Miho (Sin City)

Miho is a female protagonist in Frank Miller's Sin City books. Template:Spoiler

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Miho from "The Big Fat Kill".

Background

Miho is the defender of Old Town, and the one woman the girls of Old Town call upon to get rid of troublesome people, like cops, criminals, and abusive johns. Miho doesn't care for racial slurs (like being called a "Jap bitch/whore") and will use her twin katana to "play" with anyone who calls her such names. Such play usually has her dodging her opponent's blows while hitting him (usually with contemptuous ease) in return. An assassin skilled with swords, shuriken, longbow and rollerblades, she resides in Old Town, though popular belief maintains she is not a prostitute.

Miho is tiny, standing maybe 4'10" maximum and weighing a mere 80-90 pounds. She has short black hair, a very slim figure, and dark eyes. Normally she dresses in a loose black kimono, into which is tucked all sorts of weapons. A wakazashi (sometimes two) hangs from her belt.

Nothing much is known about Miho's past, except that three years before the events of "A Dame To Kill For" she was saved by Dwight McCarthy in an attack by Tong gangsters. While she had two of them "dead to rights," another would have certainly killed her had he not intervened.

Miho uses Samurai swords and shuriken in the shape of the Manji, as seen in "The Big Fat Kill" and "Family Values".

Miho and Dwight have also completed a number of successful missions together and the two are good allies, if not exactly friends. Miho has since repaid Dwight for the saving of her life by saving him from drowning in the Pits of Basin City.

Movie adaptation

Miho played by Devon Aoki.

In the film adaptation of Sin City, Miho is portrayed by Devon Aoki, which she will reportedly reprise in Sin City 2 though perhaps not Sin City 3: Hell and Back (as Miho never appeared in the graphic novel.)

Miho with twin Katanas.

Miho with twin Katanas.

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