Takano Miyo

**Takano Miyo** is the master of Rider in the ??? Holy Grail war, and a major antagonist in Fate/Deus Ex.

## Profile

### Background

Takano Miyo is a nurse at the Irie Clinic. She is one of the consistent victims of the curse in 1983. According to the police, her charred remains are found in a drum in the mountains; however, the autopsy later reveals that she had died twenty-four hours before the Watanagashi Festival had even occurred. During Tatarigoroshi-hen, she gives Maebara Keiichi a ride after he finishes his business with Satoko's uncle, and the subsequent revelation of her "death" prior to this incident shocks him.

She is a nurse and the mastermind of the events that happened in the first six arcs. She was one of the victims of the curse in 1983, and according to the police was found to have been burned to death in a canister in the mountains. However, the autopsy later revealed that she had died 24 hours before the Watanagushi festival had even occurred. During Tatarigoroshi-hen, she mysteriously shows up to give Keiichi a ride after he finishes his business with Satoko's uncle, and the revelation of her 'death' prior to this incident shocks him badly. She is very popular at the Irie Clinic where she works. She is very interested in the history and mythology of Hinamizawa, and in one story arc gives Rena her research on the matter prior to her own death.

Miyo also has an obsession with attaining the level of Godhood. She first adopted the notion of becoming a God as a child, when Hifumi, not long after rescuing her from the orphanage, tells her about the story of Jesus's resurrection. He tells her that it was not Jesus's physical body that was resurrected, but the belief in his teachings. Hifumi believed that one becomes a God when they make a great achievement that puts their name in history, so that even when they die, they will be immortalized in a sense. He then expresses his desire to become a God himself, by proving the existence of Hinamizawa syndrome and making a name for himself in the scientific community. When he dies, Miyo takes it upon herself to carry on his research and have it recognized by the world. Her ultimate goal is to become a God along with Hifumi, so that they can be together for all eternity.

### Personality

While very popular at the Irie Clinic where she works, her real personality is eventually revealed to be quite twisted. She enjoys frightening people with tales of Hinamizawa's past. She views people such as the inhabitants of Hinamizawa as guinea pigs for her research, and only truly cares for the memory of her grandfather. She is infamous for her fascination of the history and mythology of Hinamizawa, though Sonozaki Mion explains to Keiichi that Takano presents a different interpretation of Hinamizawa's mythology to every person. She once tells Hōjō Satoko that Oyashiro-sama originated from sea creatures, while in another story arc she gives Rena her research which contains the theory about parasites controlling people's minds, she also fuels Shion's distrust for her family in Meakashi-hen. She tends to speak in a very condescending and patronizing fashion which makes various characters dislike her at times, like Keiichi, Shion and Rika, even before her true nature is revealed. In the visual novels, she has a distinct laugh (くすくす・kusu kusu), which the MangaGamer version translates as "Hee hee hee."

She also has a cute, childlike side to her personality, as revealed in Minagoroshi-hen and hilariously depicted in the anime adaptation. When Furude Rika offers to open the Saiguden for her, Takano jumps for joy and spins round and round with glee. Rika muses that "Miyo's image stock just crashed all over the world."

Takano even offers to wear cat ears, a collar, and tail, and beg for milk if Rika will let her pass through the second door to the inside of the Saiguden. Hours after the trip at the conclusion of a budget meeting, Irie Kyōsuke and Tomitake Jirō witness her meowing and lightly hopping around the table as she holds the camera she used to take pictures of the Saiguden's torture tools.

Takano also has an obsession with attaining the level of a goddess. She first adopted the notion of becoming a goddess as a child when Takano Hifumi tells her that it was not Jesus' physical body that was resurrected, but the belief in his teachings. Hifumi believed that one becomes a god when one makes a great achievement that puts ones name in history. He expresses his desire to become a god by making a name for himself in the scientific community in proving the existence of Hinamizawa syndrome. After he dies, Miyo takes it upon herself to carry on his research and have it recognized by the world. Her ultimate goal is to become a goddess along with him. In Kai, she even tells Hanyū that she will drag her down from her “godly throne”.
Her quest proves insincere. When she loses, she is ordered to end her life and take the blame for the various killings and conspiracies. The manga expands the scene in that Hanyū visits her to offer her the status of a goddess if she simply ends her life. However, Takano cannot do this.

In Fate/Deus Ex, she learns of both the Holy Grail and her Servant Rider's past life through their contract. Seeing the vast potential of both her Servant and the Grail to finally make her dream of attaining godhood a reality, her goal expands to a scope beyond anything she could have previously imagined.

### Relationships

#### General Grievous

Her Servant in the Holy Grail War. Both of them have a fairly professional working relationship, though sometimes disagreements come up when discussing strategies and tactics, especially in her condescending tone, which grates on him. By becoming his new Master, she learns of the Holy Grail, the perfect means of achieving her goal. Through their contract, she experiences the visions of his past as a warlord on Kalee, and later general of the greatest droid army in the galaxy. Seeing this brings the possibility of extraterrestrial life to her attention in an entirely new light, expanding her goal to encompass an intergalactic scale. She even proclaims herself Field Marshal upon the realization that she has a General under her command.

## Role

### **Fate/Deus Ex**

Takano becomes part of the Holy Grail War when she becomes the Master of Rider. With him at her command and the prize for winning the war the wish-granting Holy Grail, she sets her sights on using its power to finally achieve her desire of godhood. She and Rider set a trap to lure out the contestants, which leads to a confrontation with Shuichi Saihara and Saber. The resulting battle ends with Shuichi and Saber narrowly escaping and the latter developing a rivalry with Rider. Her interactions with him, as well as visions of his past through their contract, causes her see that there is life beyond the boundaries of Earth. As such her goal grows to encompass not just Earth, but the entire galaxy.

She and Rider accept a deal with Archer to deploy machines at Ley Lines sites to drain their magical energy in return for an army of drones and a share of the energy. Takano and Rider set to work using their newly acquired army to eliminate the other contestants of the war, including Archer when given the chance, and use the Grail to immortalize herself as a true god presiding over the entire cosmos. Rider captures Shuichi and holds him hostage. She and the drones stand guard over him while Rider demands a final duel to the death with Saber in exchange for Shuichi's life. She is faced with Saber and Shuichi's allies Keith Kazama Flick and Lancer, who have come to rescue the boy. In response, she sends the drones to swarm them, but Lancer manages to hold them off long enough for Keith to save Shuichi and defeat Takano.

# References

https://whentheycry.fandom.com/wiki/Takano\_Miyo

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Miyo\_Takano

https://07th-expansion.fandom.com/wiki/Miyo\_Takano