Yamato Mikoto (ヤマト・命) is a member of the Hestia Familia. Originally belonging to the Takemikazuchi Familia, she converted to the Hestia Familia in order to aid them in the then-upcoming War Game with Apollo Familia, but plans on returning within a year once she can convert again.
Appearance[]
Mikoto has bluish-purple eyes and long black hair tied into a ponytail. She wears a purple kimono with a sarashi underneath, along with a dark red sash and thigh-length boots. She also wears a red shoulder guard on her non-weapon arm, arm guards, and keeps her katana in the sash at her waist.
Personality[]
Mikoto has a serious and honorable personality, unwilling to use cowardly tactics even in an emergency, as shown through her disapproval of Pass Parading the monsters that were chasing them onto the Hestia Familia. According to her honest side, she is also a terrible liar unable to hide any secret, a regard in which Lili and Welf have noted she is similar to Bell. She also has a softer side, as she cares for the well-being of her friends and is fiercely loyal to them.
Be it when fighting or doing anything else, Mikoto is a quite humble person who doesn't like to admit that she played some major role on something or is a remarkable individual in any field, getting embarrassed when someone says so, and usually diminishes her own abilities or contributions.
History[]
Mikoto originally hails from the Far East. Her parents died several years after her birth. Tsukuyomi and Takemikazuchi took the young girl into their orphanage, where she lived for years, eventually joining the Takemikazuchi Familia.
Mikoto and the other members of the Takemikazuchi Familia used to sneak Sanjouno Haruhime out of her mansion at night to play with her. They were eventually caught, damaging relations between Haruhime's father and the shrine. They pursued their nightly fun regardless.
Two years before the story, Mikoto and the other Takemikazuchi Familia members moved to Orario to earn money to help support the shrine. She became Level 2 shortly before meeting Bell for the first time.
Abilities[]
Martial Artist: Having been trained by Takemikazuchi, Mikoto masters multiple fighting styles as well as knowing plenty of different techniques. She seemingly possess a wide array of techniques for different predicaments, since she noted that which was her strongest technique was a matter that depended mostly on the situation. Among the multiple styles that she masters, one of them is judo, which, although useless against monsters, due to the great variety of shapes and sizes of these, is very useful against people, allowing her to manipulate the bodies of her opponents.
Likewise, Mikoto excels in the use of multiple weapons, and while she usually prefers to fight using a katana, she also has a great skill in the use of spears, axes, bows, short swords and throwing weapons, such as shurikens and kunais. In addition to that, she is skilled in teamwork, fighting efficiently along with her other teammates.
She also has some ability in ninjutsu, however, she does not typically use it since the essence of it lies in the use of sneak attacks, traps and ambushes, using whatever is necessary to achieve her goal, which is not in accordance with her direct and honest personality. Despite this, she is willing to use it if it is to protect the people she loves.
- Mikazuchi (
円月投 ): A technique created by Takemikazuchi from a foreign technique known as Frankensteiner (幸せ投げ ), which he modified and renamed using his own name. It consists of jumping into the air and holding the opponent with the legs and then throwing them against the ground. Mikoto said that it possess the power of a bolt and stated it is the most powerful technique of all the ones that she possess. It seems to be difficult to learn, since from her entire familia only she was able to learn it. - Zekka (
絶華 ): A technique Mikoto learned prior to the Hestia Familia's first expedition. It is the most advanced quick-draw technique that she knows, and just as powerful as Mikazuchi. Mikoto named it based on her alias. It is powerful enough for Mikoto boosted to Level 3 to inflict a serious injury to Amphisbaena, a Level 5 Monster Rex dragon, and fatally injure Berling, though he was severely weakened by Anya's Remiste Felis and Naaza's Darbh Daol.
Enhanced Stealth: As part of her training, Mikoto was trained in the art of infiltration, in which she has shown remarkable prowess, managing to hide and go unnoticed while moving around the Belit Babili despite the security of the building and the large number of enemies that were looking for her.
Enhanced Senses: After acquiring her falna, Mikoto's senses became much sharper and far better than those of most people. Her senses further improved after she leveled up.
Concurrent Chanting (並行詠唱): A high-level technique involving casting magic while fighting or moving around. Its difficulty is likened to dealing with a bomb with both hands while fighting due to the chance of failing a chant or not being able to control their own magic power.
Magic[]
Futsunomitama (フツノミタマ): Futsunomitama is a type of gravity magic that crushes a given area. Upon use, a dark purple sword of light falls down on the opponent, and at the same time, multiple centric circles appear below them. As the sword touches the circles, it creates a huge dome-shaped force field with a radius of ten meters around them. This magic was temporarily able to stop the Black Goliath despite their difference in power.
Skills[]
Yatanokurogarasu (
Yatanoshirogarasu (
Development Abilities[]
Abnormal Resistance (耐異常): Abnormal Resistance negates the effect of abnormalities, such as poison.
Trivia[]
- Mikoto is skilled at cooking, having cooked often with the other women of the orphanage using limited supplies, and is skilled enough to earn praise from Hestia who is an ardent lover of Jagamarukun.
- Mikoto's Yatanokurogarasu and Yatanoshirogarasu are a reference to the Yatanokarasu that was sent to guide Jinmu Tousei to Yamato.
- Mikoto's full name is a possible reference to Yamato Takeru no Mikoto.
- One of Mikoto's favorite pastimes is relaxing in a cypress bath or at a hot spring, and even has her own ritual she goes through before entering the water.
- Mikoto used her magic in a self-destructive manner for multiple times throughout the series, so much that it fulfilled the condition for a skill of the same nature to manifest in volume 15. However, Hestia refused to develop it to prevent Mikoto from abusing herself further.
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