Kasukabe Yō

Description
A young, quiet girl who has the ability to speak to animals; she can also attain their abilities and use them if the animal befriends her. She is often accompanied by her Calico Cat whom she seeks guidance from as she lacks in the skill of interacting with others. She was bedridden for a long time before she was given the Gift from her father called [Genome Tree].

Appearance
She has brown eyes and short light brown hair. She wears a long, light blue, light jacket-like-cloak, surrounding her white shirt. Beneath her shirt, a wooden carving necklace from her father is hidden, only the lines of the strings are shown. She also wears short, orange pants that puff out. She is seen wearing long black socks with brown boots.

Personality
Introverted and laconic. She enjoys being with friends and had always been establishing friendships with animals whom she could communicate with. However, that has marked her as different from her peers and ostracized as a result. She treasures her friendships and her personality takes from her father who used to be laconic and caring to his comrades. She is friendly, despite showing little emotions other than times when she's hungry or satiated, and fiercely protective of her friends. She always helps others like she did in Episode 3 and also Episode 8, where she understood that she would have to fight all by herself rather than having somebody else help her. She risked her own life to let her friends escape.

Relationships
Kudou Asuka - Yo and Asuka have been on good terms since their arrival in Miniature Garden. She was the first friend Yo made when they first arrived. She has shown concern for Yo's safety such as when Yo bet her life when challenging the Griffin and when she came back wounded after battling a corrupt Galdo in a Gift Game. In the Matsuri[festival] of Underwood, they often travel together and sought the same mentor (Garol) to develop their Gifts further.

Calico Cat - Yo was the owner and is the friend of Calico Cat. The cat calls her "Oujo-sama" and has followed her for most of her life. They are almost the same age. But they parted ways in volume 5 of the light novel.

Sakamaki Izayoi - They are friends, but do not talk much. Even during the time when she was bedridden due to the Black Death, Izayoi sat quietly beside her bed reading up on a way to stop the game, saying he was there because it was the quietest place in the palace at that point. She was surprised when he forgave her readily when she apologized for his spoilt headphones, not realising that Izayoi was much more caring than he usually lets on. However, she cares very much for him as seen in Volume 8 when Izayoi went to fight alone, she pushed herself to be stronger and released a dangerous power for the sake of her desire to fight beside her comrade[him].

Ayesha - They fought in a Gift game in [ Duel of the Creators  ] that was held on the same day as Sandora's ascension during the Floor Master coronation ceremony. Though Yo had lost to Ayesha due to Jack's overwhelming power, they have become friends since that day.

Jack-O-Lantern - The partner of Ayesha, and a friend of Yo. A friendly rivalry follows them in the story.

Background
Yo was bedridden for most of her life due to a weak physical constitution. However, she was frequently visited by her father, who told her stories of his travels. Her friends did not believe her when she told them of her ability to speak to animals or even of the exploits of her father such as the Gryphon story and she gradually redrew further into the animal kingdom for her friends.

Volume 1
Yo arrives alongside Izayoi and Asuka in the world of Little Garden, being summoned by a letter sent by Black Rabbit. She introduces herself to the others while drying of Calico Cat' fur with a cloth. Shortly after Izayoi and Asuka revealed they noticed a person hiding from them, Yo reveals that she could smell the person. Once Black Rabbit was driven out from her hiding spot by Izayoi, You was the second to chase after her, hoping from one tree to the next with incredible acrobatic skills. Once she realized the girl was a rabbit, Yo pulled on one of the ears to sate her curiosity, her actions followed by the other two.

Black Rabbit introduced herself and began explaining the world of Little Garden along wth the Gift Games. When the explanations were finished, Yo was invited to play a small game, and while she developed a tactic to ensure her victory, it was unable to be practiced as Izayoi's method secured her and Asuka's victory. Excited about this new world, Yo follows the moon rabbit to the leader of her community. Though once it was revealed Izayoi went missing, Yo revealed that she noticed and decided not to say anything as it was too much of a bother.

Black Rabbit headed off after Izayoi, leaving Yo and Asuka with Jin Russell. Jin took them to a cafe where Yo reveals a small portion of her power; the ability to understand animals. Asuka's compliment was meat with Yo questioning the other girl's power. Before Yo could get an answer they were interrupted by the appearance of Galdo Gasper. There Yo and Asuka learned the truth regarding why they were summoned; because the community that summoned them was in need of help. Yo originally came to Little Garden to have friends, and by making one through Asuka, had decided to join the No Names and decline Galdo's offer to join his community.

Yo stopped him from harming anyone, and agreed to participate in a gift game against Fores Garo.

Gift
Genome Tree - A creation-type Gift. Yo has the Gift to communicate with animals and use the abilities/characteristics of the species she has befriended by sampling and recreating them as her own. Her gift comes from a small circular wooden medallion given to her by her father that has the Tree of Life, the evolution of life and the system of the life cycle, carved into it. Shiroyasha has commented that Yo's father must have been a great genius to be able to carve the Tree of Life onto such a small circular medallion. Later, it is revealed that it was not carved by her father but the Dystopia Demon Lord. Currently, Yo has made friends with a sparrow, a bush warbler, a cuckoo, a penguin, a dolphin, a cat, a dog, a bat, an elephant, a Gryphon, Hippocampi, and many other animals that she has on private contacts.

To use the abilities/characteristics of animals and allow the body to change by using genes of animals she has sampled enabling the creation of new DNA structures, thereby resulting in the creation of new abilities like the phoenix, Pegasus or even the Marchosias form.

No Former - It is the gift that keeps her from becoming a chimera by the the use of Genome Tree. It has been stated that the Gift originated from her mother. Currently there is speculation that the source of the gift is also the Dystopia Demon Lord.

Trivia

 * She stars as the cover girl of Volume 3
 * She is from the timeline of 2XXX
 * You's image song is titled "Sincerely" and is Track 19 on the Sound Community I OST soundtrack.