Baba
Born Himawari Kobayashi on the island of Honshu in 1843, Baba carried the blood of Otodo, an ancient lineage of demon-blooded Hunters. She spent nearly the first 100 years of her extraordinary life pursuing oni, gaki, and ykai
Born Himawari Kobayashi on the island of Honshu in 1843, Baba carried the blood of Otodo, an ancient lineage of demon-blooded Hunters. She spent nearly the first 100 years of her extraordinary life pursuing oni, gaki, and ykai
Jim Patterson was born into an upper-middle-class family in Inglewood, California in 1941. His father was a self-made man and set an example to Jim of the virtues of hard work and determination. From his progressive mother he inherited a sense of …
Mei Kobayashi was born at the Heart Mountain internment camp in 1943. Her parents re-settled in Los Angeles after the war, in the neighborhood of Little Tokyo. The trauma of the camps, dimly recalled in Mei’s own memory but vividly remembered in …
Ken Patterson is the second child of Jim and Mei. He is seven years younger than his big sister Amy and maintains a relationship with her as something of a foil/mentee. He is a typical young teenage American boy at the dawn of the 90s.
His life …
The younger brother of Jim Patterson, Kurt grew up in his brother’s shadow. Neither as handsome nor as naturally-talented, he did nevertheless share his sibling’s strong will and determination.
When Jim went off to law school, Kurt …