Manju Cookie

Guildmaster Manju Cookie welcomes every customer with a smile sweeter than red bean paste. His soft-spoken voice and eloquence only add to his charm. Perhaps that is why Cookies who visit his shop never leave empty-handed—as if they've been enchanted by a Buttershell Fox! But what truly sets the Manju Guild apart is his work philosophy. No matter how dangerous or obscure the request, the guildmaster always manages to deliver... Whispers of awe follow his name. And when someone starts questioning... the ethical side of Manju Cookie's business, the courteous guildmaster merely offers a curious smile and replies, "How one uses the item in question is entirely up to the customer. I am but a humble merchant."

Manju Cookie is a slim Cookie with warm beige dough. His hair is light brown with a slightly darker hue at the bangs, which sweep across and partially obscure one eye. The hair falls in two long sections on either side of the face and is gathered into a high, voluminous ponytail at the back, secured with a thick red ribbon tied sharply and sticking out from each side. The ponytail is long and fluffy, extending well past the shoulders. His eyes are black with crimson red highlights and are framed by long, white eyelashes. A thick line of red eyeliner traces the upper eyelid. He has a subtle, smug smile with a visible flesh-colored fang protruding slightly.

He wears a white sarashi (Japanese: さらし, sarashi, "bleached ") wrapped tightly around his chest. Over this, he wears a black and white kimono (Japanese: 着物, kimono, "a thing put on"), worn loosely and asymmetrically. One sleeve is left hanging beneath his arm, exposing the sarashi and shoulder. His lower body is dressed in beige, tobi-style pants (Japanese: 鳶ズボン) that are wide at the thighs and taper toward the calves, where they are tucked into white socks. His footwear consists of geta sandals (Japanese: 下駄), more specifically tengu-geta, a variation with a single platform tooth beneath each sole. A large, red woolen ribbon is tied at his lower back. The ribbon is thick, textured, and features long tassels that hang upward. He has large, upright fox-like ears with darker inner gradients and a long, bushy tail in a pale cream tone, with soft orange or golden highlights toward the tip.

A slender weapon is tied at his hip with a red ribbon. The weapon resembles a custom staff with a sharp, angled end, appearing to serve both slashing and stabbing functions. He also carries a long, thin smoking pipe of East Asian style (likely a kiseru [Japanese: 煙管, kiseru, "smoking pipe"]), with a metal mouthpiece and bowl.

Manju Cookie is a charming and calculated merchant who prefers persuasion to force and foresight to impulse. He's always smiling, always thinking, and always weighing the future worth of a connection, even when helping others. Though not cruel, he is pragmatic to the core, valuing opportunity and influence over sentimentality. Where others charge forward, Manju Cookie maneuvers. He thrives on long games and subtle details, masking his ambitions behind playful banter and charm. Despite his sly nature, he respects intelligence and kindness when he sees it, and never forgets a promising investment.

Korean: 만쥬맛 쿠키 (manjyu-mat kuki)

Japanese: まんじゅう味クッキー (manjuu-aji kukkī)

Taiwanese Mandarin: 甜饅頭餅乾 (tián mántou bǐngqián, "Steamed Bun Cookie")

Thai: คุกกี้รสมันจู (Khukkī̂ rs̄ mạncū)

German: Manju-Cookie

French: Cookie Manju

Spanish: Galleta Manju