Asano Yumi

Yumi is one of the characters who appeared in Flame in the Mist. She is an informant of Black Clan and works as a Maiko in a tea house in Hanami.

Appearance
Both Ranmaru and Ōkami describe Yumi as the most beautiful girl in empire and it is later seen to be true. Yumi has sloe shaped eyes and a smile which has an answer to everything. Kenshin noted that her eyes were grey. Hattori Twins thought Yumi had a hidden sadness in them. Many nobles buy very precious Kimono for Yumi in hope of being chosen as her benefactor.

Personality
Yumi has chosen a flock of starlings to represent herself.

History
Asano Yumi is the sister of Asano Tsuneoki and they have a very hurtful past. She uses her affection for Ōkami to inflict pain onto her brother

Abilities
Yumi is skilled a Maiko. She is an excelled swordswoman.

Asano Tsuneoki
Tsuneoki is Yumi's elder brother. Although at first Mariko thinks they are lovers.

Yumi has been angry at Tsuneoki for not letting her enter Black Clan and letting Mariko who is much less skilled than her.

Takeda Ranmaru
Ōkami and Yumi must be close for Yumi hadn't hesitated to confess her worries to Ōkami and Ōkami cares a lot about Yumi. When they were younger Yumi had a crush on Ōkami. She used to claim that they would get married when they will be older much to Ōkami's loud denials.

Mariko
Yumi and Mariko first meet in the teahouse in Hanami where Yumi works as an apprentice geiko AKA as a Maiko

Quotes
“I’ve never been angry to have been born a woman. There have been times I’ve been angry at how the world treats us, but I see being a woman as a challenge I must fight. Like being born under a stormy sky. Some people are lucky enough to be born on a bright summer’s day. Maybe we were born under clouds. No wind. No rain. Just a mountain of clouds we must climb each morning so that we may see the sun.”

Trivia
She bears many similarities with Despina from The Wrath and The Dawn series. They both belong to nobiltiy, and were wronged, skilled manipulators and either are rarely appreciated.