Orimura Yumiko

**Orimura Yumiko** (*Yumiko Orimura*) is an original character that appears in Angel Beats! A Step Closer. She is the Head of Special Investigations for the Middle Division of the Special Enforcement Regiment. Her appearance comes as a result of the Battlefront's sale of illegal weaponry after a police operation was conducted, as well as taking possession of a picture that had the silhouettes of Otonashi and Shiina.

## Appearance

Orimura Yumiko has multiple appearances in Angel Beats! A Step Closer.

Her main distinguishing features is that she has long, wavy blonde hair and brown eyes. Following the relaxation of her department's policy regarding skin, she also has an unknown tattoo on her right tricep. She typically wears a gray long-sleeved shirt and a black skirt.

While at work, she ties her hair up into a tight bun while wearing a dress shirt and pants.

### Combat Gear

When conducting a high-risk warrant or felony stop, she wears either a gray or ranger green tactical shirt and pants with her department's patch on her left shoulder.

#### Headgear

She adjusts her headgear depending on the situation, but often doesn't wear any.

#### Plate Carrier

It is unknown what plate carrier she wears.

#### Battle Belt

She wears a two-piece belt system where the innerbelt has velcro and loops through belt hooks, while the outerbelt attaches to the velcro.

#### Weapons

She open-carries a Glock 19, but is known to be in possession of multiple rifles.

## Personality

At work, she is very strict in terms of her work ethic, making sure to not miss a single detail as it is the nature of her job. Her ways of conducting work tend to be more on the conservative side, not wanting to change things if the current method is known to be proven effective. With the current nature of mild political unrest and following the militarization of local Japanese police forces, she understands that there is never just one single solution to a problem.

She is unable to differentiate work life and personal life, as she often prioritizes work and most of her friends consist of people from work. She is known to be a lightweight drinker, and refuses to touch tobacco.

## Background

Orimura Yumiko has a long history in law enforcement, with being a police explorer at a young age, to being a reserve officer at the age of eighteen, and eventually a rank-and-file police officer. Following a more progressive view and hoping to change law enforcement from the ground-up, her mentorship at an early age, an excellent speaker, and extensive training eventually allowed her to become one of the first field training officers in her department within a short amount of time.

Following her promotion, she began to suffer passive-aggressive harassment and workplace toxicity. Gossip had become the norm and with sabotage possible around every corner, it began to change her outlook in law enforcement, almost driving her to the point of quitting the police force altogether. Eventually, a recruiter from the Special Enforcement Regiment made an appearance at her police department, looking to recruit both Agents and Detectives with an offer: If anyone was recruited from the force, the police department would receive a minor increase in budget and receive other forms of assistance. Naturally, the police department made a push for people to tryout.

Seeing no reason to tryout, Orimura remained hesitant until one of the officers she had trained nudged her to go for it. With her trainees naturally being the ones she trusted the most, the nudge eventually made her aim for the Agent spot under the Intelligence section of the Special Enforcement Regiment.

Following a general tryout in which she had passed, the specific tryout for the Agent had put her analysis and thinking skills to the test, and eventually she failed to meet a required score. The Special Enforcement Regiment recognizes that one's abilities may not be entirely focused on one part, and so they placed her on a separate tryout for Detective under the Special Investigations, to which she passed with ease due to her physical abilities and quick thinking.

Officially resigned from the police department she was in and now working as a Probationary Detective in the Special Enforcement Regiment, her adjustment to the new work environment was a lot more easy, with a sense of comradery and trust amongst the people she worked alongside with. Eventually, she passed probation and became an official Detective. She had made it a point to visit the officers she trained in the police department whenever she could, but that became increasingly difficult following additional workloads due to passing probation and an increase in criminality.

A few weeks after probation, one of the officers she trained in the police department had died due to being ambushed and shot in the head while responding to an aggravated assault with a firearm. His partner, another one of Orimura Yumiko's trainees, had survived, only suffering being hit a couple of times on his body armor. The partner attempted to return fire and call for backup, but the suspect had immediately fled the scene. Eventually, the suspect was later caught in possession of a stolen pistol.

Even though the suspect had been caught, Orimura had a sour feeling and sought to recruit the surviving officer she was so familiar with, but he declined, stating he wasn't able to perform his duty properly and that led to the death of his partner. One day, a Shot Spotter sensor noted possible gunfire and directed police to the approximate source. It was then discovered that the surviving partner of the ambush had committed suicide in his car a few blocks away from his house.

Mourning the loss of two of her trainee officers, Orimura herself began to spiral in her thoughts, and sought to take a break from the Special Enforcement Regiment. She eventually picked herself back up, but the feeling of vengeance and pain remained in her. Those feelings served as a catalyst and inspired her continued work as a Detective.

Following the early retirement of the the Special Enforcement Regiment's Middle Division HSI, she was eventually made Head of Special Investigations through a landslide vote of the Special Enforcement Regiment's nine council members. Preferring to be on the ground, she often participates in direct action operations.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 See Chapter 13.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 The author has confirmed that all the information listed is correct for this passage.