| Kii | ||
|---|---|---|
| Gallery | Quotes | Relationship | ||
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| Kana | キー | |
| Romaji | Kī | |
| Nickname | N/A | |
| Voiced by | Asami Seto Tiffany Terrell (English Voice) | |
| Physical Appearance | ||
| Age | ??? | |
| Birthday | May 4th (Taurus)[1] | |
| Monster Species | Dryad | |
| Gender |  Female
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| Hair | Forest Green | |
| Eye | Blue | |
| Height | Dependent On Nutrients[2] | |
| Weight | Dependent On Nutrients[2] | |
| B-W-H | Dependent On Nutrients[2] | |
| Monster Profile | ||
| Occupation | None[3] | |
| Host | None[3] | |
| Media Debut | ||
| Manga | Chapter 20 | |
| Anime | Episode 10 | |
Kii (キー, Kī) is a Dryad who appeared after being rescued from an illegal Liminal trafficking operation. When Papi found her, she named her Kii, since Papi stated "she looks like a tree (木, Ki)", she made friends with Papi when she rescued her, and planted her in a forest that just happened to be an illegal waste dump. She has since become friends with Suu and tolerates more or less the presence of some humans like Kimihito Kurusu. She makes her debut in Chapter 20.
Appearance[]
Kii's appearance changes based on the amount of nutrients she absorbs from soil, but no matter what her hair seems to be made of leaves, and her arms and legs are plant like appendages that look like wood. When she is lacking nutrients Kii appears as a young girl shorter than Papi. In this form she can be very easily mistaken for a child. When she has proper nutrients Kii's true form is that of a buxom adult female of average height. Her breasts were also much larger and implied to be grown bigger if filled with the chemicals. If she keeps on absorbing nutrients in this form it can give the appearance that she is gaining weight.
Because she does not wear clothing, Kii uses leaves and vines around her body in order to hide her nudity.
After absorbing experimental chemicals, Kii underwent a drastic change. She transformed into a gigantic tree like plant-monster, with her former adult body located inside the head. Luckily because of intervention of Papi, Suu, and Kimihito she was able to return to her child form, and eventually her true adult form.
Personality[]
Like Rachnera Arachnera, Kii has severe misanthropic issues due to her past dealings with humans.
When she was planted by Papi near an illegal dumping ground for a prototype super fertilizer, her hatred and anger towards humanity was also increased along with her size. Upon returning to normal, she realized that not all humans were bad, but was still distrusting of Kimihito, if only for the actions he took to remove the nutrients out of her body. Although, her younger form did say he sucked her breasts "nice and gently."
While Kii has developed a certain tolerance towards Kimihito over time, she still shows herself distanced towards others, although this is more a general characteristic of Dryads than a personal characteristic. Kii is always concerned with protecting the forest, but in doing so she can also tend to neglect her own safety when trying to prevent Polt from clearing the litter as too much activity would damage the forest even more, although she was very weak herself.
As revealed in Monster Musume: Monster Girls on the Job!, Kii still possesses a very strong hatred towards humans, not only due to their kidnapping of her, but also because they sometimes come to the mountains to dump their garbage. However, Kii is also aware that confronting humans directly would not end well, as the Cultural Exchange Between Species Bill prohibits it. In fact, Kii's hatred of humans is her main motive why she decided to work as a dealer at Kobold Casino, as it allowed her to watch people ruin themselves by gambling and thus indirectly harming them.
While Kii often appears callous and sarcastic, she is also willing to help those who are kind to her, such as Polt. When Kimihito passed out at the Kobold Casino, Kii took care of him too, although she mainly did so because Papi would worry if something happened to Kimihito. Nevertheless, at least a bit of concern could be heard in Kii's voice, which shows that she is not quite as cold toward Kimihito as she pretends.
Although Kii, typical for her species, doesn't have much contact with others, she didn't care much in Chapter 88 when Kimihito brought the two Alraunes to her in the forest to live with her, as it was "normal in a forest for seeds to come in from elsewhere and take root". This was also because Kii does not consider the forest to be her property, and therefore doesn't think that she has the right to forbid others to consider the forest as a home.
Skills and Traits[]
Personal Skills[]
- Botany: As she is part plant and lives naturally in the environment, she is knowledgeable on all of the matters in nature around her, such as where certain plants grow. However, she lacks certain knowledge such as whether certain plants are poisonous when ingested.
