| Shuri | |
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| Origin | Black Panther #2 (May 2005) Black Panther (2018) |
| Alias | NekoYasha (nickname by Shin) New Black Panther Black Pantheress |
| Type | Human |
| Role | Heroine |
| Gender | Female |
| Alignment | Wakanda Royalty Shin Avengers |
| Home World | Earth-199999 |
| Other residences | Wakanda |
| Family | T'Challa (brother, deceased) Queen Mother Ramonda (mother, deceased in prime timeline) T'Chaka (father, deceased) |
| Weapon | Vibranium Claws, Panther Cestus, ringblades and spears |
| Attribute | Vibranium Wakanda Beast-Fist |
| Status | Alive |
| English Voice | Letitia Wright |
| Japanese Voice | Kanako Momota |
Shuri is the sister of T'Challa, the New Black Panther, and a member of the Shin Avengers.
Story[]
After the Battle of Wakanda, Shuri was taken from her country and forced to use her scientific skills to advance the Stark Administration. When she learned that Spider Man broke free of his confines, Shuri did the same and helped Shin Seigi succeed in his theft of the War Machine Mk. 2. She even created her own Black Panther suit and becomes NekoYasha, fighting with the Shin Avengers as they scoured the Tokuverse for the Super Sentai, and killing Bio Hunter Silva in the Battle of Starktopia 01.
But after Shin destroys Tony Stark, Shuri was forced to witness Iron Majin kill Pepper Potts, but destroys the evil god forever along with Shin, Spidey, Aka Renger, Kiba Ranger, and Gokai Silver piloting Mugen DaiZyuJin. Shuri attends Pepper's funeral and Shin's speech before returning to Wakanda, but still maintains a long-distance friendship with Shin and Peter Parker.
Personality[]
Sassy as she is tech savvy, Shuri liked to pull some practical jokes on her brother. After becoming a Shin Avenger to avenge her brother, Shuri is keenly devoted to helping Shin lead her people and the rest of the universe to freedom. Thanks to Shin’s and Peter’s positive influences she is able to become a better hero without completely sacrificing her sense of humor, and when the war is won, Shuri is ready to take her royal duties more seriously.
Powers and Abilities[]
Shuri is an accomplished scientist for her young age, using her intellect to refine the Black Panther suit’s capabilities, and also modify the War Machine Mk. 2 for Shin’s use.
With some training from Geki Red, Shuri gains a Panther Animal Spirit that may be summoned to fight with her, akin to the Gekirangers’ own Animal Spirits.[1] She dubs this fighting style “Wakanda Beast-Fist” (ワカンダ 獣拳 Wakanda Juu Ken), and begins teaching it to Wakandan children after the war. Although this “Geki Panther” has supposedly no corporeal form, Shuri was able to ride on it, hinting it may be connected somehow the Ancestral Plane, and therefore possibly be some reincarnation of T’Challa.
After the Iron Man Mk. 20 is destroyed[2], Shuri used the enlargement chip’s remains to develop a detector so the Shin Avengers can stop most succeeding Iron Man Suits after the Mk. 33 from becoming giant.
Relationships[]
Family[]
T'Challa
Shuri was heartbroken that her brother was not only murdered, but also declared a war criminal for protecting Steve Rogers and rightfully speaking out against Iron Majin's evil ways. Shin assures her that despite never getting to meet the fallen king in person, he believes T'Challa would be proud of his sister and her contributions to the Shin Avengers' cause.
Ramonda
The Queen Mother Ramonda was massively relieved her daughter is still alive, at least, and Shuri and Shin assure the former's mother she will be safe, while Ramonda vows to stand with the Avengers Sentai Alliance until Earth is free and Stark has paid for the death and vilification of her son.
By the beginning of the Battle of Starktopia 01, the queen mother trusts the Shin Avengers enough to grant Shuri permission to arm the civilians with vibranium weaponry to better protect themselves from the legionites when they take the initiative to help the Alliance members. When the war is over, Ramonda told Shuri she was immensely proud of her accomplishments and personal growth.
T'Chaka
Shuri was severely disappointed in the ancestors and especially her father, but does not appear to show that hostility or disappointment towards Ramonda, who had also been kept in the dark about her husband’s mistakes for a long time.
Friends[]
Nakia
Also being a good friend of T'Challa, and by extension, Shuri, Nakia shares Shuri's disgust at Tony Stark and desire to free Wakanda from his evil. After the war, Nakia expressed her profound relief that T'Challa can finally rest in peace thanks to Shuri's work with the Shin Avengers.
