Saya Otonashi

Saya Otonashi is the main protagonist from the Blood+ series.
== Charactah Account ==
Saya is a girl who hunts chiropterans using a katana. It is implied that she is the last remaining vampire and called "the only remaining original." Saya has no weakness to sunlight, although it is unknown if she has any of the other vulnerabilities often attributed to vampires. She does, however, become distressed when she encounters religious paraphernalia and angry when people mention God in her presence.
During her years at the Zoo, Saya was spoiled by the original Joel, and therefore became very immature, self-centered and rude. She herself realized this as a result of her friendships with Diva and Hagi, which help reveal and nurture her compassion for others. Overall, however, Saya was a bright, cheerful and innocent person. After she unwittingly released the vengeful, bloodthirsty Diva upon her foster family and friends and accidentally turned Hagi into her chevalier, coupled with learning the truth about her life and her own inhuman nature, Saya lost her happy demeanor and becomes much more serious and plagued with doubts and guilt.
As a result of losing her memories and spending a year in Okinawa as an ordinary girl, with family and friends, Saya develops a sweet and caring albeit somewhat reserved personality. Kai later refers to her as being "a crybaby and a glutton". The latter name suits her as she is much inclined to eating. According to Kaori, no matter how much she eats, she never gets fat. The constant hunger is possibly due to insufficient consumption of blood. At this time, she is troubled by her amnesia, but only becomes increasingly insecure and worried as she learns more about her true identity and experiences more loss because of the Chiropterans. 
== Appearance ==
=== Anime ===
* Blood+
=== Light Novels ===
* Blood+
* Blood+ Russian Rose
=== Manga ===
* Blood+
* Blood+: Adagio
=== Video Games ===
* Blood+: Final Piece
* Blood+: One Night Kiss
* Blood+: Twin Wings Battle Rondo
== Trivia ==
* Saya's astrological sign is Leo.
* Despite major dissimilarities in the two series, the original Saya of BLOOD: The Last Vampire and the Saya of Blood+ anime do share some similarities (most likely as homages to the former):
** Both work for or ally with the Red Shield, and have "handlers" in the form of David and Lewis.
** Both call for their sword from an ally:
*** Blood+'s Saya from Hagi
*** The Last Vampire's Saya from David
** Both infiltrated a school as a student to hunt for chiropterans.
** Both break their swords during a fight.
** Both are the same species as the chiropterans they hunt, but are "pure" versions of such.
** Both were raised as experiments.
** Both were alive during the 19th century and were photographed during this time.
** Both have twin sisters who lack their regard for humanity
*** Blood+'s Diva
*** The Last Vampire's Maya
** During the last half of the series, Blood+'s Saya exhibits a somewhat similar personality as The Last Vampire's Saya.
* Ironically, Kai Miyagusuku considers himself Saya's older brother even though she is over one hundred years older than he is.
* Although Saya and Diva are twins and hatched from their cocoons at the same time, Saya is dubbed the "older" sister and Diva the "younger" because of their personalities:
** Saya is serious.
** Diva is immature.
* Saya's decision to crop her hair short has never been explained in-series, but it was featured in two different mediums:
** In the manga adaption of Blood+, she cuts her hair after Diva slaughters the patrons of Joel's birthday party. As she does so, she thanks Hagi for having called her "beautiful" before.
** In Blood+: Adagio, she has a nightmare in 1915 (over thirty years later) that flashes back to Diva slaughtering people at the Goldschmidt estate and calling her "sister". When she wakes up, she mistakes her reflection for Diva and messily chops her hair off to better differentiate each other. Realizing how badly she butchered her hair and she then sheepishly asks Hagi (who had walked in on her) to "fix it".
* Saya's gluttony could be because of her reluctance to drink blood freely; because she feeds rarely, she burns through calories more quickly and must consume a great deal of human food to supplant her natural diet.
* Saya is associated with pink roses while is Diva is associated with blue roses.
* Saya's personality while living at the Zoo is reminiscent of Diva's modern-day personality.
* Although Saya was the one who first taught Hagi to play the cello, she is rarely seen playing one. In Blood+: Adagio, she plays, but badly, judging from the reactions of other characters.
* Although usually referred as 'Saya', she is sometimes called 'Otonashi' by Mao Jahana (which is an inconsistency).
* Both Riku and Diva (the younger siblings) died. In contrast, both Kai and Saya (the older siblings) survived.
* Saya's short haircut is donned by Kanade and Hibiki in the epilogue.
* Although Saya presumably has a chiropteran form (judging from the remains of her mother), she never transforms, either due to preference to remain in human form or inability to transform altogether due to her sparse feeding on blood.
* Even though Saya and Diva are twins, there are a few differences between the sisters. However, their hairstyles, their nationalities, facial features and heights are exactly the same:
** Saya has a tanner complexion (due to being allowed to walk about in the sun), short black hair, brown eyes and she is the tomboy type as she prefers clothes that are easy to move in.
** Diva has a pale complexion (due to being locked up in the tower by Joel Goldschmidt), waist-length black hair, blue eyes and she is the feminine type as she prefers dresses.
== Gallery ==
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== External Links ==
* Saya Otonashi at Blood+ Wiki
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