Saya

Saya Kisaragi (更衣 小夜 Kisaragi Saya) is the main protagonist of the series Blood-C and its sequel, Blood-C: The Last Dark.

Name: Saya Kisaragi Race: Elder Bairn Gender: Female Birthday: July 26th Hair Color: Black Eye Color: blue-grey eyes, can turn red with slits Occupation: Student Status: Alive Weapons: Katana/Anything Sturdy Anime Debut: Episode 1 Manga Debut: Chapter 1

Appearance: Saya is a tall and slender light-skinned teenaged girl. Often referred to as beautiful, she has long black hair that is usually kept up in low twin-tails by two red ribbons wrapped around them, with bangs hanging on the right side. Saya has 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, and 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.

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.

Etymology: In Japanese, Saya means "scabbard" ( i.e. the sheath of the sword) or "shell" (such as the shell of the pea) and Kisaragi means "a change". Both meanings are relevant to her as they convey the change undergone by her personality in the beginning of the series.

The name Saya means "small" (小) (sa) and "night" (夜) (ya). Saya's surname Kisaragi means "changing clothes/seasonal change of clothes, lady court attendant, second lunar month" (更衣).