Tanuki

Tanuki is a powerful demon. She lives with Johei and his family along with Baku and Gouto. Her tail comes out when shes drunk or sexually aroused as stated by her. She tends to go drinking and get drunk a lot, even during a fight when she was drunk and fought Juichi's Pyro Jack.

She is usually shown to be the stronger and more reliable of Johei's demons, and often acts as a figure of responsibility. Despite being portrayed as a voluptuous woman proud of her body, she has been shown to have a shy side (evidenced in Chapter 6) and despite often failing, tries not to make those around her uncomfortable with her sexual nature.

Tanuki first appeared in Chapter 2 when she defeated a Baphomet that was about to kill Johei and Baku. She runs off saying that it "Never hurts to have a Kuzunoha owe you a favor." She later reveals to have gone to Johei's house where she'd gotten drunk with Johei's mom (or possibly just near Johei's mom as it's unclear whether or not she can see demons) confiding herself to Johei's bed that night, it was first revealed that she sleeps naked. After offering to share to bed with Johei, he declined and slept on the couch.

In the Juichi arc (Chapters 3-5) her role was mainly battle oriented. In Chapter 3 Gouto sent her and Baku to the school to keep an eye on Johei where Tanuki got into a small scuffle with Inferno, quickly solved by axe kicking him away. When Johei learned that someone was trying to kill him, it was her duty (though not entirely willingly) to comfort him. In Chapter 4, Inferno decides to get revenge on her for earlier by ambushing her as she leaves the liquor store. To prepare for battle she chugs a bottle of sake. Her inebriation is shown to increase her strength and flexability, but ultimately leads to her downfall as the alcohol in her system resulted in her being much weaker to fire, and Inferno defeats her by setting her ablaze. In the conclusion, she takes the duty of staying home to watch after Baku (who was also defeated in the previous chapter by both Inferno and Blizzard) while also nursing her own hangover from the day before when Johei leaves to fight Juichi. When Inferno and Blizzard come to the house for a final showdown, she easily defeats Blizzard by kicking him away. After discovering that his fire attacks are now near useless against her, Inferno and Blizzard flee. It's unclear if she was more powerful as a result of her hangover, or if this was an example of Tanuki's normal strength. At the end of the chapter she is shown nursing Johei back to health.

During Chapter 6, it was thought that she and Johei had sex after she gave him some Tanuki Tea (a made up drink that turned out to be tequila and cough syrup). This later turned out to be false, as she was only helping Gouto teach Johei an important lesson about being a summoner. Tanuki was just supposed to sleep next to him, and then run away whenever she saw Gouto. This lead to her fleeing whenever Johei was close to discovering the truth. Tanuki later revealed that she had her own agenda for going along with the plan, as she was romantically involved with a former Raidou (which one is left unsaid) and wanted to see if Johei cared about her more than he did. The chapter ends with Tanuki telling Johei that he is a great summoner and she knows he will always look after them. They briefly hold hands before she kisses his cheek and goes to bed. In Chapter 6 it was also revealed that she has heart shaped areolas.

She has her own Tanuki day too. For more Info refer to the picture at the right