Hiromi kidnapped Goro out of love and as a hostage.
Perhaps like all the women she too was smitten by Goro. However she also recognizes his position as a samurai, and thus wanted use him as a leverage against Japan. Akane and Kasuga are best friends.
Both of them do love the samurai masters, both of whom don't seem to notice their love. Akane may be amused by the fact that Kasuga fell in love with Lord Kenshin, the man who she was initially supposed to kill. Kasuga in turn would be amused by Goro's penchant for "charming kimonos".For the pacifist run, Akane does this not so much because she is reluctant to kill as she is pragmatic in its use.
As the achievement "Kunais Aren't Cheap" would imply, Akane would rather not waste too much kunais on usual ninjas and save them for the bosses. Besides, cleaning up all of those kunais would be quite the hassle. If the characters existed in City of Heroes
- Hiromi would be of the Mastermind Archetype, as she is mainly shown summoning her ninjas and other minions. Thus, her Primary power set is summoning of her Ninjas, with one of the powers even being Oni, (to fit with her Big Bald Oni subordinate). Her Secondary Power set might would be Traps, as the game does have spike traps that you need to avoid. Her Origin might be Natural, since she doesn't appear to have any particular powers, or Magic, as her ninjas notably have dark powers when they throw kunais at you. Her alignment is, of course, Villain.
