| “ | I will not fail. I will defeat the Elder Bairns and protect you. And everyone else! | „ |
| ~ Saya to her father |
| “ | I want a sword... A strong sword | „ |
| ~ Saya to Kimihiro Watanuki |
Summary
Kisaragi Saya (更衣 小夜, Kisaragi Saya) is the main heroine of the series Blood-C. She is unrelated to any previous entry in the Blood franchise aside from her first name, chosen weapon and abilities. Outwardly, Saya is an innocent and clumsy girl who acts as the shrine maiden at her father's shrine, going out at night to hunt Elder Bairns as part of a sworn duty. In reality, she is an Elder Bairn who was abandoned and raised by humans. Due to an oath she swore, she is unable to feed on humans herself, and the experiment was designed to see if her nature could be altered.[1]
Powers and Stats
Tier: 9-A, possibly 8-B with red eyes | At least 8-B
Key: Fake Personality (suppressed) | Actual Personality (awakened)
Name: Saya Kisaragi
Origin: Blood-C
Gender: Female
Age: Hundreds of years
Classification: Half Human/Half Elder Bairn (Presumed), Student
Powers and Abilities:
- Superhuman Physical Characteristics
- Weapon and Blood Empowerment
- Blood Infusion (Her blood controls other Old Ones of her kind)
- Regeneration (Low-Mid, likely Mid with red eyes; can survive having a large part of her head blown off[2])
- Limb Regrowth
- Enhanced Senses (Can sense her kind)
- Supernatural Detection (Can feel strong powers)
- Mutation Inducement (Her blood can cause any human to transform into an Old One)
- Statistics Amplification with red eyes (Her red eyes seem to increase her physical abilities and increase her senses)
- Vampire Physiology
- Immortality (Type 1, 2 & 3)
- Enhanced Swordsmanship (Is a master swordswoman)
- Telepathy (Possesses a telepathic connection to the Old Ones)
- Blood Consumption (can drain blood from others via her fangs and power boost from feeding on blood)
- Supernatural Blood
- Eye Color Manipulation
- Acrobatics
- Pain Suppression
Minor Resistance to
- Absorption with red eyes (Cannot be consumed by the Shadow)
- All of the previous to a greater extent
- Weapon Mastery
- Marksmanship (with bow and possibly more)
- Stealth Mastery
- Enhanced Senses (Can see vital spots)
- Combat Specialist (Skilled in hand-to-hand combat)
- Light Infusion (shown here)
- Regeneration (Mid)
- Wall Jump
- Berserk Mode
Minor Resistances to
- Knockout Gas
- Tranquilizer
- Paralysis Inducement (In the form of paralysis drugs[1][3])
Attack Potency: Small Building level (Fought the Samurai Old One who can crack the ground,[4] kicked the Spider Old One down a hall so hard that windows shatter just from the shockwave of it[5]), possibly City Block level with red eyes (Can one-shot Elder Bairns on numerous count, with the Samurai noting that she is much like her actual self with it[4]) | At least City Block level (Defeated Furukimono-Fumito[3])
Speed: Superhuman, Subsonic+ with red eyes (Sliced through a Skeleton Old One in an instant,[6] dodged the Spider Old One before it realizes she jumped up[5]) | Subsonic+ (Caught up with a helicopter, aim-dodged tons of gunfire from rifles and mounted miniguns), Hypersonic attack, combat speed and reactions (Blitzed Tadayoshi Kisaragi at this speed[2], sliced the giant Bunny Old Ones into minced meat[2])
Lifting Strength: At least Class 5+ (Broke off a stalagmite with slight strength,[7] Briefly held back the Centipede Old One[8]) | At least Class 25 (Overpowered an Old One that is of this size despite being injured[3])
Striking Strength: Small Building level (Kicked the Spider Old One through a stone wall[5]), possibly City Block level with red eyes (Sliced the large solid armored Samurai Old One in two from head to groin[4]) | At least City Block level
Durability: Small Building level (Blocked hits from the Samurai Old One, got slashed multiple times from the same Old One[4]), possibly City Block level with red eyes | At least City Block level (Endured an attack from Furukimono-Fumito[3])
Stamina: Superhuman (Is able to take serious beatings during her fights and keep going strong as she has been cut, sliced, beaten, blown up, pushed through buildings, and has had half her head blown off with a pistol and yet none of those things have been able to kill her only slow her down)
Range: Standard Melee Range; at least Extended Melee Range with katana (Easily bisected one of the pillar guardians being this large[9])
Standard Equipment: Katana/Anything Sturdy, her own blood
- Goshintou: The Sword of the Holy God, is the sacred katana that Saya uses. It has been transmitted through her family for generations and is used to kill the Furukimono. Goshintou appears from the first episode to the last. According to Tadayoshi, he tells his daughter, Saya, that Goshintou is "the sacred sword" of the Kisaragi family that has been handed down from generation to generation and the only one with the ability to kill the Furukimonos, the living representation of evil.
