Yuri Miyazono (宮園 由梨 Miyazono Yuri) is the newest Witchblade wielder in the new novel Witchblade: Lost Generation (ウィッチブレイド 碧の少女). She is a sick, 15-year-old girl who uses the Witchblade to keep herself alive and for her own protection. She received the Witchblade after Takeru Ibaraki from the first novel.
Novel history[]
When a 15-year-old girl, Yuri Miyazono, who lived a recuperative life with an incurable disease, wished at the abyss of death, it suddenly appeared. The strongest weapon with the intention to fight oneself. The wearer is chosen only for the special women who have been chosen as weapons themselves since ancient times. The Witchblade brought a pleasure and a mighty combat power that had not been experienced by the girl before. And the mysterious cyborg soldiers who appear attracted to her presence. The pretty girl who just wants to live is caught in the whirlpool of a violent fight some day.
Etymology[]
- The name Yuri means "reason, cause" (由) (yu) and "pear" (梨) (ri).
- Yuri's surname Miyazono means "temple, shrine, palace" (宮) (miya) and "garden" (園) (sono/zono).