Ryūko Matoi

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==Summary==
Ryūko Matoi is the main teenage hero of Trigger Studios' 2013 anime, Kill la Kill. Six months before the beginning of the series, her father was murdered in front of her by a mysterious figure. Since then, she has dedicated her life to a quest for vengeance against the killer. These travels lead her to Honnōji Academy, a hellish school where its absurdly powerful student council rules with an iron fist. Thinking that their president Satsuki Kiryūin may know who killed her father, she has many intense battles against her and the rest of the student council. But perhaps they are more on her side than she thinks.
==Powers and Stats==
Tier: , with the Scissor Blade | , higher via Accelerated Development, with the Scissor Blade | , with the Scissor Blade | At least , likely , higher via Accelerated Development, with the Scissor Blade | , higher via Accelerated Development, with the Scissor Blade | , higher via Accelerated Development, higher with the Scissor Blade | , higher via Accelerated Development | At least , higher via Accelerated Development, higher with the Scissor Blade
Key: Beginning of Series/Pre-Synchronization | Life Fiber Synchronized | Berserk | Post 3-Star Absorption | True Life Fiber Synchronized | Post Junketsu | Kisaragi | End of Series
Name: Ryūko Matoi, The Kanto Vagabond, The Guitar Case Drifter
Origin: Kill la Kill
Gender: Female
Age: 17
Classification: Life Fibers-Infused Human, Honnōji Academy Student
Powers and Abilities:
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All previous abilities plus: 
*Reactive Evolution (Senketsu is able to rapidly evolve to gain new abilities in the heat of battle, including but not limited to being able to turn himself into blades, gain flight, and create forcefields) 
*Size Manipulation (Able to redistribute parts of Senketsu's body into a single part to dramatically increase the size of one part of him) 
*Cloth Manipulation, Weapon Creation (Senketsu is able to create blades all over Ryuko's body which can function as chainsaws, claws, and grappling hooks, as well as turn his sleeves into swords) 
*Shapeshifting (Senketsu is able to change his form at will) 
*Flight, Sound Manipulation, Forcefield Creation and Attack Reflection (Able to create forcefields of sound, as well as redirect energy and sound based attacks using her own natural frequency) 
*Afterimage Creation (Able to create afterimages fast enough to appear in dozens of places simultaneously as well as solid afterimages) 
*Berserk Mode 
*Hair Manipulation
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All previous abilities minus: 
*Martial Arts and Weapon Mastery
|-|Post-3-Star/True Synchronized/Post Junketsu=
All previous abilities plus: 
*Regeneration (High-Mid: Able to regenerate from wounds such as being torn to shreds, bisected, and skinning herself alive. Stated to have the same level of regeneration as Ragyo due to inheriting it from her. Nui also attributed her regeneration to her biology, which she stated Ryuko's was almost the same as her own in that regard. Should have regeneration comparable to Senketsu who was able to regenerate from being cut into thousands of pieces) 
*Limited Intangibility ( and through her skull to remove Life Fibers from her brain) 
*Air Manipulation (Can generate high-speed air slashes)
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All previous abilities plus: 
*Limited Mind Manipulation (Absorbed Shinra Koketsu's Absolute Domination, which allows her to control Life Fibers on a global scale)
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All abilities as base plus: 
*Regeneration (High-Mid: Stated to have the same level of regeneration as Ragyo due to inheriting it from her. Nui also attributed her regeneration to her biology, which she stated Ryuko's was almost the same as her own in that regard) 
*Reactive Power Level/Accelerated Development (Able to grow permanently stronger every time she is brought close to death) 
*Supernatural Willpower and Shockwaves Creation (Can create shockwaves with her willpower alone) 
*Afterimage Creation (Able to create solid afterimages fast enough to appear in dozens of places simultaneously) 
*Hair Manipulation, Limited Intangibility ( and through her skull to remove foreign objects from her brain)
*Air Manipulation (Can generate high-speed air slashes)
