Kirara

Kirara
Race: Cat demon

Age: unknown

Hair: creamy white, with black paws and ears, a black streak down her brow, and black stripes in her two tails.

Eyes: ruby red, with slit pupils

Appearance: Kirara has two forms. She usually goes around in her housecat-sized small shape, with enormous eyes and tufty tails. Her larger shape is that of a huge cat with prominent fangs and fire trailing from her paws and tails whenever she is aflight. In this shape, two or three adult people can easily ride her. She emits a whorl of flame whenever she changes forms.

Appellations: Kirara

Meaning of Name: "Kirara" means "mica", and an alternate spelling for the kanji could be "cloud mother". There has also been speculation that her name might be derived from the manga sound effect for twinkling.

Impressions: Kirara is Sango's companion, a two-tailed cat youkai that is called nekomata (I got this from Sango-sama, hopefully it's correct). Kirara's gender is not confirmed anywhere, but the general agreement seems to be that she is female. While she cannot speak, she is obviously intelligent and very sensitive to her mistress's commands. She seems to be able to understand human speech quite well, and is unshakably loyal to Sango.

Weapons & Attacks: Kirara emits magical fire when she shapeshifts or flies (yes, she can just race up into the air as if it were solid ground), but the flames seem to have no offensive purpose. That aside, a twelve-foot long sabre-toothed cat coming right at you is enough to make any warlord shake in his hakama... Kirara is a formidable opponent with just her fangs and talons, even if her most important task seems to be to carry Sango into battle.

First Appearance: manga act 86, anime episode 24

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