Sae Toujou

**Sae Toujou** is the main heroine of SLASHDØG and Tobio Ikuse's childhood friend.

## History

Sae is Tobio's childhood friend and the two of them grew up together. After Tobio's grandmother passed away, Sae took it upon herself to prepare Tobio's three meals.

## Plot

### Volume 1

Sae first appears in the first volume, visiting Tobio's residence to check on him due to his illness he contacted before their planned school trip. After conversing with him for a while, she receives some prayer beads from him and bids him goodbye. Four days after, it is revealed that she and the others taking part in the school trip are involved in an accident termed as the "Heavenly Aloha incident", resulting in all of them being declared missing.

She is later shown briefly with Kouta Sasaki and a group of other men and women. They have a discussion and move on to another place.

Later, she is shown at her house alongside Hanezu Himejima, confronting Tobio and Lavinia Reni with a slightly ominous smile. Upon receiving directions from Hanezu, she summons a large lion. As Tobio and Lavinia surrender themselves, they all head to the headquarters of the Utsusemi Agency. Following the arrival of Augusta and her disciple, Sae and Hanezu leave the room they were occupying and move to another location where they are confronted by Tobio once again. Seeing Tobio being defeated by Hanezu, Sae regains her sense of self and strokes his head, apologizing to him. As she embraces Jin, his Sacred Gear, she is impaled by the blade on its forehead and loses consciousness.

She later wakes up in a wheelchair, with the reason for her survival explained by Azazel to be the prayer beads she was given by Tobio before embarking on the school trip. After Azazel leaves them alone, she breaks into tears and repeatedly apologizes to him, who tells her everything is okay now.

Ten days after the conclusion of the incident, she meets with Tobio and his friends, and they are informed that they will join a special school under the Grigori called Nephilim, where they have been assigned to the 'Barakiel Class'.

### Volume 2

Two months later, she goes to Tobio's room along with Kouki, Lavinia, and Vali where they see Tobio and Natsume together in bed, creating an awkward situation.

The awkward atmosphere is sustained until breakfast, where the misunderstanding is cleared up. As they converse over breakfast, Azazel suddenly shows up and asks Sae for a few slices of bread, which she gives to him. After eating, he takes them to Nephilim where they temporarily go separate ways with Vali and Lavinia. Azazel then introduces them to their teacher, Barakiel.

Half a month later, she is shown completing a training course at Nephilim along with the rest of her teammates. Barakiel tells them to get rehydrated as they have only completed half of the regime. As he places Tobio and Kouki against Vali in a sparring match, Sae cheers them on along with Natsume. Sometime later, she goes to meet Tobio in the men's changing room and sees him in front of Lavinia whose body is exposed, leading her to misunderstand the situation and awkwardly leave.

The following Saturday, she heads into town with the rest of her team, except Vali, where she goes shopping with the girls. After lunch, they head to park downtown to relax, with Sae playing with Jin. They are joined by a bespectacled young man who introduces himself as Seiryu Kushihashi. As he prepares to engage in a fight with Tobio and Kouki, Lavinia supports the group by increasing their defense with magic. Despite that, his squall blows Sae away and make her collapse. As Tobio expresses concern and Natsume rushes to help her, the fight is interrupted by the appearance of
Barakiel, Vali, and Suzaku Himejima, who requests for a meeting. Suzaku takes them to a large building and explains the current situation, asking them for an alliance, which leaves most of the group surprised. As they agree to the alliance and wrap up the meeting, Suzaku addresses Tobio, who blushes as he replies, leaving Sae slightly disappointed at his reaction.

As they prepare to go on the mission to rescue their classmates who are being pursued by the remnants of the Utsusemi Agency and the Wizards of Oz, Barakiel tells Tobio that they will only go on the condition that Sae follows them. Tobio objects, but later agrees after Barakiel and Azazel explain why on the condition that she doesn't do anything rash. As they head towards the location, Barakiel warns them about the abilities of the Abyss Team who they could end up fighting, and Lavinia tells the group about her past and her current objective. Sae and the group express their support and willingness to help her, much to Lavinia's happiness. As they get closer to their destination, Sae notices something ahead and raises an alarm, causing Barakiel to stop the car and investigate alone.

He finds a girl that is revealed to be Shigune Nanadaru, one of their former classmates, along with her Sacred Gear. She recognizes Sae and Natsume, and briefly talks with them. She then warns the team to escape. Jin notices something ahead, and the team prepares for battle. They are confronted by a strange stone statue and are warned to close their eyes by Barakiel, just before it releases an intense light that is revealed to be capable of stealing the eyesight. As the team studies the surroundings, a man comes out and expresses his desire to make them blind, before he is forced to retreat as Barakiel prepares to attack him. Shigune tells them that Koga, another one of their classmates, is fighting alone in the village.

Following that, the team make their way towards the village. Shortly after getting there, they feel a powerful aura determined to be that of Satanael. Barakiel decides to confront Satanael alone and gives further instructions to the team. As they head towards Koga's location, Sae expresses fear but she is reassured by Tobio. After reaching Koga's location, they discover gruesome corpses which disgust the team. Lavinia then reveals that they have been surrounded by Augusta and several other magicians, much to the surprise of Sae and the other Ryoukou students. After Lavinia goes after Augusta alone, Kouki directs Sae and the other Ryoukou students to follow after her while he handles the other magicians along with Vali and Koga.

As Sae and the others head towards Lavinia's location, they are suddenly transported to the location of Barakiel and Satanael by a strange mist. After Suzaku appears and both Barakiel and Satanael leave the location, the team manage to defeat the Abyss Team members around the area with the help of Suzaku. Finally reaching the location of Lavinia's battle against Augusta, the latter comments on the power dwelling within Sae. After Augusta manages to possess Lavinia's body, Sae is forced to temporarily retreat along with the others. They receive instructions from Azazel on how to combat Azazel and manage to defeat her and retrieve Lavinia safely. Ten days later, Sae is shown in a hospital along with the rest of the team as they express their support for Lavinia in her future goal.

## Powers and Abilities

**Magic:** Sae has some knowledge of Shinto and Onmyoudou spells, being capable of animating paper dolls. However, her control is still rudimentary.

## Equipment

**Cowardly Leo** (勇気を失った獅子カウドリ・レオ, *Kaudori Reo*): Sae obtained this Utsusemi from Hanezu Himejima. It takes the form of a huge lion with black fur and golden eyes which can sink into shadows and merge with them. It is also capable of dispersing into shadows, and scattering, and controlling the individual shadows or have them act independently, before reconverging. It can also breathe out gigantic flames, and is shown to be incredibly resilient, capable of shrugging off impalement by several blades. It was created with the help of the Magician's group; the Wizards of Oz, with only Sae being able to adapt to it. The Cowardly Leo was later defeated in battle by Tobio and Jin, seemingly being destroyed. However, it is revealed that Sae still possesses the Utsusemi, but is currently unable to materialize it as Azazel is in the middle of analyzing it.

## References

1. ↑ The Fallen Dog God -SLASHDØG- Volume 3, Chapter 2
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Light Novel Volume 1, Chapter 7