Is Kimiko Ross a well crafted and interesting heroine or a bad case of the author projecting? With the lengthy name, suspiciously tomboyish traits, and the central importance of the protagonist have led some to call Mary Sue; while fans of the series feel the criticisms are either overblown or just excuses to bash the author. The fact that she's a clearly unhinged ideologue who doesn't care if mankind lives or dies is either a good counterpoint to this that makes her flawed or it just makes her creepier. It would be one thing if Kim herself was intentionally portrayed as an unhinged and broken individual, whose past experiences made her the way she is, then her unhinged ideals and beliefs would make sense. However in the actual comic, reality tends to bend to fit her opinions and prejudices and is, for many, the nail in the coffin. This is less of an issue in the non-arc based stories, as they work based on the absurdity...but once Dark Science happens? It gets NUTS.
This is especially a point when she gets her Exode body, which is explicitly just BETTER then everything.
On the other hand, she becomes considerably warmer and less up herself towards the end of the "Dark Science" storyline, eventually admitting to Ling that she's desperate to have some actual friends.
Heartwarming Moments: On Kimiko's first day in Nephilopolis, she repaired a robot. Nobody had ever done this before, and the robots are so grateful that they've not only built a giant statue of her but they also build her a facility in which she can give herself a whole new body. This is the first event that triggers her major Character Development after the previous storyline.
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