Igawa Asagi

Igawa Asagi is the protagonist of the Taimanin Asagi visual novel series and the Taimanin Asagi OVA series.

As the leader of all Taimanin and current academy's principal, she is a figure demanding respect from friend and foe, well known as the strongest Taimanin.

Personality
Asagi is a mature and confident woman, who is serious and strict while on missions. She demands a reasonable degree of professionalism but from time to time, drops it because of her sister.

In most games, she is loyal and proactive, capable of taking action if needed. She is seen as a calm veteran, with a bit of a deadpan humor. In a fight, she tends to taunt her enemies and even feels some level of enjoyment from fighting while remaining strict. Outside of missions, she is caring and motherly to her friends and family, as well as being a mentor and inspiration for her students.

In the event of capture, she remains iron-willed to a superhuman degree, even taunting the people trying to break her. Asagi is shier about sexual and romantic things than her sister, as she tries to act professionally.

If broken she turns into a very needy, sluttish and submissive woman to her lover. Her Kage and Vampire form are so different from her, that they can be seen as other characters.

Appearance
Asagi has long, dark-blue hair with spiky bangs and teal eyes in a tsurime shape. She has a bust that is medium-sized to big. She also wears a purple battle suit.

In her Kage form, Asagi's skin becomes violet and her hair white.

History
Asagi was born as the daughter of the head of the Igawa clan, Igawa Yusai. Her mother Igawa Kiku died of illness shortly after the birth of her sister Sakura. Asagi was trained by her father to become a Taimanin and how to fight with a blade but he died as well when she was a late teen. Asagi took care of her younger sister and avoided assassination attempts from the elders of the Igawa clan that disapproved of her becoming the next leader. Having been saved by Mizuki Shiranui and Yatsu Kuro, she worked together with other clan leaders like Koukawa Oboro on missions and was helped by Shiranui. Asagi also defeated Fuuma Danjo that years later tried to take over the village, resulting in his clan losing power.

Asagi became a captain, earning her the status of being the strongest Taimanin early on. Oboro eventually disappeared after the destruction of her clan and reappeared, as a traitor. Using the Oboro Ninja Troops to kill many Taimanin, Asagi was the one sent out to kill Oboro and knew that the force behind them was Nomad. After killing Oboro, Asagi retired from being a Taimanin. She lived on with her fiancé, Sawaki Kyousuke and sister, in Tokyo.

However, Asagi was approached by a Taimanin Senior, 3 years after defeating Oboro. (TA1)

Subsequently she got pulled back into Taimanin life, when she was informed that the Oboro Ninja Troops's started killing again. However, before she could go on the offensive, both her and her boyfriend were captured by the revived Oboro. She was forced to fight in the Chaos Arena, where her sister was captured as well and both suffered from Body Modification. This increased their sensitivity and it was made possible by Dark World technology of Kiryu Sabato. Asagi was supposed to kill her own sister for her freedom in her last fight. However, both sisters were able to kill Oboro instead at the cost of sacrificing Kyousuke. After being allowed to leave by the boss of Nomad, Edwin Black, they faced and killed the Taimanin Senior, that also worked together with Oboro and Nomad in secret.

They left their old home behind to move into the base of the Taimanin in Gosha Village. There the sisters worked intensively with Yamamoto Nobushige, leader of Section Three, who oversaw the Taimanin organization. Asagi became a captain once more, and would go on missions with her sister and Yatsu Kuro, from her past. She also pushed Sakura to take classes in Gosha Academy to become a better Taimanin. They moved into the current Igawa Estate in Gosha.

One year later (TA2), she would face of against an Oboro (Clone) in Tokyo Kingdom City. She managed to learn about the ability of Taimanin to use an Inner Demon. Consequently, Asagi was only able to escape by awakening to her demonic power partially, killing a dangerous weapon that clone Oboro created, Saya. Asagi remained a captain for a few years after this but after the Taimanin became a more official part of Section Three (TM), she was given more control due to all of her accomplishments.

As the current headmistress of Gosha Academy and leader of all Taimanin. Asagi would order new missions or save captive Taimanins like Mizuki Yukikaze, the daughter of Mizuki Shiranui. Later on, she adopts two children. Kyousuke brother, Sawaki Kousuke and Koukawa Asuka, one of the last clan members of Oboro's Koukawa clan. When Asuka was 14, she would rush into a mission to take down Edwin Black, without Asagi's approval and subsequently went missing. Asagi later learned that Asuka had joined the Anti-Nomad "DSO", to become stronger.

10 years after the Events of the Chaos Arena, Asagi would meet Asuka again, after taking down a corrupt former politican (TA3). Asagi was cured of her Body Modification by Kiryu Sabato and became the lover of Sawaki Kosuke in secret, as he had awakened a "bedroom art". However, Kousuke was tricked and this turned out to be a plan of Nomad. Afterwards, Kousuke was transformed into a fleshball and kept as a hostage. Asagi was ordered directly by the Prime Minister Asai Koujirou, to investigate a building connected to the corrupt politican. This also turned out to be a trap where Asagi and the Taimanin, were blamed for the murder of another political figure Nonomura. They were forced to remain hidden, thus unable to help the village itself. Asagi also destroyed all information related to Taimanin on active missions to protect them. However, after using her demonic transformation, she was too weak and was captured by Edwin Black. He moved hre to the headquarters of Nomad in Yomihara and forced her to fight in an other arena setting once more. After more struggles, she was able to kill both Edwin Black and Oboro (again) with the help of Koukawa Asuka. The blame was taken away from the Taimanin and both Asagi and Asuka. The latter sought a way to cure Kosuke, and left on better terms.

