For the second volume of the Dasher series, Short cut , A.K.A. Brenda Aiuchi, will be the anti-hero who will become Dasher super powered stalker. I plan for her to be the anti-hero who wants to do the right thing, but doesn't have the mental ability to stick to her sanity.
Shortcut is a Japanese samurai with the power to create portals that allow her to go wherever she most desires.
I started building the character from scratch using Adobe Photoshop to design the samurai suit for her based on my research on samurai ninjas. The colours of her suit reflect on the colour of her powers. I thought about giving her a mask, or maybe use face paint to protect her real identity.
I started out designing the portal first before I went into designing the character. Then I thought about designing the samurai sword too.
Bio: Brenda was born and raised in Blackpool by her family, who run a Japanese takeaway named after the city Hiroshima to keep the memory of the people there alive in their hearts. Brenda’s mother, Hini Aiuchi, ran the takeaway. At the same time, her father, Kenji Aiuchi, practices teaching his daughter the art of samurai training. The samurai teachings were passed down as their family heritage to remember their ancestors' origins. She was raised to be a strong and capable girl who knew how to fight her battles. Her years of learning the ways of the samurai warriors and being home-schooled made her skilled and independent. But it has also isolated Brenda from the world and live a normal life. Brenda’s family has always forbidden her to attend a regular school, as the teachers don’t understand the traditions of the Aiuchi family. She would secretly watch romcoms and romances to get the taste of an everyday normal life. Her years of isolation had driven her to become obsessed with wanting friends. But her life had taken a massive turn after she was affected by “the shock”.
After “the shock,” Brenda gained the power to create wormholes that would take her anywhere she desired. This ability earned her the name “Shortcut.” In secret, she would use her powers to escape her home to explore the world, visiting the incredible sights she always wanted to visit. For a while, as she watched Dasher save lives on the news, his actions only inspired her to use her powers and samurai skills to do the same thing. For a month, she had stopped crime in Blackpool and every other place on the planet, but she was not yet publicized as everyone continued to stare in the direction of Blackpool’s guardian angel. As Brenda continued watching the news about Dasher, her inspiration for him transformed into a crush, and she realized she was in love with the blue-speeding hero. But her heart sinks after Brenda sees another girl kiss Dasher on the cheek outside of the victim's home. Her obsession with Dasher grew, and she was determined to do everything she could to win the hero’s heart, even if it meant killing anyone who got in her way. She was not going to stay trapped in a life of isolation ever again.
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