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Character Information
Name: Natsuru Senou
Canon: Kämpfer
Canon Point: End of Chapter 30
Age: 16
History:
Natsuru was a self-described "average guy that you'd find anywhere", an ordinary high-school student in Seitetsu Academy. Sometime prior to the beginning of the story, the girl he had a crush on, Sakura Kaede, gave him a small stuffed animal called "Disemboweled Tiger", part of the Entrails Animals series. While that seemed to be nothing more than a simple gift, it actually set the entire plot in motion.
After receiving the plush tiger, Natsuru woke up in a girl's body, with a blue bracelet on her right wrist, and Disemboweled Tiger, calling itself a "messenger", started speaking to her about "Kämpfer". Natsuru was apparently chosen by the "Moderators" to become a Kämpfer (German for "fighter"), and since all Kämpfer are female, males who are chosen always become girls. The bracelet can transform them between forms, but it takes practice to be able to trigger the transformation at will. Newly chosen Kämpfer will only transform randomly, in the presence of a nearby Kämpfer, or when they "sense a fighting intent". These transformations can last anywhere from a little over an hour to indefinitely... basically until the bracelet (whether by itself or by the user's will) triggers the change back. Distraught at her inability to change herself back, Natsuru shouted at Disemboweled Tiger to help, and it did... by knocking her unconscious. Which apparently is the only way to brute force the transformation out of Kämpfer form to trigger.
On his way to school, after waking up again, Natsuru's bracelet suddenly glowed, and he was attacked by a red-haired girl in Seitetsu's school uniform, wielding a gun. She introduced herself as Akane Mishima, a Gewehr (gun-using) Kämpfer, and was hell-bent on fighting her "opponent". Still confused over the whole thing, Natsuru ran and dodged Akane's gunfire rather than fighting... until she took aim at the nearby Sakura. Without thinking, Natsuru blasted the wall behind Akane with her Zauber (magic) power - a fireball launched from her outstretched hand. After commenting on this power, Akane took notice of Natsuru's bracelet and suddenly walked away, seeming disappointed.
It turned out Akane and Natsuru were both Blue Kämpfer, thus making them allies and not enemies. Even stranger, Akane seemed very different when she came to visit Natsuru at the boys' side of their school in her normal form - while her Kämpfer form was brash and violent, her normal self was calm and quiet... even shy. While Natsuru's Kämpfer form turned him into a girl, it was revealed that even girls who become Kämpfer have their appearance and sometimes even personality changed while in their powered form.
While discussing their situation in the library, Akane and Natsuru were both attacked by an actual enemy - a Red Kämpfer, and a Schwert (sword user), causing yet another involuntary transformation... and a lot of damage to the library in the ensuing battle. But they couldn't seem to catch a glimpse of the enemy, and the only other girl in the room they could see was Sakura, who was nearby yet again. Natsuru, of course, didn't want to believe that the girl s/he had a crush on was their enemy, and protected her from Akane, just in time to notice that the attacks were coming from elsewhere.
Rescuing Sakura a second time definitely made even more of an impression, though, and Sakura even arranged to see Natsuru (in his regular form) at school... only to ask him to introduce her to the girl who rescued her. Unable to say no, he agreed... and then even ended up agreeing to go on a date with Sakura while still in female form. Which ended with Sakura asking if Natsuru would be her girlfriend.
Confused over the confession coming from the girl s/he liked, but addressed to her as a girl and not as a guy, Natsuru excused herself and went to talk to (a jealous) Akane. When she came back, she found Shizuku Sangou, the student council president, at the table instead of Sakura. Shizuku revealed her identity as the Red Kämpfer who attacked them, and that she had kidnapped her own friend, Sakura, to force them to agree to schedule a battle with her.
Natsuru and Akane ended up winning the fight and rescuing Sakura, but all the recent Kämpfer activity, and the meddling of Natsuru's upbeat childhood friend who just returned from overseas, stirred up a lot of interest in the female Natsuru at school. Therefore, in the interest of quieting any possible rumors, at least on the surface, Shizuku made arrangements as student council president to have Natsuru's female form registered as a student in the girls' side of Seitetsu, even issuing Natsuru a pass between the two sides so that he could make appearances as both.
Surprisingly, to Natsuru at least, as a girl she became very popular with both the other girls and the boys... with even girls who described male Natsuru as "plain" or "boring" being fascinated by her and immediately thinking of her as "cool". Pretty much the only girl who didn't seem interested at all was Mikoto Kondou, Natsuru's childhood friend, who somehow viewed the female Natsuru as a rival for the male Natsuru's love.
Thanks to all the rumors going around about both his male and female forms, Natsuru ended up receiving a letter of challenge from an unidentified Kämpfer on the Red team. Shizuku's interest in the Moderators and their reasons for making them fight had apparently caused them to assign another Red Kämpfer to observe her and report on her activities. The reason Shizuku brought Natsuru over to the girls' side of the school was actually part of a plan to draw her out and use the Blue team to get rid of her. Finally, Shizuku revealed another detail she had gathered - that Kämpfer defeated by other Kämpfer are totally erased from existence.
After that fight, Natsuru finally got the hang of triggering the bracelet to transform him between normal and Kämpfer forms at will, and Shizuku seemed to have no interest in fighting anymore. Instead, she wanted to find out more about the reasoning behind Kämpfer and who the Moderators actually were. Meanwhile, Sakura used the school beauty pageant to hand out Entrails Animals plush dolls again, hiding one in particular in a bouquet she tossed out to the audience.
Shizuku, of course, continued to use Natsuru and the others to further her own purposes. Following the beauty pageant, she started to believe that Sakura had something to do with the Moderators, as all of the Entrails Animals messengers were gifts from her to others. Mikoto even approached Natsuru herself and showed him her own Entrails Animal, Strangled Stray Dog, mentioning that it spoke to her. Even Natsuru couldn't miss that a talking Entrails Animal probably meant Mikoto had become a Kämpfer... but decided not to say anything just yet.
Shizuku's plan eventually got them invited to Sakura's house, where they used the visit to investigate her connection to the Entrails Animals. She had started collecting them when she was in middle school, after finding a rare early type, "Burnt Alive Lion", that looked just like a lion she imagined as a child. Ever since then, she gave extras out to friends. Not all Entrails Animals were alive and acted as messengers. But all of the ones that were came from Sakura's collection, and Burnt Alive Lion seemed to have a large role in things.
During their visit, the three were attacked - by Natsuru's friend Mikoto, as a Red Kämpfer. Caught off guard by her "ally", Shizuku, she was knocked unconscious and the group told her everything - including Natsuru's double identity. In turn, Mikoto revealed that when she became a Kämpfer, she was told to observe Shizuku and report back, like Shizuku's defeated teammate had.
Taking advantage of Sakura's distraction during the visit, Shizuku managed to steal Burnt Alive Lion, who explained the reasoning behind Kämpfer. On a distant alien world, two factions were constantly at war. The Moderators were created to be the neutral side, and proposed to have representatives of each side battle each other instead. For the sake of being fair, they decided the battles would be fought on another world - namely Earth. The Kämpfer are all female because in that society, fighting battles is seen as a woman's role.
Once all of the existing Blue and Red Kämpfer were allied, several others from a third, unknown faction started to appear. These "White" Kämpfer claimed to act directly on behalf of the Moderators, with some mention of Sakura Kaede as well. Rather than fighting only to defeat the Blue and Red factions, they said their goal was for Natsuru to join them, and live out her life as a girl. Cryptically, they suggest Natsuru choosing to live as a boy would be a victory for the other team because "all of them like the male Natsuru". Whereas Sakura liked the female Natsuru.
Everything beyond that was still a mystery to Natsuru, at their current canon point. But, as revealed in the anime and later chapters, Sakura Kaede was the one who not only may have set everything in motion, but also commands the White Kämpfer. She even gave Disemboweled Tiger to Natsuru for the express reason of turning him into a Kämpfer who would then become loyal to her, and it's heavily implied that Natsuru's absolute devotion to her from the beginning had been some form of hypnosis or mind control. Whether this is truly Sakura's own doing, or something else is manipulating her in turn, remains unclear.
Personality:
"Average" and "everyday" are really two of the best words to describe the core of Natsuru's self-perception. He began pretty much as the poster child for an everyman protagonist pulled into events beyond his own control.
That's not to say he was ever completely unremarkable, as he might personally have believed. He's always been capable and independent enough to live on his own, and has a very strong sense of decency and morality. Though he might not always stand out from the crowd, he stays firm in his closely held beliefs regardless of what others around him say. He does like to stay in his own comfort zone; but when his friends need him, there's not a thing in the world that can stop him from fighting to protect them, and he can be surprisingly capable at it. While not the smartest or the strongest of his group of friends, he does bring his own balanced, earnest sensibility to things where others might go to more extreme measures.
Unfortunately, he can also be very wishy-washy, too. When pressured about things that he has no interest in, he usually ends up going along with the flow until it's over, or he reaches a breaking point. When nothing important to him is threatened, though, he's perfectly fine letting others make the decisions in situations that he can't avoid, but doesn't personally feel strongly about. Even when thrown into an unfamiliar or unexpected situation, he tends to get very nervous... but rarely does anything about it.
Another major flaw of his is lack of perceptiveness when it comes to others' feelings. Especially girls, but he's been shown to be baffled by the way some of his guy friends act, too. Subtlety is not his strong suit, and he is often confused when things are not made absolutely crystal clear. There was no denying that Sakura was in love with his female self, but he totally missed that any of the others even had feelings for him, because they didn't come out and say so. Part of the reason for this is likely that Natsuru was never a very popular guy, and therefore hasn't had much opportunity to build relationships.
Natsuru's Kämpfer form and how s/he deals with it says a lot about his personality, too. He's able to adjust and get used to being a girl most of the time, except when it affects something he deeply cares about (like his crush on Sakura) or it's something he's just completely not prepared for (like, at first, the idea of bathing as a girl). While in female form, she's exceedingly chaste with other girls, and refuses to willingly take advantage of the situation despite her newfound popularity. She even used to feel awkward about looking at herself in the mirror, at first. There's still a lot of uncertainty and awkwardness whenever things veer off of her narrow field of experience, and that's a big reason why she ends up letting other girls take advantage of her so easily. She never knows quite how to deal with attention from girls, whereas with guys she can much more easily shut down any obvious romantic or lewd advances towards herself or her friends.
Others around female!Natsuru also tend to see more of the traditionally "feminine" traits she already displayed in a more positive light, while her more "masculine" traits give her the air of a cool tomboy. More than one character comments on how cool and brave she is, but also find her shyness, innocence and demureness attractive. It's not that male Natsuru doesn't have these traits - in fact, they're a huge part of why Shizuku seems interested in him. But like everything, they present differently depending on how others view and react to him/her. It's also theoretically possible that there could have been a slight personality change in Natsuru's Kämpfer form like with the others, making her behave more naturally as a girl than she would have otherwise. But it's never mentioned as such, so if there was, it was subtle enough that no one noticed.
Abilities & Skills: While the contract bracelet is what transforms Natsuru in and out of Kämpfer form, Natsuru has developed the ability to control this transformation almost perfectly. When in Kämpfer form, she has heightened physical abilities (strength, agility, endurance, etc.), and the ability to create and launch magical fireballs from her hand. The physical aspect at times goes beyond normal human capabilities, though even without those powers, Natsuru's female form would still be relatively fit and capable. Since gaining these abilities, Natsuru has shown pretty good instincts in a fight as well.
Inventory/Companions:
Choice: Fae (Alternately, Merrow)
Reason: In some ways, Fae is a surprisingly suited choice to Natsuru's innate talents. As a Kämpfer, Natsuru was chosen as a rare Zauber type, with pure magical abilities rather than the weaponry used by most other Kämpfer. Being flexible enough to navigate a dual identity shows at least some capability in influencing others' perceptions. But more interesting than that is the ways a Fae nature would be completely at odds with Natsuru's personality. Natsuru is naturally loyal, selfless, and caring. Any urge towards anything from mischievous tricks up to petty vengeance for her own benefit would contrast and play against her original nature, while taking action on behalf of others might fuel those Fae urges surprisingly far. Meanwhile, her generally naive, suggestible, often uncertain side would become much more of a liability in the case of finding herself owing favors, or falling for tricks herself. It's also interesting to me having a character who has the innate ability to see through literal illusions and resist enchantments, while on a personality level being something of the opposite, at least at first. The hope is, of course, for the contrasts between Fae nature and Natsuru's personality to act as a catalyst for interesting development! Natsuru was always able to rush into problems and take care of them with the physical enhancements her Kämpfer form gave her in canon, but to be anywhere near as effective as a Fae, she'll have to develop an entirely different approach based more on wiles and cunning. Which is probably stacking the deck against her from the outset, but that's what'll make it an interesting challenge~.