Timeline TABA/RPGX/Action
Taimanin Asagi 3 does not take place but almost all other events do, making her the headmistress and Taimanin leader. However, her male adopted son Sawaki Kousuke is not mentioned. (yet). In TABA she fights actively against Fuuma Kotaro, son of Fuuma Danjo. He had created a criminal group that captured multiple Taimanin. In both RPGX and Action, she makes him captain of either the Independent Rangers or Taimanin Task Force.

OVA
The first OVA she has different and alternative scenes however it follows the first game closely enough in key moments. The OVA ends with a true ending, in which she escapes with Sakura but has to kill Kyosuke.

The second OVA mixes elements of the good ending with the bad end route, in which Asagi and Sakura become sex slaves to "real clone" Oboro and get cloned themselves. However, the "clone" Oboro dies within the OVA while she would get trained into a sex slave as well in the game.

The third OVA is taking place within Asagi's route, of the third game. Removing some of the more explicit deaths, to off-screen. It also ends in the bad end route, with her being the bride of the Orc Big while her sister and Murasaki were turned into demons. It also added a scene with Asuka as a cliffhanger, who has no other scenes in the OVA unlike the game where she has a whole route.

Powers/Abilities
Main Weapon: Ninjato (sometimes Akkirokumon)


 * Ninja Arts: "Hawk Art" or "Falcon Art" allows her to heighten her senses, speed and physical capabilities. This allows her to move six times faster than normal. It exhausts her greatly and cannot be used multiple times at once, though she mastered it over time. Scientists like Kotani Kenji speculate that the ability, shown in attacks like "Light Battle-Blossom", manipulates Taima particles and the flow of time for Asagi.
 * As she perceives the world in slow motion while using it, she is even able to think much faster.
 * Particle Control: Taimanin are able to manipulate Taima Particles to enhance their physical strength, speed and defense. The particles also are used to counter demonic influences and strengthen damage to demons.
 * Enhanced Physical Strength: Multiple Orcs are needed to hold down Asagi, even in Taimanin ZERO weaker version, orcs fear her as a monster pushing her far beyond other Taimanin.
 * Mental Resistance: She is able to withstand much more than any normal human could without therapy.
 * Super Speed: Able to move faster than most Taimanin and demons without her Falcon Arts.
 * Sex Slave/Toy: She and her sister were modified to be the perfect sex slaves/toys.
 * Master Swordsmanship: In combination with her super human speed, she is one of the most dangerous sword users.
 * Master of Hand-to-hand Combat: In her youth, she would refuse to use her sword and instead prefer to fight without a weapon. Despite this, she was able to take down Taimanin or Demons without issue.
 * Demon transformation: She gains a demon transformation in Kage after being captured by Saya and Oboro. Similar to Shinganji Kurenai, she has control over when to use it.

Media

 * Taimanin Asagi
 * OVA
 * Taimanin Asagi 2
 * OVA
 * Taimanin Asagi 3
 * OVA
 * Manga
 * Manga, Enbi sidestory
 * Taimanin Asagi ZERO (Alternative self)
 * Taimanin Yukikaze
 * Taimanin Asagi Chaos Arena
 * Taimanin Asagi The Nightmare - LILITH-IZM 02
 * Taimanin Asagi Summer Days - LILITH-IZM 04
 * Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
 * Taimanin RPGX
 * Action Taimanin
 * Taimanin Asagi : The Dark Game (The Comic)

Trivia

 * Asagi uses a Ninjato, even though it is meant to be the first training weapon, before a Taimanin gains a unique one.
 * Asagi has a cyborg/clone counterpart with mechanical limbs on top of other clones, that she killed mostly.
 * She is (a few years) over 30, as of the events of Taimanin Asagi 3. (Roughly ~33)
 * She is one year younger than Mizuki Shiranui.
 * Her Arch Enemy is Oboro, which is a clone of her former partner and best friend Koukawa Oboro.
 * She is the adoptive mother of the younger Kosuke and Asuka.
 * Saves Yukikaze and Rinko from the bad endings in Taimanin Yukikaze
 * Demons and the underworld seem to fear her the most.
 * She was about to quit her job as a Taimanin for her first boyfriend, but he died.
 * When in her Kage form, she uses two blades.
 * She is doing most of the housework, as Sakura is chaotic and messy.
 * Her right-hand man is Yatsu Kurou.
 * Black's obsession with Asagi could be understood in a way that he is based of "Shiva"(The Destroyer) and Asagi is Parvati (goddess of fertility, love, beauty, harmony, marriage). As Shiva can destroy worlds but fused with Parvati as a new being of female/male "Ardhanarishvara", creates countless new worlds. This thematically connects to Black's world resetting and wanting to fuse with Asagi, becoming one being in Vampire Asagi that switches between female/male.