Mako Mankanshoku

**Mako Mankanshoku** (満艦飾 マコ *Mankanshoku Mako*?) is the best friend of Ryūko Matoi and tritagonist of *Kill la Kill*. She is a goofy, energetic girl who attends Honnōji Academy.

## Appearance

Mako is a young teenage girl with brown eyes and brown hair that is styled in a bowl cut. She is often seen wearing the standard Honnōji Academy No-Star uniform; a white short-sleeve shirt with a blue neckerchief and a blue mini skirt. At the end of the series, she is shown wearing purple shorts, and pink top with a white undershirt and a purple purse on her "date" with Ryūko.

## Personality

Mako is a hyperactive, carefree and loving girl who seems to cling to anyone she befriends, emphasized by how she becomes inseparable from Ryūko very quickly. She is also quite lazy, as shown in how she goes to sleep as soon as class begins, humorously clashing with her hyperactivity[4].

Mako is quite fearless and has scarcely shown to be intimidated in potentially threatening situations. She also has respect for the authority figures of the school but will voice her opinion about topics such as Ira Gamagōri should wear pajamas in bed instead of being in the nude.

If Mako is properly motivated, she is capable of working hard and productively. During her time as president of the Fight Club, she showed a high level of competence and professionalism, as well as the ability to do complex papers and work.

Having been poor for her whole life, Mako and her family tend to obsess about wealth. This trait was, at one point, even pushed so far that it caused her to turn against Ryūko temporarily, the latter trying to stop her greed. Like the rest of her family, Mako has an obsessive love for food.

## Powers and Abilities

* **Two-Star Goku Uniform** - In Episode 7, Mako was given a Two-Star Goku Uniform by Satsuki. As her club was the "Fighting Club", the Goku Uniform is designed after a Bancho, and consisted of a black over coat hung over her shoulders. It had two red four-pointed stars to symbolize its rank on her belt. The coat was studded with gold metals around the collar and had red spikes from the shoulders. She also wore a black cap with a golden crescent moon on it. She had red spiked cuffs on her wrists and golden brass knuckles engraved with the word "MAKO". Inside the coat are several golden weapons such as a morning-star and a wrench. She also had a green reed in her mouth. She also wears a pair of Geta, a traditional Japanese footwear.

In battle, she uses her Geta shoes to deliver powerful kicks and is able to send her impromptu weapons in a barrage against her opponent. She can use a chain to bind her opponent and slam the opponent around. As a close combat weapon, she uses a golden bat wrapped with bandages with nails stabbed into it. She can fire a high power missile out of that bat, at the cost of the bat shattering. She also uses her bronze knuckles to deliver punches. When punching with her full power, she is capable of making a giant crater in the ground and create a shock-wave that blew One-Star students and even the 3-Star Elite Four away.
At the end of Episode 7, Mako gives her uniform to Ryūko, who cuts the uniform into pieces and absorbs the Life Fibers from the uniform into Senketsu.
The uniform was rebuilt and powered up following the events of Episode 22 from the remains of destroyed COVERS, and given to Mako to use.
* **Life Fibers adaptability** - Mako is heavily implied to have an abnormal Life Fiber affinity. Out of all the students that wore Two-Star Goku Uniforms through the series, Mako showed the greatest growth in power when wearing one. Additionally, when she was absorbed by a COVERS in Episode 19, the COVER immediately grew into a far larger and more powerful-looking form than its brethren.

## Memorable Quotes

“*And everyone on the planet knows that if you win with friendship, you win at life!*”
—To Omiko Hakodate and Sanageyama

“*From now on, please wear pajamas like everyone else!*”
—Reprimanding Gamagōri's habit of sleeping in the nude

“*That's right! Because the traffic lights of my life always flash yellow!*”
—In response to Gamagōri's statement about her energetic personality

“*Ryūko, Senketsu isn't your only friend! Remember, you also have me!*”
—Expressing her friendship

## TMNT X Pokemon

Mako often cause trouble due to her hyperactive personality. She often plays with Mikey and even lets him join in her "Hallelujah" moments

## Trivia

* Mako was originally going to have black or blonde hair along with pigtails or a ponytail. [8]

* According to Creative Director Shigeto Koyama, he initially was going to give Mako's Two-Star Uniform a design that he described as a "giant Hulk-like Mako" which would have been dubbed, "The Invincible Mako". The design was going to be based on the World War Hulkcomic book mini-series. While this concept was scrapped, the **WWH**sticker on the side of Mako's boogie board in the second closing was inserted as a nod to the design.[8]
* Mako's Two-Star uniform is based on common visual tropes regarding Japanese high school delinquent stereotypes.