Griot
As an AI created to assisted her, Shuri was upset when Griot was regrettably deleted by Lord Stark and Iron Maiden after the ex-Avenger took control of Earth. She sometimes mistakenly calls Groot Griot as a sign of still not getting over the latter’s “death” until the beginning of the Battle of Starktopia 01.
Shin Seigi
Shin and Shuri first started to bond as they discussed the impact of her brother's untimely death while redesigning the War Machine Mk. 2. She noted how they similarly have their reasons to be disappointed in their own fathers but still care for them as human beings, and sees Shin as an inspiration to become stronger and fight for the sake of her people.
Shuri openly welcomes his efforts to cheer her up in the dark age Iron Majin has wrought, as well as possibly his budding feelings for her, and Shin listens to her ideas in kind.
Spider Man
Peter Parker and Shuri develop a strong bond as junior heroes training under Shin’s guidance to continually better themselves. Whereas Peter was somewhat disappointed when Shuri has to return to Wakanda after the war’s end, Shin was more optimistic about them seeing each other again and assured him that the three will always be best friends.
The Wakandan princess gains the Flora Colossus’ trust by freeing him and healing his wounds during the first raid on Iron Babel. She later built her own translation device to better understand him and the nuances in his speech patterns.
Pepper harbored a bit of jealousy for Shuri's superior intellect and tech expertise, despite being a child, and that bordered on a slight rivalry for a time, until they learned to function more effectively by combining their talents. When Pepper abandoned the Shin Avengers after learning of Shin's role in his parents' divorce, Shuri expressed parallels between her own processing of T'Chaka's misdeeds and Shin's complicated views of his father Wayne, showing how quick the Wakandan princess was to understand how hard it was for her leader. Pepper's return to the team caused them to become closer, however, enough so that Shuri helped Shin succeed in convince Pepper to finally let go of her painful past with Tony and destroy the true Iron Majin, and they attended her funeral after the war's end.
Enemies[]
Iron Ma(ji)n
For murdering and defaming T'Challa, grounding her, and disrespecting her mother, Shuri considers the disgraced Iron Man an enemy of Wakanda and will not rest until her country is free from his reign of terror. She takes Lord Stark quite seriously in battle, opting to keep her jokes at his expense to herself for the most part.
Quotes[]
- “My brother once said that history has never looked kindly on those who lock men in cages. What the Administration does to my people is in the same twisted spirit, no matter how much they deny it.”
- ”By killing my brother, you undermine his work to atone for the mistakes of our father and the ancestors! You have caused Wakanda and America to resent each other! All the blood, sweat and tears of both our peoples, is on your hands!” - berating Lord Stark
- “Wakanda Forever! Shin Avengers Forever!”
- ”Someone call a plastic surgeon!” - encountering a grotesque opponent like Abomination[1]
- ”Time to boogie with the Panther!” - when attacking with her Panther Spirit
- ”Nice stereo!” - when inside Mugen DaiZyuJin’s cockpit[3]
Trivia[]
- GokaiWhite’s decision to replace T’Challa with Shuri accurately predicted her becoming the new Black Panther in 2022’s “Black Panther: Wakanda Forever”.
- Her nickname by Shin, "NekoYasha" (猫夜叉), is a callback to the popular anime series InuYasha. It means, "cat-demon", in the same way InuYasha is derived from "inu" (犬), meaning "dog" in japanese.
- Being the tech expert of the Shin Avengers, her position is quite similar to Billy Cranston of the OG Power Rangers, especially the 2017 movie incarnation who is also African(-American).
- She received some tips on how to be a better princess from Ahim de Famille.
- Her “nice stereo” quote is lifted from Kimberly Hart piloting a Zord for the first time in MMPR’s first episode and the 1995 movie. She also lifts some of Aisha’s lines from the latter.
- Her interactions with the Super Sentai are mostly with the "Wild Beast"-type teams, and feline-themed Rangers such as Zyuoh Lion, Red Buster, Go-On Silver, Go-On Blue, Geki Red, Hurricane Yellow, Gao Red, Gao White, Ginga Red, Ginga Pink, Tiger Ranger, and finally Battle Kenya.
- Like all Wakandans, her dialogue in the game Marvel VS Super Sentai is subtitled in the comically exaggerated African dialect.
- An example of this is that she addresses Misao Mondo of the Zyuohgers as "Zyuoh DeWorld".
- During the Battle of Starktopia 01, Shuri and Mammoth Ranger rescue the father of a Black Panther fan who was rescued earlier by Takeshi Hongo.
- The dad is played by Walter Jones, who plays Goushi’s PR counterpart Zach Taylor. Here, the explanation for his lost middle finger is that it got chopped off as punishment for speaking unfavorably about Lord Stark.