Shakuyaku is one of the main characters of Sengoku Youko.
History[]
The being known as Shakugan is, in fact, a person and a demon fused into one. Shakuyaku, the human, was born to a poor village, and was discriminated against due to her red hair. A monk from the Dangaishu took her from the village, bringing her to their temple. Kagan, the demon, was a Rock Demon who left his village alongside his friend, Sougan, and was taken captive by the Dangaishuu while taking a nap. Shakuyaku and Kagan were then combined into one being, becoming Shakugan.
The process made Shakugan go mad, breaking out of the temple and mindlessly rampaging. The demon, driven by Shakuyaku's resentment of her home village, eventually traveled to that village and destroyed it. The rampaging demon eventually crossed paths with Shinsuke, Tama, and Jinka, and after being defeated by Jinka returned to sanity. The Shakuyaku and Kagan quickly form an understanding, acting as one person in harmony with each other.
Shakugan, now preferring to take on the form of Shakuyaku, traveled alongside the three. During their travels, she falls in love with Shinsuke, and he with her. She ends up fighting a Dangaishu monk by the name of Higan, who like Shakugan is a fusion between a human, Hino, and a demon, Sougan. Their bout is interrupted by another member of the Dangaishu, Jinun, assassinating Higan for treason. After this, the group take its remains to Kagan's village. There, they are attacked by the Dangaishu again while Tama helps a pregnant woman give birth.
One of the monks, Resshin, sends a boulder towards the hut the pregnant woman is staying in. Shakugan stops the boulder, holding it and the curses Resshin put on it at bay. Resshin uses illusions to distract her allies, and stabs Shakugan in the back. She roots herself into the ground and turns herself into a rock, putting her in a coma and stopping the boulder. The woman she saved bore twins, and named the girl after her human half and the boy after her demon half.
Eight years later, her comatose form is kidnapped by the Tribe of the Void, who used Spiritual Interference to brainwash her. She is one of their stronger pieces, though she is released from her brainwashing by Shinsuke. She then fights alongside him, helping contain the cloud demon Banshou-ou. She, Tama, and Shinsuke then save Jinka, and she goes on to live in the village Shinsuke founded. They eventually get married, with Shakugan taking Kazamatsuri as her family name, and have children.