Honda

Honda, real name Youko (陽子, Yōko), is a police escort and Marika Tachibana’s personal attendant. However, she was actually a "monitor" assigned by Chika Tachibana, a fact that was well-known to Marika herself.

Appearance
Honda is a matured young woman with mid-back length black hair that rests on her right shoulder with bangs covering her left eye, copper-brown eyes and a curvaceous figure.

She always wears her black office uniform and she is almost always seen with a deadpan face.

Personality
Honda is very stoic and has a tight-lip personality. She maintains a calm and serious demeanor in the background, even in dire situations.

Despite her seemingly cold attitude and ruthless actions, in reality she really cares for Marika, so much as to forsake her family's pledge to Tachibana family (with Marika's mother as current head) in order to uphold her personal pledge to Marika.

Background
Honda is an experienced policewoman who is noted to have been caring for Marika Tachibana ever since she was young. Her work allows her to have a vast array of information in regards to criminals and civilians, and she leads Marika's own army of a specialized police force in times of trouble.

However her true identity is the head of ninja-like Hidden Guards of Tachibana Family, codenamed "Shinobu". Her family works for Tachibana family for generations, therefore she serves under Chika Tachibana, the current head. Her works include bodyguarding, gathering intelligence, monitoring enemy forces, manipulating information, subversion, and other dangerous underground activities. Currently she serves as "monitor" for Marika's health and progress in her approach to Raku Ichijō.

Abilities

 * Master marksman and CQC combatant: As a highly trained police officer and bodyguard, Honda is proficient in many forms of combat. She is an excellent marksman with firearms and bows to even rival the hit-girl Seishirō Tsugumi.

Marika Tachibana
Honda is Marika's loyal and protective personal attendant who have a strong bonding connection with each other, to the point that she and Marika would bathe together, and Marika herself is comfortable enough to even tell her direst secrets to Honda. Honda cares for her so greatly that she is willing to forsake her generations-old family loyalty to Tachibana Family in order to uphold her own pledge to Marika.

Marika is the only one to whom Honda told her real name, Youko.

Raku Ichijō
Although she doesn't seem like it, Honda actually trusts Raku enough to take Marika Tachibana's hand in marriage. Even to the point that she even allowed the two to be alone on an island during New Year's Eve.

Migisuke Aiba
Both are fellow policemen who care deeply for Marika Tachibana. In Chapter 112, it was found out that Migisuke is actually in love with Honda, but since he has no experience about love or talking to women, he asked for help from Marika. In the same chapter, he also asked Honda to marry him, but all he got back was a flying kick in the face.

Seishirō Tsugumi
Honda was aware of Tsugumi liking Raku Ichijō, something that startled the latter. For this, Honda saw Tsugumi as a threat to Marika Tachibana and impeded Tsugumi.

Both know of and respect each others' abilities. So much so that Honda taught Tsugumi how to use weighted chains, which Tsugumi used in chapter 222 to beat Claude.

Etymology

 * The surname Honda means "base, root, origin, source" (本) (hon) and "field, rice paddy" (田) (ta/da).

Real Name

 * The name Youko means "light, sun, male" (陽) (you) and "child" (子) (ko).
 * Youko is an alternate transcription of Yōko.

Title

 * The name Shinobu means "endurance, patience" (忍).

Trivia

 * Honda's signature weapon is a weighted chain.
 * In Chapter 195, it is revealed that Honda's real name is "Youko" while "Shinobu" is "the title that you inherited by being the head of the hidden guards." (as said by Marika Tachibana)
 * During the ending credits starting from Episode 18, Honda made a cameo appearance in a form of a caricature, alongside Mikage Shinohara, Paula McCoy, Haru Onodera, Yui Kanakura, Suzu Ayakaji and Migisuke Aiba.