"I kinda want mine..."
— Yasuna , Episode 01
Yasuna Oribe (折部 やすな Oribe Yasuna) is the main protagonist of Kill Me Baby. She is naive, energetic, childish, and rather easily influenced. She is usually seen hanging out with Sonya, who she views as her best friend.
Appearance[]
Yasuna is a high school student, with short brown hair, bangs parted in the middle, and dark brown eyes. She also has small chin-length strands.
In the manga's early chapters, Yauna is shown with fair skin. The anime, as well as later chapters in the manga, retcon this into a light tan.
Her school uniform consists of a white button-up dress shirt with long sleeves and flaps which appear to be outside and wears a quite short red tie. She wears a dark gray long sleeved blazer with 2 small pairs of golden buttons on the ends of the blazer. She wears a blackish-gray skirt with white ankle socks and dark brown tassel loafers. During the summer she wears a short sleeved version of her button-up shirt.
Her pajamas are shown to be yellow with orange stripes and buttons.
Biography[]
Yasuna is typically portrayed as a kind and caring individual. She is the self-proclaimed "best friend" of Sonya, and is usually seen hanging out with her. Yasuna frequently gets on Sonya's nerves, usually from Yasuna teasing her, which often results in Sonya using violence on her. In spite of these beatings, Yasuna never holds this against her, nor does she attempt to retaliate.
Yasuna has been shown to be able to survive surprisingly lethal situations throughout the series. Even when it looks like she'll be killed, the next chapter/episode will have her show up just fine like nothing happened, giving the impression that she may have some sort of healing factor, or even be immortal. Though since the series is a comedy, Yasuna's "immortality" might just be for humor than anything.
Yasuna has also been shown to have terrible spending habits, often buying things on impulse based on what she sees on TV, as well as the internet.
Terminology[]
Her last name, "Oribe," is normally written as 織部, which means "weaved section." However, it can also be spelled as 折部, with the meaning of "paper section," "class," or "copy."
Her given name, "Yasuna," is normally written as やすな. However, やす (yasu) in names normally uses the kanji 安, which has the meaning of "cheap." な (na) is a feminine name suffix with no particular meaning. Therefore, her full name roughly means "cheap paper copy."
Trivia[]
- Yasuna has 2 character songs, HOW TO ENJOY and Kyou mo Futari de, both sung by her voice actor, Chinatsu Akasaki.
- She won first place in the 2013 Character Popularity Poll, surpassing Sonya by five votes.