Ms. Yukari
Source: Azumanga Daioh
Debut: Azumanga Daioh (1997)
Nationality: Japan
The unusual homeroom teacher of class three, Yukari will either be the meanest womanchild you'll set your eyes on, or just your average friendly mentor. She's self-adsorbed and very easily angered, with the source of it often coming out of jealousy. She acts on impulse, and while fluent in English, thinks that she's smarter than anyone else around her. She goes out with Nyamo for drinks, relying on her to pay for pretty much everything.
Playstyle: Dynamic
If there's one word to describe Yukari, that word would be "loud". She is constantly switching between being a mean tyrant of a teacher, and being a genuinely nice mentor. One thing that remains consistent with this is that her anger often determines how she'll act like. And much like it, her anger also determines how she fights in "Dreams". Overall, she is a rushdown character built on getting around defensive measures and forcing opponents to fight on her terms. Both her regular and angry state satisfies this, with her normal state based around fast-paced combos to rack up damage, and her angry state to finish them off. However, managing your anger is one of the most important things to master if you want Yukari to shine. Along with her somewhat light weight, if you're careless with how you handle her main gimmick, you're most than likely putting yourself in danger. A normal Yukari lacks the speed and armor that an angry Yukari gets, but when angry missing attacks can spell the doom of you due to the endlag present. Overall, Yukari mains should focus on using both states' main benefits to the best of their abilities and realize when it's time to shift gears.
