Assassin (Fate/Crossover - Yumie Takagi)

**Assassin** (アサシン, *Asashin*) is the servant of ??? in the ??? Holy Grail War.

*"It does not matter what you say to us. After all, we are fanatics just like you."* - Yumie Takagi

## Profile

### Identity

Assassin's true identity is **Yumiko Takagi**, also known as Yumie, a nun working for Section XIII. She usually partners on missions with Heinkel Wulf. She was also one of the two main protagonists in Crossfire, alongside Heinkel Wulf.

### Appearance

Yumiko always dresses in a standard Catholic nun's uniform, which consists of a black habit, a nun's hooded cowl, a white scarf, white gloves, white stockings held with a garter belt, and black boots. In the Crossfire miniseries, Yumiko is shown wearing glasses to prevent her more violent personality, Yumie, out. On the back of her gloves, it was seen to have an inscription similar to that of Anderson's.

She has long black hair which becomes visible when she removes the cowl to fight. Her eyes are colored dark brown or red at different points during the OVA. When her glasses comes off, Yumie "comes out." Yumie prefers to remove the nun's cowl, keeping the scarf around her neck and letting her hair flow free. Yumie also has slightly narrower eyes and usually can be seen with a maniacal grin. She also carries her katana, holding the sheath in one hand and the blade in the other when in use. She wields the sword in either hand.

Yumiko is noted to be the only named Hellsing character stated to be of Japanese ethnicity.

### Personality

Yumiko is mentioned to have a split personality like that of her *Crossfire* counterpart. Yumie was impulsive and violent, showing no fear of anything and preferring to negotiate using the sharp end of her katana. She seems to genuinely enjoy killing people and monsters. She was loyal to her fellow Iscariots but doesn't hesitate to argue or chide them for actions she disagrees with.

In Crossfire, her personality is a bit more explored; here, we see that Yumiko has a split personality;

* The ultra-violent Yumie, who'll gladly kill sinners without remorse;
* The gentle, violence-hating Yumiko, who's timid and quite innocent.

Both Yumiko and Yumie are devout to their religion; however, Yumie is a fanatical Catholic and seems to genuinely enjoy killing people with her almost superhuman sword skills. Yumiko has commented how hard it is for her to "get Yumie to sleep" after she has been provoked into action. Her personalities switch places, either by dueling for control inside of their mind, or a strong blow. Heinkel uses this technique to awaken the latent Yumie and have her brutally kill several terrorists in the first volume of the manga's extra Crossfire feature.

To put it simply, Yumiko was a shy, quiet nun who gets easily frightened, whereas Yumie provides raw, unfettered violence with her nigh-superhuman strength, fearlessness, and fearsome katana skills that make her the ideal partner to Heinkel. Maxwell often berates the pair, not because of their excessive violence, but rather because of their activities as assassins, mentioned as to have been dressed in the raiment's of the Catholic Church, indicating a connection to the Vatican and by proxy to Iscariot, which is supposed to be a secret agency outside normal knowledge.

## Abilities

While it's hard to imagine this gentle, violence-hating pacifist would actually turn out to be one of the deadliest assassins alive at her time, along with Heinkel, her other personality, however, was a character that's meant to be feared; she was capable of smashing heads into walls and genuinely enjoys killing people. Yumie's raw strength, fearlessness, and fearsome katana skills make her the ideal partner to Heinkel, who is imperturbable, cool-headed, and analytical despite the snarky and trigger-happy side of her personality. Usually, Yumiko and Yumie switch control over her body when Yumiko's glasses come off, or when either is knocked unconscious.

### Noble Phantasm

#### **Shimabara Battōryū; "Earth Flowing sword-style"**

Shimabara Battōryū consists of Yumie drawing her sword slowly and then, strikes the enemy multiple times without breaking a sweat and was fast enough to cut them into pieces before they even realize it. Sub techniques of Shimabara Battōryū includes "Shinden (震電?)"; where Yumie slices her opponent in half swiftly, and "Tenzan (天山?)"; where Yumie slices her opponent's eye in a swift cut with her katana.

## References

https://hellsing.fandom.com/wiki/Yumiko\_Takagi

https://hero.fandom.com/wiki/Yumie\_Takagi

https://villains.fandom.com/wiki/Yumie\_Takagi