- Illiteracy: Having lived outside of human or any other extraspecies society, she is unable to write. Her reading skills have not been seen.
- Professional Poker Dealer: As shown in Monster Musume: Monster Girls on the Job! , Kii is a professional poker dealer and quickly mastered the rules. As Kii explains, however, she is not interested in poker (or any other human game), but plays because she can ruin humans financially with gamblings. During his time in Polts's casino, Kimihito lost every game against Kii, although it should be noted that Kimihito was a novice and knew little about the rules of poker.[4]
- Bondage skills: Kii is shown to be proficient in bondage, using her many tendrils as a way of binding and gagging trespassers who unwittingly stumble into her forest.
Physical Traits[]
- Dryad Physiology:
- Nutrient Absorption: As she is half plant, her basic sustenance is water and nutrients from the ground, by placing her roots into the ground. It also affects her in the same way it would a plant, so when she absorbs the experimental fertilizer, she grows to a giant size.
- Vines: She can use her vines to grab and restrain her opponents.
- Nutrient Extraction: If required, it is possible to extract the nutrients she has absorbed by sucking on her breasts.
- Longevity: Kii's age is not known but according to her Secret Pages, Dryads have a long lifespan comparable to that of trees, which is one of the reasons why they are never in a hurry to talk to others. While the phrase "as long-lived as a tree" remains ambiguous due to the widely varying lifespans among different tree species, it still implies that Dryads live much longer than many other Liminal species.
- Leg Transformation: As is explained in Monster Musume: Monster Girls on the Job!, Kii can transform her lower half. Usually she has roots, but she can form them into two bipedal legs like a human, although they are still covered in bark.[4]
Possesion[]
- Watering can: As seen in Chapter 25, Kii owns a small plastic watering can with an elephant design that she uses to water the plants in her forest. In the anime, the watering can is red.
History[]
Papi saves Kii.
Sometime before her first appearance in the story, Kii and three other extraspecies children were kidnapped and illegally trafficked to Japan until they were rescued by both M.O.N and the Cultural Exchange Security Squad. However, she was accidentally left behind by Ms. Smith when the traffickers were apprehended after their truck crashed, leaving Kii lost among the wreckage of the trafficker's car.
She was eventually found and planted in the mountains near an illegal dumping ground by Papi (who soon forgot about her). After absorbing experimental chemicals, she underwent a drastic change, transforming into a gigantic plant-monster as a result and attacked any human's she encountered.[3]
Plot[]
Reunion with Papi[]
Kii giant monster form.
When Papi returned to the mountains with Suu and Kimihito in attempt to draw out whoever D was, Kii attacked the group with the goals of capturing Papi and causing harm to Kimihito. Finding out Kii was a Dryad the group assumed she was indeed the mysterious "D". During her attack, Kii accidently knocked Suu into a vat of experimental super fertilizer, causing the slime to grow to the size of Kii's plant-monster form. After fighting a bit Suu suggested trying to remove the chemicals from Kii that had turned her into a monster. Papi attempted to do this by sucking on Kii's breasts. When Kii stopped her (using a combination of vines and bondage), Suu made Kimihito attempt the same thing. As a last effort Kii tried sucking the super fertilizer out of Suu. This ultimately resulted in all three girls present reach orgasms and return to their normal size. When Smith arrived to go over the situation she revealed Kii was unable to write and thus could not have written the death threat sent by D. Smith then offered to return Kii to her homeland, or to let her stay in the forest as its "guardian". As they were leaving, Kii asked why Papi and Suu loved Kimihito so much to which they responded "because he's nice." Kii partly agreed with the statement saying the way he had sucked her breast did feel good, earning a humorous reaction from Smith.[3]
A short time later, when Draco and Lilith had to complete a marathon near Kii's forest under Polt's supervision as punishment for unaccompanied excursions without their hosts, Kii had already drunk empty all the water bottles at the stopover. The Dryad justified herself so that water is a part of nature and therefore there for everyone. Since continuing the marathon without drinking enough was not a real option, Polt started massaging Kii's breasts (much to the Dryad's excitement) to get "fluid from plants", but Draco and Lilith vehemently and horrified refused to even consider this possibility.[5]
Second encounter with Kimihito[]
