Bai Yin
Bai Yin is a male anime and manga character who features in Karakuri Circus.
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Biography
Bai Yin (Chinese: 白銀, Silver) was a male human born many years ago in the land of Qin where he had an younger brother named Bai Jin. The pair grew up to be skilled puppeteers where they sought to improve their art. To achieve that end, they travelled to Prague the City of Spires in order to apprentice themselves under an alchemist. The two wanted to master the art so that they could use it on their puppets in order to bring them to life.
Travelling to Quibere, he found the villagers to be in the grips of a deadly disease that was known as Z.O.N.O.P.H.A. syndrome that had been created by his brother. The disease caused them to be in incredible pain and seemingly choking to death unless they made someone laugh. The masked Yin used the Aqua Vitae from the Soft Stone to heal them and bade them all to come to the local well. Before they arrived, he threw the Soft Stone inside of it thus converting the water inside into Aqua Vitae. He then fell into it allowing his body to be dissolved into it so that his memories, knowledge and experience would merge with the water. The villagers then came to the well and were bade to drink from the water which cured them from Z.O.N.O.P.H.A. and they were transformed into the Shirogane. With their knowledge of their founder, they set themselves the task of destroying the automatons of the Midnight Circus and used sophisticated puppets for this task.
Narumi Katou was dressed in a bear costume, handing out leaflets for the Straw Circus when Masaru Saiga accidentally bumps into him wheeling a large suitcase. Narumi begins to have a Zonapha attack and tries to make any passer-by laugh. Eventually Masaru laughs, saving Narumi, but the boy is abducted by three men in black suits. Narumi goes to his aid, but the men are too strong and he carries Masaru onto a train to escape. Masaru tells Narumi the story of his father’s death and huge inheritance, and that Saiga men have always had an interest in Karakuri clockwork puppets. His grandfather told him to take a special suitcase and seek Shirogane for protection if anything should happen to his father. When more men in black suits ambush them on the train, Narumi realizes that they are puppets when one is destroyed. In desperation, Masaru calls out "Shirogane" and a woman appears wearing a harlequin outfit. She opens Masaru's suitcase and the puppet Harlequin pops out. Shirogane manipulates it to attack and destroy the only remaining black-suited puppet. After explaining who she was, Shirogane accompanied Narumi to a local clinic to treat the unconscious Masaru. Meanwhile, one of those pursuing Masaru sends the puppet Pulcinella after the boy.
Ashihana directs Pulcinella to attack, and Shirogane counters with Harlequin which is more than a match for Pulcinella and it shreds the other puppet. Meanwhile, Ashihana's gang capture Masaru, but fortunately Narumi is there and rescues the boy, although he begins to have a Zonapha attack. Narumi can't make Shirogane or Masaru laugh and desperately he rushes out to make someone laugh, which is only successful after Shirogane beats him up in a convenience store. Shirogane and Masaru move into Narumi's apartment where they settle into a version of domestic life, however they are being watched from outside. Suddenly, the puppet Grimaldi grabs Masaru through a window and escapes with the boy, leaving Shirogane and Narumi standing in the street. They are approached by Eiryo Ashihana who tells them that he is from the Slaughter Team, hired to kill the boy, whereas Masaru was abducted by the Kidnap Team working for another client and he is being taken to the Saiga villa in Karuizawa. Ashihana offers to take them there, however he warns that the villa is full of the late Saiga's heinous Karakuri puppets and their puppeteers.
Overview
Personality and attributes
He appeared to very similar to that of Narumi Katō in the modern day.
Powers and abilities
The syndrome impaired his breathing and can only be alleviated by making others laugh.
Notes
- Bai Yin was created by Kazuhiro Fujita where he featured in the setting of Karakuri Circus.
Appearances
- Karakuri Circus:
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