Kiruka Hasaki

Kiruka Hasaki, also known as Slice (スライス), is a villain working with Nine in My Hero Academia: Heroes: Rising.

Appearance
Kiruka appears to be a young woman with fair skin, blue eyes that slope inwards, and noticeably full, glossy lips. She also possesses straight, shiny red hair with chin-length bangs that partially obscure her right eye, the back part reaching down to her thighs while two front strands appear long enough to reach past her feet. She wears it tied together at the ends down her back, the two longer strands left to fall to her knees before looping back up behind her.

Kiruka wears a pale purple blouse with frilled cuffs; the collar upturned, and a pearl string necklace of a similar color. Over this is a short, navy blue dress with a collar so low it dips down to her waist and a thick brown belt that's fastened in 3 places around her waist. She also wears dark red gloves and frilled, thigh-high socks of a purple color, a pair of black boots with knee-high protrusions worn over the top, and two bands of red binding them to her calves around the back. Along with this, she sports a black choker with a small red circle in the center and a black domino mask over her eyes.

Personality
Kiruka is shown to be a confident combatant when she taunts Tsukuyomi during their battle. As a villain, she has no qualms about causing widespread destruction using her Quirk. She doesn't seem to be above threatening or harming children, as she demanded that Katsuma Shimano surrender himself while activating her Quirk in a threatening manner.

Despite this, she does have a softer side and worries about her teammates, Nine in particular, after his first encounter with Deku and Katsuki Bakugo. She is also highly cooperative with her fellow teammates. Having been ostracized by society due to her powerful Quirk, Kiruka yearns to create an ideal world alongside her allies where power is the only factor that matters.

She is also very fond of her hair and cherishes it greatly, flying into a rage after Pinky managed to melt it.

Abilities
Overall Abilities: Kiruka is a formidable fighter, and like everyone else in Nine's group, she is powerful enough to take on multiple opponents by herself. Kiruka also possesses an excellent handle on her powerful Quirk, Slice, which allows her to manipulate her hair in various ways: moving, hardening, elongating, and sharpening it for offensive and defensive purposes. Offensively, Kiruka can use her fortified mane to cut through objects or as projectiles for widespread attacks by shooting needle-like hair strands. Defensively, she uses her strengthened locks as a protective shield against incoming attacks. In addition, Kiruka can exploit her Quirk for mobility purposes by having her tresses act as stilts. Besides her Quirk handling, Kiruka possesses impressive agility and reflexes, using acrobatic maneuvers to evade attacks. Kiruka is also highly skilled in hand-to-hand combat, incorporating her lethal equipment and the adaptive nature of her Quirk into an advanced oppressive fighting style, making Kiruka all the more dangerous. If Kiruka's Quirk is weakened, she cannot fully utilize her battle technique and will be overwhelmed by immense power.

When Nine's team arrived on Nabu Island, Kiruka used her Quirk's projectile application to quickly destroy all the ships docked at the island's port. The next day, Kiruka and her remaining teammates, Nine and Chimera, were separated by Can't Stop Twinkling's "Supernova" and Creati's cannon assault, causing her to fall into an underground cavern wherein she easily contended with both Tsukuyomi, a powerful hero-in-training, and Pinky a very agile fighter, without any initial killing intent. During the battle, Kiruka was able to effortlessly fight on par with a "Black Abyss"-infused Tsukuyomi, despite the Jet-Black Hero being submerged in darkness, in which his Quirk, Dark Shadow, is at its peak. While defending herself from Pinky's "Acid Shot", Kiruka's hair was left severely damaged and weakened, but she could still fend off Tsukuyomi and immobilize the pink heroine simultaneously. The assault on Mina was, unfortunately, Kiruka's undoing, as she inadvertently caused Tsukuyomi to be rage-filled, resulting in Dark Shadow entering its berserker state. Kiruka, viciously overwhelmed by Tsukuyomi's full power, collapsed the cavern roof, sacrificing her well-being and removing her opponent and herself from battle to improve her team's chance of success.
 * Enhanced Agility: Kiruka possesses enhanced agility, maneuvering during combat with such ease that she can proficiently use her bladed boots and clawed gloves without slicing off her hair. This nimbleness allowed Kiruka to fight two provisional heroes with ease initially.
 * Enhanced Stamina: Kiruka possesses a large amount of stamina, allowing her to fully utilize her fighting capabilities without tiring. This endurance can be seen in how she can effortlessly compete with two provisional heroes originating from U.A. High School with a vast array of complicated and energy-intensive athletic movements.

Tactical Intellect: Kiruka possesses great tactical intellect, as shown by the optimal use of her Quirk and decision-making skills, even under pressure. Kiruka's strategic mind was demonstrated by how she eliminated Nabu Island’s water transportation before her team entered the harbor, her recovery of a vulnerable Nine where she tactically retreated for Nine to recover and rendezvous with the team. Kiruka also tactically defeated Mina, swiftly removing her from the fight and successfully neutralizing Dark Shadow in her self-sacrificial attempt to neutralize Tsukuyomi and herself, as she couldn’t overcome her opponent while weakened.

Quirk
Slice (スライス): Kiruka's Quirk allows to move, harden, and sharpen her own hair. She is able to use her hair as blades, as well as fire off individual strands of it like needles. Kiruka can also use her hair for defensive purposes, as well as for mobility by using large locks of it as stilts. Her hair still retains its chemical properties when it's modified and can be destroyed if it comes into contact with any harmful materials, such as acid.
 * Hair Regrowth: Kiruka was shown being able to instantaneously regrow, immediately replacing the needle like strands of hair she would fire. Her ability to regrow her hair is seemingly neutralized when it came in contact with Pinky's Acid.

Equipment
Flare Gun: Kiruka used a flare gun to send a signal for her allies to retreat and regroup after Nine's Quirk made him pass out.

Claw Gloves: Kiruka's gloves contain thin, retractable metal claws that unsheathe from the fingertips, which can be used in hand-to-hand combat.

Blade Boots: The soles of Kiruka's boots can project two large metal blades that she uses in conjunction with her claws.

Trivia

 * Her surname, Hasaki, contains the kanji for "feathers" (羽) and "blossom/bloom" (咲). Her given name, Kiruka, means "kill/murder" (斬) and "incense/perfume" (香).
 * Kiruka, along with Chojuro Kon, is also the third villain to name themselves after their Quirk: the first is All For One and the latters are Kai Chisaki and Hari Kurono.
 * ' appears to be the inspiration for Kiruka. Both characters are red-headed females with the ability of hair manipulation.

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