Otsuru

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Otsuru is a young woman specializing in the art of healing, an excellent cook, and an admirer of fireworks. She discovered Afro in the shrine after he lost the Number Two headband as a boy, and she took him to Sword Master's dojo, where he befriended Jinno. When introduced as "Okiku," she has once again found Afro in a near-death state (having been blown off a cliff by an RPG fired by Brother 6 and badly poisoned by an arrow in a fight with Soshun); she bandages him and takes him to her home to heal. She and Jinno survived the attack intended to claim the Number Two headband from Sword Master, and they were both saved by the Empty Seven Clan.
Apparently, some time after the events at Sword Master's dojo, she became an agent working for Brother 1 of the Empty Seven Clan. She possesses the unique ability to siphon memories from people as they dream, and she did this to copy down Afro's sword style to be used to complete the Afro Droid. She was also supposed to kill him should the opportunity ever present itself, but she finds herself unable to after having sex with him. She remarks that she still thinks of him as the same innocent boy she knew so long ago, revealing to him that she is actually Otsuru. Brother 2 of the Empty Seven then kills her for failing to carry out her mission and betraying the Empty Seven. Otsuru apparently had a strong emotional effect on Afro, as seen when in Episode five Afro calls out her name twice in his grief over the friends that he has lost.
Adult Otsuru Voiced by: Kelly Hu
Young Otsuru Voiced by: Tara Strong