This article is about the Wild, Wild Pussycats member. For the No. 10 Pro Hero known as Ryukyu, see Ryuko Tatsuma.
Ryuko Tsuchikawa,[1] also known as Pixie-Bob, is a Pro Hero and a member of the Wild, Wild Pussycats.
Appearance#
Ryuko is a woman with blue eyes, and long blonde hair that's mostly combed back save for her bangs.
Pixie-Bob wears a light blue version of the Pussycat's hero costume. She draws two blue dots on her cheeks whenever she wears it. Her costume also includes a tinted visor that she uses with her Quirk. Eight years later, she wears the redesigned version of her costume, with the original, pink-padded paw gloves.
Personality#
Ryuko is a very hyperactive and loud person with little regard for how she may come off to other people.
She is very self-conscious about her age and punished Izuku Midoriya when he nearly brought it up, saying that she's still eighteen at heart. Shino Sosaki says Ryuko is in a rush to find love and that her impatience has only grown worse over the years. Ryuko seems to have a fondness for young promising heroes like Izuku, Tenya Ida, Shoto Todoroki, and Katsuki Bakugo and is unafraid to display it. Eventually, her feverish love quest would come to end down the line, as she would later marry someone closer to her age.[2]
Despite her wackiness, Ryuko has shown she has the ability to tone back her eccentrics and communicate like a normal person. She even called Eijiro Kirishima and Denki Kaminari weird for acting strangely when they were eating dinner. Ryuko also showed great sadness when discussing Kota Izumi's past.
Abilities#
Overall Abilities: As a member of the Wild, Wild Pussycats, Ryuko is a highly competent and skilled Pro Hero. With her powerful Quirk, she can easily manipulate the earth around her to aid in mountain rescues. She was also able to take the entirety of Class 1-A by surprise, using her Quirk to combat the talented hero students and forcing them all on the defensive. While the class were able to defeat her Earth Beasts and made it to the training camp lodge, they were all left severely worn out afterwards and had been forced to overuse their Quirks.
Ryuko's Quirk is also useful for combatting Villains and can be used to counter extremely hazardous Quirks such as Decay or Double when both were being used by Tomura Shigaraki and Himiko Toga (via Transform) respectively. With the strongest Quirk of the Pussycats, Magne of the League of Villains quickly recognized Ryuko as the most dangerous and chose to take her out of the battle straight away by knocking her unconscious.
- Cooking: Ryuko and the Pussycats are shown to be excellent chefs, preparing a massive banquet of food for the students of Class 1-A during their first day at the training camp. The students enjoyed every bite, with Denki Kaminari commenting that it was as good as Lunch Rush's food.[4]
Quirk#
Earth Flow: Pixie-Bob's Quirk allows her to freely manipulate the earth for a variety of effects.[5]
Ultimate Moves#
- Earth Beast: Pixie-Bob uses her Quirk to create a variety of enormous Golem/Beast-like creatures out of the ground. Since they are not natural animals, Quirks that affect animals exclusively such as Anivoice have no effect on these creatures.
- Landslide:[3]
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Battles and Events#
<center><tabber> Manga= {{B&E|color=#ff9b02| Forest Training Camp Arc
- Quirk Training Camp
- Class 1-A vs. Pixie-Bob
- Vanguard Action Squad Invasion
- Tiger & Mandalay vs. Magne & Spinner
- Final War
- Operation Troy
- Pro Heroes, Trainees & Gigantomachia vs. All For One
- Uravity & Gunga Mountain Team vs. Himiko Toga & Doubles
}}
{{B&E|color=#ff9b02| Sky Egg Arc
</tabber></center>
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Anime Appearances#
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Vigilantes Chapter Appearances#
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Trivia#
- The Pixie-bob is a cat breed known for its long kittenhood (4 years instead of the usual 1) and short, if not nonexistent tail.
- Pixie-Bob's real name contains the kanji for "earth", "river", and "flow", a reference to her Quirk.
- Pixie-Bob shares her first name with Ryuko Tatsuma, also known as Ryukyu, the No. 10 Pro Hero. However, both names are composed of different characters and thus, have different spellings.
- According to Pixie-Bob's profile:[1]
- Her favorite things are cats.
- She was the one who came up with her team's motif and naming scheme.
- Ryuko bears a resemblance to DC's Terra, a blonde supervillain/superhero who similarly has earth manipulation powers.
- Ryuko's Japanese voice actress, Serina Machiyama, also voices Hiroshi Tameda.