History Fanfic / SOE2DarkLadyOfTokyo3

Most people assume that Mayumi Yamagishi is just a timid little bookworm. Most people think she's just a quiet young heiress living off her late parents' huge fortune. Most people are wrong. Very wrong.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5087216/1/Superwomen-of-Eva-2-Dark-Lady-of-Tokyo3 Superwomen of Eva 2: Dark Lady of Tokyo-3]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1615106/Mike313 Mike313]] is a ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' story in which a relatively obscure ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' character named [[CanonForeigner Mayumi Yamagishi]] from the UsefulNotes/SegaSaturn game ''[[http://wiki.evageeks.org/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_Second_Impression Second Impression]]'' takes on the role of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} in order to find the truth behind [[DeathByOriginStory the death of her parents]]. The story focuses less on the big monster battles and more on the subterfuge surrounding Nerv and building the Bat-mythos in the [=NGE=] world.

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!!Tropes:

* ApocalypseCult: The Light of the Divine, a recurring threat throughout the fanfic series, makes an appearance here as well. As usual, they believe that the Angels are God's punishment and are willing to do anything to help them win.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Kyodai Ken spends his entire screen time either described as [[PerpetualFrowner frowning]] and giving people a DeathGlare and/or throwing "you are no match for me!" one-liners. [[spoiler:Notably, his WorthyOpponent FaceDeathWithDignity moment of the "Day of the Samurai" episode doesn't happens here - his death is a pure TooDumbToLive, "I'm too proud to listen to my opponent yelling to get the hell out of the way of an Eva and [[SquashedFlat pay fot it]]" moment.]]
* ArtisticLicenseGeography: The Tokyo-3 described in the fic doesn't just contradict what's shown in the show, but is physically impossible to build in the Hakone region where Tokyo-3 is located. [[RuleOfCool Still makes for a pretty interesting]] [[CityOfAdventure place to read about]].
* AscendedExtra: As mentioned before, Mayumi has only appeared in an [[CanonForeigner extra-canonical]] ''Evangelion'' [[ExpandedUniverse video game]] so far.
* BatmanGambit: More long term than most, but Mayumi's plan to bring down Tokyo-3's organized crime hinges on them trying to run a [[ShameIfSomethingHappened protection racket]] on her. Interestingly, while falling into her BatmanGambit, Penguin tries his own when he [[spoiler:{{blackmail}}s a mostly InnocentBystander into taking Toji's sister [[HostageSituation hostage]] at a product demonstration Mayumi is hosting. [[SpannerInTheWorks It doesn't go as planned]].]]
* BatSignal: [[TheCommissionerGordon Jun Godo]] makes one to get in touch with Batgirl.
* BecomingTheMask: The fact that Mayumi feels more comfortable in the cape and cowl is a given. That she would end up falling for Shinji for real after leading him on for long is also a given, but happens during the fic proper
* ClothesMakeTheSuperman: In addition to her UtilityBelt, Batgirl wears a suit of PoweredArmor that is ImmuneToBullets, grants SuperStrength, and has built-in NightVisionGoggles and an InvisibilityCloak.
* CombatPragmatist: Kyodai Ken will bring a [[KatanasAreJustBetter sword]] to a [[NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight martial arts fight]]. To be fair, Batgirl brought an InvisibilityCloak, [[SmokeOut smoke bombs]], and a [[StaticStunGun taser]] to the same fight. Then again, Kyodai Ken then proceeds to [[spoiler:bring [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to later fights.]]
* TheCommissionerGordon: Lieutenant [[AdaptationNameChange Jun Godo]] is quite obviously an {{Expy}} of Jim Gordon given a RaceLift to fit the setting.
* CompositeCharacter: Batgirl is a composite of [[WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond Terry McGinnis]], several DC {{ComicBook/Batgirl}}s, [[{{Franchise/Batman}} Batman himself]], and of course, Mayumi Yamagishi.
* CoolBike: The Bat-Cycle. The narration mentions Mayumi having a [[CoolCar Bat-Mobile]] early on, but she was not able to bring it with her to Tokyo-3...
* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Batgirl knocks Gendo into a vat of Eva coolant, and when he emerges, he can't survive outside sub-zero temperatures, effectively turning him into this fic's Mr. Freeze]].
* {{Determinator}}: Who do you think?
* DirtyCop: Like Gotham early in Franchise/{{Batman}}'s career, this version of Tokyo-3 is full of them.
* ElaborateUndergroundBase: As expected, the Batcave. Technically, Nerv headquarters counts too.
* GunshipRescue: Courtesy of [[spoiler:[[CoolPlane The Bat]].]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The [[spoiler:Light of the Divine]] seems to recruit graduates from there. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], given that they likely lack any professional training and are trying to shoot from one moving vehicle to another.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: ''Shinji'', of all people, demonstrates this.
* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: In Japan, perhaps the only nation in the world where gun control is successfully enforced (except for the {{Yakuza}}), in Tokyo-3, where [[spoiler:the Yakuza is run by Nerv]], the [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseCult Light of the Divine]] who would have no friends among Nerv (who, as mentioned, run the Yakuza)]] somehow manages to get several firearms and the ammunition to use them. For that matter, illegal firearms seem to be a ''lot'' more common in general than one would expect in Japan.
* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: This story's incarnation of the Iceberg Lounge has Cobblepot trying really hard to not get involved in the greater, world-wrecking part of the Evangelion setting and settle for just being a petty smuggler, racketeer and occasional InformationBroker. Unfortunately, one of said rackets [[MuggingTheMonster just happened to involve threatening Yamagishi Enterprises]].
* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: A heroic version. For several chapters, Mayumi wishes to enter Nerv HQ to find what information Gendo has on her parents' assassination, but [[ImpossibleMission it's easier said than done]]. The BigBlackout that occurs during [[GiantSpider Matarael's]] attack provides her with a golden opportunity to try to sneak in. [[spoiler: Too bad she's too busy saving Shinji to take advantage of it. When the MAGI are under attack by [[ComputerVirus Ireul]], however, she takes full advantage.]]
* LetsYouAndHimFight: While [[TheMenInBlack Section Two]] are hardly heroes in the ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' stories, [[PoorCommunicationKills miscommunication]] results in them trying to kill Batgirl under circumstances where they should be [[EnemyMine working together against]] [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseCult the Light of the Divine]]]].
* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:[[MagnipulativeBastard Gendo Ikari]].]] ''For the entire Tokyo-3 organized crime underground''.
* MegaCorp: Yamagishi Enterprises. Providers of everything from regular cell phones to ArtificialLimbs to spare parts for Evangelion technology to everything a SuperHero needs to wage a war against crime.
* AMinorKidroduction: The story starts with [[DeathByOriginStory the murder of Mayumi's parents]] [[HarmfulToMinors in front of her]]. It's her [[DrivingQuestion wanting to know who did it and who ordered it]] that drives her on.
* MyKungFuIsStrongerThanYours: [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Kyodai Ken]] proves this to Batgirl repeatedly, both in flashback and in the present time. As she is still a [[BadassAdorable fourteen year old girl]], this is [[WeakButSkilled not due to any lack of skill on her part]]. That they're both {{Combat Pragmatist}}s (see above) doesn't help.
* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler:Gendo]] hires [[spoiler:[[GratuitousNinja Kyodai Ken]]]] to dispose of Batgirl. When that fails, he hires [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Bane]].]]
* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler:Kyodai Ken]] threatens the destruction of Tokyo-3 ''while he's still in it'' in order to engineer a final confrontation with Batgirl. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] when [[BatmanGambit Batgirl calls]] his [[BrandishmentBluff bluff]].]]
* SecretKeeper: Motomu, Mayumi's butler, is her assistant in all things Batgirl. It is to be expected of an Alfred {{Expy}}.
* SerialKiller: Batgirl has a brief encounter with one. [[BitPartBadGuys As in]], Batgirl encounters him during her regular patrols [[CurbStompBattle and beats him up in about ten seconds]] kind of "brief".
* ShameIfSomethingHappened: The Penguin tries this and ends up falling into Mayumi's BatmanGambit (see above).
* ShoutOut:
** By WordOfGod, the whole sequence of Mayumi sneaking in (and fighting her way out) of Nerv is an extended homage to the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' (specifically the [[MookHorrorShow "Predator Challenge"]] rooms).
** Batgirl's costume broadly resembles the outfit of the [[{{ComicBook/Batgirl2000}} Cassandra Cain]] Batgirl (with full face cover, because of Mayumi having a mole on her face which could blow her identity wide open), with most of the abilities of the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyond'' [[PoweredArmor Batsuit]] and additional gear straight out of the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' (like [[EverythingSensor "Detective Vision"]]).
** The entire [[TheRival Kyo]][[ArrogantKungFuGuy dai]] [[GratuitousNinja Ken]] arc is a shout out to the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episodes "Night Of The Ninja" and "Day Of The Samurai".
* ShroudedInMyth: Unlike the other ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' stories, this one starts with Mayumi having already been operating as Batgirl for some time... [[TheDreaded and her reputation precedes her]].
* StealthHiBye: It just wouldn't be a Franchise/{{Batman}} story without it. Mayumi has a preference to pull it off on Commissioner Goto.
* WhamEpisode: Bane's arrival is the moment things really start to escalate, with his "at any cost" tactics to bait (and then try to break) the Batgirl.
* WretchedHive: Tokyo-3, with the old city of Hakone standing in as TheCityNarrows.
* {{Yakuza}}: They run Tokyo-3's criminal underworld. [[spoiler:[[ManBehindTheMan And Gendo runs them.]]]]
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* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:[[MagnipulativeBastard Gendo Ikari]].]] ''[[UpToEleven For the entire Tokyo-3 organized crime underground]]''.

* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler:[[MagnificentBastard Gendo]] [[ManipulativeBastard Ikari]].]] ''[[UpToEleven For the entire Tokyo-3 organized crime underground]]''.

* ApocalypseCult: The Light of the Divine, a recurring threat throughout the fanfic series, makes an appearance here as well. As usual, they believe that the Angels are God's punishment and are willing to do anything to help them win, [[spoiler:and as a cult created by Gendo to have disposable, deniable soldiers, that means assassinating a lot of people Gendo wants out of his way.]]

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: This story's incarnation of the Iceberg Lounge has Cobblepot trying really hard to not get involved in the greater, world-wrecking part of the Evangelion setting and settle for just being a petty smuggler and occasional InformationBroker.

%%* ApocalypseCult: The Light of the Divine makes an appearance here as well.
%%* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Kyodai Ken.

%%* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: This story's incarnation of the Iceberg Lounge.

%%* SecretKeeper: Motomu, Mayumi's Alfred {{Expy}}.
%%* SerialKiller: Batgirl has a brief encounter with one.

%%* StealthHiBye: It just wouldn't be a Franchise/{{Batman}} story without it.
%%* WhamEpisode: Bane's arrival.

* CombatPragmatist: Kyodai Ken will bring a [[KatanasAreJustBetter sword]] to a [[NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight martial arts fight]]. To be fair, Batgirl brought an InvisibilityCloak, [[SmokeOut smoke bombs]], and a [[StaticStunGuns taser]] to the same fight. Then again, Kyodai Ken then proceeds to [[spoiler:bring [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to later fights.]]

* CombatPragmatist: Kyodai Ken will bring a [[KatanasAreJustBetter sword]] to a [[NeverBringAKnifeToAFistFight martial arts fight]]. To be fair, Batgirl brought an InvisibilityCloak, [[SmokeOut smoke bombs]], and a [[StunGuns taser]] to the same fight. Then again, Kyodai Ken then proceeds to [[spoiler:bring [[StuffBlowingUp bombs]] to later fights.]]

* ApocalypseCult: The Light of the Divine makes an appearance here as well.
* ArrogantKungFuGuy: Kyodai Ken.

