Rinko Asagi

**Rinko Asagi** is one of the main characters of *Murciélago* series.

## General

Rinko Asagi is the daughter of Takeru Asagi, also known as the Skin Collector. She knew about her father's murders when she went into his study and watched a DVD of him murdering a woman, thinking it was a movie. Afterward, she killed her mother and was found out by her father. She then went on killing, following her father's footsteps.

She was later kidnapped by Koumori Kuroko and Hinako Tozakura to lure her father into a trap. After Kuroko killed Takeru, she tried committing suicide but was stopped by Kuroko, who encouraged her to continue living and that she would take Rinko's life for her if she still wanted to die.

## Personality

Rinko, when she first met Kuroko and Hinako, was extremely shy and awkward. She then revealed that she had a quiet personality and didn't smile often, especially when she goes killing, seeing that she usually does not say a word when she puts her bunny outfit on.

Despite Rinko's quiet personality, she shows compassion for her friends. As seen when she slashes Hinako's hand, she tries to apologize and has an inner struggle. When Aiko is injured by Kurono, she attempts to get revenge by helping Kuroko fight her. She also stayed with Aiko in the hospital when Aiko's injury acted up again.

## Appearance

Rinko Asagi is a young girl with long turquoise hair with side bangs, short eyebrows and hazel eyes, she has a side ponytail and a white shirt with a butterfly in the middle, she also has purple sleeves under and wears a skirt with short white stockings and shoes, she also carries two knives and what would be a headband

## Abilities

**Agility:** Rinko is able to leap at her opponents with great balance and is also able to evade attacks.

**Knife-Handling:** She uses this when she kills and fights and has demonstrated great skill with her knives, especially with her father's high-frequency blade.

**Enhanced Speed:** She is able to get to places in a short amount of time.

## Relationships

#### Koumori Kuroko

Koumori took an immediate sexual interest in Rinko, asking her to strip on camera to 'check her body for injuries'. However, Koumori soon left her alone until she visited Rinko in the hospital and stopped her from committing suicide after Rinko found out of her father's death. Koumori tells Rinko to continue living, and that if she still wanted to die, she would kill her. Rinko then started to look up to Koumori as a parental figure, although Kuroko was secretly planning to manipulate Rinko and make a move on her in 4-5 years, where Rinko would be 13-14 years old. After Aiko came along, it's possible that Kuroko became a big sisterly figure for Rinko.

#### Hinako Tozakura

When Kuroko tried to make Rinko strip, she hid behind Hinako due to discomfort, making Hinako tell Kuroko to back off. The two take a bath together, with Hinako cheerfully introducing herself to Rinko. When Rinko talked about her father and how he killed people, Hinako assured her that her parents were bad as well, but Kuroko killed them. She then assures that Kuroko would kill Rinko's parents as well if they were bad. When they were at an amusement park, Rinko slashed Hinako's hand when Hinako ran up to her, causing Hinako to cry. Taken aback by her own actions, Rinko apologizes profusely, but Hinako turns hateful and takes revenge by knocking Rinko off a roller coaster with a motorcycle, severely injuring Rinko. Afterwards, Hinako declared that she and Hinkao were 'even' and were friends again.

#### Aiko Reisen

The two first met when Rinko arrived to battle her in Kuoko's place. As they fought, Aiko destroyed Rinko's bunny outfit and called her 'surprisingly cute'. When Rinko managed to defeat her, she didn't kill her due to Kuroko's orders, but Aiko saw her as intimidating. Later, Rinko asks Aiko about her father, and she tells Rinko that Rinko's father was a kind man, the two seemingly coming to respect each other.

Later when the two of them are having lunch at Koumori's place, they have a meaningful conversation and Aiko embraces Rinko in a motherly fashion, starting a friendship between the two. The two bond even further when they play together on the beach, and Aiko asks if she could be Rinko's mother, with Rinko's answer ambiguous. When they go out, Aiko buys Rinko a new outfit, and get embarrassed when the shopkeeper of the clothes shop calls Rinko Aiko's daughter. Rinko gets embarrassed further when she accidently calls Aiko 'mom', meaning that the two haven't fully settled into a mother-daughter relationship.

#### Takeru Asagi

It can be said that Rinko is horrified by what her father has done, as she showed discomfort when called 'The Skin Collector's daughter' by Aiko when they fought. But Rinko may somewhat admire her father, as she follows her father's footsteps in murdering. Takeru also cares for his daughter, as he was secretly proud of her when she started killing, and told Kuroko to take care of Rinko and even left his high-frequency blade for her to use.