Mitsumi Crowe

**Mitsumi Crowe** is a supporting character who appears in *The Angel of Reckoning*. She is a member of the International Police, serving as Looker's apprentice and Silva Shaw's partner.

## History

Mitsumi was an orphan who was adopted into Team Galactic by its leader, Cyrus. As per Mitsumi's account, Cyrus found something in her that he identified with, which prompted him to subject her to particularly cruel experiments. She was placed into Project Cortex and given the codename CR-004. Ultimately, she was one of only two survivors of Project Cortex, and when Team Galactic Commander Mercury abandoned the team with the only other survivor, Mitsumi grew bitter at being left behind. These experiences led to her developing a fierce hatred of all villainous teams.

When Team Galactic was brought down in the wake of Cyrus's disappearance, Mitsumi was found by the International Police and given an offer to join them. Motivated by her hatred of villainous teams, she accepted and was brought to the International Police headquarters on Carmonte Island, where she was given extensive rehabilitation from Team Galactic's experiments. This allowed her to recover enough that she formally joined as an active agent, and was taken in by Looker as an apprentice agent as part of a team with junior trainee Silva Shaw, to whom she became a senior partner.

Mitsumi first appeared in *Father* on an airplane ride with Silva from Carmonte Island to Olivine City, having been sent by the International Police to investigate both Looker's disappearance and the Team Plasma members missing in the wake of Ghetsis Harmonia's campaign in Ecruteak City. Her work on the case, combined with her discomfort flying, left her in a stressed state. Despite that, she was able to help Silva stay focused on their mission. They later set up a base of operations in an Olivine City hotel and prepared for their mission; Mitsumi got ready by equipping multiple tools including her Eevium Z on her tactical suit. Their preparation was interrupted by a sudden transmission Looker sent from the Sinjoh Ruins, in which he warned them about Polaris and the cult's connection to Dark Matter. They then watched as Father hijacked FlareNet's inaugural broadcast to deliver a speech about Polaris's ideals.

In *The Iron Maiden*, Mitsumi had grown bitter after Looker told them to put aside their mission and work with Team Rocket to defeat Polaris. Silva informed her that he had received a tip on Zinzolin's whereabouts, and she located him in an alley, tricking him into letting down his guard by offering to light his cigarette before arresting him. With Silva's advice, she decided to offer him protection from Polaris conditioned on his providing intelligence on the cult first.

## Pokémon

Mitsumi uses a wide selection of Pokémon and regularly rotates them in and out of her active party.

Mitsumi first used Type: Null in battle against Silver in *But We Can Call It Paradise*. It faced Silver's Weavile and won thanks to Mitsumi's ability to calm it and help it focus.

Type: Null's known moves are X-Scissor, Tri Attack and Iron Head, and its ability is Battle Armor.

## Relation to Canon

In the *Operation GEAR* series, Mitsumi is an adaptation of the character Mitsumi from the manga series *Pokémon Diamond and Pearl Adventure!*. Unlike in that series, where Mitsumi was able to escape from Team Galactic with aid from Professor Rowan, the *Operation GEAR* Mitsumi was only freed after Cyrus disappeared, leading her life to follow a different track.

## Trivia

* Mitsumi's last name, Crowe, comes from Velvet Crowe, the main protagonist of the 2016 video game *Tales of Berseria*.