| Nekome | |
|---|---|
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| Name Information | |
| Kanji | 猫目 |
| Kana | ねこめ |
| Rōmaji | Nekome |
| Series Information | |
| Debut | Episode 2 |
| Appearances | Ninja Scroll: The Series |
| Original Dub | Rika Matsumoto |
| English Dub | Julia Fletcher |
| Personal Information | |
| Gender | Female |
| Relations | Mufū (Leader) |
| Affiliation | Hiruko Forces |
| Status | Deceased |
Nekome is a maliciously playful kunoichi with many feline traits and is always accompanied by a black cat.
Personality[]
A playful woman, just as her cat-like appearance would suggest, Nekome is loyal to her clan but also isn't completely unreasonable. In fact, she attempted to use diplomacy to retrieve the Dragon Jewel on two separate occasions, first before actually engaging Jūbei Kibagami in combat and the second time when she'd gotten the upper hand. The reason for why she did this is unknown, perhaps it was just to avoid doing too much work or maybe she was intentionally trying to avoid any unnecessary bloodshed.
While she's an adversary, she's actually quite honorable. This is shown when Nekome attempted to reason with Jūbei, and if he would've gave her the Stone, she wouldn't try to kill him. Even while fighting Jūbei, Nekome doesn't resort to dirty tricks like attacking Jūbei from behind or trying to trick him, when she's behind Jubei she waits until he turns around and then she attacks; most of her attacks against Jūbei are head-on.
Appearance[]
Nekome is a woman of average height with red, spikey hair and green, cat-like eyes as well as feline claws alongside hidden blades on her hands; her wardrobe consists of a brownish-red, skintight, one-piece bodysuit. Later during the fight with Jubei she shreds the outer layer of her bodysuit to be less constraining and improve her agility, also revealing more of her body.
Biography[]
Nekome confronts Jūbei in a deserted town and tries to convince him to part with the Dragon Jewel since it originally belonged to the Hiruko Forces, but the wandering shinobi refused as he intended to keep a promise he made to Rōga. Seeing no other choice, Nekome attacks him but he dodges and quickly tries to slice her in two but she manages to evade and flees into a building. Jūbei following hot on her heels from outside, Nekome attacks him from above and using her great agility, she lands two kicks on him; one kick to the face and another kick to his stomach and the feline kunoichi flips back gracefully. As the fight continued, Jūbei is caught off guard by Jimushi, a second Hiruko Clan member from underground and is left open but, despite his defenselessness, Nekome askes the vagabond to give her the Dragon Jewel but he refuses, breaking free he headbutted her and killed the second ninja before swinging his katana at her. Nekome manages to dodge the blade and runs along the rooftops, she's able to keep up with Jūbei's speed with ease and lands in front of him, she attempts a foot sweep and attacks. She dodges his attack but this time she is unable to avoid the flying vacuum blade created by his attack, slicing both the kunoichi and the water tower at her back in two, killing her.
Abilities[]
Much like a cat, Nekome was a very agile fighter, capable of gracefully dodging nearly all of Jūbei's attacks with great ease. Her flexibility enabled her to jump or kick from unexpected positions and cut down her opponents in combination with her concealed blades.
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