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Hitomi, a second-generation Bioroid genetically engineered with regulated emotions and an extended lifespan, is tasked with recruiting elite soldiers for the counter-terrorism unit ES.W.A.T. Her pivotal role includes guiding Deunan Knute to the utopian city of Olympus and facilitating her integration into its society. Though her emotions are constrained, she exhibits curiosity about human concepts like love while grappling with the irrational hostility human soldiers display toward Bioroids.

Her responsibilities escalate as she ascends to Minister of Political Affairs in *Ex Machina*, engaging in high-stakes negotiations on global security strategies, such as unifying worldwide satellite networks to combat terrorism. She balances diplomatic obligations with active ES.W.A.T. operations, including investigating threats like rogue scientist Dr. Richard Kestner’s schemes against Olympus.

Biologically dependent on periodic life-extension treatments due to a suppressed reproductive system, Hitomi faces a critical crisis when an attack on the Bioroid Care Center delays her treatment by three days, nearly costing her life until Deunan intervenes. Her DNA serves a dual purpose: encoded within it is access to the Gaia supercomputer, Olympus’s central control system, making her a target for antagonists aiming to seize the city’s infrastructure.

Despite initial distrust, Hitomi forms a steadfast bond with Deunan, offering both strategic support and personal camaraderie. She collaborates with allies like Briareos to thwart threats, including a conspiracy deploying mind-control technology to erase human individuality. In later manga arcs, her role diminishes but resurfaces briefly as she cares for Artemis’s children, showcasing her nurturing instincts amid her synthetic origins.

Over fifty yet retaining youthful vitality, Hitomi’s experiences mirror tensions between her engineered pragmatism and human-like aspirations. Her curiosity about emotion, juxtaposed with her duty-driven existence, underscores thematic explorations of identity and humanity within her narrative.