Izuko Gaen

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Izuko Gaen (臥煙 伊豆湖, Gaen Izuko) is a woman known for her claims to "know everything". She debuted in Tsubasa Tiger as Episode's latest client, and was in a different kind of business with the vampire hunter during the appearance of the tiger-shaped oddity Kako.

Appearance

Izuko is a middle-aged woman with wavy long brown hair and orange eyes. Her outfit is reminiscent of hip hop fashion with a bright color scheme, consisting of a loose light green shirt over a black sweatshirt, loose maroon pants and running shoes. She wears a white baseball cap with a light green rim, and among her accessories include a smiley necklace and a pair of orange headphones hanging on her neck.

Personality

Despite her looks, Izuko is actually a very knowledgeable person when it comes to the supernatural. She also apparently knows some facts about Koyomi Araragi and Tsubasa Hanekawa and is updated in current events. In fact, she boasts about her wealth of knowledge frequently, to the point of adapting the catchphrase, "There is nothing that I don't know. I know everything," which is a stark contrast to Tsubasa's catchphrase.

Although the credibility of her claims over "knowing everything" may be debatable, it can be argued that she is good in taking advantage of what she knows and what other people do not know, allowing her to break down a person's confidence, like Tsubasa's confidence in her knowledge, for example.

Background

Gaen was the upperclassman of Meme Oshino, Yozuru Kagenui and Deishuu Kaiki during their college days. She seems familiar of her juniors, but has shown some form of dislike towards Yozuru for some reason.

She also claims to be Suruga Kanbaru's aunt.

Plot

Tsubasa Tiger

She appears in town after enlisting the help of Episode in a particular case. During Episode's short conversation with Tsubasa, she reveals that she knows about her and Koyomi, particularly Tsubasa's humility over her knowledge. In their conversation, she points out Tsubasa's faults in acknowledging her incapability to know everything. She later leaves for parts known, although telling Tsubasa that she refuses to intervene in the issues regarding the tiger-shaped oddity roaming across town and that only Tsubasa herself can do something about it.