Jade
Gaia name: Skuld HJG
Character Name: Shinobu Maehara
Codename: Jade
Height/Weight: 5' 2" (Shinobu); 6'0" (Jade) | 100 lbs (Shinobu); 660 lbs (Jade)
Birthday: November 15th
Age: 14
Alignment: Good
Powers:
Physical Transformation: As a result of a being born in Hiroshima, Japan and living in Hinata Bay which has suffered residual radiation from the Bikini Atoll tests, when Shinobu Maehara is exposed and completely absorbed radioactive material – the young girl became able to alter her physical form into a female version of the Hulk. As Jade, Shinobu's skin, hair, and eyes all turn green. Her frame also gains another 10 inches in height and 560 lbs of muscle and bone tissue. Much of Shinobu's gained muscle and bone mass is condensed and several times as dense as that of a human. As a result, though she is noticeably much larger than she is in her normal form, she looks much lighter than she actually is. Also unlike the Hulk, or rather certain Hulk incarnations, Shinobu retains her full intelligence and personality in her Jade form -- just without her usual timidity. 'Jade' seems to represent all of Shinobu's hidden desires and wants, but the alter ego is still her -- not a separate personality. Most of the time, Maehara is able to control her transformation, enabling her to change back and forth at will. Thus, her specialized adrenal gland is not as advanced as that of the Hulk. And while it can augment her abilities, she can still remain more in control than the Hulk:
--Superhuman Strength: As Jade, she is proportionally stronger than her normal human form. This means that any extra strength gains as Shinobu Maehara through intense physical training will be amplified, making her Jade form that much stronger. If subjected to intense training, Jade's strength will surpass the base strength levels of the Gray, Savage, and Professor incarnations of the Hulk, at least while they're in a calm emotional state. Jade possesses enough superhuman strength to press a maximum of 50 tons and the uppermost limit of her potential remains unknown. However, it is possible that she is able to lift in excess of 75 tons when exceeding angry or in fear. Jade's strength has extended into her highly developed leg muscles, enabling her to leap great distances or heights. She is capable of leaping to a height of over 800 feet and a distance of over 1,500 feet in a single bound. She achieves less heights and distances than that of the Hulk or Abomination due only to her smaller frame.
--Superhuman Speed: Due, at least partially, to the great muscular strength and development of her leg muscles, she is capable of running and moving at speeds that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete. Jade can achieve a land speed around 60 mph.
--Superhuman Stamina: Jade's highly advanced musculature produces considerably less fatigue toxins during physical activity than the musculature of an ordinary human. She can exert herself at peak capacity for about 48 hours before fatigue begins to impair her performance.
--Superhuman Durability: Jade's body is highly resistant to all forms of conventional injury. Her skin is capable of withstanding extreme pressures, temperatures as high as 3,000 degrees Fahrenheit and as low as -195 degrees Fahrenheit, falls from great heights, field-artillery canon shells, and powerful energy blasts without sustaining any injury.
--Superhuman Agility: Jade's agility, balance and bodily coordination are enhanced to levels that are beyond the natural physical limits of the finest human athlete.
--Regenerative Healing Factor: Despite her body's extremely high resistance to injury, it is possible to injure her. However, she is capable of rapidly regenerating injuries that result in great tissue damage and blood loss within a matter of minutes. However, she is not capable of regenerating missing limbs or organs. Jade's highly efficient metabolism renders her immune to all drugs and toxins as well as total immunity to all known Earthly diseases.
Talents:
Student, Cooking Mastery, Bi-Lingual: (Japanese, English)
Bio:
Shinobu Maehara is an extremely shy young girl whose parents divorced. While she was expected to leave town with one of them, she became a resident at the Hinata apartments with Hina Urashima's permission.
She has incredible culinary skills, possibly learned from her mother who had run a restaurant displaying her natural talent. She consistently downplays her ability, but is pleased when her cooking is praised by the Hinata residents - especially when Keitaro says "My life would sure be a lot nicer if I could look forward to eating great food like this every day."
She develops a crush on Keitaro when he helps her with her studies, but becomes sad and angry at the other residents' treatment of the manager. Every time Shinobu watched Keitaro getting abused, something in her ached to do something to protect him from his tormentors... And to make him see her as something more than a shy little girl.
Though Shinobu got her wish, it was not as she had planned. In attempting to protect her beloved Keitaro, Shinobu Maehara became directly exposed to gamma radiation and 'hulked out' to protect her crush – and ended up trashing a good portion of Hinata City in the process. The jade giantess was attacked and chased by Japanese Defense Forces across most of Japan, causing trillions of yen in damages. The JSDF had even managed to contact and consult American General 'Thunderbolt' Ross on their Hulk Crisis. But in the end, Shinobu was captured by Advanced Idea Mechanics...
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