Jiyū Nanohana

"I can't do this ,Im Jiyū Nanohana ! Im Not Yagyu Jubei ! I don't want become Yagyu Jubei, Again !"

- Jiyū Nanohana on Episode 3 of Season2

Jiyū Nanohana  (菜ノ花 自由 Nanohana Jiyū?) is the main-character of the Jubei-chan Series. She is the

future reincarnation of the famous swordsman, who wield a Heart-shaped eyepatch which embodied Yagyu Jubei power.

She is voiced by Hiroko Konishi and Yui Horie on season 2 and Melanie Risdon on English version

Personality
Jiyū overall bright, upbeat,humorous and kindhearted. Because of her beauty-look, curvaceous body and her bright-persona, many people love her even its a enemies and she very close among her friends , especially the Ruffians gang.

When she gain a power of Yagyu Jubei from a lovely eyepatch, she have a different persona. As Yagyu-Jubei II, she more calm, serious and calculating swordswoman. Her Yagyu-Jubei II persona also wiling do anything for stop the revenge of her enemies even it will she lose her original Jiyū persona. Despite this, Yagyu-Jubei II persona sometime shown Jiyū persona, for example when Jiyū stop to Yagyu-Jubei II for cut Freesia Yagyu, or she choose to save Kita Furō who trapped and possessed by his father spirit on monster-ice form .

After the event on previous season, Jiyū decide to forgot the past event and choose continue live as normal girl. She befriended with a mysterious cheerful-student from Russia, Freesia Yagyu, who confirmed as Yagyu-Jubei lost daughter and start antagonist her. At first, she doesn't wanted to fight with her, and wanted to Ayunosuke to give the Lovely-Eyepatch to Freesia because she feel Freesia is worthy to got the eyepatch. After she got a wisdom from her father, Mikage, Nizaemon , Kita Furō and Koinosuke-spirit, she later agree to pick her eyepatch again, and engage a duel with Freesia, in order to make her know her father true-desire.

Skill and Abilities
As Yagyu-Jubei II, Jiyū possess a great swordsman-skill which can defeat the Ryuujoji , The Siberian-Yagyu , and Freesia as the other Yagyu-Jubei II. Her skill as great as Original Yagyu-Jubei, which make Kita Furō amazed with her Both as herself and as Yagyu-Jubei II, Jiyū naturally have a great strength to defend a sword with her bare-hand , its shown when she use "Yagyuu Shinkageryuu Mutodori" to catch Kita Furō sword and as Yagyu-Jubei she able to defend herself with her body from Kita Retsusai giant ice-sword
 * Master of Swordsman
 * Enhanced Strength