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Attack Potency: Large Building level (Made a large crater by attacking Omiko Hakodate. Casually stomped Takaharu Fukuroda.Kill la Kill Episode 1 Caused a shockwave this powerful from her willpower alone clashing with Satsuki's), Continent level with the Scissor Blades (The Scissor Blade is able to cut Ragyō Kiryūin to pieces and can cut Nui Harime even when wielded by a normal human like Soichiro Kiryuin) | Large Town level (Caused a shockwave of this magnitude in a clash with a casual Satsuki after a long fight immediately after mastering Life Fiber Synchronization. Far more powerful than Mako with the Fight Club Uniform. After mastering Life Fiber Synchronization, Ryuko became powerful enough to casually stomped a bus full of One-Star students and oneshot Life Fiber Synchronized Maiko Ōgure, who was noted by both Ryuko and Senketsu as having immediately achieved complete Synchronization, both without Senketsu or her Scissor Blade.Kill la Kill Episode 4 Defeated Uzu Sanageyama's MK I Goku Uniform,Kill la Kill Episode 6 after which she went on to absorb the Life Fibers of dozens of club presidents, becoming even stronger in the process.Kill la Kill Episode 7 Defeated Ira Gamagori's,Kill la Kill Episode 9 Hōka Inumuta's,Kill la Kill Episode 10 and Nonon Jakuzure'sKill la Kill Episode 11 MK I Goku Uniforms.), higher via Accelerated Development, Continent level with the Scissor Blade | Small City level (Caused this much damage in a clash with SatsukiKill la Kill Episode 12), Continent level with the Scissor Blade | At least Small City level, likely City level (Overpowered members of the Elite 4 with their MK II Uniforms. Fought Pre-Harmonization Satsuki to a standstill), higher via Accelerated Development, Continent level with the Scissor Blade | City level (Oneshot dozens of Nui Harime's clones), higher via Accelerated Development (after which she went through a power boost from Ragyo ripping her heart out which made her strong enough to one-shot dozens of COVERS while in her base form on multiple occasions), Continent level with the Scissor Blade | Continent level (Stronger than herself while controlled by Junketsu, which had the power to destroy the S.S. Naked Sun in its entirety, due to having received an amp from ripping all of her skin off and snapping her own Life Fibers as a result of tearing Junketsu off of herself as well as Senketsu being infused with both Mako's Life Fiber affinity blood and Satsuki's blood. Casually stomped Nui and absorbed some of her Life Fibers. Stronger than the Ultimate Regalia Elite 4.), higher via Accelerated Development (After undergoing yet another power boost after Ragyo cut her in half, she became strong enough to hold off a bloodlusted Nui without even wearing Senketsu, and later severely wounded Ragyo while wearing him after receiving a third power boost from Ragyo impaling her multiple times), higher with the Scissor Blade | Moon level (Blew a hole in the Cocoon Genesis SphereKill la Kill Episode 24), higher via Accelerated Development (Underwent multiple power boosts as a result of Ragyo thrashing her repeatedly to the point where she could match Shinra Koketsu's first form, forcing Ragyo to transform in order to continue overpowering her, and later fully absorbed Ragyo's Shinra Koketsu and the Absolute Domination with it) | At least Continent level (Significantly stronger than her Post-Junketsu form. Destroyed the S.S. Naked Sun and the Honnōji Academy Final Defense Apparatus), higher via Accelerated Development, higher with the Scissor Blade
Speed: Sub-Relativistic (Able to move this fast) | At least Sub-Relativistic (Acknowledged by Satsuki as being far faster than her previous form. Outsped the MK I Elite 4 [with the exception of Sanageyama whose reactions were enhanced by precognition]), higher via Accelerated Development | At least Sub-Relativistic, higher via Accelerated Development | At least Sub-Relativistic (Faster than the MK II Elite 4, kept up with a serious Satsuki), higher via Accelerated Development | At least Sub-Relativistic (Kept up with and at times outsped Nui, who could speedblitz her previous form), higher via Accelerated Development | At least Sub-Relativistic, likely higher (Casually speedblitzed a serious Nui), higher via Accelerated Development | At least Sub-Relativistic, likely higher (Can keep up with Primordial Life Fiber Shinra Koketsu Ragyo), higher via Accelerated Development | At least Sub-Relativistic (Outpaced the Honnōji Academy Final Defense Apparatus), likely higher, higher via Accelerated Development
