Igawa Senshu

Amidahara Prison (Prisoner)

**Senshuu** Igawa, (井河　**扇舟**) is a Taimanin of the Igawa clan.

She was part of a rebellion inside the Igawa clan, in which the elders tried to kill Asagi. Senshu was one of the leading figures with her mother Hattori Seishu.

## Personality

Senshu "hates Asagi", she uses deceptive tactics like blackmail forcing trying to force Shiranui to stay out of her way or join her side. Though she is a close combat master, she enjoys sending others out and attack people that have been weakened by battle. Senshu enjoys using her poison to torture and is a sadist, which would take her time in killing or letting her opponents be abused. She, furthermore, can be arrogant while fighting, which given her ability might be even justified.

**However**, the hate and these rather abusive or deceptive acts, come from her fear and total obedience to her mother. Which are a direct result of her mother killing her beloved brother, like a bug without hesitation, traumatizing her. Wishing not to die, she copied her mother's personality for approval, not to end like her brother.

Senshuu was crazed and even willing to die in her conflict with Asagi but, after being faced by the reality of her mother's true intentions, broke after being talked down by Asagi. Able to self reflect for the first time, she gave up her quest to kill Asagi. After her lost, Senshu was on a path of extreme self-torture until she was brought back by new friends. As her past caught up to her, Senshu was willing to sacrifice herself, to save others.

## Appearance

She has long white hair and purple eyes. Her arms are prosthetics after the Igawa Revolt.

## History

### Background

The sister of Igawa Shuzen, she is a Taimanin of the Igawa clan. She is a master of close-quarter combat of Asagi, and has a combat ability that is close to master Momochi Toyo.

Senshu was originally a normal woman that loved her brother, Igawa Shuzen but after witnessing his death by her own mother, she changed. In order to survive and stay strong, Senshu swore she would become like her mother. Senshu joined the Igawa Revolt Group in year **2070**, taking Shiranui family hostage to stop her from joining with Asagi, but this failed. Trying to kill Asagi, she followed Asagi and Shiranui into a trap, pushed back by Yatsu Kuro, she left her troops and run away. Joining her mother the instigator of the revolt, Hattori Seishu, to regroup.

Attacked by a combination of Igawa clan, Fuuma clan and Koukawa clan most of their troops were defeated. Senshu fought against Shiranui, while her mother battled Asagi. Ultimately defeated by losing her arms, she was taken alive. With her mother's defeat and escape, she was captured and send to Amidahara Prison for many years. She never gave up any information, if her mother killed Igawa Shuzen and where her mother went.

### Timeline RPGX

Staying in the prison, until she was freed by the efforts of the Internal Affairs Bureau and Takshaka of the Naga tribe. Senshu, took part in a large raid of a Taimanin base in Senzaki. Together with Louis The Shaman, Major, Saito Hanzo and the Internal Affairs Bureau, Miranda Closet, the group was able to kill all Taimanin in the base.

As part of the second raid, in Gosha Village, in the year **2085** now 15 years after the last fight with Asagi. She led the now reformed Igawa Revolt Group attacked Asagi. Plotting behind the scenes, her mother, Hattori Seishu, turns Senshu into an unknowing sacrificial pawn and put a nuclear weapon into her arms. Using Fuuma Kotaro as a scapegoat for the theft of that bomb.

Thanks to some of Fuuma Kotaro planning, the Taimanin are able to disable any outside triggering signal for the bomb with Shikanosuke, electric ability, as they once did for Clear Robel. Creating a fair one on one fight for Senshu and Asagi. Senshu fought in a manic and crazed way against Asagi and was beaten back, but Asagi avoided deadly attacks as such could also trigger detonation.

Asagi stopped fighting and pointed out that Senshu was left in Amidahara Prison for years without being saved by her mother, forced to fight once more and die, now turned into a bomb. Facing Asagi alone, that Senshu was supposed to defeat with her mother on her side. Despaired, Senshu proclaimed to kill herself and take everybody with her, but Asagi did not move and simply observed her. After a few more moments, Senshu broke down and realized that her mother never viewed her as a daughter, even after trying to imitate her for years.

With most of her crazed stored anger now gone, Senshu simply gave up and was willingly captured. As Senshu was deemed to be more of a victim herself to the actions of her ringleader mother, she was spared an execution, after giving critical information about her. Given a choice to live in Gosha Village by Asagi, Senshu refused and instead in order to punish herself became a very low ranking prostitute in Yomihara. Though she was given a better view on things, when she was almost forced, by some new friends, to work at Ajiryu and stop her self-destructive path.

However, Senshu became the target of a Hexenbiest Curse, in the year **2086**. Multiple disgruntled Taimanin that had lost family in conflict, sent this forbidden curse after her. Igawa Asagi sent out Fuuma Kotaro to save her aunt, that was on her path of redemption and currently under attack by multiple enemies. Destroying the "core" of the beast, that turned out to be Senshu's original arm, did however, not stop the curse. Which was now just went out of control and harmed bystanders. As a result, Senshu stabbed her own heart and stopped the rampage but died to her wounds shortly after.

## Powers/Abilities

**Main Weapon**: Two Ninjato or ninja daggers

* **Ninja Arts: "Five Way Kill"** is a poison technique that uses the right five fingers simultaneously. It is the strongest psychological poison that can be produced by touching the right five fingers simultaneously. Over time, it will gradually drive you insane and turn you into an irredeemable demon.
* **Cyborg Arms**: Enhanced arms. Unknown to her, they contained a nuclear device powerful enough to destroy a large part of Gosha Village.
* **Martial Combat Expert**: Expert in close combat.
* **Particle Control**: Taimanin are able to manipulate Taima Particles to enhance their physical strength, speed and defense. The particles are also used to counter demonic influences and strengthen damage to demons.

## Trivia

* Though she looks like she is the mother of Hattori Seishu, she is in fact her daughter. She should be around her forties.
* Fuuma Kotaro speculates that Asagi could have cut her arms or knocked her out as well.
* Her mother's authority might also come across as a result of Igawa Senshu's name. Though she was given the Igawa family name of her father, Senshu's first name is just based on her own mothers.