Erina Kate

**Erina Kate** is another former Chou Mori Institution patient in the *Wonderland* series. She is a second generation tadpole who gets pulled into a revenge quest after two former orderlies walk into the strip club that she worked at.

## Appearance and Personality

### Personality

Erina is trying to keep the pieces of her life together. She doesn't like to be touched because of her powers. When the two orderlies from Chou Mori come into the strip club where she works, she breaks down. Thanks to Hifumi and Yamato, Erina decides that wants revenge for all of the misery she went through at Chou Mori.

## Back Story

Erina was another mental patient in Chou Mori. A couple of the orderlies working Project Tadpole sexually harassed her. One of them licked her on the cheek while she was out in daze before an experiment.

## Storyline History

### Devil's Wonderland

Erina starts out as a waitress in a strip club. She's trying to deal with her blooming powers. She won't let anyone touch her because of her ability. One night after a patron touches Erina and she sees two former orderlies, she freaks out and runs out into the alley. To her surprise, she senses and meets Hifumi Ushimaru. Turns out, she has been tracking down the two orderlies for revenge. Hifumi recruits her for her mission. It takes a while for them to warm up the guys and lure them in a trap. Erina uses her powers to make one of the orderlies confess the truth to the women. Then, he and the other orderly are shot dead with arrows by Yamato Kato. He recruits Erina and Hifumi into his revenge plot. Since then, Erina has tracked down two former doctors with her new group and killed them.

### Black Swan Wonderland

Erina gets dragged into the latest experiment by Tandeki. Now, she can't feel pain anymore. After Emily's death, Erina gets to control a small spirit familiar.

### Edge of Wonderland

Erina is pulled into another experiment where she has a chalky taste in her throat that she can't get rid of. One day, some of the women in the Asahara are trying to recruit new members to join their cult. One member named Aoko Jimbo kept harassing a patron to join the church. Erina and a bouncer tried to pull her off. The waitress accidentally touched Aoko, making her confess her true feelings. Now, Kichizo Murata seems to be interested in her power. He stops by the club. This time, he brings Miya Chang. They both can sense each other. It takes her, Yukio Miwa, and Itori Inaba to recognize who their "sister" is. When Miya leaves the church, it is Erina and Hifumi she turns to. They take her over to Shinra and Celty's apartment for help. Later Erina is pulled into another experiment where she's as sick as a dog. She and Hifumi have to leave work because it is so bad. Erina does get better after Masaomi Kida becomes a player and turns back time. The side effects of the antidote makes her see the final moments of a person's life before they die in her dreams. She and the others don't know how long it will last.

### Tadpole Diaries II

Erina and her friend, Miku, talk about her powers. Miku has questions for her. Erina doesn't exactly know how to explain it. Her friend tried to get her to use her powers on her. Erina doesn't want to us it on her. So, she goes over to a man at the bar. Erina touches him and he unloads onto her everything going wrong for him. She doesn't let up until she has enough of the story. She goes back Miku waiting for her on stage. Erina tells her that man is in misery due to what's going on in his life. The dancer suggests that she helps the man. Erina doesn't know how to feel about this and goes back to work. She and Hifumi briefly talk before serving more drinks.

### Dark Alice in a Dark Wonderland

Erina, Hifumi, and Megumi Fukao make it back to Celty and Shinra's apartment and meet up with Yokio Aoki. Later, she is at work when she gets the call. She and Hifumi make their way back to Shinra and Celty's apartment.

### Wonderland Bites

Erina is working her shift when her boss tells her to serve a patron in the VIP. She takes the most expensive drink with her. She meets with the Master of Lies.

## Tadpole Powers

### Primary Traits

Erina can make people tell the truth just by touching them. This is why she won't let anyone touch her at her job.

### Secondary Traits

Along with her powers, Erina can hear thoughts of a small group of people and increase a person's desire. Just like the other tadpoles, she can sense when others are nearby. Plus, Erina has heightened senses. She can't get high, drunk, or sick anymore. Erina also doesn't need to sleep. The latest experiment makes her eat like a horse. The next experiment took away her ability to feel pain. After Emily's death, Erina has a small spirit familiar to command around.

Thanks to the side effects of the antidote, she can now see the final moments of a person's life before they die in her dreams. Now Erina can talk to animals.

### Augmentations

Erina can easily attract the opposite sex. She has to make sure they do not touch her because of her powers. She is also highly intelligent, can move things with her mind, and see the future. Erina is also highly athletic.

## Relationships

### Hifumi Ushimaru

*Main Article: Hifumi Ushimaru*

Erina first met Hifumi during her break down after one of the older patrons accidentally touched her. The women decide to get revenge on the two orderlies that came into the strip club. Hifumi gets a job as a waitress to help out.

### Yamato Kato

*Main Article: Yamato Kato*

Yamato meets Erina and Hifumi after he kills the two former orderlies in an alley behind the strip club where he works. He invites both women to join his group to get revenge on the former Chou Mori staff members involved with the Tadpole Project.

### Miku

*Main Article: Miku*

Miku is stripper friend of Erina. She is intrigued by her powers and keeps asking questions about them. Erina answers her. Miku asks if she was going to use her powers on her. Erina refuses and uses them on a patron at the bar. Miku thinks the tadpole should help the man.

## Trivia

* Parts of Erina's storyline come from the movie *Asian School Girls* and Kelly from the UK show, *The Misfits*.