Izanami

Izanami (イザナミ ()) was a member of Eighth Guidance. She was reincarnated in Lambda as a part of Legion.^[2]

Appearance

Described as a barely human-shaped creature whose sex couldn’t be determined, with protuberances the size of babies’ heads growing all over her body, which were considered tumors.^[3]

Her exact size in Origin was unknown due to her swelling tumors. The volume of her tumors has been retained even after she became a part of Legion, so she is large and plump.^[?]

Due to Vandelieu's Mental Encroachment, she had remembered the appearance she had before the remodeling surgery in Origin. She now has the appearance of what she imagined she would have looked like if she had developed into a normal adult – an Asian, seemingly Japanese woman in her twenties with black hair. Her thick eyebrows gave off the impression that she is strong-willed.^[1]

Personality

She has a somewhat mature, calm personality, but she is unable to conceal her cruelty towards her enemies.^[2]

Background

All of the cells in Izanami’s body, not just the protuberances but her internal organs as well, had transformed into something resembling cancer cells that repeatedly underwent endless cell division. Thus, it was suspected that Izanami would not die unless over 70% of her brain was destroyed.^[4]

However, in the military nation’s research facility, Izanami had been nothing more than a useless guinea pig that simply didn’t die. But thanks to the death-attribute Mana gained when the 'Undead' rescued her, due to the size of the protuberances, she was able to create two types of monsters from the tumors cut away from its main body.^[4]

Chronology

Powers and Abilities

By cutting the protuberances tumors that cover her body they could create two types of monsters that possessed nothing but a desire to feed:

• Yomotsushikome, masses of flesh about the size of medium-sized dogs, each with four short limbs with sharp claws and a mouth filled with fangs that looked as if it had been pasted onto the body.^[4]
• Yomotsuikusa, which had the appearances of apes that had their muscle fibers exposed.^[4]

However doing this caused the tumors to expand, crushing organs and disabling her ability to walk and speak.^[4]

Also, she possesses superhuman regenerative abilities, which has become the Rapid Regeneration skill after she became a part of Legion.^[2]

Since her reincarnation in Lambda, she has been able to create as many monsters as she likes,^[5] thanks to Legion's enormous vitality and being naught but flesh, the lack of internal tissues that can be crushed by tumor.^[2]

Trivia

• Her name Izanami is derived from the name of a great goddess in Japanese mythology who, along with her husband, created the Japanese archipelago. After her death, she turned into an ugly monster and was abandoned by her husband who attempted to revive her.
• In the original Japanese text, she speaks with the tone of a crone, similarly to Botin, Milan or Daene.
  • For these reasons, it was not necessary to explain to the Japanese reader that Izanami was a woman.^[?]
• The translator has been inconsistent with Izanami's gender, referring to her as "his" in Side Chapter 16 and as "her" in chapter 128 and 151 of the web novel. Izanami was confirmed to be female in Volume 6's Character Summary page.^[?]
• Based on the birthday recorded in documents about her, she had been 18 years old when she died in Origin.^[1]

Appearances