* LegitimateBusinessmensSocialClub: This story's incarnation of the Iceberg Lounge.

* SecretKeeper: Motomu, Mayumi's Alfred {{Expy}}.
* SerialKiller: Batgirl has a brief encounter with one.

* StealthHiBye: It just wouldn't be a Franchise/{{Batman}} story without it.
* WhamEpisode: Bane's arrival.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5087216/1/Superwomen-of-Eva-2-Dark-Lady-of-Tokyo3 Superwomen of Eva 2: Dark Lady of Tokyo-3]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1615106/Mike313 Mike313]] is a ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' story in which a relatively obscure ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' character named [[CanonForeigner Mayumi Yamagishi]] from the SegaSaturn game ''[[http://wiki.evageeks.org/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_Second_Impression Second Impression]]'' takes on the role of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} in order to find the truth behind [[DeathByOriginStory the death of her parents]]. The story focuses less on the big monster battles and more on the subterfuge surrounding Nerv and building the Bat-mythos in the [=NGE=] world.

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5087216/1/Superwomen-of-Eva-2-Dark-Lady-of-Tokyo3 Superwomen of Eva 2: Dark Lady of Tokyo-3]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1615106/Mike313 Mike313]] is a ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' story in which a relatively obscure ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' character named [[CanonForeigner Mayumi Yamagishi]] from the SegaSaturn game ''[[http://wiki.evageeks.org/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_Second_Impression Second Impression]]'' takes on the role of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} in order to find the truth behind [[DeathByOriginStory the death of her parents]]. The story focuses less on the big monster battles (as of this writing, so far, Batgirl only gets involved in one directly) and more on the subterfuge surrounding Nerv and building the Bat-mythos in the [=NGE=] world.

!!This ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva 2'' story contains examples of the following:

* [[spoiler:ApocalypseCult: The Light of the Divine makes an appearance here as well.]]

* [[ClothesMakeTheSuperman Clothes Make the Batgirl]]: In addition to her UtilityBelt, Batgirl wears a suit of PoweredArmor that is ImmuneToBullets, grants SuperStrength, and has built-in NightVisionGoggles and an InvisibilityCloak.

* [[spoiler:GunshipRescue: Courtesy of [[CoolPlane The Bat]].]]
* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The [[spoiler:Light of the Divine]] seems to recruit graduates from there. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], given that they likely lack any professional training and are trying to shoot from one moving vehicle to another. Then again, they seem to be much better shots in ''Fanfic/SOE2GirlOfSteel''...

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: A heroic version. For several chapters, Mayumi wishes to enter Nerv HQ to find what information Gendo has on her parents' assassination, but [[ImpossibleMission it's easier said than done]]. The BigBlackout that occurs during [[GiantSpider Matarael's]] attack provides her with a golden opportunity to try to sneak in. [[spoiler: Too bad she's too busy [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl saving Shinji]] to take advantage of it. When the MAGI are under attack by [[ComputerVirus Ireul]], however, she takes full advantage.]]

* ProfessionalKiller: [[spoiler:Gendo]] hires [[spoiler:[[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja Kyodai Ken]]]] to dispose of Batgirl. When that fails, he hires [[spoiler:[[ComicBook/{{Knightfall}} Bane]].]]

** The entire [[TheRival Kyo]][[ArrogantKungFuGuy dai]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinjas Ken]] arc is a shout out to the ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' episodes "Night Of The Ninja" and "Day Of The Samurai".

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5087216/1/Superwomen-of-Eva-2-Dark-Lady-of-Tokyo3 Superwomen of Eva 2: Dark Lady of Tokyo-3]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1615106/Mike313 Mike313]] is a ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' story in which a relatively obscure ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' character named [[CanonForeigner Mayumi Yamagishi]] from the SegaSaturn game ''[[http://wiki.evageeks.org/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_Second_Impression Second Impression]]'' takes on the role of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} in order to find the truth behind [[DeathByOriginStory the death of her parents]]. The story focuses less on the big monster battles (as of this writing, so far, Batgirl only gets involved in one directly) and more on the subterfuge surrounding Nerv and building the Bat-mythos in the [=NGE=] world.

