Michiru Kagemori

Michiru Kagemori is the main protagonist of the BNA: Brand New Animal series by Studio Trigger. She was a 17 year old (18 as of Episode 4) high school student prior to her mutation into a human-turned beastman. Alongside Nazuna, she is the first known human-turned beastman. Michiru is basically a tanuki Beastman, though she bore handful traits of blue jay (possibli judging from the color scheme of her hair and tail) and raccoon (marking around the eyes). Her chin-length bob-cut hair and tail are blue in color with black ends. She also has teal eyes, and black pointy cat-like ears on the top of her head. Her hand-paws, feet-paws, and a patch on her face are dark brown while the rest of her fur is light brown much like a real tanuki. She wears a loose gray tank-top, a black sports bra underneath, navy dolphin shorts with light green trim, a red sports jacket with white trim and a unfolded collar, and white sneakers with red soles. Her tail sticks out from her shorts. Before she enters Anima City, Michiru dons a red hooded cloak over her normal outfit. During athletic practice and physical activity, she usually takes off her jacket. She also owns a beige, cross-hatched patterned wallet. In her human form, she has a pale complexion, black hair and eyebrows, and brown eyes. She has an asymmetric bob haircut with a tuft of hair sticking out on her left side in her human form. As with other students in her high school, Michiru's standard high school uniform consists of a white short-sleeved collared shirt, a baby blue bow tie, a high-waisted teal short skirt, light gray knee-length socks, and black loafers. Her high school basketball uniform consists of a white jersey with orange accents and Reiwa in black and the number 8 printed on the front and back. She carries a light corduroy canvas backpack and her basketball in a yellow carrying bag to school every day. During her time in hiding, she wore an oversized gray hoodie and sweatpants. In her youth, she had the same complexion, similar haircut with bangs in the center and right side of her face, and large amber eyes. In her mom's picture, she wore a yellow t-shirt, pale blue overalls with a front pocket, a pink bow, and animal ears on top of her head. When she plays baseball on the Bears Baseball Team, she wears their white and yellow baseball jersey unbuttoned, a yellow baseball cap with bear ears, a black undershirt, and black athletic shoes. Michiru is compassionate, brave, and energetic. She cares for both beastmen and humans and won't condone violence against anyone, even against terrorists and those with malicious intent. She goes to great lengths to protect her peers even at her own expense. Michiru's strong-will also carries through her actions. She is stubborn and not easily swayed by peer pressure. Once she has a set goal in mind, she is determined to achieve it. When Michiru loses her wallet, despite all her peers telling her the chances of recovery are slim to none, she continued to search for leads. But sometimes her strong-will can be a flaw which is recklessness, ignoring her own safety as a result. This trait of hers sometimes leads to her placing her own opinions over others without understanding their perspectives first. At first, she despised her beastman form, but after living in Anima City and learning more about the beastman themselves, she decided to stay this way for a while. "The Mole Rat Speaks" indicated her initial opinion about it attributed to how little she knew about beastmen in general or what it feels like living as one. In the manga she appears to be drunk when she drank a catnipped drink.