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Inari Sato (Season 2)


 

Shut up and Fight!

-- Inari, vs Gensai Rex.

 

Previous winner of the second league of the Crossroads Tournament and ex-ghastly warrior, Inari is a seasoned veteran with a rough but effective fighting style and hot headed but sportsmanlike desire for battle. After moving to a different realm and gaining new abilities, Inari returns to the crossroads, but this time, as a mentor for newcomers and spectator of the event.

 

Table of Contents
  1. Backstory

  2. Personality

  3. Abilities

  4. Job & Skills

  5. Location

  6. Gallery

  7. Author's Notes

 

Backstory


Origin


Inari was a student without too much purpose, just seeking thrill by fighting other students with two of her close friends. Growing bored with her school life, one day she is approached by the student council's president, Sana Okagami, and her life turns around. With this new found friendship, love blossoms and Inari finds her days full of color. However this wouldn't last too long as Sana, in a misguided attempt at a gift, she reveals her identity as a kitsune and irreversibly changes Inari's soul to make her immortal.

 

Inari became a Half-Yurei, in simpler terms, a Half-Ghost, not only able to see spirits and interact with them but also changing her appearance, as all changes to the soul will have an effect on the body it resides in.

Her appearance was too demonic to show herself to her friends and family so she hides, manages to watch her own funeral after being declared missing in an accident, and then leaves her home town, now more aimless than how she began.

 

Inari travels for a while, using her newfound invisibility powers to hide from public eye slowly developing a hatred for Sana, and by extension, Kitsune. She eventually meets a spirit named Blue during her travels, an ascetic monk and special spirit who still remembers it's time alive and yet didn't move on to the afterlife somehow. Blue becomes Inari's mentor and friend, and later on her father figure, as he teaches her how to use her powers, and eventually change her form to what she looked like in the past, albeit still unnatural looking in some traits.

 

Inari starts looking for Sana, as she starts desiring revenge, and Blue reluctantly tags along. For 12 years they fight exorcists and youkai, and on the way she manages to help spirits pass on to the afterlife with her powers even gaining two more spirit companions: Red, an old Ronin, and Green, an European soldier. but she never seems to get closer to Sana's whereabouts, until she is approached by one of the God Eater's Fox Familiars holding a red envelope.

Season 1


Audition

After resentfully accepting the invitation to the Crossroads Tournament, Inari notices how she's able to see tails, and by extension, she spots The God Eater Miss Chief herself during her undercover wandering. Inari, in a sour mood from meeting the fox in charge, goes for a drink and manages to meet Senko, another contestant.[1]

Intermission - Distraction[2]

While taking in the drinks, Inari notices the melting summer heat was just as strong here as it was back in her home realm. She then realizes that Senko's ability gives off a cold aura and she jumps in for some contact, but gets frozen when caught in a hug by the touch starved mummy. This starts off their more friendly acquaintance relationship.

Round 1 - Green[3]

Inari wanders around the streets of crossroads before her match is announced and meets Delivery Girl, who asks for directions. Inari helps her before the match due to how she hasn't made conversation with a normal human for a long time. When they meet again during the match Inari is willing to help her one more time after the match is over and just desires a friendship, but then learns from Delivery Girl that Sana followed her here. She has been doing things behind the scenes to the crossguards and she wants to talk to Inari after the next round which leaves Inari filled with rage and confusion.

Intermission - White[4]

 Inari confronts Miss Chief and gives her information on Sana's doings. After being left behind she goes to interrogate others for more information to no avail, one of these residents being the Young Prince, Armel (A fellow spirit under different circumstances) and in frustration she blows up emotionally in front of Senko and leaves.

Round 2 - Blue[5]

 After her breakdown, Inari is comforted by Blue and reminisces about her trials and tribulations to get to where she is, and thinks about how Sana ahs been hurting people on her behalf. This lingers on the back of her mind when she gets into her next match against Gensai Rex, a demigod with a similar aura to Sana. During their clash, Inari is outmatched in raw power and her rage bubbles up. Inari subconsciously absorbs blue and manages to violently beat Gensai out of combat, but her mentor is now gone, which leads Inari down a spiral.

Round 3 - Red[6]

After spending the night emotionally vulnerable due to the loss of one of her closest companions, Inari tells her remaining spirits to leave her alone and forgets Sana's promise to meet up, After lashing out at her, and saying she wants nothing to do with her, Sana decides to take matters into her own hands and seal Inari's psyche away so she can think over their relationship.
Her next opponents, Armel and Aude, fight Sana, who puppeteers Inari's mind-less body. Armel manages to get Inari's spirits on her side to attempt to turn the tide of battle, but this doesn't work.

When all seems lost, Blue's consciousness interacts with the Sealed Inari and frees her. Inari finally letting her illusory form go and revealing her true appearance. Aude and Inari then team up to defeat Sana, which they manage by a hair's length thanks to the God Eater's intervention. Inari and Aude have a one on one fist fight to decide who wins the tournament. Inari lays down a clean hit and wins the tournament, her wish being to revert all changes Sana has done to people's souls.

This allows Inari to return to being human after 12 long years of struggle. But after all the celebration, Inari remembers she has nowhere to go anymore, so she goes to Senko, asking if she can come with her, to which Senko agrees.

Season 2


After a few years living in Senko's home realm, Lotus, Inari grew accustomed to her slow life with occasional pest control in another world, doing odd jobs around Senko's hometown and even starting a relationship eventually, even taking care of a child they name Cinnamon, their daughter.

They receive another invitation to the Crossroads Tournament, but decide to only go as a vacation this time around. 

Personality


She's judgmental and cautious with strangers, also a little hot headed when angered, but this is only a consequence of her more fist-to-face approach to problems, and her past experiences.

Nowadays louder and more receptive towards people approaching her, and is willing to make friends with whoever shares a drink with her, or a spar. Inari is by no means airheaded though, she will not hesitate to beat down anything that threatens her or her loved ones, and is usually still fairly brash and intimidating before you get to know her more friendly and energetic side.


Inari Sato

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Aliases/Nickname(s)

Ina (Sana)

Profile Data

Race

Human

Pronouns/Gender/Sex

She/Her, Female

Age

Early 30's (Left unspecified)

Weight/Height/Build

Average, 5'10''ft (177cm), Lanky & Fit

Hair/Eye/Skin Color

Black, Green, Pale White

Distinguishing Marks

  • Old band-aid over nose bridge.
  • Worn-out boots.
  • Always carrying a wooden sword.

Job

Handywoman, "Pest" Control, Instructor.

Hobbies

Sword practice, sparring, training, reading legends (or manga depending where she is), coming up with special attack names.

Creator
[Link to Creator's sheet or social media]
She's still uncomfortable around foxes, but doesn't really have prejudice around them anymore.

Abilities


Remnant of Sana Okagami's "blessing" - [Okagami Bygone] -Cured-

A remnant of Inari's curse, the one that turned her into a ghost against her will. After getting rid of it, a remnant of it still remains engraved in her very soul. One part of it is [Vision], the ability to see auras and spirits, and the other being higher stamina than the average person.

Lotus' Blessings -[Model] and [Conduit] Skills-

After stepping foot in Senko's home realm, Lotus, she found herself blessed by the same skills the inhabitants of this world find themselves getting. She's had time to both experiment and grow accustomed to these and is actually fairly proficient when it comes to using them.

These abilities use Will instead of Soul Energy.

Skill - [Model]

This skill allows the user to form objects and Weapons from the energy of energy based creatures, these include spirits and undead, but are not limited to them.

[Model], Self Weapon
Inari tends to use it on herself, but this uses more Will than otherwise.
There's 3 types of Self Weapon, Blue Knuckles, Red Sword and Green Pistol, based on the weapons she has used in the past.

[Model], Bulk Up
Inari can infuse the energy acquired from model and shape it around an existing weapon or object to increase it's power and durability. Usually used with the wooden sword she possesses.

Skill - [Conduit]

This skill allows energy based creatures (such as spirits and undead but not limited to them) to empower Inari, which lets her gain abilities dependent on the creature she's utilizing [Conduit] with.

For example, if Inari used [Conduit] with Senko (who counts as undead, as she is a mummy), she'd be able to gain Senko's sword skills.

Job & Skills


Inari's currently no more than a tourist, and if persuaded, can teach anyone one or two lessons in combat sense. Her fighting prowess comes from her battle experience rather than her technique, so despite being able to teach others a different mindset, she's not able to teach an actual fighting style that isn't just "apply fist to face". Additionally, she's always up for a friendly spar, and maybe even a training session. She takes pride in her winner title, maybe a little too much sometimes.

Location


Inari can be found walking around the entirety of crossroads. Think of a random encounter.
But most of the time she can be found inside the actual town rather than the outskirts.


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Concept Art 1RenderFirst Interaction with Senko

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Full body + Turn AroundInari, Senko and Cinnamon.Concept Art 2

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Past Inari RefsheetClassic Uniform Look + Young InariHalf-Yurei Inari

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Blue, Red, and Green (duh)

Fun Facts


  • Inari's mask is worn due to the culture of Senko's hometown. Not wearing one is essentially being naked in their eyes. Inari struggles with that basic etiquette but still tries to respect their customs.
  • Cinnamon came from an egg. The whole process involved spirits converging together, but Inari and Senko think Inari laid the egg somehow, since it just appeared in their bed one morning.