Youki

Name: Youki

Gender: Female

Affiliation: Maou army, torture corps

Position: Mid-Level Torture Officer → Senior Torture Officer (from Torture 36 onward)

Birthday: June 11

Favorite Food: Salty snacks

Special Skills: Reflex-based video games; making potato chips from raw potatoes

Notable Background:

Played basketball in school and performed reasonably well.

Received more chocolates on Valentine’s Day than the most popular boys.

Interested in silver accessories but cannot afford them.

Voice Actor (CV): Anna Nagase

Youki is bright, lively, and very approachable, even though she serves in the Maou army.

She treats Hime less like a captive and more like a buddy she hangs out and plays with.

Her confidence shows most when games or physical activity are involved.

However, she is also honest and pragmatic enough to back off quickly when she realizes she is outmatched.

She enjoys casual fun, snacks, and accessories, giving her a modern, easy-to-relate vibe despite her job title as a torture officer.

Youki is a torture officer in the same organization as Torture Tortura, specializing in “soft” torture based on games and temptations.

She almost always acts together with her cousin Inki, forming a duo that uses their combination moves and teamwork against Hime.

Their “torture” sessions often involve console games, quizzes, or activities designed to lure Hime’s curiosity and desires.

Even though it looks like simple play, most of these matches end with Hime giving in one way or another.

Compared to more traditional torture officers, Youki’s style is playful and game-focused.

This allows her to maintain a friendly, bantering relationship with Hime, making their encounters feel like competitive hangouts rather than grim interrogations.

Youki excels at reflex-based games, such as action games or quick-response challenges.

When she plays, she prefers to sit cross-legged, giving off a relaxed, informal gamer vibe.

She is also skilled at making potato chips starting from basic potatoes, not just eating ready-made snacks.

Her sports background, especially in basketball, supports her quick reactions and coordination.

Despite her abilities, Youki occasionally loses confidence when faced with Hime’s overwhelming physical power.

These moments show that she is talented but still very human, with realistic limits and insecurities.

Youki interacts with Hime more like a friend than a prisoner, often chatting and playing rather than threatening.

Her tortures are structured as friendly competitions: video games, quizzes, or physical challenges.

Many of these “games” are rigged in the sense that Hime’s curiosity or desires get the better of her.

As a result, Hime ends up surrendering in most contests, even though they look harmless on the surface.

At times, Youki tries sports-based challenges, thinking she can finally win through athletic skills.

However, Hime’s physical capacity routinely exceeds her expectations, turning the tables on Youki.

One notable episode involves long-distance swimming.

Youki learns that “Hime is bad at long-distance swimming” and confidently proposes a water-based torture match.

Youki herself once won a local children’s long-distance swimming competition, so she assumes she has a realistic edge.

However, she quickly discovers that Hime’s idea of being “bad” is on a completely different scale.

Hime had previously swum about 30 kilometers alone across a strait as part of a covert mission.

She even carried equipment and still completed the swim in roughly six hours.

Realizing that she has absolutely no chance in such a contest, Youki immediately abandons the long-distance swim challenge.

This quick retreat shows both her common sense and just how unreal Hime’s “baseline” abilities really are.

Inki is Youki’s cousin, and the two of them attended the same school.

They are extremely close and almost always appear together as a two-person torture team.

Their partnership is a core part of Youki’s identity.

Youki relies on their duo dynamic, combining Inki’s traits with her own to create unique combinational torture strategies.

In an extra story in volume 4 of the collected edition, it is revealed that Youki chose her career because of Inki.

After hearing that Inki wanted to become a torture officer, Youki decided to become one as well so she could stay by Inki’s side and preserve their friendship.

This decision highlights that Youki’s strongest motivation is personal connection rather than cruelty or ambition.

Her path as a torture officer is, at its heart, a story of loyalty to a cousin she treasures.