Ayu (
Appearance[]
Ayu is, like most of Tenjin's shinki, a young woman. She has long, straight auburn hair tied in a high ponytail, with some short locks resting on her forehead and two thin long ones on both sides of her face. Her eyes are a shade of dark blue similar to indigo.
Ayu is dressed in a white kimono with a red hakama over it - the common set of clothing for shrine maidens worn by Tenjin's other female shinki, as well as Tsuyu.
Synopsis (Manga)[]
Yukine Arc[]
Ayu first introduces herself when Yato and Yukine, along with Hiyori, come to accept Tenjin's request to eliminate an ayakashi that has settled in a certain railroad crossing.[1]
Sometime later, when Daikoku visits various shrines to find a shinki who would agree to take part in Yukine's purification ceremony, Ayu is once again seen along with the other "Tenjin Sisters", expressing unease over the possible consequences of a failed ceremony.[2]
After Miyu blights Tenjin for cutting her wrist, Ayu takes part in performing an Ablution on her before her banishment.[3]
Stray Arc[]
Tenjin is carrying Ayu in her vessel form while he runs into Hiyori Iki. Shortly after meeting Hiyori, he transforms Ayu into a human.[4]
Skills & Abilities[]
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Ayu's vessel form.
- Vessel Transformation: As Tenjin's vessel, Ayu's name is Hoki (
歩 器 Hoki?). She takes the form of a wooden box of purification salt. The front of the box has a flower symbol, much like that which Tsuyu has on her forehead, but with the addition of a sixth circle in the center. Tenjin sometimes travels the country to scatter her salt on the houses of school children.[4]
Trivia[]
- The character used for Ayu's true name, 歩 (chosen reading unknown), means "a step" or "to walk". The character added for her given name, 喩 yu, means "metaphor".
References
- ↑ Chapter 4: A Few Godly Perspectives (Vol 2)
- ↑ Chapter 11: A Name (Vol 3)
- ↑ Chapter 12: To Cut, or Not To Cut (Vol 4)
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Chapter 79: Near Love, Far Love (Vol 20)