Saya Kisaragi

Characteristics

Race: Hybrid Human/Elder Bairn Gender: Female Birthday: July 26th Hair Color: Black Eye Color :Gray Red (When Hostile) Occupation: Student

Personal Status

Status: Alive Equipments Weapons: Katana/Anything Sturdy

Appearance

Saya is a tall and slender light-skinned girl teenager who is often referred to as being beautiful with long black hair that is usually kept up in low twin-tails by two red ribbons wrapped around them at the back of her head with bangs hanging on the right side while she has shoulder-length hair strands hanging on either side, blue-grey eyes (sometimes turning bright red) under black oval-shaped glasses with white thin temples and the rest of it being rimless. Saya is usually seen wearing either her shrine maiden outfit or high school uniform. Her school uniform is a dark grey short sleeved shirt with a Peter Pan collar. It also has red highlights on it. On her right arm, there is an armband that is connected to her right sleeve. She wore a double red tie with a dark grey line around the bottom of it. Near the top of the tie, there is a chain connected on each side of her collar, which has a red lining on the collar. She wears a red pleated skirt that goes just past mid-thigh length with some small black lace on the bottom of it. She also wears black socks cut just below the knee and red and brown shoes in a school model. In Blood-C: The Last Dark, her outfit is a dark navy blue sailor uniform with white lining on the collar and ends of sleeves as well as a red bow. Despite her youthful appearance, Saya is hinted to be much older.

Personality

Fake Personality At the beginning of the series, Saya was originally portrayed as a kind and cheerful teenager who is known around the village for being helpful. She gets along with her friends and admired her father. She was also very friendly, almost to the point of coming off as naïve. Notorious for being clumsy and a bit air-headed, Saya has a bad habit of tripping and falling on her face. She was also often late for school due to being distracted on the way. Saya is incredibly devoted in her role as the Shrine Maiden and her duty to fight against the Elder Bairn. She shows immense bravery when facing them and expressed deep sadness whenever she fails to protect other people against them. Actual Personality However, by the end of the series, it was revealed that Saya's "normal life" and "happy personality" were all fabricated due to an experiment designed by Fumito Nanahara. Saya's true and original personality is cold and distant who is said to always cause trouble wherever she goes, to the point that she's considered as a bad omen. According to Fumito, Saya does not care for human lives and only wishes to be able to drink their blood, but is unable to due to a contract made with an unknown person. She has a very deep hatred towards Fumito and sought revenge for what he did in the Ukishima Experiment. Although distant, Saya doesn't seem to be completely heartless as she has grown to care for the members of SIRRUT, especially towards Mana Hiiragi. She also has a mutual understanding and "fellowship" with the shop owner who grants wishes.

Plot

Saya is the only daughter of the priest at the local shrine, whose duty it is to slay the Elder Bairns, creatures who drink the blood of humans. It is what her mother did before she died, and now Saya is the only one who can slay them. By day she seems to live a normal life of a high school girl, though Saya does seem to be rather clumsy, and completely oblivious to many remarks that are made around her, especially concerning boys that seem to like her. Since neither she nor her father are capable cooks, she eats breakfast every morning at Guimauve, the café next to the shrine. The owner Fumito Nanahara gives her a sweet called Guimauve, named after the café, as well as preparing her lunch. When she fights, her abilities are human or slightly above normal human abilities, until her eyes glow red. She then seems to become more serious, and much stronger and faster. Her father, Tadayoshi Kisaragi, provides her with a sword with which she fights. As the series progresses, Elder Bairn attacks become more frequent, even occurring during the day and at the school which Saya attends. As more and more people die or go missing, Saya begins to have strange visions and flashbacks, along with headaches that occur when she tries to remember certain things. A small cute dog appears, who states (Yes, he talks and it is hinted that he is Kimihiro Watanuki) that he is trying to grant her wish. Saya made a promise to protect everyone, but cannot remember to whom she promised. She realizes she cannot remember her mother's name or appearance. This, and some other things, he tries to get her to realize, but she is still unable to remember anything. Tired of waiting for Saya to remember, Kanako Tsutsutori (along with Nene Motoe, Nono Motoe, and Shinichirou Tokizane) try to force Saya to remember by having her drink the blood of an Elder Bairn. Tsutsutori, however, overdoes it, and Saya becomes inebriated. They tell Saya that they are all "cast members" who were hired to play many roles

Blood-C: The Last Dark

Six months after the incident at Ukishima Province, Saya arrives in Tokyo by train. Aboard this train, an Elder Bairn, later revealed to be the father of Mana Hiiragi, attacks. After viciously attacking him, the creature flees after taking Mana Hiiragi hostage. Saya pursues him through the streets of the city before killing him by plunging a katana through his head, shattering her own blade in the process. As members of Fumito's secret police arrive, Saya flees with the members of SIRRUT, ultimately ending in their headquarters. There, she meets Kuroto Mogari, benefactor to the organization. He expressed the desire for revenge against Fumito and wished for Saya's help with carrying out this plan. Leaving SIRRUT headquarters with Mana following in pursuit, Saya ends up at a shop where she is greeted by Watanuki. He revealed that he was able to communicate with her in Ukishima through the dog to help guide the return of her memories. Leaving the shop with a new katana to replace the one she had shattered in her previous fight, Saya speaks again with Kuroto, who reveals that he and Fumito are cousins. The Mogari and Narahara families were responsible for maintaining the pact between the Elder Bairns and humans, but Fumito broke that pact and killed both of their families for his own personal ambitions. Through the information acquired by Hiro Tsukiyama, Saya attends a ceremony at Tsuji Private School, where Fumito was scheduled to give a speech in hopes of assassinating the latter. It was revealed to be a trap, as the Fumito attending the event was an illusion designed to lure Saya to the event. An Elder Bairn attacks, and despite being defeated, it had served its purpose to injure and collect her blood. After the event, Mana resumed her previous skill at computer hacking, revealing Tower's headquarters in a landfill. Infiltrating the facility, Saya battled through Fumito's guards to reach the basement of the compound. There, she encounters Fumi

Abilities

Abilities Despite looking human, Saya has displayed abilities far above natural human capabilities. This is most notable in the fact that she has survived numerous battles with the Elder Bairns. Healing Factor: Saya has been shown surviving injuries that would kill a human without question and still be capable of fighting even with said injuries. After having her head blown open by Fumito Nanahara, she simply bandages the injury and leaves the experiment site. Enhanced Strength: Despite her petite appearance, Saya was capable of holding her ground against Elder Barin’s much larger than her like Cerberus with either a katana, anything sturdy or empty-handed. Enhanced Speed: When facing off against her father, Saya managed to defeat him with several blinding strikes that severed his arms. She was also capable of avoiding gun fire in her fight in Seventh Heaven and dodge a point-blank shot from Kutou. Enhanced Endurance: Saya is able to endure a lot of punishments in her fights against the Elder Bairns. Intelligence: In battle, Saya is capable of deducing an enemies weakness and fighting style such as with the Eye Elder Barin. When her signature weapon is unavailable she is able to improvise with almost anything sturdy such as a mop handle. In the film, Saya practiced extreme caution around most of the other characters and cautiously refrained from consuming most food and drink which later proved justified. Swordsmanship: Saya has shown herself to be a competent swordswoman although the style she uses is unknown. A majority of Elder Bairns slain by Saya were defeated when she was wielding a katana