Hitomi is a fictional character from the collectable card game and role playing game called
Legend of the Five Rings. Mirumoto Hitomi was the sister of
Mirumoto Daini and
Mirumoto Satsu and was the adopted daughter of the Mirumoto Clan Daimyo at the time
Mirumoto Sukune. She was a normal girl until she saw her brother
Mirumoto Satsu die at the hands of
Hida Kisada's son,
Hida Yakamo in a vicious duel where
Hida Yakamo killed her brother with a single swing of his massive
Tetsubo. She vowed vengeance upon
Hida Yakamo.
On their first encounter after the incident, Hitomi attacked Yakamo and resulted in her amputating his left hand. Later, after
Hida Yakamo grafted a Oni Claw onto his left hand, they met again at
Beiden Pass. This time Yakamo was victorious, as he crushed both her left hand and
The Ancestral Sword of the Dragon. In the ensuing months, she was recruited by
Bayushi Kachiko to win the
Test of the Emerald Champion and was grafted with the item called the
Obsidian Hand. She lost to the
Kakita Toshimoko of the
Crane Clan. She again faced off against
Hida Yakamo, with her emerging victorious but due to her conversation with
Togashi Yokuni and knowing that Yakamo was a Thunder, she spared his life.
On the
Day of Thunder, her alongside six other thunders from the other great clans with
Togashi Yokuni, the
Dragon Clan champion, and
The Hooded Ronin, who in turn was the descendant of
Shinsei, defeated the evil god
Fu Leng. Hitomi played her part by opening the 12th
Black Scroll which lay in the heart of
Togashi Yokuni allowing the evil lord to be mortal. After the killing blow was dealt by
Doji Hoturi and
Akodo Toturi, she remade the clan in her own image.
Slowly, her body became more and more coated with obsidian. The hand was actually the hand of Onatanguu, the immortal moon. In a mighty duel, she defeated the moon and slowly descended to take his place. Her trip to immortality was written in the tale of
Strike At Midnight: The Twenty-seven Days of Darkness and
Strike At Midnight: Everything Dies. Later on,
Hida Yakamo became the Sun, forever reinforcing that even in the celestial heavens, they were meant to chase each other in eternity.
In the game, Hitomi was a great character, with a low gold cost and decent combat values for both
Toturi's Army and
Dragon Clan. Hitomi's Experienced version isn't much more interesting and so is her Experienced 2 version. But on her Experienced 3 version, her ability to lead troops onto her cause is shown by her amazing dueling ability. Besides, 6 force and 5 chi and a great ability for 12 gold isn't much of a price to pay. Add that with great art, its a must have card for collectors.