Lifting Strength: At least Class 10 (Much stronger than Takaharu Fukuroda. Should be no weaker than Nonon, who was able to effortlessly wield an Emergency Suction Device while unamplified by her Goku UniformKill la Kill Episode 23) | Class M (Was able to hold open the jaws of a crocodile without Senketu, which would yield approximately 1.6785 tons of force. Was able to pull Nonon's Regalia Presto out of the sky and swing it around) | Class M | At least Class M (Physically grappled with Satsuki) | At least Class M (Equal to Nui) | At least Class P (Stronger than her EoS form, Far stronger than Remade Fight Club Uniform Mako, Nui, and Gamagori) | At least Class P (Is far stronger than her EoS form) | Class P (Lifted her City-sized Scissor Blade's Final Address Decommission Mode)
Striking Strength: Large Building level | Large Town level, higher via Accelerated Development | Small City level | At least Small City level, likely City level, higher via Accelerated Development | City level, higher via Accelerated Development | Continent level, higher via Accelerated Development | Moon level, higher via Accelerated Development | At least Continent level, higher via Accelerated Development
Durability: Large Building level (Takaharu was physically incapable of harming her to the point where she didnt feel any of his punches and his strongest attack shattered on contact with herKill la Kill Episode 1) | Large Town level (Withstood the force of Satsuki's casual attacks, which are this powerful, immediately after attaining full Life Fiber Synchronization. Was undamaged by an explosion that fragmented a giant concrete ball while in her base form without wearing Senketsu. Withstood extensive beatings from each of the Elite Four.Kill la Kill Episode 11 Took little damage from being rammed by Nonon's Symphony Regalia Presto. Took a day-long beating from Mako with the Fight Club Uniform, which is this powerful, in her base form with little injury.), higher via Accelerated Development | Small City level | At least Small City level, likely City level, higher via Accelerated Development | City level, higher via Accelerated Development | Continent level, higher via Accelerated Development | Moon level, higher via Accelerated Development | At least Continent level, higher via Accelerated Development
Stamina: 
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Average (Able to wear a Kamui, which is 100% Life Fibers, without any ill effects, when an ordinary person wearing clothing made of only 50% Life Fibers gets overwhelmed to the point of becoming a crazed monster. When Senketsu is active, however, she can only fight for approximately an hour before she passes out from blood loss)
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Superhuman (Withstood a day-long beating in her base form from Mako. Fought all four of the Elite Four back to back without a break. Without Senketsu, she crossed Japan in a day to collect all of his pieces, taking out all of Honnōji Academy's students in the process. Took down an entire army of COVERS singlehandedly without Senketsu. Able to shrug off injuries such as being bisected, being impaled, being torn to shreds, having her heart ripped out, losing several gallons of blood, and skinning herself alive [a feat which was marked as something that should have killed her as she snapped her own Life Fibers]. Shrugged off being impaled hundreds of times in her fight with Ragyo despite going through a protracted battle before it)
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Range: Extended Melee Range | Extended Melee Range, Several Kilometers with shockwaves | Extended Melee Range, Several Kilometers with shockwaves | Extended Melee Range, Several Kilometers with shockwaves | Extended Melee Range, Several Kilometers with shockwaves and air slashes | Extended Melee Range to Several Meters, Several Kilometers with shockwaves and air slashes | Extended Melee Range to Tens of Meters, Thousand of kilometers with shockwaves and air slashes, Planetary with Absolute Domination (Only works with Life Fibers, however) | Extended Melee Range, Several Kilometers with shockwaves and air slashes, Tens of kilometers with Scissor Blade: Final Address Mode and Scissor Blade: Decommission Mode
