Kyoko
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| Feature | Value |
|---|---|
| Name | Kyoko (杏子) |
| Species/Race | Human; enhanced through the Black Widow character card 42 44 |
| Gender | Female 6 |
| Affiliation | Z City Police Station; Special Affairs Section 6 22 |
| Occupation/Role | Police officer; deputy chief of the Special Affairs Section; acting section chief during Josen’s absence 22 33 |
| First Appearance | Chapter 6, “Special Card, visitors from the association” 6 |
Power Progression
| Stage / Realm / Level | Chapter | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Black Widow enhancement — SR character card | 44 | Josen bestows the card after Kyoko agrees to use its power responsibly. It transforms her body and grants expert knowledge in combat, espionage, technology, athletics, and tactics. The following morning, she completes the station’s tactical course in 58.3 seconds, beating the previous record of two and a half minutes. SR denotes the card’s rarity, not a Hero Association rank 42 44. |
Background / History
Kyoko initially works at the Z City Police Station, where she relays Chief Xiong’s summons to Josen. She notices Josen’s physical changes after his breakthrough and openly complains about his failure to respond to her advances 6 18.
When Josen establishes the Special Affairs Section, he assigns Kyoko to take charge in his absence. During monster emergencies, she is instructed to contact Hero Association Joint Response for backup. As deputy chief, she handles the new section’s administrative workload and asks Josen to recruit more personnel rather than leave its handful of officers buried in paperwork 22 33.
Kyoko calls Josen back to the station when Headquarters specialist Katherine arrives to collect his reported energy weapons. She is surprised by the shipment and irritated by Katherine’s interest in him. When Fubuki subsequently visits, Kyoko falsely tells reception that Josen is absent and dismisses the inquiry as a nuisance call. Fubuki waits at the station, and Josen later has to apologize for the misunderstanding 37 38 39 40.
Concerned about his desk officers’ ability to survive future disasters, Josen chooses Kyoko as the first recipient of a character-card enhancement. Before receiving it, she barely passes ordinary training. She accepts his offer at a café, undergoes the Black Widow transformation, and tests her new abilities the following morning. Despite the upgrade, she continues managing office duties and protesting Josen’s frequent absences 42 43 44 45 48.
Appearance
- Hair: Wears a ponytail and has bangs she brushes aside while working 6 33.
- Features: Described with large eyes, pale skin, and slender fingers 6 18.
- Work clothing: Wears a police uniform shirt 18.
- Off-duty clothing: Arrives for her café meeting with carefully applied makeup, a skirt, and transparent pink high heels 43.
- After enhancement: Her smile takes on a more mature, alluring quality, which immediately attracts a young officer’s attention 45.
Personality
Kyoko is outspoken with Josen, freely rolling her eyes at him and challenging his management. She objects to understaffing, overtime, and his habit of leaving work to his subordinates. When he requests a modified GTR police car, she accuses him of using official authority for personal gain 33 37 42 48.
Her attraction to Josen contrasts with her confrontational workplace manner. She blushes around him, becomes unusually bashful during their café meeting, and reacts jealously to other women seeking his attention. That jealousy leads her to conceal Fubuki’s visit rather than pass it on 18 33 38 39 43.
Kyoko recognizes her original combat limitations without pretending otherwise. Once offered an enhancement, she eagerly accepts its conditions and promptly investigates her new capabilities. Her curiosity also causes trouble: after successfully charming a coworker, she is overwhelmed by his romantic advances and privately resolves never to test the technique on a colleague again 44 45.
Abilities & Skills
Espionage and Technical Expertise
The Black Widow card supplies professional knowledge across multiple fields, which Kyoko experiences as a sudden influx of unfamiliar expertise 42 44.
- Combat and shooting: Gains hand-to-hand combat knowledge, sharpshooting skills, and proficiency with firearms and high-tech weapons 42 44.
- Piloting: Receives ace-pilot expertise, including knowledge of flying a fighter jet 42 44.
- Hacking: Gains advanced computer-intrusion knowledge 42 44.
- Operational methods: Learns how to eliminate multiple enemies individually 44.
Enhanced Physiology and Acrobatics
The card grants peak human physical capabilities alongside superhuman agility and flexibility 42.
- Reflexive movement: Turns an accidental bathroom slip into a controlled standing backflip, avoiding nearby clutter before landing 44.
- Athletic ability: Gains world-class gymnastics, acrobatics, and general athletic skills 42.
- Physical enhancement: Inherits strengthened immunity and greatly slowed aging from the card’s genetic modifications 42.
- Durability: Josen observes that she can withstand a hit better after the enhancement 45.
Performance and Charm
The card’s “Master performer” effect grants exceptional personal charm and the ability to conceal genuine feelings 42.
- Demonstrated use: Persuades a young officer to retrieve her training results through her voice and manner 45.
- Mechanism: Kyoko describes the technique as principles derived from studying men, combined with her appearance—not straightforward supernatural mind control 45.
- Limitations: It has no apparent effect on Josen, and her coworker’s resulting interest becomes an unwanted complication 45.
Tactical Expertise
The Black Widow enhancement includes strategic, tactical, and command abilities suited to Kyoko’s position as deputy chief 42 45.
- Grants the versatility to handle a broad range of assignments 42.
- Complements her existing responsibility for leading the section when Josen is away 22 44.
- Josen considers the ability set especially useful for support rather than direct, head-on combat 45.
Power Conditions
- Josen can reclaim the character card and remove its granted abilities with a thought 42.
- Kyoko accepts the requirement that she use the power only for proper purposes 44.
- Character cards cannot be stacked; removing an equipped card also removes its abilities 3.
Relationships
- Josen — Superior, source of her enhancement, and romantic interest. He entrusts the section to her while repeatedly leaving her with its workload; she responds with criticism, teasing, and jealousy 18 22 33 39 44 48.
- Chief Xiong — Station superior whose requests she relays to Josen 6 18.
- Fubuki / Hellish Blizzard — Visitor whose interest in Josen arouses Kyoko’s suspicion. Kyoko conceals her arrival, contributing to Fubuki’s later confrontation with him 38 39 40.
- Katherine — Headquarters specialist whom Kyoko welcomes while waiting for Josen. Kyoko resents the overtime and privately disapproves of Katherine’s attraction to him 37 38.
- Unnamed Training Ground officer — Coworker used as the first test of her new charm techniques. He retrieves her results, then asks her out, leaving her to manage his unwanted attention 45.