Nobimaru

personality

presents himself as friendly and polite, using his cute looks to his advantage in order to appear more trustworthy. His childlike appearance may lead others to underestimate him, but beneath the innocent surface he is manipulative and is often looking to use others. His ruthless side is most often seen during battle. He shows little to no concern for violence or bloodshed and in fact views such situations as rather exciting and fun. Nobimaru is confident and reliable in combat. He’s able to remain levelheaded and improvise in tense situations. As Inari’s loyal subordinate, Nobimaru naturally holds her in high regard and respectfully refers to her as “Lady Inari”. Despite the niceties, he views her in an intensely negative light—upon his first meeting with Kabane he abruptly reveals that he hates her. Despite Nobimaru’s antagonism towards Inari, he’s willing to work for her. He reveals to Inugami that he's using his status as a mere stepping-stone to accomplish his own selfish goals, even if it means cooperating with someone he hates. His disloyalty is especially apparent in the way he behaves behind her back, as he’s amiable towards the members of the Inugami Detective Office, even letting them in on Inari’s plans and willing to cooperate with them. Nobimaru also goes as far as to deceit Inari and disobey her instructions, often out of compassion for others. He does as he pleases, which results in being able to protect someone, such as Kon. Inari was aware of this, Nobimaru would be considered a traitor and most definitely disposed of.

Appearance

Nobimaru is a kitsune who disguises himself to look younger than he actually is as he considers there to be more advantages to being cute. Due to insufficient energy from having to fake his appearance, he can’t hide his kitsune features or heal his injuries. Nobimaru appears as a young boy deapite being 19. He has short blond hair, round golden eyes and a beauty mark under the left side of his mouth. He wears black and yellow headphones to conceal his fox ears. His typical attire consists of a yellow undershirt, white tie, black suit jacket and black shorts. He also wears white socks paired with black sock suspenders and brown shoes. After the battle with Yui he starts wearing a red glove on his right hand due to an injury he couldn’t heal. In his true form Nobimaru remains looking youthful, though somewhat more mature. However, he is noticeably taller. He’s able to conceal his kitsune features, which is why his headphones rest around his neck. He wears a cropped white leopard print fur coat over his other clothes. Instead of shorts, he now wears black suit pants. He also occasionally wears sunglasses. When fully transformed into a kitsune he has yellow eyes, dark brown fur with gray accents and a tail made of flames.