Yatsu Murasaki

Murasaki is a main character of Taimanin Murasaki and theOVA adaptation. Later on serving as a support character for other games.

She is known as the second strongest Taimanin, and is best friends with Asagi and Sakura. Murasaki became a teacher/scientist in Taimanin Asagi 3.

Personality
Murasaki is a hardworking and confident Taimanin, that is very serious and strict. Having a really stern and sharp tongue, with little tolerance for other people's nonsense. She is hard to approach for others coming across as cold and mean. Murasaki is really protective and loyal of her students and friends, willing to go through humiliation for them. As she is far more thoughtful and kind than she lets on. Murasaki same as Asagi has a kink for fighting and will express a smile from time to time when slicing away at enemies.

She does however, have a comical side, with an extreme admiration of Asagi. Murasaki more masculine tone of speaking breaks into a girlish nervousness when around her, trying badly to hide her clear love and even sexual desire for Asagi. She also likes cats but those are scared of her.

Appearance
She is a young woman with long blue hair (ending in some games in a purple end) and red eyes. Her younger version wears her hair down, while her older version has a pony tale.

History
Murasaki Yatsu starts out as a prodigy Taimanin in training at Gosha Academy and Kuro Yatsu younger sister. Despite her youth and inexperience, many veterans, including Asagi, see great potential in Murasaki. She became an idol of Gosha Academy, also developing a rivalry/friendship (much to her dismay) with Sakura.

Murasaki family is a lower faction that served the Igawa clan and Igawa Asagi, going on many dangerous missions she and her brother Yatsu Kuro became the clostest friends of Asagi and Sakura. Falling in love with Asagi she would help out around the house or with the training of Sakura, that had joined the Academy after the events of Taimanin Asagi. Directly after the fall of the Chaos Arena in TA, she was part of the cleanup crew that raided the place after Asagi's escape, decapitating the men responsible for Asagi's body modification Kiryuu Sabato.

Starting in Taimanin Murasaki, after rounds of training with Sakura, talks about Asagi's bath towels and seeing Asagi nude, she and other Taimanin are called below the Virgin Forest that houses the HQ. Tasked by chief Yamamoto to hunt down a left over of the Chaos Arena, Kiryuu Sabato that had somehow survived and rebuild the Chaos Arena in a new location. Sabato having baited her, as he requires her healing ability to stay alive.

Defeating Sabato at first but losing to Edwin Black and Ingrid, that arrive later, she and Sakura are captured. Hoping to save Sakura, Murasaki takes a deal with Sabato and undergoes humiliation and training. In the true ending she is able to give him a slight sign of trust enough for him to be absorbed by her. Using their combined strength they are able to defeat Ingird and escape with Sakura.

Sabato that can exist outside of her body but requires to remain close to her to stay alive becomes her teacher for hell technology. Murasaki becomes a instructor, teacher and leader of the science team and watches over Sabato's behavior, turning the mad scientist much more docile over time. Training Taimanin of the next generation, she is well known as one of the strongest Taimanin next to Asagi.

In Taimanin Asagi 3 she defends Gosha Academy from an attack by the Kanda Brigade but becomes a prisoner to save her students. Killed later on after torture, she is revived by Edwin Black but in danger of demonization. In the true ending, she is rescued in time and cured by Kiryu Sabato and back to her normal self.

Timeline TABA
Taimanin Asagi 3 does not take place. Fuuma Kotaro meets her in events and saves her. Having been transformed by a Philosopher's Stone to her Demon Murasaki form, as part of an experiment of the UFS and Nomad. She lost all control and attacks everybody. By removing the stone, Fuuma Kotaro, saved her life, gave her some clothes and let her go.

A younger version from a parallel universes, that was moved by Brain Flayers, looking like the ZERO version, also joins Kotaro‘s Fuuma Organization. That version became one of his main members, together with a younger version of Sakura. That Murasaki acts like a second steward next to Fuuma Tokiko and is one of the teammates that give him a specially hard time. Both versions never meet.

Timeline RPGX/Action
Taimanin Asagi 3 did not take place. She is shown to be able to use tentacles, making it clear she is at times fused with Kiryu Sabato.

OVA
The adaptation of Taimanin Murasaki, Hell Knight Ingrid, is strongly changed. Murasaki is not captured with Igawa Sakura, and the main focus is Ingrid. She is saved by Edwin Black and her brother Yatsu Kuro, unlike the game in which Kiryu Sabato fuses with her to escape Ingrid.

Powers/Abilities
Main Weapon: Giant Axe


 * Ninja Arts: "Immortality Awakening" she can heal with a superhuman rate, unless her brain or heart get destroyed simultaneously or through the workings of demon technology/magic. For the most part she can heal every injury within seconds or minutes. Her immortal body also gives her enhanced strength and speed.
 * 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.
 * Superhuman Strength: Can lift a giant oversize Axe with no problem and seems to be the most physically strong Taimanin.
 * Axe User: Can infuse her Axe with more power.
 * Fusion: Able to fuse with Kiryuu as one of the rare people, only possible cause of her healing factor.
 * Tentacles: If she is fused with Kiryuu, she has access to strong piercing tentacles. She does use it also in Action Taimanin seemingly without help.
 * Weapon Summon: If she is fused with Kiryuu, she is able to form her Axe out of her body.

Media

 * Taimanin Murasaki
 * Hell Knight Ingrid
 * Taimanin Asagi Summer Days - LILITH-IZM 04
 * Taimanin Asagi 3
 * OVA
 * Taimanin Yukikaze
 * Taimanin Yukikaze 2
 * Taimanin Asagi Battle Arena
 * Taimanin Asagi ZERO
 * Taimanin RPGX
 * Action Taimanin

Trivia

 * She is slightly bisexual but closer to lesbian.
 * It is mentioned that she will turn 30 soon, in Taimanin Asagi 3.
 * Murasaki does like to lift weight.
 * Her family of Yatsu and the Igawa clan have a long-running friendship of masters and servants.
 * The duo of Murasaki and Sakura is known as "SakuMura".
 * Murasaki dislikes alot about Sakura but Sakura thinks they are best friends.
 * The bath towel sniffing she does, is also referenced in TA3 concept art.
 * She was not able to cut the new Raiden power armors but her strong blunt hits, would break the bones and liquefy the pilots insides.
 * M01a-Assault Murasaki is a "what if" version in which she was used by the UFS as part of an experiment and brainwashed into a weapon.