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'''Yomiko Readman''', also known as "The Paper", is a fictional character in the Japanese language novel series ''[[Read or Die]]'', the manga and anime spin-offs of the books, and the sequel, ''[[R.O.D the TV]]''. Though in appearance Japanese, she is in fact half-Japanese, half-English.
 
'''Yomiko Readman''', also known as "The Paper", is a fictional character in the Japanese language novel series ''[[Read or Die]]'', the manga and anime spin-offs of the books, and the sequel, ''[[R.O.D the TV]]''. Though in appearance Japanese, she is in fact half-Japanese, half-English.
   
Yomiko is a bespectacled substitute teacher and an introvert. A [[bibliophile|biblimania]], she prefers to bury herself in her books. She spends almost all of her income on books, and her "apartment" is stacked floor to ceiling with books. She resides somewhere in [[Jinbo-cho]], a neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo known for numerous bookstores.
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Yomiko is a bespectacled substitute teacher and an introvert. A [[bibliophile|bibliomania]], she prefers to bury herself in her books. She spends almost all of her income on books, and her "apartment" is stacked floor to ceiling with books. She resides somewhere in [[Jinbo-cho]], a neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo known for numerous bookstores.
   
 
==Appearance==
 
==Appearance==
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Yomiko's hair is also almost always unkempt. [[Joker]] provides a comb to her in the OVA when she is going with him to attend an important meeting with [[Mr. Gentleman]], commenting that her grooming habits need improvement. She seems embarrassed by the comment, but apparently not embarrassed enough to actually correct the issue herself later. The only reason her hair appears managable in the OVA later on seems to be because [[Nancy Makuhari]] fixed them into braids.
 
Yomiko's hair is also almost always unkempt. [[Joker]] provides a comb to her in the OVA when she is going with him to attend an important meeting with [[Mr. Gentleman]], commenting that her grooming habits need improvement. She seems embarrassed by the comment, but apparently not embarrassed enough to actually correct the issue herself later. The only reason her hair appears managable in the OVA later on seems to be because [[Nancy Makuhari]] fixed them into braids.
   
Her [[wikipedia:BWH|measurements]] are 34-23-34 (86-59-87 in centimeters).
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Her [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bust/waist/hip_measurements measurements] are 34-23-34 inch (86-59-87 centimeters).
   
 
==Powers and Abilities==
 
==Powers and Abilities==

Revision as of 00:38, 23 December 2014

Read or Die character
Yomiko
Yomiko Readman
Gender Female
Age 25 (manga and OVA)

30 (TV Series)

Nationality Half-Japanese, Half-English
Occupation Substitute Teacher,

The Paper (AWOL)

Seiyū Rieko Miura
Voice Actor Kimberly Yates (OVA)

Helena Taylor (TV series)


Yomiko Readman, also known as "The Paper", is a fictional character in the Japanese language novel series Read or Die, the manga and anime spin-offs of the books, and the sequel, R.O.D the TV. Though in appearance Japanese, she is in fact half-Japanese, half-English.

Yomiko is a bespectacled substitute teacher and an introvert. A bibliomania, she prefers to bury herself in her books. She spends almost all of her income on books, and her "apartment" is stacked floor to ceiling with books. She resides somewhere in Jinbo-cho, a neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo known for numerous bookstores.

Appearance

Yomiko biblophile books

Yomiko's love for books knows no bounds

Yomiko is shown in always the same clothing, whether it be in the manga, OVA, or the TV series. She wears modest simple white blouse and a long black skirt, as well as a trenchcoat. This trenchcoat has many pockets and inner sections from which she can pull emergency supplies of paper "ammunition."

Yomiko's hair is also almost always unkempt. Joker provides a comb to her in the OVA when she is going with him to attend an important meeting with Mr. Gentleman, commenting that her grooming habits need improvement. She seems embarrassed by the comment, but apparently not embarrassed enough to actually correct the issue herself later. The only reason her hair appears managable in the OVA later on seems to be because Nancy Makuhari fixed them into braids.

Her measurements are 34-23-34 inch (86-59-87 centimeters).

Powers and Abilities

Bullets paper

When she focuses, Yomiko can even make paper bulletproof

Yomiko paper airplane

Yomiko can also create constructs by using her Paper Master abilities

Yomiko is also a field agent for the Special Operations Division. She is a Papermaster, a person with the ability to bend paper material to her will. She can make paper bulletproof or sharper than the sharpest sword. If she has enough paper, then she can construct a giant paper airplane that flies. The only limit to the effects she can create is her own imagination. In the OVA, it seems that she must have in her grasp of at least hands, teeth, or perhaps some other body part at least one piece of paper in a group of papers in order to manipulate them, though eventually by the time of R.O.D the TV she is able to manipulate paper by pure mental control.

