Es Mitsurugi

> "*It's time to make your choice, Nezuko. I've already made mine, so you should make yours."*"
> ― Es, regarding Nezuko's choice between staying with Scorpius or heading back to her father.[source]
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Es Mitsurugi is a special agent of the *Scorpius* army in *Newly Despaired: All Out War*.

## Status

### Affiliation(s)

Mitsurugi Agency (Formerly)Scorpius

Es is an artificial human created with the task of protecting humanity, and over the course of the second season and some of the third opens up in terms of human emotions and learns a lot from her Scorpius comrades.

## History

Es was originally created by a man named Souichirou Unomaru, her original purpose being a vessel of some sorts, however, she was deemed unsuitable for that purpose for some reason. Despite this, when she showed her intellect level, Souichirou was baffled, expressing shock and also interest as the ones before her couldn't speak or really interact. He took interest in her, introducing himself as her creator and her superior. After doing so, he then transfers her to the Mitsurugi Agency, where she would learn how to use the sword that she was given by him to better protect others. Souichirou is also the one who bestowed her the name 'Es', and gave her the surname 'Mitsurugi' as well so that she could fit in with normal humans more easily. It was clear that Es was perfect for a job such as this, given her soldier-like attitude and her stoicism. Scorpius took interest in her capabilities, and it wasn't before long that Souichirou decided to have her fight on their side of the war. Over the course of the events of Season 2 and some of Season 3, Es learns more about humanity as a whole, as well as what it's like to have comrades, feel emotions, among other things that would make her like any ordinary human. The most notable of these things is how she befriends Nezuko Kanagi and sees *Isao Ikeda* as a mixture between a guardian but also a mentor, steeling both herself and Nezuko as fighters.

## Appearance

Es is a girl of short stature, and appears to be in her late teens despite being short. She has long blonde hair which is tied in a braided ponytail with a silver hair ornament and a characteristically large antenna, and deep blue eyes. She wears a long, elegant dark blue dress, a white blouse white a red ribbon on it, and the dress has blue diamond-shaped accessories with keyhole markings on the arm portion and the back of the dress. There is also a small open back portion on the dress, and she wears black tights and blue heels.

Her sword is quite unique, as it's almost as tall as herself.

## Personality

Es often appears to be very stoic, almost emotionless as she's very objective focused. For this reason this would make her the perfect soldier, as she would be more focused on the mission more than anything else. If Es does not understand a word or a term because of it being informal or local speak, she asks forwardly what it means. Along with this odd habit, she also has the habit of taking things too literally sometimes, making her somewhat socially awkward due to her lack of knowledge when it comes to human interaction. She also has a speech quirk where she may use terms like "affirmative" or "negative", often speaking in a more robotic tone when conversing. Despite all of her quirks and lack of human understanding, Es is still innately curious, wanting to learn more about humanity as a whole and fulfill the duty that was given to her. She is still very capable of feeling emotions, and when she does show them, she can be quite humble and nice. However, she keeps these suppressed when carrying out a mission and does not listen to orders from anyone who is not her superior. Over the course of Season 2 and 3, these things start to change as she interacts with her fellow agents and learns more about them, gradually starting to open up and feel more human. One of the largest instances of this is how she felt great regret in not being able to stop *Vernon Steele* from escaping during Season 2, and how she felt immense sadness when Isao passed away at the end of Season 3. She continues to grow as a person, and a soldier as well, showing that not all soldiers are nameless numbers that can be replaced.

## Relationships

### Nezuko Kanagi

Nezuko and Es first started off quite well given their circumstances were relatively similar, being sent to Scorpius by external places. As the two fought alongside each other, they became good friends, supporting one another when times were rough. Es learned a lot from Nezuko, and continues to learn from her.

### Isao Ikeda

Isao and Es' relationship started off rather rough when she and Nezuko struggled to fend off against the Red Knights. However, this would soon change, as both Es and Nezuko would begin to look up to Isao as a sort of mentor-like figure, someone who could guide them into becoming better fighters. She got deeply emotional at his death, but will not let his sacrifice go in vain. She continues to better herself as a person and a fighter for his sake, and her own.

### Vinny Natale

Es sees Vinny as a very capable and rational leader, someone who she definitely considers her superior since he quite literally is the founder of Scorpius. Though, she's quite surprised by how considerate he is of others, and likes that quality to him, as he values all of his agents as equals, as opposed to having a hierarchy. Es admires Vinny not only for this, but also his philosophies, as they helped her keep fighting all this time, and continue to do so.

## Abilities

Es is a peerless fighter, having undergone training in doing so even before joining Scorpius. Her reaction times seem quicker than the average human's, partially due to her being an artificial human and her length of training. Despite having a sword that is just about as tall as she is, she's able to wield it with ease, and her small stature means she's quite nimble as well.

## Trivia

* Es' Appearance mainly resembles how she looks in *Blazblue Centralfiction,* but her personality in ND is more so a mixture between how she acts in *Blazblue Centralfiction* and *XBlaze - Code: Embryo.*
* Contrary to popular belief, Es' sword is not actually as tall as herself normally. She is able to use the sword sheathed (as it is in her image) as well as unsheathed, which makes it shorter and less wide.
* Es' surname comes from the Agency she used to work for prior to Scorpius.
* Es is the first character from *Blazblue* or it's associated franchises to appear in ND canon.
* Es is the first character from a franchise or a fangame that isn't Danganronpa related to be played by Crashy.