Chief

Chief appears to be the title others use to refer to this woman in the Breathe Deeply story.

Personality
She displays good intentions with desiring to end incurable diseases. Regarding people, Chief alternates to being supportive of Oishi in going to his night job, to stealing his research but then offering him a job as an assistant in a sincere wish to progress his career considering his background. She was doing what was practical for both of them even though Oishi was upset at the theft.

Chief has a cold streak being willing to undertake extreme measures to get what she needs primarily for her career, yet no such cold streak is shown in her dismissal of foetus genetic manipulation.

She is prepared to gather background information on others such as suspecting foul play behind Oishi's father's disappearance, but she was not concerned with anything illegal, the past is in the past. Chief only wanted to use that information as well as a person as a bargaining terms for the rights to a patent so she could sell it to a pharmaceutical company for money.

Despite the unethical side of that, she is of the view her accomplice Sato was in the wrong for an unethical act he done in groping a woman.

Similar opposing temperaments are shown consistently with Chief willing to be fickle, to appearing afraid and wishing to call the police in response to violence.

Overall it can be stated that Chief is highly ambitious in her profession yet has a case by case approach to values she holds dear, never mind who is committing them.

Appearance
She has long hair reaching over her shoulders at the back with it trimmed slightly shorter at the front. Chief's hair is parted on her center left and she tends to wear lab related clothing and also glasses.

Story
Chief is unsure of what a student means referring to a mouse as a poor thing for having an ear surgically grafted onto it. She considers it like magic that could lead to the end of incurable diseases.

She notices Oishi accidentally drop some lab equipment, picking up a frog's heart she asks him how he felt about dissecting and seeing a heart beating outside the body for the first time. Contemplating what they could do if they were able to grow organs when they need them, Chief concedes that it is up to the ethicists now.

Listening to Oishi, she wryly remarks that he is cool stating that he is not afraid of anything.