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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. [4] She is also a major player (but not the protagonist) in the sequel, R.O.D the TV. [5] She also makes a brief cameo appearance in Read ...
R.O.D: Read or Die (Japanese: リード・オア・ダイ, Hepburn: Rīdo Oa Dai) is a Japanese light novel series written by Hideyuki Kurata, published under Shueisha's Super Dash Bunko imprint. Read or Die follows Yomiko Readman, codename "The Paper", an agent for the (fictional) Special Operations Division of the British Library.
Read or Die (novels) Read or Die (manga) Read or Die OVA Read or Dream R.O.D the TV; Yomiko Readman (Papermaster) Codename: "The Paper" (in official English translations, sometimes rendered as "Agent Paper" or "Miss Paper") Yomiko is a substitute schoolteacher and secret agent working for the British Library's Special Operations Division.
Read or Die is an OVA based on the manga of the same name by Hideyuki Kurata. It was released by Studio Deen from 2001 to 2002 and distributed outside Japan by Manga Entertainment in 2003. [ 2 ] The series, directed by Koji Masunari , [ 3 ] features the main characters of the original manga such as Yomiko Readman and Joker.
Read or Die's protagonist Yomiko Readman also makes a cameo appearance. The Paper Sisters and supporting character Hisami Hishiishi appear in the television series R.O.D the TV, but this series exists in a separate continuity than Read or Dream (differences include how the Sisters met Hisami and the origin of the Paper Sisters).
The series begins in 2006, five years after the "I-Jin" incident detailed in the Read or Die OVA. Yomiko Readman (a.k.a. "The Paper", agent of British Library Task Force) has supposedly gone missing, and Nenene Sumiregawa, her former student and best friend, is still in Tokyo after her parents moved to the United States.
The series is the sequel to the Read or Die OVA (although the repercussions of the events in that story are not felt until halfway through the series). The series follows the lives of Nenene , Michelle , Maggie and Anita , who battle the sinister Dokusensha and the British Library Special Operations Division.
Jinbōchō is an important location in the Read or Die light novel franchise, and is the area where protagonist Yomiko Readman resides.; Studio Ghibli film The Wind Rises depicts the 1923 Kanto Earthquake and subsequent fire destroying the former Jinbocho campus of Tokyo Imperial University.