Standard Equipment: Senketsu, Scissor Blades
Intelligence: Gifted (Although she is brash, hot-blooded, and hard-headed, Ryūko possesses years of experience fighting foes of all kinds in both hand-to-hand combats and with her Scissor Blades. She is ingeniously resourceful in combat, frequently using her opponent's weaknesses and specialties against them such as using pics of Senketsu's fabric to blind Sanageyama, allowing herself to be restrained by Gamagori's Shackle Regalia in order to bypass his armor and attack him from the inside, and even cutting herself in half to exploit her innate ability to become stronger as she approaches death. She has demonstrated the ability to fight with extreme precision, able to easily weave her way through Takaharu's danmaku of left jabs, slice a volley of thousands of tennis balls with enough precision to reduce them each individually to threads, and making precise cuts to take all the pieces of Senketsu off of an army of students while she was riding a motorcycle while also not destroying their uniforms entirely in the process. However, she is fiercely independent, often choosing to rely on her instincts to defeat her opponent as soon as possible rather than study them first)
Weaknesses: Can only fight for a short time before she passes out from blood loss [Pre-Synchronization and Berserk Only]. She becomes more vulnerable to damage should her opponent manage to cut Senketsu's Banshi threads [This does not apply to End of Series]. If any part of her body is cut from both sides simultaneously, she cannot regenerate.
Notable Attacks/Techniques:
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tumblr n3kfilSNM41s1mkj9o1 500.gif|Ryuko growing spikes using Senketsu Senjin
tumblr mxdjwn3W9g1skthduo1 500.gif|Ryuko learning how to fly with Senketsu Shippu
139312 orig.gif|Ryuko fighting in her ultimate form, Senketsu Kisaragi
*Life Fiber Hybrid Physiology: Due to her body being infused with Life Fibers, Ryuko has several superhuman abilities, such as the ability to absorb Life Fibers into her body to make herself stronger and the ability to grow exponentially stronger every time she is brought close to death. Her most notable ability, though, is her regeneration. With this, she can regenerate from extensive amounts of physical damage, up to and including bisection, being impaled hundreds of times, being torn to shreds, having her heart ripped out, losing several gallons of blood, and skinning herself alive, nigh instantly. This power does come with a weakness though, as if any part of her body is cut from both sides simultaneously, like scissors, she cannot regenerate. However, the cut itself must be exact, as if even one minuscule scrap of skin or a single thread of Life Fiber is left uncut, her body will still regenerate.
*Kamui Senketsu: Senketsu is a Kamui, clothing made entirely out of Life Fibers, created by Isshin Matoi specifically for his daughter Ryuko by infusing him with her DNA. With Senketsu, Ryuko gains a significant boost to her overall power, speed, and durability and gains access to several abilities.
**Absorption: In addition to the standard skills of Life Fiber clothing, Senketsu can absorb the Life Fibers of defeated Goku Uniforms and Kamui, increasing his power. Also, Senketsu possesses more than one Banshi, which may be a side-effect of his absorption ability.
**Evolution: Senketsu possesses the ability to evolve himself in the middle of combat, allowing him to transform at a moment's notice to counter various, unpredictable circumstances. With this, he has gained the ability to do things such as grow spikes from his body to protect from whips, obtain the ability to fly to combat flight users, and create forcefields.
**Life Fibers Synchronize: By absorbing Ryuko's blood, Senketsu can transform into his active state, increasing Ryuko's stats significantly. Initially, Senketsu needed to continually absorb Ryuko's blood due to her embarrassment at her appearance. Still, after she comes to terms with it, the blood drain is minimized, reaching the point where Senketsu can function nearly indefinitely from just the small amount of blood taken during his transformation. Besides, despite being very skimpy in appearance, his appearance is meant to minimize skin contact with Ryuko to not overwhelm her body with his Life Fibers.
