Character profile
Xiang Ying Li
李香瑩Glass Heart / Number 27
Biography
Xiang Ying Li is the young Taiwanese protagonist of Angel Heart. She is 15 at the start of the series despite looking in her early twenties; by manga volume 20 she is 19, while her appearance has not changed. The Zhuque Corps trained her as an assassin, referring to her as Number 27 during training and Glass Heart after training was complete. With little contact with the outside world beyond her handlers, she can respond harshly to situations she perceives as threats.
Story spoilers
Xiang Ying is the daughter of Zheng Dao Hui leader Li Jiang Qiang. At age two, she and her mother were in a car accident that killed her mother; Xiang Ying was not found despite efforts by her father and his organization. The Zhuque Corps found and took her in, while she had no memory of her childhood or knowledge of her true parentage. After an attempted suicide, Kaori Makimura's heart was transplanted into Xiang Ying, bringing Kaori's memories and an overpowering desire to reunite with Ryo Saeba. Ryo later adopts Xiang Ying as his and Kaori's daughter.
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