After regaining her adult body, Kii would be visited by Kimihito and Suu again when the Kurusu household was low on food. Initially Kii refused to let the two take any edible plants from the forest, but changed her mind after being sexually assaulted by Suu. Kii led the slime and the human to an area with plants that were ripe enough for eating, but was unable to tell them which plants were poisonous to non-plant beings. When Suu revealed she could tell the difference Kii remarked that she was amazed at the slime's useful abilities. After harvesting many plants Kimihito apologized to Kii for taking more than intended, but the Dryad acquiesced to their actions as what they had taken was a small amount compared to what the forest contained. As Suu and Kimihito left, Kii asked Suu to come visit her with Papi next time so the three could play together. When Kimihito told her that was a great idea, however, Kii quickly told him (she says this only in the anime) that he was not invited to return to her forest. At that point Smith arrived to talk to Kii about getting a new host family, however the dryad was not interested, as she preferred the forest.[6]
Waste disposal in Kii's Forest[]
Even with all the effort Smith and the Cultural Exchange Security Squad put into cleaning the forest, the amount of trash spread throughout the woods by Kii and Suu's giant monster battle had a negative affect on Kii, causing her to wither and once again revert to her child form. Seeing an opportunity for extraspecies cooperation, the Kobold race decided to take matters into their own hands and clean up the forest themselves, with Polt leading the efforts because of her past interactions with Kii as her probation officer. When scouting where all the dump sites were Kii and Polt came upon Kimihito and Tio having a picnic.
When Polt excitedly explained the situation, Kii responded by tying up the Kobold with vines and expressed her wishes to just be left alone, regardless of whether the trash was making her ill. Tio saw Kii's negative attitude as unacceptable and sat the Dryad in her lap and explained that everyone cared and worried about her and that they were doing their best to help, and asked Kii to take it easy on them. Kii was caught up by Tio's warm personality and agreed much to Kimihito and Polt's shock. Kii spent the rest of the day resting with Tio while Polt and Kimihito cleaned, becoming slightly agitated when Polt began napping on Tio's lap when she wanted to.
Later when Tio started to help clean the group accidentally uncovered a dormant geyser and turned a portion of the forest into a hot springs. This proved to be beneficial to Kii as her species is native to a more warm and humid climate, and the warm waters of the springs caused her to refoliate. When Polt asked to build an Onsen resort at the springs Kii refused stating the construction would disrupt the forest, later she would make fun of Kimihito when he fainted in the springs, calling him a baby.[7]
Incident with Killa[]
When she encountered Kimihito and Centorea, who were on the run from Killa, she noticed Kimihito sucking on Centorea's breasts, trying to extract the hornet venom from them. She questioned whether or not sucking breasts was his hobby, reminding him he had done the same thing to her before, and was suspicious of him wanting to do the same to Tio at the hot springs. It is also revealed that while Kii initially rejected Polt's idea for the onsen resort in her forest, eventually gave Kobold Industries her permission to build it, as long as they promised not to cut down any trees and to pick up the trash in the forest. She later allowed Kimihito to use the new sauna in her forest to trap Killa.[8]
Helping out as a poker player at Kobold Casino[]
At the time of the Liminal Employment Pilot Program (which approximately took place chronologically after Volume 15 but definitely before Volume 17), Kobold Industries had been commissioned by the Japanese government to build a casino in Tokyo, and Polt took the necessary steps to do so, asking Kii for help. Kii was hesitant at first as she doesn't like to leave her forest in the mountains and visit the city, but since Polt occasionally cleans her forest of garbage and is a nice person, Kii felt that she had to repay that kindness and didn't want to appear ungrateful. So she agreed to Polt's shorthanded request eventually.
Kii with Polt, Draco and Lilith at the Kobold Casino.
In order to test the concept of a casino, which was completely new to Kobold Industries, before its official opening, Polt asked Kimihito to come to the casino as a customer for a test night, where he met Kii at the poker table in the role of a professional poker dealer. Kii had learned the rules of the game, not because she was interested in poker, but because, as she mischievously explained to Kimihito, gambling games like poker gave her the perfect opportunity to satisfy her aversion to humans without using forbidden physical violence to them, as the customers of the Kobold Casino basically destroying themselves through gambling and Kii could watch this. Kimihito remembered all too well what had happened the last time Kii had gotten out of control, but the Dryad insisted angrily that this had only happened because she was under the influence of the toxic waste.
