Yoshikawa
Eimi is the product of a tragic background. After
her parents, eminent scientists, died in an
explosion when one of their experiments went awry,
she went to live with her grandfather, Professor
Yoshikawa, Kyusaku's old teacher and the 'Father of
Biotechnology.' Unfortunately, not long afterwards
the Professor was also killed in an explosion (it's
a family tradition) and Eimi was left to fend for
herself. Because the Professor had been working for
Mishima Heavy Industries, trying to complete the
work Kyusaku had left unfinished when he did a
runner, Eimi fell into the evil clutches of Akiko,
and only just escaped with her life.
At
least, that's what Eimi will tell you if you ask
her. But you should take anything Eimi says with a
pinch of salt because she's freakin'
INSANE!
Don't
let the cuddly exterior and the sad story fool you.
It's true about her parents, but in fact Eimi died
with them that day. The Eimi who exists today is an
android (SNK 98) constructed by Professor Yoshikawa
in the likeness of his lost granddaughter. (I don't
know if she has Eimi's brain, as Nuku Nuku has a
cat's brain, or if she is just programmed to
replicate her personality.)
Unfortunately,
the Professor's work never reached the level that
Kyusaku's did. Eimi has one serious built-in flaw:
if she becomes excessively agitated, in a fight for
example, her body will rapidly overheat and blow
up. Although Nuku Nuku is not structurally perfect,
she doesn't have this problem, and so Eimi's goal
is to take over her body.
Nuku
Nuku: How do you think you're going to get into my
body, anyway?
Eimi:
I'm too stupid to worry about that!
That's
about the size of it! Eimi is very cute, very evil
and sometimes very dumb. There is a softer side to
her, though. I like to think of this as the real
Eimi, the remains of the personality of the girl
who died. She was very kind to Ryunosuke about his
parents' situation, and bought him a bunch of
carnations to give to Akiko for Mother's Day when
he couldn't afford to. (Later in that episode, Ryu
called her 'onee-san,' big sister.) She wants to
live life and enjoy it, but feels doomed by the
instability of her body. She expresses this by
quoting sad haiku under a spotlight in her
underwear. *^.^*
You
can easily tell the difference between nice-Eimi
and psycho-mode-Eimi - when she goes postal her
eyes go huge and buggy and glaring. At these times
it's safer just to stay out of her way.
Eimi
is probably the only schoolgirl in Japan who owns a
Gatling gun. I just love her to pieces! Most of the
time, Nuku Nuku likes her a lot too, even when
they're fighting. Eimi's fun to fight with, after
all.
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