Alternately, if the Fae reasoning isn't good enough, Merrow is a more traditionally fitting choice. Natsuru is practically a textbook Pisces in personality (though her canon zodiac sign isn't known), and I always found it odd that she got the typical shounen protagonist fire powers with a personality that suited the water element so much better. The physical capabilities of a Merrow in water would be something akin to what Natsuru's used to as a Kämpfer, too.
Samples: Typical Natsuru meeting a pretty girl (The Far Shore game thread, memloss AU)
Written Sample - Aefenglom arrival oneshot
Name: Phee
Age: over 30
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Character Information
Name: Natsuru Senou
Canon: Kämpfer
Canon Point: End of Chapter 30
Age: 16
History:
Natsuru was a self-described "average guy that you'd find anywhere", an ordinary high-school student in Seitetsu Academy. Sometime prior to the beginning of the story, the girl he had a crush on, Sakura Kaede, gave him a small stuffed animal called "Disemboweled Tiger", part of the Entrails Animals series. While that seemed to be nothing more than a simple gift, it actually set the entire plot in motion.
After receiving the plush tiger, Natsuru woke up in a girl's body, with a blue bracelet on her right wrist, and Disemboweled Tiger, calling itself a "messenger", started speaking to her about "Kämpfer". Natsuru was apparently chosen by the "Moderators" to become a Kämpfer (German for "fighter"), and since all Kämpfer are female, males who are chosen always become girls. The bracelet can transform them between forms, but it takes practice to be able to trigger the transformation at will. Newly chosen Kämpfer will only transform randomly, in the presence of a nearby Kämpfer, or when they "sense a fighting intent". These transformations can last anywhere from a little over an hour to indefinitely... basically until the bracelet (whether by itself or by the user's will) triggers the change back. Distraught at her inability to change herself back, Natsuru shouted at Disemboweled Tiger to help, and it did... by knocking her unconscious. Which apparently is the only way to brute force the transformation out of Kämpfer form to trigger.
On his way to school, after waking up again, Natsuru's bracelet suddenly glowed, and he was attacked by a red-haired girl in Seitetsu's school uniform, wielding a gun. She introduced herself as Akane Mishima, a Gewehr (gun-using) Kämpfer, and was hell-bent on fighting her "opponent". Still confused over the whole thing, Natsuru ran and dodged Akane's gunfire rather than fighting... until she took aim at the nearby Sakura. Without thinking, Natsuru blasted the wall behind Akane with her Zauber (magic) power - a fireball launched from her outstretched hand. After commenting on this power, Akane took notice of Natsuru's bracelet and suddenly walked away, seeming disappointed.
It turned out Akane and Natsuru were both Blue Kämpfer, thus making them allies and not enemies. Even stranger, Akane seemed very different when she came to visit Natsuru at the boys' side of their school in her normal form - while her Kämpfer form was brash and violent, her normal self was calm and quiet... even shy. While Natsuru's Kämpfer form turned him into a girl, it was revealed that even girls who become Kämpfer have their appearance and sometimes even personality changed while in their powered form.
While discussing their situation in the library, Akane and Natsuru were both attacked by an actual enemy - a Red Kämpfer, and a Schwert (sword user), causing yet another involuntary transformation... and a lot of damage to the library in the ensuing battle. But they couldn't seem to catch a glimpse of the enemy, and the only other girl in the room they could see was Sakura, who was nearby yet again. Natsuru, of course, didn't want to believe that the girl s/he had a crush on was their enemy, and protected her from Akane, just in time to notice that the attacks were coming from elsewhere.
