What's Going To Happen To Kimiko In The Boys Season 3?
WARNING: Spoilers ahead for The Boys season 3, episode 4
What might the future hold for Kimiko after The Boys season 3, episode 4? Played by Karen Fukuhara, Kimiko's backstory is one of The Boys' most tragic moments — no mean feat given what we know about Butcher, MM and Hughie's respective pasts. Snatched from her peaceful life and forced to become a child soldier by the Shining Light Liberation Army, Kimiko was taken to the United States and forcibly injected with Compound-V. Quite by accident, the Boys freed Kimiko while investigating Vought's trafficking, and everybody except Butcher has since become her friend.
The Boys season 3 sees Kimiko join her dysfunctional crew on a mission to Russia, hunting a weapon supposedly responsible for putting down the legendary Soldier Boy. Instead, they find Soldier Boy himself — and with a nuclear upgrade. Released from his Weapon-X chamber, Soldier Boy immediately (seemingly without control) fires a red blast from his chest. Kimiko defends Frenchie from certain death, but gets knocked through a nearby wall. Although such attacks usually wouldn't phase her, those famous powers of regeneration shockingly fail to kick in, and Kimiko begins bleeding profusely like a normal non-supe...
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Even deprived of her gifts, Kimiko dying from Soldier Boy's blast in The Boys season 3 is very unlikely. Killing off Karen Fukuhara's character so abruptly would feel like a disservice after The Boys worked hard to elevate Kimiko above the stereotypical «silent, deadly Asian» trope. Cutting her story at this early juncture would unravel all of that development and growth, and for what purpose? Making Soldier Boy look
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