Yomiko Readman



Yomiko Readman (読子・リードマン, Yomiko Rīdoman?), also known as "The Paper," is the protagonist in the Japanese novel series Read or Die and its manga and original video animation (OVA) spin-offs. She is also a major player (but not the main protagonist) in the sequel, R.O.D the TV. She also makes a brief cameo appearance in Read or Dream.

She is a papermaster, a person with the ability to bend paper material to her will, making it bulletproof and durable enough to use as a weapon, among other, more creative applications.

Biography
Through much of the R.O.D series, Yomiko works as a secret field agent for the British Library, using her papermastery to thwart the British Library's foes and collect valuable books and documents. Yomiko's code name is "The Paper". She is the 19th person to serve the Library in this capacity. Yomiko is assigned her missions by the British Library special operations commander, codenamed "Mr. Joker." She often works with partners, such as the American mercenary Drake Anderson, the clumsy but capable junior field agent Wendy Earhart, and the suave wall-phasing gunslinger girl, Nancy Makuhari.

When not on missions for the British Library, Yomiko works as a substitute teacher, a job through which she meets her favorite author, Nenene Sumiregawa. She resides somewhere in Jinbōchō, a neighborhood of Chiyoda, Tokyo known for its large amount of used bookstores. She occupies a small shack at the top of an apartment building called Yomiko Building (読子ビル, Yomiko Biru?) (the building itself is used entirely to contain her book collection).

In ITM
In ITM 7 she trained Mika Izinsky in the ways of papermaster, but does not make many on screen appearences. Mika adapted her powers to work with her trading cards, aswell as the magic paper Readman-sensei gave her. Yomiko's paper magic can be leveled up as abilities in game. Her paper is treated as magical and when high enough level can perform like it does in the anime and manga series and perform beyond that aswell.

Trivia
Yomiko is in Black's FB team and has an FB trading card!

Links and Sources

 * This article contains content directly quoted from the Wikipedia page on Yomiko Readman, which I do not claim ownership of.
 * ITM Comic Book Series
 * ITM Rule Book