Mary Watanabe

"Every night I have the same dream. A child, probably a girl, walking down an endless street. Rain pours to the ground, but she keeps walking, as if the rain isn't affecting her vision in the slightest.  Soon, she starts running.  She just gets faster and faster.  I think she's chasing someone, but she never catches him.  No matter how fast she goes, he's always just out of reach.  This nightmare used to torture me.  I would wake up with a start, and be incapable of going back to sleep, fearful that the dark lonely street, with endless rain, would return to torment me.  However, I eventually realized that the girl in the dream was me.  And the person I was chasing after was my brother.  I idolized my brother.  He was a powerful Fullbringer who always used his power to help the weak and innocent.  I thought I would never be able to do that.  I was weak.  A helpless child, who could do nothing but cry and run away, fleeing from an invisible foe which was only myself. When my Fullbring finally activated, I knew the problems with that, being a Nun and all, but somehow I felt liberated as well. For once in my life I didn't have to be a burden. I could fight back and help people just like my brother did. It was such a great feeling, that I had the ability to save so many people from creatures far less than human. It seemed like a dream, but not this time. This was reality, and it was much more positives than any of my dreams."

- Mary Watanabe to Shinya Kawakami

Mary Watanabe is a half American half Japanese human with Fullbring powers. She was born in Fuyuki City, but currently lives in Karakura Town, serving as a Nun at Karakura Church, acting as a non-murdrous vigilante when the sun sets. As a vigilante she mostly fights Hollows, but has been known to take down human criminals as well. Due to the Church's distaste not only of powers, but also of vigilantism, she has to hide both her abilities and her nighttime activities from them. When she's using her Fullbring powers to help people she affiliates herself with the Fullbringer organization Xtinction. She's the primary protagonist of the Soul Security Arc of Bleach:  Evolution, and reappears in several other arcs down the line as a supporting protagonist.

Quotes

 * 1) (Mary Watanabe to Shinya Kawakami) "Every night I had the same dream.  A child, probably a girl, walking down an endless street.  Rain pours to the ground, but she keeps walking, as if the rain isn't affecting her vision in the slightest.  Soon, she starts running.  She just gets faster and faster.  I think she's chasing someone, but she never catches him.  No matter how fast she goes, he's always just out of reach.  This nightmare used to torture me.  I would wake up with a start, and be incapable of going back to sleep, fearful that the dark lonely street, with endless rain, would return to torment me.  However, I eventually realized that the girl in the dream was me.  And the person I was chasing after was my brother.  I idolized my brother.  He was a powerful Fullbringer who always used his power to help the weak and innocent.  I thought I would never be able to do that.  I was weak.  A helpless child, who could do nothing but cry and run away, fleeing from an invisible foe which was only myself.  When my Fullbring finally activated, I knew the problems with that, being a Nun and all, but somehow I felt liberated as well.  For once in my life I didn't have to be a burden.  I could fight back and help people just like my brother did.  It was such a great feeling, that I had the ability to save so many people from creatures far less than human.  It seemed like a dream, but not this time.  This was reality, and it was much more positives than any of my dreams."