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 Lady X. In reality, she is the mastermind who created Lady 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 Lady 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 detached from the the immorality 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 interest 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 Lady 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 cyborg 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 herself as a nurse would imply a (decidedly sick) sense of humor and irony.

Appearance

Anesthesia is a tall dark-skinned woman with an exotic beauty and a mysterious past- making her something of a female version of the "tall, dark, mysterious stranger" persona.

Normal Anesthesia

She has green eyes with dark mascara and eye-shadow. She has dark brown hair that comes down to her collar in the back and is parted on the right. Her hair to the right of the parting is pulled back while the hair on the left comes down in long bangs. She wears an iconic 19th century white Nurse's Cap. She has a sleek, elegant and well-toned figure.

Anesthesia wears a shiny white skin-tight sleeveless mini-dress that stops about an inch down her thighs. The zipper in the front is undone to below her naval- showing off her cleavage and abs. She wears mock-medical white gloves with detached uniform cuffs (both also probably pvc). She also has a narrow white belt around her waist- complete with her Nursing ID Tag and a portable heartbeat monitor on it. There's a red trim on her collar, and around the base of her dress (only in the first game). She wears white lace stockings and red open-toed shoes. She wears a patch over her left breast of the medical "Star of Life" emblem. The same emblem also appears on her white knee-pads. The emblems were blue in the first game and silver in the sequel.

Super Star Anesthesia as "The Dark Attendant"

When Anesthesia wins enough matches to achieve her Super Star mode, she dons her new costume. She bizarrely changes from a Nurse into a Flight Attendant!

She wears a old-fashioned stewardess' cap with a white sequenced brim, along with white gloves. She has large white bow-tie around her neck. She wears a short blue mini-dress with 3/4-length sleeves and white trim. The uniform also sports numerous emblems, resembling "AA" (Anesthesia Airlines?).

There's a large diagonal square-shaped gap in the front of the dress (showing off her cleavage and stomach) along with gaps above her hips. Her left hip is left uncovered, with straps running across the gap. The decorative lapels of the dress, as well as the segment in the front (with two rows of gold buttons) are covered in white sequence. She wears gray opaque stockings, along with decorative sequenced white (extremely)high-platformed shoes.

She arrives pulling luggage and flanked by two muscular men wearing dark glasses and pilot hats. The men also have cuffs and ties with collars (without actual shirts, not unlike Chippendale Dancers). This strange transformation may in fact be the product of a bit of Japanese world play. Because Japanese words can mean multiple things in different contexts, the Japanese production team likely made the joke by switching the word for attendant in "Flight Attendant" with the attendant aspect in "Attending Physician".

Her swimsuit is a hot pink two-piece, with the top being strapless. There are slash-like gaps on the sides both parts of the garment. She discards her Nurse's Cap and wears sandals.

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-Gauge. As she's quite adept at performing particularly devastating reversals, she's well suited for Pure Humiliation Matches 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 manual 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.