Mihara/Story

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## Behind the Scenes

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Yoo Bo-ra

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Anne Yatco

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Mutsumi Tamura

## Profile

The leader of Wardress, a squad charged with live captures of Rapture specimens at Syuen's command. To facilitate this, Mihara has the ability to swap her senses with a target of her choice, making it so that if Mihara is injured or hurt, the target will feel the pain instead. This goes both ways, however, as the pain of any injury the target suffers will transfer over to Mihara, and can overwhelm her if she isn't careful.

Mihara is incredibly masochistic, relishing in the feeling of pain and getting scarred by battle damage. This essentially makes her the "other half" to her fellow Wardress Nikke Yuni, who relishes in causing pain to others.

### Nikke-EN Website Profile

A Nikke who is part of Wardress, the Rapture Capture Squad. Don't let her innocent appearance fool you, she's a masochist who gets her kicks from torture and pain. She even has empathy for her abusers, and attempts to rationalize the behavior of those who mistreat her. She is a close friend with her squadmate Yuni.

### Nikke Backstory

A masochist from Wardress with delicate features. For her, feeling pain is the only way to truly feel alive. She and her squadmate Yuni are practically inseparable.

## Story

### Background

In her past life as a human, Mihara had a disease that made it difficult for her to physically feel sensations. It got so bad, it rendered her virtually inert and mute. She tried coping with it as best she could, but seeing her friends being able to enjoy what she couldn't, she began to unconsciously bite her lip and learned she could feel the pain doing so brought. As this was the only way for her to experience any stimulation, Mihara didn't mind enduring getting hurt because of it. Eventually, she was visited by Syuen, the head of Missilis Industries, who offered to grant her every wish if she became a Nikke. Wanting to feel alive again, she willingly became one.

### Character Story

#### Episode 1 - Spicy Ideas

In the Outpost, Mihara has an issue that's making her sigh with increasing intensity, much to the consternation and concern of Counters. The protagonist asks her what the problem is, to which she admits that despite Yuni's best efforts, Mihara feels that the amount of new stimuli she can find and feel in the world is becoming increasingly sparse. Anis doesn't quite get it, so to demonstrate, Mihara shares her sense with Anis and jabs herself in the thigh, making Anis undergo three different reactions from the same stimulus in the same spot. With the demonstration complete, Counters not-so-subtly saddles the protagonist with finding new stimuli for Mihara as they take their leave. Mihara herself is inexplicably confident that the protagonist has...potential...whatever she means by that.

#### Episode 2 - Healthy Level of Stimuli

The protagonist is wracking his brain over finding a new stimulus for Mihara, prompting him to ask Anis and Neon for advice. The latter proposes exercise, as a healthy level of stimulus for the nerves and muscles. The other two agree, leading the protagonist to invite Mihara over to the gym.

At the gym, Rumani is surprised to see both the protagonist and Mihara in the gym together. While the gym coach is initially befuddled, after they explain the situation, she agrees that exercise would be a healthy stimulus, and guides Mihara into a routine.

After a series of exercises, Mihara's...interesting...noises caused by her response to exercise stimuli cause...distractions...for the men in the gym, prompting Rumani to kick her out.

At a nearby park, the two ruminate over the incident, the protagonist pondering how to give a lower intensity stimulus that will still excite Mihara. He proposes they go for a walk, which leads Mihara to hand him the chain attached to her choker...

#### Episode 3 - Walking at Night

The protagonist ponders to himself what it means to live a good life as he walks down a back alley, pulling Mihara by the collar using a chain. The masochistic Nikke is not that bothered by this, or rather, this situation makes her feel the good kind of bothered. The two hear footsteps approaching them, leading them to hide away as a pair of children pass by, avoiding what could have been a very world-shattering incident for the kids.

The two continue to walk for a while, only to hide again as they hear voices. The voices turn out to be Exia and Novel, complaining about an event they went to that didn't go how they wanted. Mihara tries to greet them, only for the protagonist to pull her back. The rattling chains catch Novel's attention, prompting her to investigate with Exia. The two don't find anything and simply leave. Or so it seems, as Exia messages the protagonist, bidding him to enjoy himself. Mihara angled herself in such a way that she was reflected in a nearby puddle, allowing Exia to spot her. When asked why, she simply responds that she wanted to see the protagonist's reaction.

#### Episode 4 - Walking Fair and Square

The protagonist continues to drag Mihara through the alleys by chain. At some point, he gained the ability to analyze people by their footsteps, and finds the two approaching them now to be two men in their 30's. He decides to openly walk with Mihara, shocking the two men as they pass by.

A short while later, the two of them are accosted by Poli and Miranda of A.C.P.U. and nearly get arrested. Miranda is thrown into a tizzy and Poli can't find anything illegal per say with what the commander and Nikke are doing, so they simply leave.

A moment later, the two are again accosted, this time by the Nikkes of Triangle. Privaty is shocked into a fluster, Yulha is exasperated, and Admi simply refuses to look. After Mihara manages to sort-of-not-really-sexually-harass Privaty into running off, Triangle leaves the two to their walk.

Another moment later, the two are accosted by Liter of Mighty Tools. The diminutive builder has caught wind of the protagonist's walks, and offers him the same chains she uses to walk Bolt around. But one look at what he's doing with Mihara, and both builder and robo-dog run off in a panic.

At the park beyond the alley, Mihara is satisfied with the walk she's had. She finds it remarkable how easily the protagonist adapted to this kind of behavior, especially since normal people would act as the individuals they more or less mentally scarred before. She reminisces that she wasn't like this before, and with some prompting, reveals her past.

#### Episode 5 - The First Stimulus

A girl lies in a hospital bed. She suffers from a degenerative disease that numbs her body to all physical sensation, eventually leaving her unable to move or talk. She tries to assure herself that this is simply bad luck, that she'll just live on with this condition. But when her friends visit one day, crying and talking, she snaps inside. She can't help but feel envious at her friends, how they can still move, how they can still **feel**. In that moment, the girl bites her lip unconsciously, and feelings of pain flow through her. The realization that she can still feel **something** encompasses her, and she develops a habit of biting her lips just to feel anything, even if it's pain, even if the people around her can't understand. Then one day, a small girl visits, promising the girl whatever she desires if she agrees to become a Nikke. Her wish? To feel alive again.

Mihara's story ends, to which she admits that while she *could* blend in with ordinary people by hiding her hobby, she doesn't want to. Pain is her constant reminder that she is alive, that she is not the numb little girl in the hospital bed. The protagonist simply accepts Mihara for who she is, and she kisses his neck in gratitude. In response, the protagonist kisses her on the lips, leaving her flustered but happy. She decides she wants him to kiss her somewhere else...

A few days later, the protagonist sits in his room, waiting. Mihara steps in. After a companionable silence, Mihara ponders where he will kiss her today...

## References

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References
1. ↑ Mihara's character story."