Rescuing Sakura a second time definitely made even more of an impression, though, and Sakura even arranged to see Natsuru (in his regular form) at school... only to ask him to introduce her to the girl who rescued her. Unable to say no, he agreed... and then even ended up agreeing to go on a date with Sakura while still in female form. Which ended with Sakura asking if Natsuru would be her girlfriend.
Confused over the confession coming from the girl s/he liked, but addressed to her as a girl and not as a guy, Natsuru excused herself and went to talk to (a jealous) Akane. When she came back, she found Shizuku Sangou, the student council president, at the table instead of Sakura. Shizuku revealed her identity as the Red Kämpfer who attacked them, and that she had kidnapped her own friend, Sakura, to force them to agree to schedule a battle with her.
Natsuru and Akane ended up winning the fight and rescuing Sakura, but all the recent Kämpfer activity, and the meddling of Natsuru's upbeat childhood friend who just returned from overseas, stirred up a lot of interest in the female Natsuru at school. Therefore, in the interest of quieting any possible rumors, at least on the surface, Shizuku made arrangements as student council president to have Natsuru's female form registered as a student in the girls' side of Seitetsu, even issuing Natsuru a pass between the two sides so that he could make appearances as both.
Surprisingly, to Natsuru at least, as a girl she became very popular with both the other girls and the boys... with even girls who described male Natsuru as "plain" or "boring" being fascinated by her and immediately thinking of her as "cool". Pretty much the only girl who didn't seem interested at all was Mikoto Kondou, Natsuru's childhood friend, who somehow viewed the female Natsuru as a rival for the male Natsuru's love.
Thanks to all the rumors going around about both his male and female forms, Natsuru ended up receiving a letter of challenge from an unidentified Kämpfer on the Red team. Shizuku's interest in the Moderators and their reasons for making them fight had apparently caused them to assign another Red Kämpfer to observe her and report on her activities. The reason Shizuku brought Natsuru over to the girls' side of the school was actually part of a plan to draw her out and use the Blue team to get rid of her. Finally, Shizuku revealed another detail she had gathered - that Kämpfer defeated by other Kämpfer are totally erased from existence.
After that fight, Natsuru finally got the hang of triggering the bracelet to transform him between normal and Kämpfer forms at will, and Shizuku seemed to have no interest in fighting anymore. Instead, she wanted to find out more about the reasoning behind Kämpfer and who the Moderators actually were. Meanwhile, Sakura used the school beauty pageant to hand out Entrails Animals plush dolls again, hiding one in particular in a bouquet she tossed out to the audience.
Shizuku, of course, continued to use Natsuru and the others to further her own purposes. Following the beauty pageant, she started to believe that Sakura had something to do with the Moderators, as all of the Entrails Animals messengers were gifts from her to others. Mikoto even approached Natsuru herself and showed him her own Entrails Animal, Strangled Stray Dog, mentioning that it spoke to her. Even Natsuru couldn't miss that a talking Entrails Animal probably meant Mikoto had become a Kämpfer... but decided not to say anything just yet.
Shizuku's plan eventually got them invited to Sakura's house, where they used the visit to investigate her connection to the Entrails Animals. She had started collecting them when she was in middle school, after finding a rare early type, "Burnt Alive Lion", that looked just like a lion she imagined as a child. Ever since then, she gave extras out to friends. Not all Entrails Animals were alive and acted as messengers. But all of the ones that were came from Sakura's collection, and Burnt Alive Lion seemed to have a large role in things.
During their visit, the three were attacked - by Natsuru's friend Mikoto, as a Red Kämpfer. Caught off guard by her "ally", Shizuku, she was knocked unconscious and the group told her everything - including Natsuru's double identity. In turn, Mikoto revealed that when she became a Kämpfer, she was told to observe Shizuku and report back, like Shizuku's defeated teammate had.
Taking advantage of Sakura's distraction during the visit, Shizuku managed to steal Burnt Alive Lion, who explained the reasoning behind Kämpfer. On a distant alien world, two factions were constantly at war. The Moderators were created to be the neutral side, and proposed to have representatives of each side battle each other instead. For the sake of being fair, they decided the battles would be fought on another world - namely Earth. The Kämpfer are all female because in that society, fighting battles is seen as a woman's role.
