Ofuu

Ofuu is a calm, gentle girl who works at a soba shop in a quiet village during the Edo period. On the surface, she appears to be a kind and unassuming human — the "daughter" of the soba master — but it is later revealed that she is, in fact, a kijin, a type of demon who has chosen to live peacefully among humans. She plays a pivotal role in one of the story's most emotionally resonant arcs, where a young samurai, Miura Naotsugu, arrives in search of his missing brother. Ofuu is deeply aware of the tension and pain Naotsugu carries. Despite being a demon, she shows kindness, restraint, an...