Tsukinowa

Tsukinowa is one of the Eblan Four in Final Fantasy IV: The After Years. He is a ninja boy whose skill would put an adult to shame, being as quick-witted and agile as the wind, just as his alias implies. He is passionate for the town of Mysidia and its citizens due to the time he spent there under Edge's orders.

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Appearance[]

Tsukinowa is short, with blue eyes and long purple hair pulled back into a ponytail. He wears a thin headband with a red stone in the centre, blue earrings and a green beaded necklace. His outfit consists of a light green poncho that covers the lower portion of his face, dark green trousers and black shoes.

Personality[]

Tsukinowa is the most outspoken of the Eblan Four, occasionally questioning Edge's action, but like the rest of them is loyal to Edge and Eblan and wants to uphold their ninjutsu traditions. Having spent an unspecified amount of time undercover at Mysidia, he has grown attached to Porom and worries about her during his mission when he resolves to return to Eblan and Edge.

Story[]

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When Eblan receives word of Baron stealing Crystals from the other nations, the Eblan Four become eager to assist Edge, and are sent on missions to gather information. Tsukinowa, under the alias of "Lapin", travels to Mysidia as a young student of magic. After a classmate turns him into a toad, Tsukinowa sneaks into the Tower of Prayers and eavesdrops on a conversation between Porom and a group of mages. Porom heads to Mount Ordeals with a Black and White Mage, unaware that Tsukinowa is following her.

TsukinowaSS — Tsukinowa walking across the sea.

Tsukinowa cares for Porom during the mission, and sympathizes with her worry for Palom. After the mission is completed, he returns to Eblan by walking across the sea. He reunites with Edge and the other Eblan Four within the Tower of Babil. After being forced to escape from the Mysterious Girl and Ifrit, they fall into the Underworld and land on the Falcon.

In the Gathering Tale, Tsukinowa watches over Porom and the other incapacitated characters below the Falcon's deck. During the ending, he is seen again as a toad in Mysidia. He quietly cheers for Porom when she and her brother are promoted to the elders of Mysidia. Back in Eblan, Tsukinowa and the other ninjas renew their vows of loyalty to Edge, and await their next mission.

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Gameplay[]

Stats[]

Tsukinowa is the fastest character in the game, with a Speed stat of 65 at Level 99. His other stats are generally below average to poor, with his HP growth being not much better than the mage-type characters', while his Strength is lower than that of other physical fighters'. Tsukinowa is best when placed in the back row, as he has low defenses and can take advantage of boomerangs for their long-ranged properties.

Level	HP	MP	Strength	Speed	Stamina	Intelligence	Spirit
5	200	20	4	16	3	2	2
20	585	75	12	26	11	9	8
30	1024	111	19	33	17	13	11
40	1660	141	25	40	23	18	15
50	2309	177	32	45	28	23	17
60	2964	210	40	53	32	27	20
70	3633	245	47	58	38	30	22
80	3932	276	49	60	40	31	24
90	4222	301	51	63	42	32	25
99	4448	322	53	65	43	33	27

Abilities[]

Like Edge, Tsukinowa can dual-wield, and is the only one of the Eblan Four that can do so. He focuses on Wind-elemental Ninjutsu techniques and has the Steal ability. Tsukinowa can perform Band abilities with the other Eblan ninjas, as well as with Palom and Porom due to his time undercover in Mysidia.

Spell	Level Learned
Gale	Known
Mirage	Known
Heal Pill	10
Restore Weed	21
Smoke	33
Tremor	42

**Band Abilities**
Ability	Members	MP	Effect
Wild Moon	Tsukinowa (Attack) Edge (Attack)	12	Attack all enemies with a pincer attack.
Gale Rush	Tsukinowa (Ninjutsu) Zangetsu (Ninjutsu)	12	Cast Haste on all party members.
Healing Wind	Tsukinowa (Ninjutsu) Porom (White Magic)	40	Restore all allies' HP.
Rapid Fire	Tsukinowa (Attack) Ceodore (Attack) Palom (Black Magic)	20	Rapidly attack a single enemy with fireballs.
Wheel of Elements	Tsukinowa (Ninjutsu) Gekkou (Ninjutsu) Izayoi (Ninjutsu) Zangetsu (Ninjutsu)	15	Attack all enemies with fire, ice, lightning and wind.
Ultimate Art: Advent of the Phoenix	Edge (Mug) Tsukinowa (Steal) Gekkou (Shuriken) Izayoi (Illusions) Zangetsu (Human Kite)	20	Create a flaming phoenix to damage all enemies equivalent to lost HP of party.

Equipment[]

Tsukinowa can equip the same equipment as Edge, except for claws. He is the only one of the Eblan Four who can dual wield, and so can take full advantage of the ninja weaponry like Edge.

Tsukinowa starts with 2 Kunais, a Leather Cap, a Foot Ninja Gear and an Iron Armlet.

**Weapons**
Boomerangs	Daggers	Katanas
Boomerang Metal Boomerang Chakram Wing Edge Moonring Blade Rising Sun	Knife Dagger Mythril Knife Dancing Dagger Mage Masher Triton's Dagger	Kunai Kodachi Kogarasu Crimson Cherry Ashura Boltslicer Kotetsu Kiku-ichimonji Murasame Masamune Mutsunokami

**Armor**
Shields	Head	Body	Arms
Adamant Shield	Leather Cap Headband Feathered Cap Green Beret Steel Headplate Black Cowl Beret Chakra Band Goblin Mask Officer's Hat White Tiger Mask Ribbon Genji Helm Red Cap Adamant Helm Glass Mask	Clothing Bard's Tunic Leather Clothing Foot Ninja Gear Bronze Breastplate Shinobi Gear Kenpo Gi Silver Breastplate Mist Wrap Black Belt Gi Professor's Robe Exorcist's Gown Power Sash Fire Scarf Genji Armor Red Jacket Brave Suit Black Garb Blue Armor Adamant Armor	Cursed Ring Ruby Ring Iron Gloves Iron Armlet Power Armlet Talisman Hyper Wrist Silver Armlet Rune Armlet Mythril Gloves Diamond Armlet Bone Wrist Genji Gloves Giant's Gloves Protect Ring Adamant Gloves Crystal Ring Flan Ring Sprint Ring Economical Ring Rear Ring Taunt Ring Limit Ring Single Star Twin Stars Rapid Ring Rapid Ring v2 Gil Band Gil Band v2 Level Band Level Band v2 Rare Band Rare Band v2 Treasure Hunter Treasure Hunter v2

Boss[]

Main article: Tsukinowa (boss)

Tsukinowa is fought as a boss, along with the remaining Eblan Four, at the beginning of Edge's Tale, as part of a training session.

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Final Fantasy Trading Card Game[]

Tsukinowa appears in Final Fantasy Trading Card Game as Wind-elemental Forward cards.

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Etymology[]

Like the other Eblan Four, Tsukinowa's name is related to the moon. [view · edit · purge]Tsukinowa means "full moon" in Japanese. The alias that Tsukinowa uses when he is sent to spy in Mysidia is "Lapin". [view · edit · purge]Lapin is French for "rabbit". This refers to the legend of the Moon rabbit to tie into the moon-themed names of the Eblan Four. It may also refer to Tsukinowa being the youngest and swiftest of the four.