Hayase

Hayase (ハヤセ) is a government official of Yanome. She has acts as a reoccurring antagonist of Fushi, regardless of her obsessive love for him.

Background
Little is known about Hayase's past. However, she is a Yanome government official who seems to be well respected. She was chosen to oversee the Ninannah sacrificial ceremony for the Spirit Bear.

After Fushi's attack in Yanome, Hayase spends about four years obsessively searching for him. She eventually meets him again on Jananda Island. She happily fights him and reveals that it was she who had gave him Parona's form as a "gift."

At some point, Hayase had a human child and eventually a grandchild.

Appearance
In her original appearance, Hayase had black hair in a bob-cut. Now, Hayase has longer shoulder-length hair and scars on her face and body from Fushi's attack. She has also added a ragged red-and-yellow cloak to her outfit.

Personality
In the beginning, Hayase is generally a quiet person and takes her duties very seriously. She appears to be calm, stoic, and a bit enigmatic. Later on, her character becomes more violent, relentless, and unstable.

She is shown to be skilled in combat, even more so after surviving Fushi's attack. For some reason, she became obsessively in love with Fushi and his abilities.

Appearances
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 * Episodes =

Spirit Bear Arc

 * 2. A Rambunctious Girl (Debut)
 * 3. A Small Evolution
 * 4. A Large Vessel
 * 5. Those Who Follow

Jananda Island Arc
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 * 14. Janada, Island of Freedom (Cameo)
 * 16. The Children's Dreams
 * 17. The Defeated
 * 18. To Move Forward
 * 19. Wandering Bloodlust
 * 20. Echoes

Abilities
Having been trained as an assassin since girlhood, she naturally believes that she has the right to dominate those of her clan and others who dare to cross or contradict her.
 * Leadership

She could easily doge blows fried from Fushi when he was in the white bear's mangled form.
 * Combat

Her natural physical strength, speed, endurance and reflexes, agility, lightness and stamina are quite exceptional if not superhuman.
 * Peak Human Condition


 * Weapon Proficiency and Marksmanship

She is quite skillful with the shortbow and arrow, capable of pining down her target from a long distance with missing. She can also make full use of sword, Bo-staff, and tanto quite well.

She easily influenced the naive fourteen-year-old Tonari to guide Fushi to Janada Island, where she would find it easier to trap him.
 * Manipulation

Quotes

 * "My name is Hayase. I Have been ordered to look after you until the ritual is complete. Move back please. No men may come near her. We must not allow her to be tarnished." - To March's Parents (Chapter 2)
 * "Allow me to warn you: If you run away, Lara will die in your place." - To March (Chapter 2)
 * "It's been a while, Fushi. Poor March, right?" - To Fushi (Chapter 42)
 * "How does it feel controlling that woman? She's so light and nimble, isn't she?" - To Fushi (Chapter 43)
 * "Because of that, she suffered more than she needed to." - To Fushi (Chapter 43)
 * "You cannot even defeat this one person!" - To Fushi (Chapter 43)
 * "The western Morning Glory is quite potent." - After Poisoning Fushi (Chapter 6, Chapter 43)

Trivia

 * Hayase's face is actually made of Parona's skin.
 * Hayase's wish is to be by Fushi's side and to have Fushi's children, in the hope of having immortal offspring that possess extraordinary supernatural abilities of their own.