***Senketsu Senjin: In this form, Senketsu protrudes blades from all over his body, which can be used as revolving saw blades. This form also gives Ryuko access to retractable claws and the ability to turn Senketsu's sleeves into swords. Senketsu can integrate parts of this into his base mode, giving Ryuko access to claws without fully transforming into Senjin.
***Senketsu Shippu: Senketsu's flying form, in which the bottom part of the uniform becomes jet propulsion, and the crest becomes wings.
****Senjin Shippu: A combination of Senketsu Senjin and Senketsu Shippu, this form combines the blades of Senketsu Senjin and the jet propulsion of Senketsu Shippu to create a hybrid form with boosted offensive capabilities.
***Senketsu Mubyōshi: A defensive ability that simultaneously creates a barrier to guard against attacks as well as redirect and cancel out sound waves.
***Berserker Mode: A rage state caused by Ryuko becoming especially hot-blooded from anger, causing herself and Senketsu to mutate into a giant berserker form. Despite increasing her strength, this form takes away Ryūko's conscious control of her actions and makes her almost mindless. Ryuko, however, has since learned to control her rage to prevent herself from falling into this state again.
**True Life Fiber Synchronize: After Ryuko invaded the Great Culture and Sports Festival and fought Nui once more, her original Life Fiber Synchronize evolved thanks to her self-improvement, and she becomes completely one with Senketsu. In this state, Senketsu glows with intense power, and they reach levels of strength and speed that easily overpower Nui Harime.
**Senketsu Kisaragi: Senketsu's ultimate transformation, achieved by absorbing the remaining Life Fibers from the Goku Uniforms of the entirety of the Honnōji Academy student body, including those of the Elite 4 and Junketsu. This form drastically increases Ryuko's stats as well as increasing the potency of all of her other previous abilities.
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75734ae303dc84edd774d29119293fe2.mp4|Compact Mode
4beb0ba9d382ce09b0e4fec0ad944b15.mp4|Decapitation Mode
Ce75bb165babba53ab34256c143fb3f7.mp4|Fiber Lost
3a5b40d63d625a7d7feb8968445312fb.mp4|Final Address Mode
324689e11e18e5ef50109dda5f8202fb.mp4|Final Address Mode 2
9568d128171105390eb75dac39820f83.mp4|Decommission Mode
5470d71e91708e27f2a97522693f813d.mp4|Decommission Mode 2
*Scissor Blade: Ryuko's signature weapon, a red, single-edged longsword resembling half of a giant pair of scissors. Originally designed by Ryuko's father, the Scissor Blade is made entirely of hardened Life Fibers, making it incredibly strong and durable, as well as one of the only weapons capable of cutting through Life Fibers. Ryuko can shrink the blade down to the size of an ordinary pair of scissors when not in use.
**Decapitation Mode: The Scissor Blade's extended form, while using Life Fiber Synchronize, Ryuko can mechanically extend her Scissor Blade into a two-handed sword. Not only is the blade's length doubled in this form, but its strength increases exponentially and can slice far beyond its normal range. This ability is frequently used in preparation for a Fiber Lost.
***Fiber Lost: A swift, precise forward sword thrust that Ryuko uses as a finishing move against an opponent with a Goku Uniform. This move allows Ryuko to destroy the Goku Uniform while leaving the Banshi Thread intact so she can absorb it.
**Rending Scissors: When the Scissor Blades are used together, they can sever Life Fibers as well as prevent their regeneration, as shown by Nui's loss of her eye and arms (done by Isshin/Sōichirō and Ryūko respectively). In this form, they retain their ability to extend their blades, forming a pincer-like weapon called "Dual Decapitation Mode." Even though the Rending Scissors need to be used together to activate this effect, they do not need to be combined to use this effect, meaning that it can have the same effect even when it is divided into two halves.
***Final Address Mode: One of the Scissor Blade's final transformations, which grows to a massive size twice as large as the multi-city block-sized S.S. Naked Sun)
****Decommission Mode: An even larger form that becomes so huge it completely dwarfs Honnouji Academy and S.S. Naked Sun.
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==Notable Matchups==
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==References==
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