Once all of the existing Blue and Red Kämpfer were allied, several others from a third, unknown faction started to appear. These "White" Kämpfer claimed to act directly on behalf of the Moderators, with some mention of Sakura Kaede as well. Rather than fighting only to defeat the Blue and Red factions, they said their goal was for Natsuru to join them, and live out her life as a girl. Cryptically, they suggest Natsuru choosing to live as a boy would be a victory for the other team because "all of them like the male Natsuru". Whereas Sakura liked the female Natsuru.
Everything beyond that was still a mystery to Natsuru, at their current canon point. But, as revealed in the anime and later chapters, Sakura Kaede was the one who not only may have set everything in motion, but also commands the White Kämpfer. She even gave Disemboweled Tiger to Natsuru for the express reason of turning him into a Kämpfer who would then become loyal to her, and it's heavily implied that Natsuru's absolute devotion to her from the beginning had been some form of hypnosis or mind control. Whether this is truly Sakura's own doing, or something else is manipulating her in turn, remains unclear.
Personality:
"Average" and "everyday" are really two of the best words to describe the core of Natsuru's self-perception. He began pretty much as the poster child for an everyman protagonist pulled into events beyond his own control.
That's not to say he was ever completely unremarkable, as he might personally have believed. He's always been capable and independent enough to live on his own, and has a very strong sense of decency and morality. Though he might not always stand out from the crowd, he stays firm in his closely held beliefs regardless of what others around him say. He does like to stay in his own comfort zone; but when his friends need him, there's not a thing in the world that can stop him from fighting to protect them, and he can be surprisingly capable at it. While not the smartest or the strongest of his group of friends, he does bring his own balanced, earnest sensibility to things where others might go to more extreme measures.
Unfortunately, he can also be very wishy-washy, too. When pressured about things that he has no interest in, he usually ends up going along with the flow until it's over, or he reaches a breaking point. When nothing important to him is threatened, though, he's perfectly fine letting others make the decisions in situations that he can't avoid, but doesn't personally feel strongly about. Even when thrown into an unfamiliar or unexpected situation, he tends to get very nervous... but rarely does anything about it.
Another major flaw of his is lack of perceptiveness when it comes to others' feelings. Especially girls, but he's been shown to be baffled by the way some of his guy friends act, too. Subtlety is not his strong suit, and he is often confused when things are not made absolutely crystal clear. There was no denying that Sakura was in love with his female self, but he totally missed that any of the others even had feelings for him, because they didn't come out and say so. Part of the reason for this is likely that Natsuru was never a very popular guy, and therefore hasn't had much opportunity to build relationships.
Natsuru's Kämpfer form and how s/he deals with it says a lot about his personality, too. He's able to adjust and get used to being a girl most of the time, except when it affects something he deeply cares about (like his crush on Sakura) or it's something he's just completely not prepared for (like, at first, the idea of bathing as a girl). While in female form, she's exceedingly chaste with other girls, and refuses to willingly take advantage of the situation despite her newfound popularity. She even used to feel awkward about looking at herself in the mirror, at first. There's still a lot of uncertainty and awkwardness whenever things veer off of her narrow field of experience, and that's a big reason why she ends up letting other girls take advantage of her so easily. She never knows quite how to deal with attention from girls, whereas with guys she can much more easily shut down any obvious romantic or lewd advances towards herself or her friends.
Others around female!Natsuru also tend to see more of the traditionally "feminine" traits she already displayed in a more positive light, while her more "masculine" traits give her the air of a cool tomboy. More than one character comments on how cool and brave she is, but also find her shyness, innocence and demureness attractive. It's not that male Natsuru doesn't have these traits - in fact, they're a huge part of why Shizuku seems interested in him. But like everything, they present differently depending on how others view and react to him/her. It's also theoretically possible that there could have been a slight personality change in Natsuru's Kämpfer form like with the others, making her behave more naturally as a girl than she would have otherwise. But it's never mentioned as such, so if there was, it was subtle enough that no one noticed.
