Satsuki Kiryūin

Satsuki Kiryūin is one of the two deuteragonists (alongside Senketsu) in the anime and manga Kill La Kill. She is the president of the Honnoji Academy's Student Council.
Initially appears as an antagonist, she is later revealed to be the older sister of Ryūko Matoi who she thought had died after a failed experiment to fuse her body with Life Fibers and the two join forces in order to defeat their mother, Ragyo, in the climactic battle against the Life Fibers, who sought to enslave and destroy the human race.
She is voiced by Ryōka Yuzuki in the Japanese version of the anime, who also voiced Ino Yamanaka in Naruto, and by Carrie Keranen in the English version of the anime, who also voiced Casca in the 1997 anime adaptation of Berserk, Alya Cesaire in both Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir and Ladybug & Cat Noir: The Movie, and Lavenza from Persona 5.
==Appearance==
Satsuki is a tall slim girl with an angular face similar to her mother's with long dark blue hair and blue eyes. She has rather thick eyebrows and a rather large bust. At the end of the series she cuts her formerly long hair to shoulder length in page boy style.
==Personality==
Satsuki is a stubborn and arrogant girl, and rules over her school with an iron fist. At first, she seems to care little about those she deems beneath her aside from the Student Council, and subjects them to harsh, even dangerous conditions. 
However, this is an extremist method to toughen the students up for the inevitable wars they will have to fight, though her rule still involves forces them into brutal discipline, squalorous conditions, and a fearful existence.
However, despite her apparent cold-heartedness, she is shown to occasionally let her defenses down in the company of close friends and allies, where she will joke, converse, and bond with them. She trusts very few, but those she does trust see a more caring and approachable side, though she remains strict and arrogant.
==Powers, Abilities, & Weapons==
===Physical Prowess===
Even as a little girl, Satsuki possessed enormous strength, able to take down 500 men and one-shot Ira Gamagōri despite his greater size and defenses. She is acrobatic and nimble, able to dodge incoming attacks and easily use kicks and punches to her advantage in combat. Her speed allows her to sprint extremely fast, and her reflexes allow her to quickly identify oncoming threats and react.
===Intelligence===
Satsuki is a master manipulator, orator, and liar. She can easily get others to do her bidding, whether they know it or not. She is strategic, and uses forethought and planning to carefully analyze opponents and either use them to her advantage or place them in seemingly unwinnable situations.
===Bakuzan===
Satsuki wields the Secret Sword Bakuzan, a black-bladed katana that she swings with massive force. The blade is incredibly sharp and durable, and is made of a material that is able to damage Life Fibers. This gives the weapon an advantage against Kamui, COVERS, and Life Fiber-infused beings. Bakuzan is powerful enough to go up against the Scissor Blades, but was shattered by Ragyō Kiryūin.
====Bakuzan Gako & Bakuzan Kōryu====
After Bakuzan was broken, two of its largest shards were forged into two new weapons, Bakuzan Gako and Bakuzan Kōryu, a long blade and short blade respectfully. These two swords possessed the same power as the original Bakuzan, but were able to be duel-wielded for additional damage and the ability to permanently sever Life Fibers.
===Kamui Junketsu===
Kamui Junketsu is a parasitic Kamui made by the Kiryūin family. When worn, Junketsu further enhances Satsuki's already great power, feeding off her blood to do so. Due to a lack of shame of its revealing nature, Satsuki was able to almost immediately attain the Life Fiber Override, propelling it into its most powerful form. While in this state, Satsuki's strength, speed, reflexes, and durability are enhanced tremendously, allowing her to move fater than the eye can see and strike with blows powerful enough to produce devastating shockwaves. However, due to her natural human resistance to Life Fibers, her synchronization with Janketsu is incomplete, meaning the true extent of her power cannot be accessed.
After her redemption, Junketsu was modified to contain both Satsuki and the Life Fiber-infused Ryūko's blood as well as fibers from Senketsu, Ryūko's Kamui. This gives her more access to Junketsu's abilities with less strain and effort.
===Kamui Senketsu===
For a brief time while Ryūko was brainwashed by Ragyō and was in possession of Junketsu, Satsuki reluctantly teams up and wears Senketsu. While the two are able to semi-synchronize, Satsuki is not able to gain full access to Senketsu's abilities, and is more working with Senketsu as partners as opposed to one being.
===False Toenails===
Two of Satsuki's toenails - her left and right big toenails - are actually false, made of the same material as Bakuzan, and sharpened to a point. Should she ever be caught without her weapons or a Kamui, she can use acrobatics to strike enemies with her bladed feet. Due to their material and sharpness, they are effective against Life Fibers.
==Trivia==
*Episode 1: Satsuki's "facts of this world" are heavily inspired by George Orwell's most famous novel, Nineteen Eighty-Four. In the novel, the Party's slogans—"War is Peace", "Freedom is Slavery", and "Ignorance is Strength"—were paradoxical statements that held hidden truths about the world in the novel. Satsuki's "facts of this world" speech, coupled with Ira's execution of the Goku Uniform thief, were intentionally chosen to introduce her as a ruthless dictator.
**In addition, Satsuki's last words in her speech "you pigs in human clothing" is a reference to George Orwell's novel, Animal Farm.
*Satsuki shows traits of Social Darwinism, as she arranges the Student Council based on their strength and superiority over other students. She even holds a "Naturals Election" after rooting all undesirable students out of her system. This makes perfect sense when one considers that the academy wasn't a school, but a training ground for an army. Weak people in an army are just cannon fodder, and discipline has to be stricter than you would expect for a mere high school. It also causes problems for her, as while she produces several exceptional fighters, she also destroys and discards the people, like Nudist Beach, who provide a supporting role to the front-line heroes, forcing the survivors to essentially fight the war against Ragyo using plans and resources that are only kept together by heroism and duct tape.
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