Akua Shuzen

Akua Shuzen, Aqua Shuzen and Aqua in some English manga adaptions, such as VIZ Media manga, is one of the four Shuzen sisters who moved in with Gyokuro Shuzen and Issa Shuzen after she lost her mother at a young age and she is especially close to Moka Akashiya. It’s revealed that Akua is a direct descendant of Alucard and like him, wants to destroy the human race. However, her desire to do so was sparked by the death of Jasmine (Akua's best friend) at the hands of humans that Akua now seeks to help Moka and wants her sister to be happy. Akua has pale skin, red eyes with slits for pupils, and deep-black hair held into two pigtails or ponytails. She is often seen wearing the traditional Chinese cheongsam, her preferred black attire with black knee-high combat boots. According to Touhou Fuhai, Akua hasn’t grown in all the years that have passed since Outer Moka was created by the Rosario Cross, as he pointed out her small breast size. She hates being reminded about this, reacting in embarrassment which promoted Akua is possibly the second shortest girl out of the four sisters of the Shuzen. Although Akua is brutal in terms of strength, she seems to truly care for her sisters, particularly Moka Akashiya, whom she loves very much. She has shown a reluctance in fighting, stating that she didn’t want to kill Akasha Bloodriver in front of Moka, and by doing so, it would sadden her. She has a very dark and violent side, and will annihilate anyone who gets in her way. She goes as far as to threaten the lives of Tsukune Aono and his friends, if Moka didn’t get on Fairy Tale’s ship. While she is truly kind towards Moka, she isn’t afraid to harm those around her, including her mother, friends, and the person she believes to be Moka’s “partner in marriage”, claiming herself to be the only one Moka truly has, and states in return that Moka’s all she herself has. When she fought Tsukune in a one-on-one battle, he saw into Akua’s heart; deep inside, she’s a little girl crying for love. It’s revealed that years before in China she lived in a human society with her ‘friend’ Jasmine. They hid their identities of being vampires but the humans suspected Akua as one for hurting someone that Jasmine liked. When Jasmine went to the village to explain, the villagers refused to listen, then tortured and skewered her. Jasmine looked very much like Moka; probably the reason that Akua truly loves Moka. Even years later, Akua still remembers Jasmine’s final words to her, which causes her to break into tears upon hearing Tsukune say them; he was willing to let the vampire blood in him take over if it meant saving the life of the ones he loved. Akua’s hurting of the person who Jasmine liked was most likely due to jealousy or envy, even possibly anger. It seems that Akua is simply the type of person who cannot share love, both emotionally and mentally. She seems to have a misunderstanding of love and has difficulty seeing the differences between loyalty and loving more than one person. Despite her difficulty with seeing love properly, she is good inside and truly does have a good heart. Her cry for love may or may not be the terms of “desperation”, as she is simply desperate for love and attention, showing a sign of both an inferiority complex and insecurities. For these reasons, she is sad, and this cannot be helped, because it seems she does not want to help herself. While initially not a threat to Moka’s Rosario while okay with the rosary, Akua is particularly nonfond of Tsukune and sees him as a threat to her as Akua is particularly jealous that Tsukune makes Moka so happy, which Akua wants to be the reason for Moka’s happiness.