to hold her own against most opponents. Even against people who have years of experience over her.

Her physical strength also borders on being superhuman. She was able to kill a bear sized wolf with a single punch to the throat; said punch also shattered it's spine. During this strange demonstration of animal abuse she also displayed the ability to move fast enough to catch up with the beast after she sent it flying.

Ichijou herself seems to have some ridiculous endurance. Whether if it's because she's that tough or just too darn stubborn to let it stop her she doesn't really care. If she can keep going she will. And most of the time, she can keep going. After she obtains Masamune she gains the ridiculous healing factor that comes with any high end Tsurugi. Losing a limb is not considered a problem for her after she teams up with Masamune. The Tsurugi is able to keep her going even after she takes several bullets to the chest. During one point in her route Kageaki is left wondering how she's even able to survive from an injury that would have killed any other Musha.

Type:Non-Combatant...at first. She can help lower the local wolf population though!

Upgrades:

Unit Name:Masamune
Unit Description:The Legendary Tsurugi forged by Priest Goro was given to Ichijou by the dark elf Yagenta. Forged over 700 years ago, one would not expect the Tsurugi to be able to keep up in this day and age.  However, the Tsurugi is more than capable of standing up to modern machines. Masamune lives up to it's legendary status, taking the form of pristine silver/indigo power armor that resembles a samurai. The mantra to activate Masamune is as follows. "As long as the devil lives, my blade shall pierce its heart. As long as evil persists, my steel shall know the taint of blood. There-in lies the way of the sword."

Masamune itself is extremely quick, and like all Tsurugi of it's status - is much more tanky than it's size would let on. The Tsurugi itself can repair damage done to itself and it's pilot by extension. This healing factor is ridiculous enough that it can heal the pilot from severed limbs and ripped off flesh. Which is a good thing, considering some of the weapons that Masamune is equipped with. Speaking of Masamune's weapons - at a glance, it looks like it's rather under-equipped. Keeping with the samurai theme, the Tsurugi comes with two different swords. A large katana that should probably be classified as a Zanbato and a much shorter wakizashi. Despite the fact that Masamune was forged over 700 years ago - it is somehow equipped with both a Gatling Gun in it's right elbow, and a Tetsuho (ancient Japanese cannon) under it's right wrist.

Of course, to make up for the relative lack of weapons Masamune has a wide variety of special techniques. Which will be listed below for convenience.

Mugen Juuseishi: A rather simple attack that has Masamune firing his sharp fingertips, after covering them with metal plating. Thanks to Masamune's healing factor this attack can be used as a rapid-fire ranged option, unleashing wave after wave of them as they regrow.
Onken - Roppon Kussou: The first of Masamune's many rather gory attacks. Onken - Roppon Kussou has six sharp rib bones extend out from Masamune's chest. Each rib is transformed into steel with the attack and the ends of each of them seem to resemble swords more than bones. Using this attack is extremely painful for Ichijou, as the ribs being fired out and enhanced are her own.
Kappaku Touteki Choukan: The second body horror attack. This one has Masamune spawning tentacles from it's stomach to grapple and tear into enemies.
Higatetsuhou - Koenshaku: The third, and thankfully last horror attack. This attack uses the flesh of Masamune's Midou and steel from the machine itself to somehow form a high explosive shot made. Needless to say, it's also pretty painful to use. When the attack hits it creates a gigantic explosion which can envelop a huge area and also unleashes a storm of shrapnel into the area.
Oboro Shoushiken: Masamune's first normal special attack. The attack is just a simple slash after Masamune's sword is ignited with a powerful flame.
Ingaoho Tenbatsuteki-Giri: Masamune's strongest ability. This attack allows Masamune to copy any attack sent at it and return it at twice the strength. Alternatively, Masamune can return the attack in the form of a powerful overhead slash. The weakness of this attack is that it requires that the pilot of Masamune stay alive and conscious after taking such an attack. However, with Masamune's healing factor and Ichijou's inhuman endurance this is hardly a problem for the duo.

Size:SS
Terrain compatibility:
Air:Yes
Ground:Yes
Water:Yes
Space:Yes
Favored terrain:Air/Ground

Wingmen: None at the start but later on she'll be accompanied by Masamune in his giant steel grasshopper form. Masamune is very into justice, like Ichijou!

Mission requirement:Yes
Suggested Event List: Kanae has this. Although Ichijou might have some later post-canon events.

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