![]() She doesn’t have a career worthy of her Chinese immigrant parents’ sacrifices. In this New York Times bestseller and Today show Read with Jenna Book Club Pick, one lapse in judgement lands a young mother in a government reform program where custody of her child hangs in the balance, in this “surreal” ( People), “remarkable” ( Vogue), and “infuriatingly timely” ( The New York Times Book Review) debut novel.įrida Liu is struggling. Selected as One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of 2022! ![]() Shortlisted for The Center for Fiction 2022 First Novel Prize Longlisted for the 2023 Carnegie Medal for Excellence It turned out that her eight friends (Mouse, Tiger, Rabbit, Snake, Sheep, Ape, Bird and Hound) were other parts of her – and they came to be known as the Eight Legions, each beast a Calamity-level threat – giving her a tremendous boost in strength and magical energy when she received eight additional names.Longlisted for the PEN/Hemingway Award for Debut Novel When she asked Rimuru to name some of her friends he could not refuse a little girl. Rimuru later brought her into the Dungeon to help manage the forest there and put her on the 90th floor and also named her Kumara, making her grow all her tails up to nine. It was there that she remembered what happiness was, and her emotional wounds were healed through contact with the children. With her curse removed by Rimuru, she was saved and taken into protection in Tempest. However in a strange twist of fate, Clayman was defeated and Kumara was picked up by Rimuru Tempest. Seeing potential in the young Cryptid, Clayman made her one of his Five Fingers, serving as his pet and bodyguard. She was later captured and sold to Clayman by Kanzis. Kumara was born as the daughter of the Cryptid Matriarch and lived with her in a territory called Cryptid County that bordered between the Eastern Empire and the Puppet Nation Jistav, living peacefully until soldiers of the Eastern Empire, led by Kanzis, attacked and wiped them out, with the young unnamed Kumara being the only survivor. She is shown to value her new home and coming to appreciate her new friends something she hadn't experience in a long time. However, she does still have some childlike tendencies getting frustrated when she cannot fully handle a situation. She is described as a cold and calculating type, and thus cannot get along with those that are naive and impulsive. Though she is loyal to Rimuru for his kindness. She is very clever, intelligent, and even devious as she was able to trick Rimuru into naming her and eight different parts of her giving her a tremendous energy boost. In adult form, she has the bewitching form and beauty of a courtesan.įollowing her awakening in Dragon-Monster Clash, changes in her appearance include her hair turning gold and eight of her nine tails becoming silver, with the last taking on gold. ![]() In child form, she appears as a cute girl with bob haircut. In humanoid form, she can appear as either a child or an adult female with fox ears. When Rimuru named her, she became a nine-tailed fox. She was originally a small blonde furred fox with three tails when serving under Clayman as one of the Five Fingers, and is able to grow in size during combat.
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