She is Koenma's most trustworthy guide to the spirit world. The above description came from Who Wants to Know?, and was edited by yours truly.Īlthough her age and origin is unknown, Botan is the best darn ferry woman in the reikai. As people join Yusuke's crew, Botan helps them out as well ( Kuwabara also has a crush on her), and she even helps to protect Keiko during the Saint Beast's assault on the Living World. In addition to her insider's insight, she relays news from Koenma and provides various tools for Yusuke and his crew to use, such as the psychic spyglass (lets Yusuke see through objects) and the communicator. While normally invisible as the Grim Reaper, as Yusuke assistant she becomes as real as you or me (she just doesn't change her appearance like Koenma), though she soon changes clothes to match the times. Once Yusuke returns to life and becomes a Spirit Detective, Botan becomes his assistant. In any event, Botan helps Yusuke through his ordeal to regain his life. Instead of a robed skeleton with a scythe he encounters a young lady in a kimono riding an oar like a witch rides a broom (it's all based on Japanese tradition, even the oar: it symbolizes the boats that carry the departed souls away). Trust me, even Yusuke was surprised that the "Grim Reaper" wasn't what he expected.
She's the conveyor of the recently departed (such as Yusuke at the beginning of the series) to the Spirit World. Later, as Yusuke teamed up with Kuwabara, Hiei, and Kurama, Botan helps the whole team as well.Please note that Botan is only called the Grim Reaper because, well, it fits her job description. She used to view Yusuke as an interesting subject to study until she develops a bond with him, and becomes a valuable ally and close friend. She's also bubbly and cautiously optimistic, but can be a bit of a scaredy-cat. High girls, a blue blouse with a yellow scarf with a blue skirt, usually with white socks or knee socks and dark-colored dress shoes.īotan is genuinely helpful and well-meaning, while also somewhat clumsy and short-sighted. Early in the series, she disguises herself in the uniform for Sarayashiki Jr. When she's masquerading as the Urameshi team's trainer during the Dark tournament, she dresses formally with a long-sleeve yellow shirt with an orange-yellow camisole underneith, brown slacks, and matching shoes. She is usually clad in a light-pink kimono with a white obi sash when on duty, but she has been known to wear human clothes.
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Her physical appearance generally doesn't change, but at the end of the series her ponytail and bangs have grown a bit longer. Botan has long blue hair pulled up into a ponytail and purple eyes. In the Filipino Dub of the anime, she was voiced by Dada Carlos, and in the Brazilian dub, she was voiced by Miriam Ficher.Īlthough she is a Grim Reaper she looks nothing like what people thought of her as, and is quite attractive. In the FUNimation dub, she is voiced by Cynthia Cranz. She is voiced by Lia Sargent in Yu Yu Hakusho: The Golden Seal and Veronica Taylor in Yu Yu Hakusho: Poltergeist Report. Botan is called Charlene in the Filipino dub of the anime. As opposed to the idea of there only being a single one, she is one of many grim reapers. She is a spirit charged with ferrying souls of the deceased to the Spirit World to face their final judgment. Botan is a guide to the Spirit World and close friend to Yusuke Urameshi.
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