O-Ren Ishii

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## Magnificent Baddie

### Allies

DeVAS
Bill (both formerly)
Crazy 88
Sofie Fatale
Johnny Mo
Gogo Yubari

### Powers/Skills

Criminal methodology
Gifted martial artist
Swordswomanship
Expert sniper and gunfighter
Complete control over the Tokyo Yakuza
Vast criminal resources and connections
Access to private army

### Goals

Avenge her parents by killing Matsumoto.
Take over the Tokyo Yakuza. (both succeeded)
Eliminate the Bride.
Maintain rule over the Tokyo underworld. (both failed)

### Crimes

Organized crime
Multiple murders
Mutilation
Assassinations

### Type of MB

Tragic Crime Lord

**O-Ren Ishii** is the central antagonist of the action duology *Kill Bill*. She was a former member of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad and the supreme head of the Tokyo Yakuza, as well as one of the Bride's archenemies.

She was portrayed by Lucy Liu.

## What Makes Her Magnificent?

* Lucy Liu's performance is great, and shows the ruthless nature of O-Ren while also showing her caring and affable nature perfectly.
* She suffers from a tragic backstory, she lost her parents to Matsumoto, who was a ruthless Yakuza boss, when she was a child and then saw her house get set on fire, which made her swear revenge against Matsumoto.
* When she was only 11 years-old, she was able to seduce Matsumoto so she could kill him, showing that she was already quite manipulative and Intelligent in her youth.
* She was able to kill two of Matsumoto's henchmen with ease by hiding under Matsumoto's bed, dodging their bullets and then shooting both them in their legs and heads.
* By the time she was 20 years-old, O-Ren was one of the top female assassins in the world, killing her targets with ease and in a perfect manner.
* She rose onto becoming an assassin in the Viper Assassination Squad as well as becoming one of Bill's protoges.
* With the help of Bill, O-Ren would become the supreme head of the Tokyo Yakuza during the four years The Bride was in a coma.
* She is a very good boss towards her subordinates, allowing them to question her actions and goals and also spending time with them and laughing at their jokes.
* She has a cool walk scene with the other members of the Crazy 88 while *Battle Without Honor Or Humanity* plays in the backround.
* She cares for Sofie Fatale, being shocked when The Bride cut off her arm in front of her.
* She honorably tells a staff member who her subordinates called Charlie Brown to leave when she was about to order her subordinates to kill The Bride.
* She has an iconic battle with The Bride as they fight in the snow while *Don't Let Me Be Misunderstood serves as* the backround music.
* She respects The Bride, trying to give her an honorable death and apologizing to her for her taunts in the beggining of their fight while also seeing her as a great oponent.
* Her death is played for sympathy, telling The Bride that her sword was truly made by Hattori Hanzo as she dies in the snow while a sad song plays.
* While she was once very sadictic, smiling and taunting Matsumoto as she painfully killed him, she has dropped most of her sadistic qualities by the time of her 20's, and apologizing towards The Bride for her sadistic taunts.
* In comparison to all the other members of the Deadly Viper Assassination Squad, who are either extremely sadistic (Budd and Elle Driver), or don't show much Intelligence and charisma (Vernita Green), O-Ren stands out due to her charismatic personality and while sadistic, the sadism is pretty minor and she would apologize for it.

## What Makes Her a Baddie?

* She was an assassin who killed multiple people she was contracted to murder.
* Partook in the massacre of The Bride's weading, which killed 8 innocent people and helped the other members of the DeVAS beat The Bride to near death under Bill's orders.
* She rules the Tokyo Yakuza through fear, and killing Boss Tanaka to prove a point to not disrespect her heritage.

## Trivia

* She is, so far, one of the two characters in the *Tarantinoverse* to be Magnificent Baddies, along with Jules Winnfield.
* She is also the only *Kill Bill* character to be a Magnificent Baddie.