Later the truth about Goshintou is revealed; it is nothing more than an ordinary katana (With an amazing blade, yes), and the whole "Holy Sword" and "Priestess of Temple" is just a lie. Anything that can bleed a Furukimono is enough to kill it. - Saya attains a new sword in Yūko's Shop from Watanuki after the previous shattered while killing Mana's father.
- Optional Equipment:
- Anything Sturdy: Anything that's sharp and can draw blood that Saya wields, is a weapon to her. When disarmed of her sword, anything close to Saya's proximity that she considers sharp enough (ex. stalagmite, mop handle, steel rods, broken glass, pointy stones/rocks, wooden sticks, floor lamp, etc...) can be a substitute/improvise weapon against her opponents until she recovers back her sword.
- Bow: Shown to wield one with a rope attached to it when David went back in time.
Intelligence: In battle, Saya is capable of deducing an enemies weakness and fighting style such as with the Eye Elder Barin. She is a master of many forms of weapon and when her signature weapon is unavailable she is able to improvise with almost anything sturdy such as a mop handle. In the film The Last Dark, Saya practiced extreme caution around most of the other characters and cautiously refrained from consuming most food and drink which later proved justified.[3]
Standard Tactics: Saya uses her sword to fight with great mastery with her enhanced senses and should be familiar with many battlefield tactics given her long life and experience. She would also use stealth, diversions and weaknesses to exploit. She is bloodlusted towards Elder Bairns/Old Ones.
Weaknesses: Innocent, ditzy, clumsy, semi-gullible, semi-reckless, unaware of her true self, incredibly bad at saving lives and lets people be killed in the most gory way, falls into a state of trance after defeating an Old One where she has blood cravings before falling out of consciousness | None from before
- Losing a large amount of her blood will make Saya weak, but only for a brief time. Despite this however, a weakened Saya is still seen capable of holding her own against powerful Elder Bairns.
- Due to an oath with someone from a long time ago, it prevented Saya from harming humans. Though, she can to a degree, critically hurt them, and even accidentally kill them (but not intentionally).
Strength
- Stopped Jizō a stone statue charging at her.[10]
- Sliced off the arms of Jizō and killed it.[10]
- Sliced the door of an Elder Bairn Train in half.[11]
- Knocked aside the Gryphon.[12]
- Cleared away fog with a sword strike.[13]
- Plunged her hand straight into the pupil of a Monk.[13]
- Pushed back on the Centipede Old One.[8]
- Sliced off the limbs of the Spider Old One who can destroy a large portion of a classroom.[5]
Speed/Agility
- Dodged the rapid strikes of Jizō a stone statue Elder Bairn.[10]
- Dodged, blocked, and cut through several tentacles from the Flower Elder Bairn.[7]
- Rapidly cuts through the tendrils of the Train Elder Bairn.[11]
- Jumped down the hall and katana-slides down the Spider tentacle.[5]
- Dodged a Skeleton Old One's attack.[14]
Durability
- Took a beating from Jizō a stone statue.[10]
- Took hits from tentacles that can break through trees and rock from the Flower.[7]
- Got smashed through part of a building.[11]
- Got stabbed by a centipede Old One like it was nothing.[15]
- Overcame being absorbed by a Shadow.[8]
- Got slammed by a Spider Old One in the classroom.[16]
Skill
Strength
- Cut off an enormous Old One's arm off.[17]
- Threw Kutou this far.[17]
- Cut down wooden doors.][17]
- Broke Cerberus’ arm.[2]
- (red eyes) Sliced a Bunny Old One in half with one strike.[2]
- (red eyes) Jumped high enough to get caught up to a helicopter in the air.[2]
- Killed Mana's father who's been experimented into an Old One.[18]
- (red eyes) Sliced a giant Old One in half.[3]
- (red eyes) Cut her way out of a ball of bat-like furukimono's.[3]
Speed/Agility
- Instantly dispatched several ninjas with clean strokes.[17]
- Dodged Tadayoshi.[19]
- (red eyes) Sliced through a bunch of Bunny Old Ones before they know what hit them.[2]
- Lept to the rooftop of a building.[19]
- (red eyes) Dodged pistol fire at close range.[3]
- (red eyes) Aim-dodged tons of gunfire from rifles and mounted miniguns.[3]
Durability
- Got flattened by an enormous Old One not without getting cut up into pieces afterwards.][17]
- Got slammed into a wall and bounced around the room.[2]
- Took beatings from Tadayoshi. and slammed into a wall.[19]
- Got cut up multiple times and stomped on by Tadayoshi.[2]
- (red eyes) Got shot with a FN P90 assault rifle.[2]
