――――――――――――――――――――――― ○ Basic Profile

Name: Minamitsu Murasa

Species: Ship Phantom (Funayurei)

Ability: Causing shipwrecks and water-related accidents

Species: Ship Phantom

Threat Level: Extremely High

Human Friendliness: Low

Primary Locations: Myouren Temple, Misty Lake, Lake Yasaka, Genbu Ravine, Sanzu River, etc. ――――――――――――――――――――――― ○ Appearance

Wavy black short hair.

The side hair is short enough to reveal her ears.

Her eyes are blue-green.

Short-sleeved sailor suit.

White fabric with blue-green trim, and the blue-green sections have three white lines each.

Sometimes wears a pirate-like coat over her shoulders like a cape.

Below, she wears knee-length bottoms designed to match the sailor suit (similar to culottes).

On her head, she wears a small captain's hat.

The hat is a white, puffy cap with a brim.

A black anchor mark is featured as a point of interest on the front of the hat.

Other related items include a bottomless ladle and a massive anchor larger than herself. ――――――――――――――――――――――― ○ About Her Species

A Ship Phantom is a subspecies of earthbound spirit, a lingering spirit born from the soul of a human who died in an accidental disaster.

Ship Phantoms are pure youkai specialized in killing humans; they appear while a ship is sailing and demand a ladle.

If you give them a ladle obediently, they will use it to pour water in and sink you; if you refuse, they will sink you with a storm. No matter how you answer, you are sunk.

The solution is to provide a bottomless ladle so they cannot pour water.

For this reason, bottomless ladles were reportedly carried in the past as both a countermeasure and a lucky charm.

However, recent Ship Phantoms have started preparing their own ladles to counter their weakness to bottomless ones.

While she can cause water accidents anywhere, she is conversely a being that can do nothing else.

It seems she now chooses her targets for water accidents, perhaps thanks to the influence of Myouren Temple. ――――――――――――――――――――――― ○ About Her Abilities

"Ability to cause shipwrecks and water-related accidents"

She can cause water-related accidents anywhere there is water.

This is not limited to being on a boat; one might encounter a water accident while fishing by a river, practicing waterfall meditation, or even while in a hot spring.

Recently, there have even been reports of water accidents occurring while someone was purifying themselves at a shrine's hand-washing basin.

That said, she no longer drowns people like she did in the past; at most, people just have a bad time getting soaked.

She is also capable of quite impressive feats, such as removing the bottom of the Sanzu River to bring forth a massive amount of water. ――――――――――――――――――――――― "Palanquin Ship"

The ship Murasa pilots.

It is named this because it is the ship intended to carry Byakuren Hijiri.

It was originally a mysterious storehouse called the "Flying Granary," but Byakuren remodeled it using her dharma powers.

It can freely return to its storehouse form. ――――――――――――――――――――――― ○ Personality

Unlike her violent days as a lingering spirit, she is now quite soft-spoken.

She is cheerful and a good conversationalist.

Perhaps conscious of being a captain, she uses polite language frequently, mixing in casual, feminine phrasing.

She always uses respectful language toward Byakuren Hijiri.

She treats the protagonists who board her ship politely and does not show blatant frustration even when defeated.

Upon learning that Sanae Kochiya is a goddess, she apologized, saying, "I am terribly sorry for deceiving you," showing she is a composed individual who stays dedicated to her role.

Apparently, she talks to the ship owners while pouring water into their boats, and the stories she heard then have enriched her conversational skills. ―――――――――――――――――――――――