* AscendedExtra: As mentioned before, Mayumi has only appeared in an [[CanonForeigner extra-canonical]] [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]] [[ExpandedUniverse video game]] so far.

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Batgirl knocks Gendo into a vat of Eva coolant, and when he emerges, he can't survive outside sub-zero temperatures]].

* ImperialStormtrooperMarksmanshipAcademy: The [[spoiler:Light of the Divine]] seems to recruit graduates from there. [[JustifiedTrope Justified]], given that they likely lack any professional training and are trying to shoot from one moving vehicle to another.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: In Japan, perhaps the only nation in the world where gun control is successfully enforced (except for the {{Yakuza}}), in Tokyo-3, where [[spoiler:the Yakuza is run by Nerv]], the [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseCult Light of the Divine]] who would have no friends among Nerv (who, as mentioned, run the Yakuza)]] somehow manages to get several firearms and the ammunition to use them, including ''shelved prototype military weapons''. For that matter, illegal firearms seem to be a ''lot'' more common in general than one would expect in Japan.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: In Japan, perhaps the only nation in the world where gun control is successfully enforced (except for the {{Yakuza}}), in Tokyo-3, where [[spoiler:the Yakuza is run by Nerv]], the [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseCult Light of the Divine]] who would have no friends among Nerv (who, as mentioned, run the Yakuza)]] somehow manages to get several firearms and the ammunition to use them. For that matter, illegal firearms seem to be a ''lot'' more common in general than one would expect in Japan.

!!This ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' story contains examples of the following:

''[[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/5087216/1/Superwomen-of-Eva-2-Dark-Lady-of-Tokyo3 Superwomen of Eva 2: Dark Lady of Tokyo-3]]'' by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1615106/Mike313 Mike313]] is a ''Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva'' story in which a relatively obscure ''NeonGenesisEvangelion'' character named [[CanonForeigner Mayumi Yamagishi]] from the SegaSaturn game ''[[http://wiki.evageeks.org/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion:_Second_Impression Second Impression]]'' takes on the role of ComicBook/{{Batgirl}} in order to find the truth behind [[DeathByOriginStory the death of her parents]]. The story focuses less on the big monster battles (as of this writing, so far, Batgirl only gets involved in one directly) and more on the subterfuge surrounding NERV and building the Bat-mythos in the [=NGE=] world.

* ElaborateUndergroundBase: As expected, the Batcave. Technically, NERV headquarters counts too.

* ImproperlyPlacedFirearms: In Japan, perhaps the only nation in the world where gun control is successfully enforced (except for the {{Yakuza}}), in Tokyo-3, where [[spoiler:the Yakuza is run by NERV]], the [[spoiler:[[ApocalypseCult Light of the Divine]] who would have no friends among NERV (who, as mentioned, run the Yakuza)]] somehow manages to get several firearms and the ammunition to use them. For that matter, illegal firearms seem to be a ''lot'' more common in general than one would expect in Japan.

* LetNoCrisisGoToWaste: A heroic version. For several chapters, Mayumi wishes to enter NERV HQ to find what information Gendo has on her parents' assassination, but [[ImpossibleMission it's easier said than done]]. The BigBlackout that occurs during [[GiantSpider Matarael's]] attack provides her with a golden opportunity to try to sneak in. [[spoiler: Too bad she's too busy [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl saving Shinji]] to take advantage of it. When the MAGI are under attack by [[ComputerVirus Ireul]], however, she takes full advantage.]]

** By WordOfGod, the whole sequence of Mayumi sneaking in (and fighting her way out) of NERV is an extended homage to the ''VideoGame/BatmanArkhamSeries'' (specifically the [[MookHorrorShow "Predator Challenge"]] rooms).

* CreateYourOwnVillain: [[spoiler:Batgirl knocks Gendo into a vat of Eva coolant, and when he emerges he can't survive outside sub-zero temperatures]].

!!This Fanfic/SuperwomenOfEva story contains examples of the following: