Shimo Manazuru (真鶴 霜 Manazuru Shimo), commonly and respectfully referred to as Oshimo (お霜), is a scientist in the Medical Research Division. She is written by KnShirayuki.
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Appearance & Physical Characteristics[]
She is an avian tengu, as such, she appears humanoid with large bird wings. Being based on the crane, her wings are white and her short dark hair has a single tuft of red. While in her lab, she wears the typical scientist lab coat, but while outside, she wears a dark, opaque raincoat with the hood up and black cases over her wings. Her face is never seen; it is always hidden by a red, long-nosed tengu mask.
Personality[]
- ⧽ I'm a crane, making sure every favour is repaid is hard-coded into my genes.
- —Oshimo, As the Cotton Roses Bloom
She is haughty and secretive, never showing her face and always erecting a force field outside her lab to prevent visitors. Even when confronted about giving out defective medication, she does not apologize or admit fault, and behaves dismissively.[2] However, she believes in repaying favors to people who have been kind to her.
Background[]
In addition to being a Medical scientist, she is also an onmyōji; she has taken three mini-origami figures as her shikigami, her lab door is covered in paper talismans, and she uses spiritual energy in her work.
She is close friends with Arare Usuasagi, and has been the one introducing the PPC to him.[1]
Appearances[]
- See Four Demonly Kings.
Trivia[]
- Part of her personality is based on the Crane's Returning a Favour folk tale.