Anesthesia

Anesthesia
The Dark Nightingale
Alignment	Babyface
Place of Birth	Unknown
Age	Unknown
Height	5'9” (175 cm)
Weight	Unknown
Measurements (Bust, waist, hips)	36”-27”-35” (91.4 - 68.6 - 89 cm)
Specialties	The Morgue and Flying Stretcher
Allies	Benikage (Hostile Partner)
Family	Unknown

Anesthesia is a playable character in both the original Rumble Roses in 2004 and sequel Rumble Roses XX in 2006. She fights under the moniker of "The Dark Nightingale". Her Japanese voice actress is Ai Orikasa. She was dubbed by Donna Burke in the first game, with Wendee Lee voicing her in the sequel.

Background

In the first game, Anesthesia is introduced as the "personal assistant" to the current champion Madam X. In reality, she is the mastermind who created Madam X. Additionally, she's responsible for 'transforming' Fujiko Hinomoto into Evil Rose. She is effectively the main villain of the first game.

She's also believed to be responsible for the various "Heel-Turns" during the story in the first game. Benikage observes that the altered fighters now sport a black tattoo on them- likely denoting them as having been expirimented on by her. She later claims that she's building weapons for military use, explaining that Madam X is the "Ultimate Weapon". Though she adds that she's not interested in the machinations of the Rumble Rose Organization, only in furthering her own research.

In the second game, she's portrayed largely as just another wrestler, with the changes in the other fighters being (presumably) unrelated to her. She even forms a Tag Team with Benikage, called The Balance of Terror... Despite fact that the ninja still seems to hate her!

Personality

A "Babyface" in name only... Anesthesia a cruel and sinister woman, emotionally detatched from the the imorality of her research. She shows a callous disregard for others, viewing the other contestants as little more than potential future specimens for her work.

During the first tournament, she expresses intrest in Reiko, believing that she caries the same strong genes as her mother and sister. She thinks nothing of pitting Reiko against her own sister. When confronted, she refers to Madam X as a weapon and Evil Rose as her pet...

Despite passing herself off as a nurse, it is strongly implied that she is a skilled surgeon. Her true training likely lies in cybernetics- as she created a human cyborge from the DNA (and remains?) of Kamikaze Rose. The 'creation' of Evil Rose, as well as the Heel versions of the various others, also implies that she also has experience in gene manipulation and behavioral conditioning.

Anesthesia, performing during her intro

Despite her cold inhuman nature, Anesthesia is very much aware of her physical beauty.

As a woman of great intelligence, she knows how to use her exotic beauty and sex appeal to play up to the audience in the second game. Her most blatant use of sex appeal occurs as part of her performance during her introduction. During her introduction, she performs a sort of "tease".

She stands behind a giant X-Ray machine- displaying her uncovered figure as she dances. It's not clear if she's attempting to win over the audience, or she's just simply feeding her ego. It could also be argued that the fact that she chooses to present hersemf as a nurse would imply a (decidedly sick) sense of humor and irony.

Fighting Style

Anesthesia's sadistic nature is reflected in her fighting style. She excels at reversing her opponent's attacks and generally moves that build up a fighter's H-Guage. As she's quite adept at performing particularly devistating reversals, she's well suited for Pure Humiliation Matchs and Street Fights.

However, she's not well suited for head-on combat, as she has limit reach and endurance. Her limited stamina makes her vulnerable in more traditional match types. Despite this, if her Killer Mover is executed correctly, she can inflict considerable damage.

Trivia

• While she is referred to as a "Latina" in the manuel of the first game, Anesthesia's origins have remained vague. Despite her dark complexion, she lacks any sort of appropriate accent that could firmly suggest that she actually is of Spanish or Latin origins.
• Anesthesia's theme "Keep on Liftin" was composed and performed by Konomi in-house musician Reo Nagumo, under the alias dj Nagureo. He would go on to created a Jazz/Hiphop version for the Konami game Beamania III. The theme was retained and reused in the 2006 sequel.
• Anesthesia's title "The Dark Nightingale" is likely a reference to the real life 19th century Nurse and health activist Florence Nightingale.