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73.42.187.52 wrote: Omg.... does this make Yatsuhashi Lennie from "of mice and men"?

no! don't let him pet you Velvet! The parallel would be interesting to explore, though it's of note that Yatsu could never be an effective soldier with a condition like Lennie's. Lennie's stark idea of "good" and "bad", coupled with his unwillingness to attack and heavy reliance on authority, would prevent him from making any sort of snap decisions - which are a necessity in the thick of battle - or from carrying out a possibly brutal, but necessary, order.

Yatsu, on the other hand, shows the capibility to act on his own accord and even goes out of his way to protect Velvet. He also shows that he heavily values tradition, respect, and training, with his bow at the end of the fight and very-practiced ground-pound (His confidence and form made it look like he'd done it several times before). These things hint at a level of mental independence and ability absent in Lennie, and thus differentiate themselves from, and remove a major parallel to, Lennie's character.

Of topic, but is Hunting the correct term for fighting the Grimm? I assume it is, a la Huntsman and Huntress, but it's not used often.