In her capacity for the British Library, Yomiko often has to embark on dangerous missions. Though because of her clumsiness and social awkwardness she would not seem to make a very good secret agent, at one point allowing her emotions to get in the way of defeating an enemy, if receiving the proper support she can actually be quite useful, with ninja-like reflexes in combat and the ability to stay focused on the battle. She is considered one of the Library's top agents.


SPOILER WARNING: Information after this point may spoil the OAV/OVA, TV series and/or manga.



Manga Plotline


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In the first volume, Yomiko is introduced as an agent for the British Library. After recovering a rare book from a violent commando, Yomiko meets Nenene Sumiregawa and must save her when Nenene is kidnapped by a deranged fan. Yomiko must rescue her and defeat the fan's hired hand, a deadly assassin named Fire Inc. who is as skilled with fire as Yomiko is with paper.

In the second volume,Yomiko has a mission to be a substitute teacher at the Manshu Academy. It is believed that the Manshu Academy is a cover for a more devious operation, and assisting Yomiko is Wendy Earheart. The students are split into two factions, the superpowered A students and their teacher Iraka, and the lesser B students. Yomiko discovers Donnie Nakajima is still alive, and falls in love again. Nenene later joins the school in order to find out what Yomiko is up to.

In the third volume, Donnie turns out to be a villain in disguise, a childhood friend named Ridley Wan. He is trying to uncover the Underground Library by tricking Yomiko and manipulating her emotions. This will draw out the sentient Underground Library so Ridley may gain ultimate power and seek revenge on the British Library. Ridley blames the British Library for buying him and Donnie at a young age and subjecting them to harsh training, and for Donnie's death.Joker's communication is blocked off from Wendy, and Drake joins later to back up Yomiko. After Ridley reveals himself, Yomiko falls into a deep depression and cannot read or wield paper.

In the final volume, Ridley obtains the Book of Truth from the Underground Library by convincing Iraka to sacrifice herself. While the A students try and feed the B students to the Underground Library, Drake, Wendy, and Nenene help defend the B students while Yomiko comes out of her depression and tries to convince Ridley his ways are wrong with a late letter from Donnie. Joker arrives with support, but his actions are less than expected. Joker expects her love of books to overshadow human life. Only Yomiko can read the Book of Truth and re-write history, but she refuses. Joker plays his hand and shoots Yomiko, and reveals the truth behind Donnie's death. Donnie refused to seek out the Underground Library, so Joker ordered Donnie to let Yomiko kill him by attacking her. Once Yomiko hears the truth, she fights off Joker's commandos and refuses to read the Book of Truth. Joker is about to deliver a fatal blow but Ridley takes it for her, and Joker's hands are cut off. The Underground Library is destroyed and rains paper all over the world, and everyone goes back to their lives except for Ridley, who dies with the Underground Library.

OVA Plotline

In the OVA, Yomiko goes into debt to buy a rare copy of a book called die "unsterbliche Liebe" or "Immortal Beloved". The book is dusty and dirty, but has sheet music handwritten in its pages, in the margins and on the blank pages in the back and front. She is almost immediately attacked by the clone of Jean-Henri Fabre. He tries to steal her book, but using her paper techniques she fights back and wins. Various clones or I-jin of famous historical figures try to steal her book throughout the OVA. They are trying to use the sheet music in the book to reconstruct Ludwig van Beethoven's supposed lost or Suicide Symphony, which causes anyone who hears it to commit suicide. Eventually, Yomiko helps in destroying the leader of the plot, a clone of Ikkyu Soujon.

Later on, she rescues her friend Nancy Makuhari from British custody and goes into hiding for five years, the events of which are covered in R.O.D the TV.

TV Plotline

Yomiko's years of isolation made her reluctant to join Nenene and the Paper Sisters in their fight against Mr. Carpenter. However, after a brief chase through the library, Nenene eventually convinced her to join their group. Yomiko entered into a mentoring relationship with Anita, teaching her how to create the giant paper airplanes, among other things.

Yomiko was instrumental in halting Carpenter's plans. She failed to kill him after infiltrating his base and sneaking up on him undetected, but was able to stop Anita and Junior from being used to resurrect Gentlemen.