Kagura (Gintama)

Kagura is one of the main characters from the Gintama anime and manga.

Kagura is a member of the Yorozuya and the main female protagonist of Gintama. She is a member of the Yato Tribe, the daughter of Umibouzu, and the younger sister of Kamui.

Appearance
Kagura has vermilion red hair and ocean blue eyes. She has fair skin (snow white according to Takechi Henpeita in Episode 59). She typically wears a red cheongsam with yellow piping. Her hair is tied in two knots to the sides of her head and are covered with ornaments. When outside, she's usually seen carrying a purple parasol around, which works as protection from the sun. In the special episode 1-2 her description says that she has a cute appearance (but also a rather sharp tongue). Like all Yato her body is well developed with muscle.

Throughout the series it shows that grows a bit, initially being 155 cm height, but then closer to the height of Shinpachi. In the Timeskip arc, however, at 16 years old, she was taller than him at 170 cm. Her hair was longer and fastened with clips. She also wore goggles. She wore a two piece outfit that resembled a cheong sam and revealed her midriff, laced with gold. The top piece has a high collar which covered her neck.

During the events of the Dekoboko Arc she switched genders due to a curse and was seen in her male form. In that form, she had long hair that was slicked back and she had a beard. She had a scar on her left eye and was wearing a chinese armor. She was also much taller and had a well-built body.

During the Movie Be Forever Yorozuya, Kagura was as tall as Shinpachi and had longer hair with a bun on the right side of her head. She wears a long white cheongsam with red buttons. The bottom of the cheongsam is decorated with the pattern seen on Gintoki's yukata. Her umbrella is also bigger, almost as tall as herself.

Throughout the series she is seen wearing various disguises for gags.

When she recieves a confession from a boy, Shinpachi remarks that going by just looks she's a beauty.

Personality
Kagura can be described as naive to a fault as seen in her introduction where she was tricked by a gang into thinking that she was protecting them when she fought their rival gang. She refuses to accept her legacy as a Yato, and just wants to live as a normal girl. Although she doesn't like violence, she clearly uses violence to solve her problems, Hasegawa Taizou labeled her as 'ultra hot (tempered/aggressive) China girl'. She often quarrels with Shinpachi and Okita physically and verbally. She has a sharp tongue and isn't afraid to speak her mind or insult people even if it's to strangers. She takes in things that Gintoki says as a form of advice, oftentimes in an inappropriate context. She acts very "unladylike" in terms of the ways she speaks and things such as vomiting or picking her nose.

However, she is still a young girl who likes others to pamper her and on some occasions has shown to have a girly side. Although she acts like she doesn't care for the Yorozuya (e.g., beating up Shinpachi and Gintoki) she really does cares for the Yorozuya as seen through her actions towards them such as trying to protect them when they're hurt in a fight.

She loves eating and seems to have an insatiable appetite, with a particular fondness for rice and sukonbu.

She seems to have strong 'maternal instincts' as seen in various parts of the anime, like when she wanted to breast feed "Gin's" child in Episode 51.

Kagura also has an obsession with big breasts like Sarutobi Ayame's. She added oranges to her chest in Episode 138 when talking about the 'fleshy woman' in the photo.

In Gintama Movie : Be Forever Yorozuya, she is seen to have the personality of a tsundere. Gintoki stated that she is "using her VA (voice actor) to the fullest", a voice actor humor since Rie Kugimiya is well-known for her voicing of many tsundere characters.

Abilities
She, like other Yato, possesses natural and instinctive fighting abilities and physical strength that far surpass human capabilities. Abuto has suggested that Kagura is among the highest elite of the Yato, equal only to Kamui, Umibouzo, and Housen, meaning her abilities far exceed that of an average Yato, but her kind nature holds her back, only when she is "awakened" can she use it to her full potential.

Expert Hand-to-Hand Combatant: Due to the Yato blood running through her veins she is exceptionally strong, but can also lose control of her power and "awaken" when her friends are in serious danger.[2] Her Yato killer instincts are suppressed because she doesn't like it. However, her instincts were "awakened" in Yoshiwara Blaze arc in her battle with Abuto when he hurt Shinpachi.

Yato Mode: Kagura, in a panic, once tapped into the full potential of her Yato heritage which transformed her into a monster bent only on killing Abuto. She has no control over herself in this state and says she does not remember anything other than feeling anger. In this state Kagura's strength and fighting ability go up tremendously enough to where she can overwhelm the Abuto, who was stronger when she was not "awakened" albeit missing an arm. For her killing blow, she drove a Naginata through his shoulder and crashed him through wall all in one move. Kagura was only able to get out of this state because Shinpachi's words reached her and refuses to ever enter this state again as she fears she might completely lose herself to the Yato heritage within herself.

In the Benizakura arc, she has shown amazing healing abilities after Kijima Matako shot her. Kagura was able to catch the bullets with her hands and mouth.

She also carries an parasol around as protection from the sun, since the Yato species are averse to sunlight but the parasol also acts as a weapon that can fire bullets like a machine-gun.

In the Bentendo Owee chapter, her fighting ability enabled her to be the first to defeat the final boss/Maou.

Trivia

 * Kagura is most likely based on Kaguya Hime from "The Tale of the Bamboo Cutter".
 * Kagura's blood type is A.
 * Her favourite color is red.
 * Kagura always adds -aru in her sentences, something which is believed to be a "Chinese Accent", and speaks in Chinese accent.
 * She is the first Shonen Jump heroine to vomit and pick her nose.
 * Otae is the only woman Kagura is afraid of and respects the most.
 * She is the one who gave Tsukuyo the nickname "Tsukky".
 * Tsukuyo, Nobume, and Kagura called themselves 'Keisei' during the Ikokku Keisei arc, which means 'castle destroyer' based on their intentions to destroy the castle. Keisei may also mean a prostitute/courtesan.
 * Her Gender Bender form is based off of the historical warrior Xiahou Dun from the Three Kingdoms Era of Chinese history. She even called herself Kagura Dun in her male form.
 * Her favourite snack is sukonbu.
 * In Episode 10 she had a pet rabbit that was sleeping with her. Kagura had a nightmare and squeezed it so hard that it died.
 * In The Movie : Be Forever Yorozuya, Kagura became a tsundere.
 * Kagura has the same voice actress as Happy from Fairy Tail, Nagi Sanzenin from hayate no Gotoku, Karin Kurosaki from Bleach, Shana from Shakugan no Shana, Taiga Aisaka from Toradora!, Suzuya Juuzou from Tokyo Ghoul, Sukuna Gojou from K Return of Kings, Monica Adenauer from Yakitate!! Japan, Murumo from Mirumo de Pon!, Louise Françoise from Zero no Tsukaima.