Senri

Senri the oldest and quietest member of the main characters. He is a Kim-un-kur, and a bear +Anima who can transform his right arm into a bear's paw. He suffers from short-term memory loss, and carries around a book with pressed flowers inside to help him with his memory.

Appearance
Senri has gray hair accessorized with turquoiseundefined blueundefined beads, which are a mark of his tribe.undefined He also has gray eyes, of which he covers his left with a black leather sash, functioning as an eyepatch.

He wears a brown tunic under a short brown poncho, brown leggings with leather greaves, and a silver earring. Briefly he had a green scarf which was made for him by Nana, but it was destroyed.

He carries a woodman's hatchet, and a waist pouch in which he keeps his essential tools such as flint, salt and a small knife, as well as his book.undefined

In his Anima form his right arm transforms into that of a bear, with gray fur matching his hair. Under the influence of Amurui, when enraged he can also transform his left arm, and he gains fangs; when he was young his face also became more bear-shaped.undefined

Personality
Senri is a quiet person, never speaking many words. He is usually calm and attentive however when provoked he is quick to become aggressive and violent, although this is usually due to the influence of Amurui. Wearing his eyepatch helps to suppress his violent tendencies.undefined

He has a soft spot for children, going out of his way to protect them, shown by his attempted rescue of Pinion at the Maggie Vil Coliseum and him helping Penelope Giesrieg flee from some soldiers in Sandra.

Senri likes sweet food, with his favorite being honeycomb. He is the type to eat slowly to savor the flavor of anything he eats.undefined

History
Senri was born to the Tooa Tribe on the western side of Moss Mountain. One day on a hunting trip when Senri was eight years old, Senri was attacked by the mad bear Anima, Amurui. Senri's father, Riiya, stepped in to protect him and succeeded in killing the bear, but became infected by the mad Anima and then turned on Senri. Riiya transferred his own Anima into Senri who used it to kill him; however in doing so he unwittingly spread the mad Anima to Senri.

Some time later, the Tooa Tribe was attacked by Sailand and Senri was as a slave. Lady Crystala bought him for the unually low asking price of 490 Gillah. She quickly found out that Senri had developed a memory problem, but she persisted in helping him and gave him a book to press flowers into in hopes that this would help with his memory. Over time she discovered he could remember repetitive physical actions which help to find him a place as her caravan's assistant cook.

During a tip to Astaria, the caravan was attacked by bandits. Senri lost control of his Anima and ended up killing one of them. The brother of the bandit returned for revenge. He lassoed Senri and dragged him away from the caravan, but the horse tripped on the rope and they both fell from a cliff into a river.

Plot
Senri meets Cooro and Husky when he is defending the village of Abon from the Garrison Gang. After they save the village, Senri goes travelling with the two other +Anima. They soon after meet Nana in the town of Octopus, who also joins them. The four children travel across Astaria together, encountering other +Anima along the way.

They eventually make it to Moss Mountain where Senri's Anima reacts to that of his father's best friend, Upas, causing Senri to further lose his memories and forget his travelling companions. Realizing that Senri has a part of the Amurui Anima in him, under the guise of a trial, Upas takes Senri up Moss Mountain with the intention of killing him. Senri fights both Upas and an Amurui cub, and loses completely loses control of his own Anima. Cooro, Husky and Nana are able to calm him down and restore his memory of them.

Senri travels with his friends to Sailand where he is captured by slave traders and taken to Market Town to be sold; Lady Crystala buys him again. He then travels to Stella with Cooro, Nana and Ed, in order to rescue Husky who had also been captured by the slave traders. After finding him and helping him to meet his mother, Senri travels back to Astaria with his friends.

They continue to travel across Astaria together. Senri competes in the 1st Yellow Valley Race, however doesn't finish since he has to carry Lyra back to town. Eventually they choose to settle down and live with Harden and Margaret.