Kii and Kimihito played several rounds in which, however, partly because he didn't fully remember the rules of poker, he lost all the games against her and also half of the chips Polt had given him before, for which the Kobold reprimanded Kii a little. Kii replied that it was important that the casino don't go into the red and therefore they needed profits, although Polt pointed out that a balance was important in this regard, as it was not a dealer's job to bankrupt customers. Since Kimihito was only at the casino for a test, they didn't play with real money, but if they had, Kimihito would have lost a total of 500,000 yen in his games with Kii.
Shortly after, Kii showed brief signs of weakness as she was affected by Lilith's cigarette smoke. Kimihito was worried about her somewhat wilted appearance, but Kii replied sharply that this was not his business. The Dryad watched Kimihito play roulette with Lilith, but he lost every game and also the second half of his chips. Lilith and Kii then started to make fun of Kimihito for his miserable gambling and called him a pushover, which he found depressing.
Later, when Kimihito became aroused and fainted at the sight of Draco in a sexy reverse bunny girl suit, Kii gently took care of him until he woke up again, even though she claims to him that she didn't do this for him for the most part, but because Papi would be worried if he would get hurt. Polt, who was averse to the idea of the casino in the first place, as it contradicted the goals of Kobold Industries, then tried to develop a concept for a health-friendly casino, ignoring Draco, Lilith and Kii when they pointed out that it would not work. Of course, the three were right and the client withdrew his request when Polt offered him her idea for her new casino concept. This also meant that Kii's plan to bring human customers of the casino with gambling to financial ruin was gone.[4]
Two new forest dwellers[]
Kii agrees that the Alraunes can live in their forest.
Later, after fishing out a pair of Alraunes behind one of the Extraspecies Exchange Online Websites, Kimihito brought them to Kii's forest under Smith's orders, as they would provide much needed protection from other species considering how plant-like liminals are viewed. Kii doesn't really care about that and she allows the Alraunes to stay. Kimihito thanks Kii for this, although the Dryad only replies that the forest doesn't belong to her in the end and she therefore doesn't think that she can forbid the Alraunes to live in the forest, especially since it is quite normal for "seeds to come in from elsewhere and take root" anyway. By this time, the construction work of Kobold Industries in Kii's forest had been completed, although Polt eventually had not built an onsen resort but a sports gym with a spa.[9]
Zoological Information[]
- Main article: Dryad
Dryads are a type of plant-like non-human species. Their qualities are similar to those of small or medium sized trees or vines.
Though they are easygoing and mild-mannered, they tend to not associate with other species (this is true of all plant-like species). However, exceptions are made for those who do not harm them or provide them with care, and they sometimes open their hearts to helpful members of other species.
The humanoid parts of their body change according to the amount of nutrients and water they have absorbed regardless of their actual age, making it impossible to determine their age by appearance alone. Additionally, plant-like species do not wear clothing.
Trivia[]
- Like Draco when she began attacking Kurusu, she was suspected of being D but at the end was removed of suspicion due to being unable to write.
- Her giant form appears to be based on the forest god from Hellboy II: The Golden Army.
- As a Dryad, Kii would count as the first Elemental/Fae monster to be revealed.
- She was the second character after Suu who did not have a name, but was given one by Papi.
- It is unknown why Kii originally didn't have a name before Papi gave her one.
- Currently she seems to be somewhat more comfortable with being around Kurusu as she let him pick edible plants from the forest without complaint and said he could do so again due to the forest having plenty to spare. This could suggest that she's starting to acknowledge him.
- MonMusu Anime Twitter account[1] revealed that her Birthday is May 4th (May 4th in Japan is Greenery Day)[10].
- Although Kii was kidnapped and smuggled into Japan against her will, she is still considered an illegal immigrant under Japanese law. This is one of the reasons why she leads a secret life in the mountains, hidden from human society, since interacting with humanity only ever made her situation worse.[4]
References[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 MonMusu Anime Twitter
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Kii's Secret Pages
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Chapter 20
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 Monster Musume: Monster Girls on the Job!, Chapter 4: Dealer
- ↑ Volume 5 Omake
- ↑ Chapter 25
- ↑ Chapter 41
- ↑ Chapter 44
- ↑ Chapter 88
- ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenery_Day