Character Name: Takano Miyo Canon: Higurashi no Naku koro ni. Reference Link: TvTropes characters page. Picture is visible under supporting characters. Or another wiki here.
Character History: Takano Miyo was born as Tanashi Miyoko. Her parents both died in a bus crash and she was put in an Orphanage of Torture. Luckily for her, she was rescued by a kindly old man named Takano Hifumi. Hifumi was a scientist who dedicated his entire life to trying to prove something called Hinamizawa Syndrome (a condition involving infection of brain parasites found only in one small village in Japan) existed. He failed and died in obscurity. Miyoko renamed herself Takano Miyo and decided she would take up his cause; investigate Hinamizawa Syndrome. She graduated from a top university, became a researcher, and created a government-funded scientific research taskforce to do so. Hinamizawa villagers were distrustful of outsiders, so the research facility was disguised as a clinic created in the village to provide modern medicine to the inhabitants. Takano Miyo became the de facto head researcher, and personally used many of the locals as test subjects. After many years of work, the government canceled the research project. When failure seemed to be the only option, she decided on a bold course of action: fake an imminent outbreak of Hinamizawa Syndrome and exterminate all of the inhabitants of the village under the guise of 'containment' of the disease. Hinamizawa Syndrome would be destroyed, but it would create a lasting legacy of fear and death in the public. She faked her death, had all other researchers killed, and then exterminated every villager with a group of mercenaries, resulting in a death toll of about 2,000 people. Her fate after this is unknown. (Note that Takano Miyo is taken from after Minnagoroshi-hen, a chapter where she not only succeeds in sterilizing the village, but personally kills everyone who tries to stop her.)
Personality: Takano Miyo presents herself as a professional person. A reliable, dependable, and well-educated woman who values intelligence and knowledge for its own sake. However, the darker side of her personality is of an obsessed woman with no morals who cares only for her own research at the expense of whoever and whatever else. She does do a very good job hiding this side of her personality and interacts with most people in a calm and friendly manner. That said, she is not above dickish behavior and will spread lies and half-truths merely to see a person's frightened reaction and generally stir up mischief for her own amusement. If confronted about this behavior, she downplays it as curiosity on her part, or her possessing a unique sense of humor. Because of the value she places on intelligence, she tends to look down on people she deems to be mentally inferior to herself, and her demeanor becomes more condescending and patronizing. She is a very strong willed person, and therefore is also a very sore loser because she invests all of herself into any goal she sets out to do. When faced with failure, she is likely to suffer a mental breakdown and become more and more desperate to turn the situation back in her favor, depending on the scale of the failure and what is at stake. When she is succeeding, however, she is not above torturing or otherwise teasing her victims, especially if they are helpless.
Writing Sample:
01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called? Takano-san. 'Major' would also be acceptable as it is a given military title I hold. 02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform? Yes. Who would wear shoes without socks? 03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking? A few hours, at most. I'm not one of those researchers who sequesters themselves in a dark room for weeks. 04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you? No, because I know what they are capable of and they are incapable of affecting me. The reverse is true, however. 05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate? The Ebola virus. Perhaps not technically an animal, but it would certainly be interesting. 06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery? No. I'd hardly be a good scientist if I was. 07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake? Stainless steel fork, knife, and cake cutter. Properly cleaned and disinfected. 08. Do you trust yourself? Certainly. 09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed. Genocide. Myself and the mercenaries who carried it out, at least. 10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you? No, because I've already disappeared. The answer would be the same regardless, however.
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Canon: Higurashi no Naku koro ni.
Reference Link: TvTropes characters page. Picture is visible under supporting characters. Or another wiki here.
Character History: Takano Miyo was born as Tanashi Miyoko. Her parents both died in a bus crash and she was put in an Orphanage of Torture. Luckily for her, she was rescued by a kindly old man named Takano Hifumi. Hifumi was a scientist who dedicated his entire life to trying to prove something called Hinamizawa Syndrome (a condition involving infection of brain parasites found only in one small village in Japan) existed. He failed and died in obscurity. Miyoko renamed herself Takano Miyo and decided she would take up his cause; investigate Hinamizawa Syndrome. She graduated from a top university, became a researcher, and created a government-funded scientific research taskforce to do so. Hinamizawa villagers were distrustful of outsiders, so the research facility was disguised as a clinic created in the village to provide modern medicine to the inhabitants. Takano Miyo became the de facto head researcher, and personally used many of the locals as test subjects. After many years of work, the government canceled the research project. When failure seemed to be the only option, she decided on a bold course of action: fake an imminent outbreak of Hinamizawa Syndrome and exterminate all of the inhabitants of the village under the guise of 'containment' of the disease. Hinamizawa Syndrome would be destroyed, but it would create a lasting legacy of fear and death in the public. She faked her death, had all other researchers killed, and then exterminated every villager with a group of mercenaries, resulting in a death toll of about 2,000 people. Her fate after this is unknown. (Note that Takano Miyo is taken from after Minnagoroshi-hen, a chapter where she not only succeeds in sterilizing the village, but personally kills everyone who tries to stop her.)
Personality: Takano Miyo presents herself as a professional person. A reliable, dependable, and well-educated woman who values intelligence and knowledge for its own sake. However, the darker side of her personality is of an obsessed woman with no morals who cares only for her own research at the expense of whoever and whatever else. She does do a very good job hiding this side of her personality and interacts with most people in a calm and friendly manner. That said, she is not above dickish behavior and will spread lies and half-truths merely to see a person's frightened reaction and generally stir up mischief for her own amusement. If confronted about this behavior, she downplays it as curiosity on her part, or her possessing a unique sense of humor. Because of the value she places on intelligence, she tends to look down on people she deems to be mentally inferior to herself, and her demeanor becomes more condescending and patronizing. She is a very strong willed person, and therefore is also a very sore loser because she invests all of herself into any goal she sets out to do. When faced with failure, she is likely to suffer a mental breakdown and become more and more desperate to turn the situation back in her favor, depending on the scale of the failure and what is at stake. When she is succeeding, however, she is not above torturing or otherwise teasing her victims, especially if they are helpless.
Writing Sample:
01. If given a choice, what would you like to be called?
Takano-san. 'Major' would also be acceptable as it is a given military title I hold.
02. Do you require socks to be part of your uniform?
Yes. Who would wear shoes without socks?
03. Not including mandatory periods of silence, what is the longest you have gone without talking?
A few hours, at most. I'm not one of those researchers who sequesters themselves in a dark room for weeks.
04. Are you plagued by suspicions that other people, including coworkers and relatives, may be doing things behind your back that will hurt you?
No, because I know what they are capable of and they are incapable of affecting me. The reverse is true, however.
05. Other than a large egret, what wild animal would you like to domesticate?
The Ebola virus. Perhaps not technically an animal, but it would certainly be interesting.
06. Are you functionally incapacitated by witnessing other people's misery?
No. I'd hardly be a good scientist if I was.
07. What is your favorite flatware for, purely as an example, eating cake?
Stainless steel fork, knife, and cake cutter. Properly cleaned and disinfected.
08. Do you trust yourself?
Certainly.
09. Please list a crime that only you would know that you have committed.
Genocide. Myself and the mercenaries who carried it out, at least.
10. If you disappeared tomorrow would anyone miss you?
No, because I've already disappeared. The answer would be the same regardless, however.