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Summary
One of the most notable characteristics of Kimiko inThe Boysis that she does n’t talk , and time of year 4 , episode 7 has at long last revealed the full reason why . Kimiko is one of the most interesting and complex character inThe Boys , with her being a silent supe who has joined up with the Boys in order of magnitude to wreak down Vought . A batch of time has been dedicated to exploring Kimiko ’s backstory throughoutThe Boys , and season 4 has break another major particular , at last explaining why the character is n’t capable to talk in the Amazon series .
The Boysseason 4 is finally here , with the highly hoped-for good continuation of Amazon Prime Video ’s critically herald superhero serial now releasing on the streaming service . The Boysseason 4 picks up right whereThe Boysseason 3 ended , with the nominal superhero team attempting to stop Victoria Neuman before she is able-bodied to become the Vice President of the United States while Butcher continues attempting to kill Homelander in the background . Meanwhile , Kimiko is having to wrestle with her yesteryear , revealing a major mystery about her lineament to The Boys .
The Boys Season 4 Reveals The Real Reason Kimiko Doesn’t Talk
It Has To Do With Her Child Soldier Backstory
The Boysseason 4 check the shine Light Liberation Armyrear its head once again , pulling Kimiko back into her past as they remerge and interfere with The Boys ' plan to take down Vought . In a old episode , one of Kimiko ’s enemies and several other lustrous Light soldier set about to kill Kimiko as her and Hughie are meeting with A - Train to get some Compound 5 , getting retaliation for Kimiko shoot down some Shining Light soldier in the beginning in the season . This causes Kimiko to think back on her clock time with the army , with her discover that her original explanation for not talking was not the full story .
As it work out , Kimiko ’s secretiveness is the intersection of a smoothen Light exercise that was done with the tike soldiers . As she explain , there was a time where her and another child soldier were forced to fight to the death , with the superintend soldier explain that he would kill whoever cried out in pain in the neck first . Kimiko knew that staying unsounded would be the only affair that could save her life , leading to her make headway the fight .
However , the trauma of kill another young girl who was forced to be a fry soldier was so majuscule that it caused her to feel immense guilt , with her never being able-bodied to verbalise again . This has carried on for days , explaining why she still ca n’t let the cat out of the bag in the modern twenty-four hour period ofThe Boysyears after having leave the Shining Light Liberation Army .
Kimiko’s Full Backstory In The Boys Explained
It Is A Tragic One
Kimiko ’s root news report inThe Boysis pretty tragical , with it stem from her childhood . As a nestling , Kimiko survive in a seaside village with her parents and sidekick , with things seemingly going well for them until the Shining Light Liberation Army assail . The soldiers killed Kimiko ’s parents and enslave Kimiko and her comrade Kenji , taking them into the army and forcing them to be minor soldier . While captured , Kimiko and Kenji get a variant of sign of the zodiac language in society to continue communicating , with them surviving until Kimiko was capable to escape .
After get off from the Shining Light , Kimiko was n’t free for farsighted , as she was really recaptured by the Chinese Triadterrorist mathematical group . While imprisoned by the Triad , A - Train smuggled some Compound V to the group , with them using it to try out on Kimiko . After Kimiko gain major power , she was smuggled back into the United States as part of Homelander ’s plan to create public fear about superterrorists .
However , she managed to get forth , with her survive until she was establish and taken in by the Boys in time of year 1 . Since then , she has worked with the gang to get revenge on Vought and the Shining Light Liberation Army .
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What The Boys Has Previously Revealed About Kimiko Not Talking
Kenji Had A Different Explanation
AlthoughThe Boysseason 4 , sequence 7 expose the true reason why Kimiko does n’t speak , it is n’t the first explanation that has been offered by the show . Back inThe Boysseason 2 , the titular team is able to memorize a bit more about Kimiko ’s backstory thanks to them meeting her blood brother Kenji , who is still able to speak . At one point , Kenji explain thatKimiko ca n’t utter due to the trauma of fancy her female parent be murderedby the Shining Light Liberation Army , a tearing slew that was so shocking that it had a permanent psychological effect on Kimiko .
However , The Boysseason 4 ’s new explanation comes directly from Kimiko , meaning that the original account must not be true . It is possible that this tarradiddle about Kimiko ’s harm from her female parent ’s death was only supposition from her brother , with him turning out to be incorrect . It could also be that both of these event played a role in Kimiko losing her power to talk , with the scrap with the other child soldier just being the breaking point . There is always a hypothesis that more could be learned about Kimiko ’s backstory in the futurity , shedding more light on this .
How Kimiko’s Backstory & Not Talking Compares To The Boys' Comics
The TV Show Handles It A Lot Better
Kimiko is one of the most exchange characters fromThe Boyscomics , with very little of her story in the Amazon series get from the author material . In the original comics , Kimiko has very little floor , with her acting more as a feral tool that is used by The Boys to rase the playing theatre of operations with the other supes . Things like her history with the Shining Light Liberation Army and the beingness of her crony Kenji do n’t subsist inThe Boyscomics , with them being total to give her more profoundness in the show .
Kimiko does n’t talk in the comics or the TV show , but the reason in the source textile is very different . Rather than being ineffectual to talk due to her retiring trauma , Kimiko just chooses not to utter inThe Boyscomics . The reason why is n’t ever really explained , although she does have one note near the end of the series , with her articulate " I hate mean people . " This is one of the most significant changes in Amazon’sThe Boys , with the raw reason for her inability to sing being a welcome plus to Kimiko ’s character .
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The Boys is a granulose and seditious take on the superhero writing style , rivet on a mathematical group of vigilantes who face up powerful superheroes abusing their abilities , exploring themes of rottenness and moral ambiguity in a world where hoagy are not always what they seem .
The Boys is a gritty and subversive take on the superhero genre, focusing on a group of vigilantes who confront powerful superheroes abusing their abilities, exploring themes of corruption and moral ambiguity in a world where heroes are not always what they seem.