Abilities & Skills: While the contract bracelet is what transforms Natsuru in and out of Kämpfer form, Natsuru has developed the ability to control this transformation almost perfectly. When in Kämpfer form, she has heightened physical abilities (strength, agility, endurance, etc.), and the ability to create and launch magical fireballs from her hand. The physical aspect at times goes beyond normal human capabilities, though even without those powers, Natsuru's female form would still be relatively fit and capable. Since gaining these abilities, Natsuru has shown pretty good instincts in a fight as well.
Inventory/Companions:
- A rather revealing "maid" uniform
- Her blue contract bracelet on her right wrist
Choice: Fae (Alternately, Merrow)
Reason: In some ways, Fae is a surprisingly suited choice to Natsuru's innate talents. As a Kämpfer, Natsuru was chosen as a rare Zauber type, with pure magical abilities rather than the weaponry used by most other Kämpfer. Being flexible enough to navigate a dual identity shows at least some capability in influencing others' perceptions. But more interesting than that is the ways a Fae nature would be completely at odds with Natsuru's personality. Natsuru is naturally loyal, selfless, and caring. Any urge towards anything from mischievous tricks up to petty vengeance for her own benefit would contrast and play against her original nature, while taking action on behalf of others might fuel those Fae urges surprisingly far. Meanwhile, her generally naive, suggestible, often uncertain side would become much more of a liability in the case of finding herself owing favors, or falling for tricks herself. It's also interesting to me having a character who has the innate ability to see through literal illusions and resist enchantments, while on a personality level being something of the opposite, at least at first. The hope is, of course, for the contrasts between Fae nature and Natsuru's personality to act as a catalyst for interesting development! Natsuru was always able to rush into problems and take care of them with the physical enhancements her Kämpfer form gave her in canon, but to be anywhere near as effective as a Fae, she'll have to develop an entirely different approach based more on wiles and cunning. Which is probably stacking the deck against her from the outset, but that's what'll make it an interesting challenge~.
Alternately, if the Fae reasoning isn't good enough, Merrow is a more traditionally fitting choice. Natsuru is practically a textbook Pisces in personality (though her canon zodiac sign isn't known), and I always found it odd that she got the typical shounen protagonist fire powers with a personality that suited the water element so much better. The physical capabilities of a Merrow in water would be something akin to what Natsuru's used to as a Kämpfer, too.
Samples: Typical Natsuru meeting a pretty girl (The Far Shore game thread, memloss AU)
Written Sample - Aefenglom arrival oneshot
Written Sample
That alone was embarrassing enough. But what was odd about it was that, after a moment, Natsuru had felt her eyes drawn to her own stunned, flustered reflection in Akane's glasses. The next thing she knew, she was in that weird mirror house. Everything from there was a blur of confusion; she did her best to keep up, but it was so much! This couldn't be right, anyway. It's only as she was handed the thing they called a 'watch' that she finally managed to find the resolve to speak in more than confused, fragmented questions.
"Um, that's great and all, but... I don't think I'm supposed to be here? I need to-"
At that moment, something from the explanation caught up to her. Something about the magic of the world, and 'unfortunately any magical or enchanted items from your world will no longer work here'...
"Wait... what?!"
She practically went into shock for the rest of the explanation. Did that mean... she was stuck like this? That settled it; she definitely needed to find a way back home now. Not that she didn't need to regardless, she had to get back to her friends. They still didn't know what was going on with the Kämpfer, and they'd all be in danger until they could stop the fighting...
As determined as she was, though, it didn't help her case with the Coven. No one seemed to know what else could be done, besides finding her a place to stay in the meantime. And without any idea what else she could do, Natsuru just meekly followed along as she was taken to an apartment in some place they called the Haven. At least this way, she wouldn't have to worry about where to stay.
Though, with every person that passed, she started to feel... intensely underdressed. The flush of her cheeks steadily grew, until finally, she stammered, "H-Hey, isn't there somewhere I could get-...?"
She turned to face her guide, but they were already gone.
"Ugh... Great..."
Hugging her arms around herself, in what attempt at modesty she could manage, she hurried inside. Maybe she'd be lucky, and there'd be something to cover up with in there? She wouldn't even mind another dress, as long as it covered more than this skimpy little thing.