Hone Onna

骨女

Assistant to Enma Ai, she appears as a beautiful woman wearing a kimono with the obi tied in front—the trademark of a prostitute. When necessary, she transforms into the red straw doll by tossing her red obi strap over her neck. Hone Onna, together with Ichimoku Ren, investigates the people who make contracts and those they hold grudges against. Hone Onna usually infiltrates human society in casual clothing to investigate cases; on these occasions, she tends to use the pseudonym "Sone Anna." On certain occasions, she uses throwing knives as weapons; Hone Onna is apparently extremely skilled with these weapons. Her knives seem to carry some mystic charge, since they can be used to quickly dispatch supernatural enemies. Hone Onna also seems to have some skill as a contortionist, which allows her to squeeze into very small places. Getting out of those same places, however, is an area she is less talented in. Hone Onna seems to suffer from mild vanity; she can be quite offended when she is addressed as obaasan ("old lady" or '"auntie"; a Japanese form of address for any woman of middle age and above). She can expose the bones in her body, scaring the target of the grudge; the name Hone Onna actually means bone woman. In episode 8 of Futakomori she jokingly reveals that she is "200 years old."

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