- (red eyes) Survived having a large part of her head blown off[2]
- (red eyes) Withstood an explosion that destroyed a large pavilion.[3]
- (red eyes) Got crushed by a falling stone head.[3]
- (red eyes) Survived a fall while killing Kutou who turned into a giant bulletproof monster.[3]
- Overcame being drugged.[3]
Skill
- Fought an Old One in the spirit world.[20]
- Batted her broken blade towards Kagekiri and impaled it deeper with her feet.[17]
- Disarmed Tadayoshi and grabbed his weapon.[2]
Other
- Enveloped her sword with some kind of light she kept seeing in her mind.[2]
- Saya revealed she also regenerates entire limbs by mentioning to Ran that Fumito has had her arms and legs cut off more times than she can count in his experiments.[21]
- Soen was also not certain decapitation will kill her, only stated that she'd probably have a harder time coming back from such an injury.[21]
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
- 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 Endurance: Saya is able to endure a lot of punishments in her fights against the Elder Bairns.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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 The Last Dark, Saya practiced extreme caution around most of the other characters and cautiously refrained from consuming most food and drink which later proved justified.
- 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.
Note: Not to be confused with her alternate universe counterparts Saya and Saya Otonashi. This one is part of CLAMP-verse.
Explanations
Hybrids
The hybrids are the result of the mating of a Furukimono with a human being. So far only two hybrids have been seen in Blood-C:
Saya: The protagonist of the story owes her unique abilities (self-regeneration, superhuman strength, agility and speed) to carry in her veins both the blood of an Ancient (what gives her her power) and a human being (to whom she owes her appearance). While it is not something that has ever been 100% clear, it is very likely that her mother was the Furukimono and her father a simple human.
Tadayoshi: The first male hybrid seen in the entire BLOOD universe. It is unknown who of his parents was an Ancient (it could have been his mother or his father), but Fumito states in the last episode that in fact "he is equal to Saya", as Tadayoshi himself implies to the girl after.
The hybrids are, according to a statement by Fumito: "Beings with a human appearance, but with powers that surpass them". The only notable difference that would differentiate them is the fact that when they are born as a hybrid, they do not possess "special abilities" (throwing acid, flying, multiplying, etc.) as can be seen in other pure-bred Furukimonos.
Gallery
Notable Matchups
Notable Victories:
Rem (Re:Zero kara Hajimeru Isekai Seikatsu) Rem's profile (Oni mode Rem and Actual Personality Saya were used, Both were Bloodlusted and Speed was Equalized)
Eren Yeager (Attack on Titan) Eren's Profile (Post-Rumbling Titan Eren was used, Saya was in actual personality form. Speed equalized)
Notable Losses:
Inconclusive Matches:
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 BLOOD-C - 11 - Whom Then Are There Now
- ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12 BLOOD-C - 12 - If Remembering Me
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 Blood-C: The Last Dark
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 BLOOD-C - 7 - As Pitiless as the Storms
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 BLOOD-C - 9 - Against My Wish
- ↑ BLOOD-C - 10 - Since 'Tis by Its Breath
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 BLOOD-C - 2 - It Is for Thy Sake
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 BLOOD-C - 6 - Dashed by Fierce Winds
- ↑ Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight - Ch 8 - Eighth Night
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 10.2 10.3 10.4 BLOOD-C - 1 - O Ye Winds of Heaven
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 BLOOD-C - 3 - As for Man
- ↑ BLOOD-C - 4 - That Has Made Me Sad
- ↑ 13.0 13.1 BLOOD-C - 5 - Meeting in the Way
- ↑ Blood-C - Vol. 3, Ch. 10
- ↑ Blood-C - Vol. 2, Ch. 5
- ↑ Blood-C - Vol. 2, Ch. 9
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 17.2 17.3 17.4 17.5 Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight - Ch 9 - Ninth Night
- ↑ Blood-C - Vol. 3, Ch. 13
- ↑ 19.0 19.1 19.2 Blood-C - Vol. 3, Ch. 12
- ↑ Blood-C: Demonic Moonlight - Ch 7 - Seventh Night
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 Blood-C: The Last Mind
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