At first blush, Ryuko Yoshida is practically just like every other kid her age. True, she gets around in a chauffeured limousine, but the places she goes are really quite normal. She goes to school, has homework, enjoys dinner with her family, participates in sports, and so on. For other girls, having a rich father is an invitation to acting like a princess or a spoiled little brat. Not so for Miss Yoshida. Her teachers, athletics instructors, tutors, and school mates universally agree that Ryuko is a charming, thoughtful little girl. Adults are impressed with her wit and polite manners and other children are won by her friendliness and good nature. It's hard to find a more enchanting student.

Or so it would seem. To the general public Yoshida Heavy Industries is a perfectly reputable company. To those in the know, YHI is a shell company whose shady dealings are connected to all sorts of underground, criminal organizations and operations. Mr Yoshida might smile dashingly when he presents his charming daughter, but behind his smile is a bloody villain. Of course, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.

Ryuko might appear sweet and demure when out in public, but when away from the prying eyes of the public she's cunning and tyrannical. She tends to view those around her as her playthings, subtly manipulating them in a sick game that they are likely unaware they're playing. Behind her smiling face is a frozen heart that delights in tormenting others. Taking full advantage of her childish appearance, Ryuko frequently plays the naive child. Slippery as an octopus, the girl watches and waits, appearing innocent and innocuous until the time is ripe before springing her traps on her unwitting targets. Despite knowing full well what sort of monster his child is, Mr Yoshida chooses to tacitly encourage his daughter's behavior by not intervening. Her handlers and bodyguards are made aware of their charge's "condition," but perhaps because they have a hard time believing it such a young, darling girl could be so ruthless, even her bodyguards, maids, and tutors have ended up on the wrong side of her from time to time.

Daddy's money might make bratty princesses out of some girls, but did it make this one a monster?