Dr. Ashimori is a supporting character who appears in the anime Time of Eve. She is a human woman who holds a position of authority as the supervisor of a man named Setoro. Her professional role places her in a sphere of influence, as she has access to protected and confidential information that is not available to the general public. She is notably not a member of the prominent Ethics Committee, but a book titled Android Promotion Committee can be seen on her desk, suggesting her possible affiliation with a group that may serve as a counterbalance or an opposing force to the Ethics Committee.

As a character, Dr. Ashimori possesses a pragmatic and forceful personality. This is most vividly demonstrated in a scene where she is seen attacking an android with a pipe, an act that reveals her willingness to employ direct and ruthless physical force against artificial beings. Her manner is authoritative, reflecting her position as a supervisor, and her actions are driven by a sense of purpose that is not always immediately clear to others.

Her primary role in the story is to serve as the superior who dispatches Setoro to observe and investigate the mysterious Time of Eve café. Her exact motives for initiating this surveillance are ambiguous, as her personal goals and the full nature of her agenda remain enigmatic throughout the narrative. She possesses privileged knowledge of a critical, undefined incident that occurred a decade before the main events, an event that left a young girl wounded. She reveals information about this past incident to Setoro, who is shocked to see that the injured girl in the records is clearly a younger version of Nagi, an android he encounters. This knowledge connects her directly to the deeper mysteries of the world and its history.

Dr. Ashimori’s key relationships are defined by her professional and adversarial interactions. Her connection with Setoro is that of a superior giving orders, as she directs his surveillance mission. Her most significant confrontations are with Shiotsuki, who is Nagi’s guardian. She is seen visiting the Sakisaka family home and engaging in arguments with Shiotsuki, suggesting a complex and tense history between them. A post-credits scene in the film adaptation shows her arguing with him in the presence of a young Nagi, hinting at her long-standing involvement with these central figures, though the exact nature of their relationship is not definitively established.

Throughout the narrative, Dr. Ashimori does not undergo a clear personal transformation, but her presence serves to raise questions about the larger societal forces at play. Her motivations remain obscure, making her a consistently unpredictable and influential player in the conflicts surrounding human-android relations. She appears to be monitoring the activities of the Ethics Committee, and the information she accesses allows her and Setoro to be aware of the cafés position on a list of locations where humans and androids interact.

Her notable abilities stem from her influential position and her access to restricted information, rather than any physical or technological prowess. She has the authority to assign agents like Setoro to sensitive investigations and the clearance to view classified records about past events. Beyond her bureaucratic power, her most distinctive demonstrated ability is her capacity for sudden, brutal action, as shown when she attacks an android with a pipe, proving she is not merely a desk-bound analyst but someone willing to get directly involved in enforcing her will.