Kyuubei is the sole heir(ess) to the Yagyuu family name, being the daughter of Yagyuu Koshinori and granddaughter of Yagyuu Binbokusai. She is brought up as a male, following the code of a samurai. She is a 天才 genius swodrsman; surpassing average swordsmen in skills, and able to hold herself against veteran swordsmen, like Hijikata Toushirou and Sakata Gintoki.
During her introduction, she tried to take Shimura Tae 志村 妙 as her fiancee, though Shimura Shinpachi and the rest opposed to it. She still have some affectionate feeling for Tae, though they remained in friendly ties. She goes wherever Tae goes and try things that Tae are doing. She also protect Tae from the stalker Kondou Isao 近藤 勲.
She is always being guarded by Toujou Ayumu, to the point of being overprotective towards her. He also tries to convince her to wear gothic lolita outfits, which cause her to blast/beat him up because of it.
In recent Gintama chapters, she became the target of jealousy of Katsura Kotarou 桂 小太郎, as he felt that she is recently becoming more active in the manga spotlight than him.[1]
Appearance
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Personality
Kyuubei has a bit of cold personality, probably due to how she brought herself to become strong. However, Tae's influence is currently shaping up a more softer Kyuubei, as they share more time together during their free time. She also acts a bit masculine, since she was raised that way. Though at one time, Ayumu thought that Kyuubei might built a dirty "Tower of Babel" (it was just some of his nonsense worrying).
She also have an automatic reflex against men who touch her or she touch (though she did rescue Gin one time by catching his hand).
Story
After Yagyuu Koshinori's wife died after giving birth to Kyuubei, he never remarried and decided to raise Kyuubei as a male, to be the proper heir to Yagyuu family.
During her childhood, she became friends with Shimura Tae and her brother. During her time with Tae, she admired her strong yet feminine personality. When the debt collectors tried to harm Tae and her brother, Kyuubei tried to rescue them, though it cost her her left eye. From that then on, Tae pledge to be her left eye. Kyuubei then left later to train her self to be strong, using Tae as her inspiration.
After years of training, she came back to take Tae's hand for marriage. Shimura Shinpachi and the rest opposed to it, challenging Kyuubei into dojo challenge. Kyuubei and her team lost, conceding her plans to marry Tae, knowing that Tae can never love her as a man. The two remained friends after the incident.
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- ↑ Sorachi Hideaki, Gintama Lesson 294, Weekly Shounen Jump, Shueisha.